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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
10
The report describes the wreck of the W fated steamer and notes there may be attempts to recover dead sailors. It mentions a possible interment in a Virginia shore cemetery and discusses engineering efforts and safety measures related to the disaster.
Embarrassing developments unfold as several council members resign amid bribery conspiracy confessions. Districts and juries seek indictments while debates over bills and taxes continue behind closed doors. Suspended sentences offered as former officials plead defenses.
The article notes a new Chicago women's group advocating suffrage through direct action. Members chant "to vote, to tax" while picketing public offices and pressuring property owners to withhold payments, drawing strong attention in the eastern United States.
H. Bethea a drinks crazed murderer from South Carolina held the Wilmington police at bay for over an hour and killed while firing more than 100 shots from an automatic revolver. He also disrupted Baltimore and Ohio Railroad traffic before being killed by a water cannon near the railroad station.
The municipal court heard that the assault case arising from J. P. Cudahy the packer attacked Jere ii and the tanker, with assistant city attorney Dauisl Howell finding no compelling reason to proceed beyond dismissal. Only one patrolman, Brome Widerwood, was called to testify at the Cudahy home the night of the incident.
Twelve Vernonw are injured after a trolley car on West Lake street and Han Univere in Chicago bursts into a passenger car following a fuse misfire. Brakes failed, trolley pole dislodged, and the car pulled from the line.
A garbled 1914 era column reports on Dr Edward Meyer debating jury systems in Japan and US academia, German polar exploration plans with Filchner, a $30000 price tag for Savage owning Dan-Fatch Land Miner, and track and golf results with Livingstone breaking a mile record in Los Angeles while Yale and others are noted in amateur tours. The piece also hints at Australian tennis players touring American clubs and a winter sale plan by Movage involving Blake farm assets.
A Bluefield WV church sermon triggers talk of gender seating as Rev. Lee urges separation of men and women in the pews. He argues women must wear hats and sit on one side with men opposite, claiming mixed seating distracts from preaching and church order.
Aumber Apprats Casn faced suit in Hlippery Rock Pa after failing to pay 2180 pledged to Presbyter Jen church Lemite Bullwagon. He claims pledges of that nature and Sunday gifts cannot be collected, while church trustees seek judgment and action against delinquent pledgemakers.
A Senate session features Elkins pushing administration railroad measures and a $3,400,000 appropriation to acquire twelve blocks for Capitol grounds expansion. House and Senate discuss pension codification, judiciary laws, Maine trade terms, and a naval appropriation with broader hearings and calls for executive department creation. Senators debate railway and fiduciary bills amid partisan divisions and procedural votes.
Fragmented OCR notes report labor unrest, powder and dynamite purchases, a push for equal suffrage in municipal elections, and city charter revisions. Mentions Westinghouse Electric, General Electric, and talks of industry consolidations, plus an experimental site near Greeley Colorado and agricultural plans involving potatoes.
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