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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
3
Inventor Bangerter seeks U S government trial of a wireless, non combustible gun firing 2,000,000 bullets hourly with no heat or recoil. Demonstrations consider Roosevelts approval and French inquiry. Model uses car power, 60 mph carriage, five barrels, 75 degree sweep, and solid steel projectiles.
Viterbo preserves medieval character amid modern growth. Santa Rosa, born in the 13th century, became patroness after opposing Frederick II. Her festival on September 4 features the Macchina shrine carried by 60 men and street races dating to the middle ages. The papal palace and conclave hall still serve charity and governance as in former times.
Mrs Mary Needham recalls the Goodman brothers Lawrence and Owen who left in 1852 for California and then Australia. A Spokane lawyer and an Australian attorney hold quit claims to the wealth, with a Cassville reunion planned for eleven relatives sharing a $10 000 000 claim.
Heirs of two Iowa settlers expect a vast Australian fortune from the Goodman brothers who left Dubuque in 1852 for a mining boom in Australia. The brothers amassed about 10 million dollars before dying unmarried and now their heirs in Spokane and Dubuque area are to receive distributions. Attorneys in Iowa confirmed the search and await final proceedings.
Management of the Hotel Gotham debates a petition urging millionaire patrons to use hotel laundry rather than washing silk hosiery and lingerie in bathtubs. Reporters note guests have been avoiding charges by scrubbing garments themselves, wasting soap priced at three dollars a cake and clogging tub pipes.
A hotel guest list includes Frederick Neilson Tracy Down Henry Burden and others as reporters quote complaints about bathtub use for laundry. Plumbers' bills and costly hotel laundry upkeep are noted with remarks on chambermaids and cleaners. Other uptown hotels report similar bathtubs-as-laundry issues.
A brief newspaper snippet records a sharp aside about a husband who has fled to Canada. The remark targets a woman known for her fine dregs reputation, reflecting a gossip-driven column tone from the period.
Kansas City recruit 18 inches tall joins Navy as ship's mascot despite weighing 27 pounds. Nick, born near Fort Leavenworth, travels with hospital steward E. E. Weaver from Kansas City to San Francisco and Manila. Weaver calls Nick Nicholas Longworth Weaver, noting his cheerful health and three meals a day as pay.
In England it is difficult to spark interest in forest preservation due to widespread substitution of coal for wood as fuel, hindering efforts to conserve woodland resources.
Boston April 17 The intimate friends of Assistant Secretary of State Bacon formerly of Boston believe he will become secretary of war around July 1 succeeding Secretary Taft who plans to retire from the cabinet at that time Taft’s retirement appears definite and not tied to the national convention confirmation of the report is not yet obtained
Minnesota Republicans endorse Taft for president and instruct delegates to vote for him at the national convention. Harmony marks the gathering with praise for Roosevelt’s administration and tariff revision by a Republican Congress. Mississippi River improvement urged and corporate regulation supported. Delegates named Kellogg Heffelfinger Pustham Hawk ins.
Peking reports a plan to enlist American capital in Manchuria with a 20 million teel loan authorized by Governor Mang Shao Yi to finance Manchuria's administration. The move aims to negotiate cancelation of Boxer Indemnity portions, align powers like Britain France Germany and Japan, and enforce Ports treaty terms while funding railroads and safeguarding Mongolia amid Russo-Japanese influence.
The 1-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sant Welly, east of Boone, sat backward into a pail of scalding water. Medical treatment was attempted but the child’s condition worsened and death was hourly expected.
Chicago April 17 Bryan supporters accuse Minnesota Governor Johnson campaign phions of trying to remove the two thirds rule from the Democratic national convention rules in Denver this July. Johnson camp says Hyarauttes fear the progress of the so called gopher candidate and his push for uninstructed delegations. The two thirds rule has governed Democratic conventions since Sale.
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