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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1909
Page
2
The Mothers Unison of Great Britain marked its anniversary in London with bishops offering contrasting guidance on domestic life. One bishop praised wives as makers of men while another noted mothers’ heavy reach. A mix of humor and duty framed the event amid broader notes on labor, Native American workers, and myths of fortunes.
California's state board of health plans a railway car exhibit to show how fevers tuberculosis and other diseases may be prevented. The display aims to reach the public in the 6 o'clock rush hour, according to the Troy Times.
A damaged OCR fragment references Crowe and a plan to regive up fifty million dollars for a boule and projects across the country. It mentions kidnapping and reform, but the text is unclear and incomplete.
Senator Tillman replies to Roosevelt charges over alleged use of influence to press a suit against northwest railroads to aid a land purchase. He accuses Roosevelt of haste and political vendetta, defends his actions, and demands thorough investigation of motive and facts. He cites Dorr land fraud allegations and asserts his integrity and transparency.
News in brief reports 12 year old Michael Rucel preached his own sermon at Last Alle Catholic Church in New York with the text Behold, I bring to you tidings of great joy. The event was well received. A trumpet was unearthed in a sand pile along the East River in New York by a tow district official.
A scathing critique by Ben Tillman accuses the president of tyrannical overreach disobedience of law and cruel conduct toward a helpless woman. The speaker accuses the president of using the press and secret service for partisan aims and of personal malice seeking to destroy him.
London January 12 The British government received telegraphic assent from the United States and Canada to sight alterations in the draft of the waterways treaty, yielding an absolute agreement on the terms.
A fragment notes that many Hall served as foreman of the company, indicating a leadership lineage within the workplace. The readable text implies a focus on managerial roles held by individuals named Hall during the period.
Manila reports that Marlin Ocampol and Fidel Reyes, editors on the staff of El Renaciminto, were yesterday convicted of a Ning ean Hak in connection with a disputed issue of the paper.
The Rev J H Carmichael, after killing Gideon Browning in Battle Run Michigan last Tuesday and burning the body in a stove, killed himself in Carthage Illinois by cutting his throat. He died at the county hospital after being found at Miranda Hughes boarding house. A written confession details Browning’s alleged hypnotic influence and the church assault.
Washington January 12 The House committee on naval affairs agreed to a navy expansion of 29 million dollars proposing two battleships of 26 000 tons displacement costing 19 million dollars five torpedo boat destroyers four submarines a submarine carrier and related support vessels The committee cut navy department requests and added one extra submarine surface boat and kept most collider and sub marine boat estimates as proposed
Flushing N Y Jan 2 The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains and his brother Captain Peter Hains Jr entered its fourth and final week The jury will retire Wednesday or Thursday afternoon Both sides rested yesterday morning A verdict against Thornton could lead to a sanity commission for the army officer while an acquittal would push Captain Hains murder case to trial with a defense claiming temporary insanity.
Des Moines reports Hon. T. T. Anderson was elected elector-at-large and chosen messenger to carry Iowa's Taft and Sherman electoral votes to Washington. The Iowa electoral college made the selection on the twenty-ninth ballot amid long delays and intermissions, after which Mr. Anderson hosted a banquet for the members at the Savery hotel.
Wilson tells House committee that foot and mouth disease has persisted for weeks in cattle herds in Michigan Pennsylvania and Maryland. He notes the disease may have reached humans through serum or vaccination or by eating meat from diseased cattle, with infection believed to have been imported.
In Bethune Pas de Calais on January 12, four murderers were beheaded by the guillotine marking the first capital punishments in France for years. A large crowd witnessed the executions as the blades fell in the town square and the crowd dispersed after the sentences were carried out.
Governor Thomas R. Marshall was inaugurated in Indianapolis in a ceremony at the capitol. The first Democrat elected since 1892, he pledged an honest economical and painstaking administration and a push for laws backed by the community's moral sentiment.
Lady William Beresford once Lillian Warren Price of Troy New York died after months of illness at her Dohking home. She was daughter of the late Commodore Price U S N and her death was not unexpected.
A presidential commission report to Congress condemns District of Columbia jails and workhouses as overcrowded and squalid. It cites idle inmates, cells crowded two or three to a unit, meals passed through bars, and urges Congress to overhaul penal and civic institutions to ensure clean, humane conditions and fitness for a modern capital.
Flushing New York January 12 All evidence in the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains has been taken and the case is expected to go to the jury by noon Thursday after counsel for both sides sum up and Justice Crane charges. A brief court session followed with announcements that no more evidence would be offered and an adjournment to allow Hains counsel to prove the defendant was not a principal with his brother Captain Peter C. Hains in the killing of William B. Annis.
In Silver City near Yazoo City Mississippi yesterday two men, D. 8. Sprotea a prominent planter, and Wess Davis a Black man, exchanged words over a house selling dispute. Sprotea allegedly fired first and Davis was killed instantly. Sprotea was mortally wounded.
Dr. Charies Denison, renowned tuberculosis specialist, died at his Denver home after a period of illness. Cause of death listed as Baligrene Dyers and acute septicaemia. The veteran physician, noted for world wide fame in the fight against the disease, passed away on January 12.
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