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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
2
A string of observations on politics empire and society from the era. Topics include Russian youth prospects in Asiatic Turkey women voters pacifism and future aviation auto culture and a Seattle burglar thwarted by a girl with a bat. Notable mentions: Prince of Wales Amer ica's cup Lipton Venus statues and peach crops.
Li Sum Ling’s Pekin visit spurs a China American Friends association. A banquet for a Hongkong newspaper proprietor showed the new era in the Celestial Empire as officials listened to his tales of the United States and toasted President Taft as a friend of China. President Northrop of Minnesota, aged 68, demonstrated sprinter-like action by chasing two campus smokers who broke rules, catching them and delivering a sharp reprimand.
A remark suggests that successful experiments turning cotton stalks and cornstalks into paper might lead to making paper from weeds. The note imagines an inventive genius pursuing plant-based pulp as a future possibility.
The article notes wartime nerves in Britain when German invasion is mentioned, contrasting with the British boldness. It then reflects that similar anxiety appeared over the supposed Spanish phantom fleet, which caused uneasy feelings about safety and threats.
Washington July 6 The Senate passed the corporation tax amendment to the tariff bill by 60 to 11 after a day of debate that saw income tax supporters defeated. Democrats vied with Republicans, with 45 voting for the corporation tax substitute and 31 against. Aldrich pressed for a quick vote while Frazier was absent sick, and the chamber prepared to finalize prize coupon abolition and tobacco schedule changes in the tariff bill.
Nikolskoye Siberia July 6 Col lyomik of the quartermaster department was shot and killed by a military cantteen attendant after the colonel rebuked two soldiers for not saluting. The attendant drew a revolver and killed the colonel.
Denver hosts thousands of teachers for the 47th annual National Education Association meeting. President Lorenzo D. Harvey of Stout Institute will open the conference. Delegates hear remarks from state superintendents and educators as the council advances its agenda.
The great military tournament at Camp Taft in Bay View park opened today. Three thousand troops from all service branches demonstrate army readiness and wartime efficiency to a crowd of many thousands. The event draws visitors from Toledo and across the middle western states, with eleven thousand spectators accommodated in a monster grand stand.
A large three story frame lodging house at 408 Terrace Street burned out of control in Seattle. The building and two adjoining structures were gutted. Three firemen were trapped under falling walls and rescued with difficulty as streams of water shielded them. The three men were badly hurt. one man is dead and several others are missing and believed dead.
Legal notices indicate a Muskogee Oklahoma decision declares invalid the state law prohibiting gas piping. The ruling allows foreign corporations to sell natural gas into other states, impacting Oklahoma and nearby markets.
Ironwood Michigan July federal grand jury to probe charges against H. F. John president B. T. Larson cashier and George H Meadow assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Ironwood with about 600000 in deposits and 100000 in quick assets. Larson alleged to have embezzled 200000 in two years and entries falsified to inflate assets. bonds overstated by 75000 and 1500 deposited cash misused. bail set at 10000 26000 50000. potential heavy losses to depositors.
Burlington Ia July 6 Under the Launch club of this city the largest motor boat regatta on the Mississippi began today with ten races ranging from one to thirty miles. Competitors arrive from major river points between Moline and St Paul and from clubs on the Ohio Illinois Cumberland and Missouri rivers. The regatta runs through tomorrow with nightly water carnivals and pyrotechnic displays.
A New York cable reports the American commission findings that Britain encroached on 300 square miles of Liberian land. British authorities assured that the occupation would end following proper diplomatic action by the United States.
St Louis July 5. Broughton Brandenburgh, magazine writer acquitted last week on larceny charges in relation to a pursuit of a letter said to have been dictated by the late Grover Ple gend arrived in St Louis.
In Detroit on July 5 a fire alarm caused a deadly rush at Kresge's new five story store on Woodward and State. About 600 women and children surged toward the rear stairs, rails gave way, and the mass toppled, injuring several women and a child fatally. Clothes ripped and trampling reported as shoppers fought to escape.
Crown Point New York June 5 The ten year anniversary celebration of the discovery of Lake Champlain opened today with a crowd near Fort St. Frederic and Fort Crown Point. Water pageants depicted Champlain era events with 150 Indians in the pageants. The Indian drama Hiawatha followed along with addresses. Tonight pageants and drama are repeated and a grand fireworks display will close Crown Point's portion of the celebration.
Newton police say Gleason M. Guist admitted killing his uncle O. M. Guist a 75 year old retired farmer on the nephew's farm southeast of Burton last Monday evening. He shot him in the back of the head after a crops dispute and hid the body under a culvert where a 10 year old son later found it.
Two people were probably fatally injured and several others hurt in a collision on Euclid Avenue between trolley cars returning from a simmer garden. The report notes likely fatalities and multiple injuries from the crash in St. Louis on July 5.
The worst flood in Council Bluffs history swamped 260 acres in the city core as Indian Creek overflowed. Water ran three feet deep on Broadway from Seventh to Thirteenth, flooding stores and the residential districts. About 2,000 Fourth of July celebrants from Lake Manawa were marooned at Burlington depot until trains could carry them to Omaha. Police rescued three men from drowning on lower Main Street. no casualties reported though damage will be heavy.
United States Senator A B Cummins of Iowa and the Fifty third regiment band based at Fort Dodge will be guests of honor at a midsummer picnic by the Hawkeye club of Spokane at Natatorium park on August 7. Cummins will also speak at the seventeenth session of the National Irrigation congress in the state armory August 9 to 14, with President Taft and cabinet members possibly in attendance.
Des Moines marked the Independence Day with record cold conditions and sneezing as the city endured a harsh Fourth. At least 100 people were injured, with 58 needing medical attention for serious injuries during the celebration.
A man who stated his name as M. B. Phillip from Kansas City held fifty four men at gunpoint in a downtown resort dance hall. Police arrived to find the patrons with hands raised. Phillip was taken into custody without incident.
Des Moines will send fifty Elks to the annual grand convention in Los Angeles from July 12 to 17. About fifteen hundred Iowa Elks are expected, with Des Moines members having departed on a special train from Council Bluffs this morning.
Eight men were shot in a battle between a sheriff posse and T. G. Earhart an ex convict at Lone Oregon. W H Escoe of Portland, aged, was shot by mistake by posse members and Earhart wounded in the back after firing on six pursuers.
Nashville editorial writer Col Wil Ham G. Tatum died at the Nashville American after an extended illness. The death follows tense clashes and a contentious run of editorials that stirred local opinion in Tennessee.
Fragmentary report notes an unnamed driver in Columbus achieving a new automobile record by covering 100 million miles in an unspecified time, with conflicting references to Burman and Stang and unclear dates or times.
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