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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
2
A miscellany of provocative lines touches on debt, intelligence, pensions, class mobility, and luck. It notes Canada’s lobster harvest, Vienna’s beggars, and Mexico City lottery spend. It jabs at tobacco, wheat demand, and a uranium radium yield, then shifts to humor about trials, licenses, and marital fidelity with a jumble of antiquated opinions.
The article notes a slow rise in predation in France and a puzzling decline in births over the past century. Births fell from 1,007,000 to 700,000 while deaths rose by about 10,000, signaling potential demographic strain and concern for future stability.
A large gathering of Republican leaders from seventeen states and territories met at the Antlers hotel to discuss coordinated methods for promoting Taft and Sherman across the West. The conference, led by national committee members and state chairmen, aims to share ideas and plan aggressive campaigning over the next two months amid reports of a car crash involving campaign aides.
A short talk covered state needs and the peculiar system for gauging Nebraska voters meant to guide campaign actions. Willem V Waywaird, Nebraska state chairman, outlined in plain terms the precinct data collection used to form arguments for the assembly. The event noted a Northwest trip and a later postponement for the afternoon session.
Atlanti Ga July 21 Gov Hoke Smith sent to the Georgia legislature a special message in 1907 detailing why he removed Joseph Brown from the state railroad commission. He cites Brown’s alleged actions helping railroads and criticizes a sealed letter Brown sent prior to suspension. Brown, the governor elect, had defeated Smith in the Democratic primary.
Fragmented report details a failed revolution in a border city. Rebels, led by Rachin Khan, lose control of suburban plantations as loyalist forces gain the upper hand. Two prisoners, Cohen and other rebels, retreat to a villa in the countryside amid escalating clashes. Two men, Charles Rover and Angelo Landiera, are electrocuted in Ossining prison after trial.
The Special Squadron including the Mine and Alvan arrived in Manila after a calm voyage around the world, following departure from Guan July 4. A separate report from Maysville notes a beating incident by a band led by Samuel Rigdon at the Rigdon farmhouse, injuring a tobacco crop owner.
Mrs Susan Phoner wife of Louis O Turner of Argentine Wat gave birth to quadruplets seven months later two boys and a girl. The girl died shortly after birth but the two boys remain alive and healthy. The report notes the birth occurred Sunday and lists the parents and location in Kansas City area.
John Burford of Chattanooga reported a suit case containing about 10,000 in stocks and bonds stolen in Chicago federal building. A 13 year old boy asked to hold the bag while Burford bought a postal card and vanished with the grip. Burford identified the thief as neatly dressed and from a good family. Investigations by police and federal authorities followed.
Manila July 21 Lieut. Guy Burr died of wounds from an attack on outlaws at Cota on Mintano. Detachment commander Tilenti Bury and Whitney led a storming party to seize Cota. Fourteen outlaws were killed and none captured.
G C Mary age 21 a college student from Addyston Ohio now Cincinnati was drowned while canoeing on Tiern creek Georgetown Kentucky. Companions James Browning and Miss Stella Mansson were rescued unconscious after the canoe capsized near the water.
The body of Mrs. Carrie ff Pererfield was found in a pool of blood west of the city. John Underwood, a street car motorman, was arrested as authorities allege evidence ties him to the death. The victim had recently divorced her husband.
Honolulu July 21 five of the five man engine room crew aboard the battleship Kearsarge Atlantic fleet were seriously injured by a burst steam pipe in the forward starboard boiler late Saturday. Steam plant was disabled for nine hours as repairs were made. Injured men are reported to be doing well and none are expected to die.
Washington July 21 President Gompers Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell of the AFL executive council were cited to answer on September next to a charge of contempt for violating a court injunction that bars continuing a boycott against the Bucks Store and Range Company.
Stith Valley village twelve miles south of Indianapolis faced total destruction as a lumber yard owned by Rush and Paddock burned after a $20,000 fee could not prevent spreading flames. Over 100 residents from nearby Greenwood Waverly and South Port joined to halt the conflagration, but several small houses were burned.
Captain Henry McCrea of the United States Navy, commander of the battleship Georgia on the North Atlantic squadron cruise to the Pacific coast, died of Brights disease in the naval hospital Brooklyn. He was 67, and had been ill since June 22.
A package valued at 1900 dollars disappeared from the Des Males office of Adams Express Company. It was one of three identical packages. the other two arrived at their destinations while this one vanished.
A stage from Lynden overturned near Bellingham Washington injuring fifteen passengers. Fire crews and police responded to the scene with witnesses describing the crash as severe and chaotic. Medical aid was provided on site and at nearby facilities as investigations begin into the cause.
Americans excel in early tracks at Brighton with May Huff Ames among Iowa contenders in the 800 meters. Beards, Lightbody, Halstead and Coe post wins while Melvin Sheppard dominates the 800 meters heat. American officials lauded results as flows of heats and hurdles raise flag for future rounds.
Worcester July 1 1900 8 J Tennis P O Sullivan president of St Josephs College Philadelphia died suddenly Monday of heart failure at Holy Cross college Rev Pathosullivan had been ill and sought recovery He was born in Troy in 1856 obituary notices death toll context incomplete
Six unidentified foreign workers were run down by a train in South Buffalo railroad yards on Monday. The deaths, occurring within hours of each other, stirred talk of a suicide pact among mentally distressed laborers, though no names or clear motives were confirmed.
Stewart, a telegraph operator of Cha pilyn HL, died by suicide on Monday after attempting a cure for alcohol addiction. The death follows completing a course at the institute offering treatment for the drink habit.
United States Senator and former member of President Cleveland's cabinet, William Vilas, was reported severely ill on July 21 in Madison Wisconsin. Doctors stated his condition as serious though no brain failure occurred.
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