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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
2
The Herald argues that many women become dependent when untrained and without means, urging that education in skilled trades offers lasting protection. It highlights millinery, dressmaking, stenography, cooking, housekeeping, and related crafts as viable lifelong supports, reducing feminine financial ruin.
The column muses on Americans thriving through varied climate and cites Mr. Willis L Moore on weather tempering the spirit. It mentions Australia’s capital debate with Yass Canberra proposed and notes a piano and gramophone delight for the Prince of Wales children at York Cottage. It ends with reform talk on expert testimony in New York courts and a New Jersey will leaving wealth to John D Rockefeller on a whim.
A fragmented report describes Riain as a place where the hut and sidewalk face deep drifts and uneven treatment. The text hints at discrimination by the hut toward the sidewalk, suggesting social friction in a small community.
In Washington on March 16 Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois was elected speaker of the house for the Sixty first congress with 204 votes. The insurgents defeated the rules of the Sixtieth congress, Champ Clark clashed with Dalzell, and Senator Hale announced a Republican senate committee to select standing committees. The day closed with Cannon's victory affirmed and the tariff issue looming.
W D Stephenson was unanimously chosen by the city council to serve as mayor until March 26 recall election day. He accepted, was sworn in immediately, and the crowd cheered. Charles Hewitt’s view suggests he will serve less than a fortnight, with George Alexander likely to succeed.
The New York World publishers through Delancey Nicoll pleaded not guilty before Judge Holt in federal court to criminal libel charges in West Point and the New York post office Panama canal case. Caleb Van Hamm editor also pleaded not guilty to a related charge. A week was granted to prepare a special pleading on jurisdiction.
Posey Ryan shot and killed his wife and daughter during dinner in a Cheyenne restaurant. The Fort Laramie rancher faced divorce allegations, made no resistance, and told police he expected to hang.
A group of men brought in yesterday to work at a local orange New Jersey hat factory where a strike is in progress was escorted from the train by a heavy police guard.
Washington reports that the Supreme Court did not issue a decision yesterday on the constitutionality of the commodities clause of the Hepburn rate law of 1906, contrary to expectations. The delay leaves the key financial regulation unresolved pending further action.
An explosion in the retort of a gas generator at the Washington Gas Light Company plant on Twenty sixth Street Northwest yesterday severely burned three men who are not expected to survive.
Flood waters of the Alabama river in the southern part of the state threaten to reach a crest as high as the spring floods. The message notes rising water levels affecting Mobile and surrounding areas, with potential damage feared along rivers and low-lying zones. Authorities monitor the situation for evacuations and response planning.
A Novoe Vremya dispatch from Julfa reports Persian horsemen and infantry marching from the Araxes frontier city. Villages are burned and people shot as hundreds flee with children on their backs. A St Peters burg correspondent describes a burned village near Julfa as ruthlessly sacked, with civilians killed or maimed. Cavalry orders a double quick push into Julfa, while residents fortify homes and rooftops become fortresses.
Philadelphia March 6 Judge George M Dallas of the United States circuit court for the third circuit sent his resignation to President Taft He was eligible to retire under the law but the move was unexpected He was appointed to the federal bench in March 1892 and reached age 70 last month creating retirement eligibility
The Norwegian steamer Mascot bound for Sunderland collided with the German ship Margretha from Iquique near the Maas lightship. The Margretha sank immediately, twenty crew drowned. Mascot returned damaged with a large bow breach.
New Orleans March 16 state supreme court unanimously declared the Locke bill prohibiting gambling on race tracks constitutional. The ruling upholds the measure amid ongoing debates over gaming regulation and public morality.
In Buffalo New York on March 16 Judge Hazel denied Standard Oil Company’s motion for a new trial and imposed a $20,000 fine.
Reports from Fe2 say the forces of the pretender Reghi advancing on Tangier defeated the government's troops.
Mrs. John Davers of Antwine gave birth to triplets yesterday morning, March 16, in Sterling. She is 26 and her husband 20, bringing their count to five children all living.
A fragmented Ottawa report notes Oscar Ad- icing, his wife and daughter were involved in an incident on May 15 as police described a disturbing event. Further facts are unreadable in the clipping.
Danville Illinois reports Robert Strawser a rural mail carrier and former resident killed his three children with strychnine then killed himself. The wife found the four bodies and the coroner investigated. Wife cites possible insanity as cause. In New York Isidore de Valante night clerk at the Eastern hotel was found murdered with blunt force and throat cut after robbers rifled till and failed to open the safe. Police lack crew and seek identity from a partly written register. The murder occurred between two and six pm while clerks were away.
East Liverpool, O., Mar 16. Following the Puritan Sunday observed locally, all employed persons face arrest today. No arrests made yesterday. police have taken names of street-car conductors, motormen, telephone operators, news dealers, livery men, automobile chauffeurs and others who worked on Sunday. Cigar stores withheld sales, restaurants operated limited hours, and drug stores filled prescriptions only. Nearly all news dealers handed papers to a Seventh Day Adventist who kept Saturday as the Sabbath, believing the law could not stop selling.
News from New York on March 16 reports Mrs. Charles W. Morse confirming that her husband the former banker and promoter has squandered his wealth. She sells furs and jewels to cover lawyers fees from his recent trial obligations.
A series of strong earthquake shocks were recorded on Russian seismographs on Saturday and Sunday. The disturbances are estimated to have originated in the region near the Philippines and Formosa, with the epicenter not yet precisely fixed.
A gas blast in the basement of Salvador Balsamo's fruit store on South Fifth street in St. Joseph leaves two dead and nine injured. Firefighters battled flames and hazardous debris as rescuers searched the rubble for additional victims. Local authorities investigated the cause of the explosion and secured the scene.
Gen Sla vinsky, head of the prison, was killed yesterday near the Minsk facility by an unidentified attacker. The incident occurred in the prison environs as authorities investigated the shooting and security was tightened around the facility.
Gov Willson and Mrs Willson narrowly escaped death in Frankfort when horses attached to the governor's car ran away. Guests Mr and Mrs Robert M Lyman of New York were present and escaped unharmed.
Frank Urban, a teamster on a farm several miles from Milwaukee, is accused in a fatal incident described as involving a potato masher. The report notes a connection to March 16 and mentions a person named Gecella Niehi in relation to the case.
Pittsburg district attorney Blakeley wins court power to use a grand jury against bribe givers and takers in a city corruption investigation. Judges instruct the panel to hear witnesses and return true bills against those implicated, naming several councilmen and bankers among those summoned.
In Saltillo Mexico on March 16 Bishop Jose Maria Echeverria ordered prayers in all churches for three days due to a severe drought and great suffering in the region as rain is sought.
Flushing New York March 16 Capt Peter C Hains United States Army will be tried April 19 at the courthouse here on charges of murdering William J Annis at the Bayside Yacht club in August last year
William Mason, manager of the Standard Oil Company’s Binghamton district, died at his home after a long illness. The death occurred yesterday in Binghamton New York. Mason had been with the company for many years and was well known in the local business community.
In Archbald Pennsylvania St. Thomas Catholic Church, among the earliest Scranton diocese structures, was burned yesterday prompting investigations into the blaze and its damage to the parish.
In Vinita Oklahoma on March 16 attorneys for Gay C N Haskell and other prominent Oklahomans charged with conspiracy in the Muskogee town site scheduling case filed a motion in federal court to quash the indictments.
Murky dispatch from Washington dated March 16 notes disturbances in Bogota tied to cement industry politics. Report mentions unrest believed linked to policy disputes and local civic friction, with limited details remaining unclear.
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