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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
6
A pithy column lampoons trends from aviation dreams to social mores. It muses on flying machines, divorce cases, heat and water safety, and fashion shifts, noting progress and folly with satirical jabs at public and political topics.
A government land scandal in Cuba raises alarms for the new republic and forebodes uneasy reception for the United States as European powers murmur a united chorus of warning. The unfolding controversy hints at broader regional tensions and potential diplomatic friction.
Plans envision eliminating Minneapolis grade crossings at a cost between 6 million and 7 million dollars. The piece notes safety costs are high and contrasts with the era’s lending risks. It references Castro losing Venezuelan investments and a navigation company shifting holdings, plus a Pittsburgh debtor-turned-prisoner example.
A theorist argues women on police forces can ground law enforcement by mothering criminals, while pragmatic peers reject sentimentality and contend criminals require tougher measures. The debate pits nurturing instincts against harsher approaches.
The article asserts Germany’s advances in serial navigation deserve recognition. It argues the nation’s inventors receive more substantial encouragement than others, attributing progress to supportive conditions rather than inherent superiority.
The New York dispatches announce Commander Peary has reached the north pole. Stars and stripes reportedly planted at the pole with confirmation to London and New York. The tale runs parallel with Dr Frederick Cook's claim, triggering worldwide debate and strong national pride.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, back in Washington, declares he intends to kill some snakes amid the Ballinger Pinchot controversy over water power plants and conservation. He refuses to discuss the dispute further, says reports will be submitted to the president, and notes he may issue a public statement later. He plans to see the president early next week.
In St Paul Minnesota September 6 due to National Association of Letter Carriers attendance under 1000 many eastern delegates cannot return home. An agreement with railroads would grant one and a half fares if 4000 attendance was certified but the short turnout means stranded bandmen from Brooklyn Boston and other eastern cities face lack of funds to pay full fare.
Four well known Hamilton women were injured in a carriage runaway on September 6. The horse attached to the carriage driven by Miss Rhoebe Schalk, a music teacher, bolted causing two of the injuries to be serious and the others to be minor. Authorities reported the incident occurred in Hamilton, Ohio with prompt aid to the injured women.
Bloodhounds were brought to Lewistown and are on the trail of a suspected robber who held up Robert Little on a mountain south of town. Ira Lash, a lumberman, startled a man believed to be the robber, who fled after Lash found him awake on sacks. Detectives and scent dogs pursued toward Bixler's Gap near the Juniata River. authorities suspect the same bandit who robbed a Pennsylvania railroad express train earlier that week.
President Taft announced a slate of consular reassignments. Stuart K. Lupton moves from Messina to Karachi after Calabria quake relief duties. Thomas Sammons shifts from Seoul to Yokohama, George Scidmore from Kobe to Seoul, Samuel Klabenshue from Belfast to Tientsin, Henry Miller from Yokohama to Belfast, Southard Warner from Leipzig to Bahia, Jay White from Bogota to Santee, and Wallace Bond from Karachi to Copenhagen.
The barkentine City of Papetee reported vast shoals of dead fish along the coast near Point Arena as it sailed by. Sailors speculated the mass may come from crude oil released by the wrecked steamer Winnebago, following seismic disturbances.
Capt Samuel Lo Lemly former judge advocate general of the navy and key figure in the Schley court of inquiry died at St Elizabeth's hospital in Washington. He gained prominence through the inquiry and his service.
In Scordia near Catania a cyclone devastated the village, killing five people and injuring about fifty. Homes were demolished as emergency workers searched for survivors.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrives in Copenhagen aboard the Hans Egede from Greenland to an official greeting by Crown Prince Christian and Danish officials. He recounts gripping arctic feats, including survival near starvation, hunting walruses and musk ox, and his claimed expedition to the North Pole with exact observations. He says he left a diary and documents to support his assertion and notes no contact with Peary’s expedition. The welcome includes King Frederick, Queen Louise, and Princesses. New York and Hudson Fulton events plan a gala dinner honoring Cook if he returns in time.
New York reports expect over two million visitors for the Hudson Fulton celebration. The police ask other cities to provide detectives and to send photos and descriptions of known criminals. A citywide cleanup will begin a week before the event with arrests of known criminals and associates as vagrants, with confinement on Blackwell Island or expulsion from the city.
A dozen prominent Osage reservation businessmen in Bartlesville Oklahoma announce a bold shift. They advocate replacing Texas cattlemen with settled Osage farmers as the reservation is opened to settlement by government next month.
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