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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
3
Washington report outlines the broad features of a sweeping currency and banking bill. It creates regional reserve banks, mandates member banks to join, outlines reserve requirements, and details notes backed by gold reserves and government guarantees.
Gedar Rapids farmer Old Tom London prides himself on his 509 chickens and his half brother Jack London, a writer of bawdy serials and short stories. The pair grew up apart after their mother died in Moscow, with Tom later returning to Iowa and California before settling near Moscow, farming, trapping, and tending animals.
Fragmentary report notes outcry as a high profile state official, author of a corrupt practices act, faces suspicions of law violations. The piece mentions an assembly member John Lits and a cock fighting bill, with arrests at a fight and calls for reform amid improprieties.
The speaker recalls Ele in an orphan home in the north for two years, his travels to Oakland, and meeting the caretaker who became his wife. Their son Jack, called Little Johnnie, grows tall but frail, loves reading, attends a night high school in San Francisco, and avoids steady work while pursuing his own path.
The weather man is praised for his accuracy often making a perfect score eight times out of ten. He warned of blizzards and saved the western coast millions, proving meteorology’s value despite public doubt during harsh weather cycles.
The piece traces the rise of aerology as a field, charting air flows like rivers, and notes the Weather Bureau's advances from forecasting to weather control. It highlights frost prevention methods and fog dispersal as key aims, praising public sharing of inventions and foreseeing broader aviation implications.
A Boston Globe report details a Jersey lawyer’s resentment after a crime gang member lifted his overcoat in a New York restaurant. The thief, wearing a pierced parka, fled with a package of valuable contents. The incident highlights concern over security and the perceived quality of items stolen.
The piece extols Roosevelt for advancing peace in the western hemisphere and notes Senator Root as a Nobel laureate who previously helped ease tensions with South American republics. It discusses the arrival of an extraordinary ambassador to the republics and the positive reception of Roosevelt’s diplomacy.
A Japan Society Bulletin excerpt outlines ancestor reverence as central to Japanese law morality and institutions. It describes three reverence types, house altars with tablets, and parallels to American patriotism, citing Prof NM Hozami's book and noting European nations expanding industrial and technical schooling.
Fragmented verse warns a young woman about choosing a mate and hints at consequences of poor judgment. It references youth, mustache, sunglassed looks, and social expectations in a cautionary tone. The tone mirrors a period folk lyric urging care in selecting a partner.
Mrs Gertrude Lea daughter of Col Philip Harvey died after two automobiles struck her and her husband Richard B Lee Jr in New York as they crossed a street returning from a Christmas dinner The husband was seriously injured The taxicab driver was arrested while the limousine driver fled The Lees friend Col Harvey was present at the dinner and learned of the crash later Lee was transportation superintendent for the American Sugar Refining Co and Mrs Lee had been Mrs Convile Arnold before her second marriage
Past Christian Mississippi Des 27 President Willson outlined a health first visit program in which he will rest, golf at Migellsssippi country club with Dr Cary T Gray son and read in evenings He will study letters from the White House and arrange a trip with family He aims to select members for the federal reserve board and draft a anti trust message His plan includes establishing an interstate trade commission to advise and inform on the Sherman law with no regulatory power The address to Congress is planned for January 1 after holidays and cabinet review
Washington announces that the administration will regulate rather than prosecute big business under trust laws. A special message will be sent after the holidays to clarify the Sherman act and tighten definitions. Legislation against interlocking directorates is already promised. Attorney General McReynolds says the Sherman statute already contains sufficient law.
Rome reports fourteen killed and five seriously injured when a two story fireworks factory at the foot of Mount Vesuvius exploded. No further bodies found. cause unknown.
In Cumberland Maryland on December 21 a freight train of 66 loaded cars broke away from its engine on the Seven Mile grade and tore back down the track. One brakeman HM Kiekpetrick of Keyser West Virginia was killed as cars wrecked near Serene apison.
Seabright New Jersey reports extensive storm damage as houses washed away and huts near the beach become homeless. Shoring up buildings, broken rail tracks, and undermined hotels marked the high tide disaster while seafarers were warned and shelter found in town facilities.
John Bostick, a young bandit linked to the El Monte Southern Pacific train robbery and the Montague slaying, confessed and arrived in custody. He says he will plead guilty and faces execution. Police tie him to a prior November Richmond holdup and a desire to fund a planned reunion with his sweetheart.
Washington reports the Cutter Service saved 2,? vessels and 5,168 people amid 1,745 sea casualties in the year ending June 26. Vessels and cargoes valued at 523.86 million were saved. 1,984 vessels aided with crews assisted by revenue cutters and wrecking ships. Emergency plots and night warnings reduced dangers to seafarers.
New York reports Miss Denola Dahlgren granddaughter of Rear Admiral Dahlgren will enter the Deaconess Home in New York. She has long supported Protestant Episcopal church social work and plans to join the religious order.
Andrew Furuseth resigns as president and delegate to the international conference on safety at sea. He cables President Wilson stating his step follows disagreement with a sub committee report, which he says lowers safety standards.
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