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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
3
A collage of historical events and figures spans 1655 to a hazy 1900s era. It references Venice figure Doge Marina Fatiere, the Royal Society, battles from Lexington to Trafalgar, and early American events, with notes on disasters, conferences, and industrial development.
San Francisco celebrates the first anniversary of the 1906 catastrophe as utilities race back to full service in most of the four square miles. The banquet at the Fairmount Hotel honors the recovery with remarks and song while recalling two thousand six hundred acres of destruction and two hundred thousand left homeless.
A mysterious assailant poisoned the Mette family in Chicago with food tainted by arsenic and other poisons. Over three weeks three meals triggered outbreaks at home, killing Frank Mette and Mrs. Mette while hospitalizations and further attempts unsettled the household. Police and coroner investigations followed as suspect Mary Sladek faced questions amid fear.
John Elmore of Altoona Pennsylvania is credited with a discovery claiming to extract heat from ashes. Chemists quickly attempted to replicate the method and allegedly achieved the same result, marking a notable breakthrough in heat production from ash.
A Fort Worth Denver City Railway damage suit over mental and physical suffering saw the Supreme Court reverse a verdict by allowing Christian Science beliefs to be probed in cross examination. The ruling emphasizes relevance of the plaintiff's faith to alleged suffering and signals broader use in similar cases.
Fire devastates the principal business section of Bfastings Ontario with estimated losses around 90000 dollars. The Bank of Maite cashier Bujak Smith faces arrest in Seattle for default. Desertion ends Lieut Louis Buck’s army service. Red Cross funds aid famine relief in Russia. Morristown Tenn man Hump Jarningan dies by self inflicted gunshot. Chemung Copper files to Minnesota with 2 million capital. head offices in Duluth. Platinum prices fall as European lenders pledge metal for loans.
Chicago business review notes firmer manufacturing commitments and heavy orders for furnace and finished products, with a strong wholesale demand and fall delivery activity. Farm work is progressing, wages rise noted, and building trades expect a busy season as new permits rise. Banking shows slow deposits rise and easier money with mentions of district failures totaling 17.
Continued cold throughout the nation slows crop development injuring fruits vegetables and cotton while delaying wholesale orders and collections. Building activity remains strong outside New York with high demand for materials as labor slows and unskilled workers are in short supply. Corn exports for the week reach 1 929 592 bushels with year to date totals noted. Brad Bradis Report.
The dispatch blends livestock and grain price ranges from Chicago to Indianapolis and St. Louis with a long description of the Hampton Roads naval pageant and the Jamestown exposition site. It notes cattle hogs sheep prices by city and crop grades, then shifts to ceremony details of the exposition including buildings, state exhibits, and international participants.
The report lists multiple events including receivership of Wolf Manufacturing Co at Chambersburg with estimated liabilities near 500000 dollars, and trustee appointment for O L Haars at Clayton National Bank. Also notes voluntary bankruptcy in U S District Court, a grain rate discrimination hearing date in Topeka, a naval silver service gift to the U S cruiser Washington, a fatal accident during a tunnel dig for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the opening ceremonies for a three hundredth anniversary exposition with speeches by Harry St George Tucker and President Roosevelt. The text also references a James River voyage in 1619, naval displays at the expo, and a 99 year prison sentence for Woodson Morris at Newkirk Oklahoma Territory.
President Roosevelt presides at the Tercentennial Exposition opening along Hampton Roads. Naval lines and diplomats from nations attend as ships fire salutes. The event marks 300 years since the first English settlement in America with ties to Yorktown, Appomattox, and historic Cape Henry as part of the exposition site on the southern shore of the waterway.
The piece notes cement vaults as durable and cheaper than granite in Michigan style homes with a wooden interior and reinforced concrete structure. It also covers diverse topics from ra vens catching a rabbit to plaster mixing tips and pearl formation theories, plus a satirical portrait of factory girls taught by a London university professor using arteri al blood tubes to illustrate ventilation failures.
A New York Weekly excerpt recounts a philosophy lecture on identity. A professor argues parts of a whale or a knife can change yet remain the same, prompting a student to test sameness by replacing blades and handles and even reassembling original parts.
An English tourist in the West was warned by a guide about abundant wildlife. He swam to the river mouth where sharks and alligators were present, realizing the area was unsafe for swimming and noting the risks to visitors.
A Philadelphia Ledger remark notes room for improvement in telegraphy and jokes about plans to avoid scares by new schemes. It reflects on how people react when two men interrupt each other, revealing differing views.
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