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Newspaper
Telegraph Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1909
Page
4
The Dubuque Herald established 1836 with the 1901 consolidation serving as the official paper of city and county. Evening editions publish daily except Sunday and morning editions daily except Monday. Entry as second class matter May 3 1908 under act of March 38 1879. Price listed as $6.00 and 3.00.
Subscribers must provide both old and new addresses for any mailing change. Papers continue unless explicit discont inuation orders are received. Telegraph-Herald rejects unsolicited manuscripts. Send business letters to The Telegraph-Herald Dubuque Iowa.
Key events include the 1816 death of Gouverneur Morris born 1752, the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln to his first term, the 1869 death of Admiral Charles Stewart born 1778, the 1900 re election of William McKinley, and the 1903 US recognition of Panama establishing relations with the new republic.
Sun sets at 4 47 p m and rises at 6 34 a m with the moon rising at 1 09 a m. This brief report provides daily celestial timing for observers.
The Waverly Democrat reports William H. Jackson who accompanied Harry Taylor from the city is now a hunted man. He stole a money package while acting as express wagon driver at Albert Lea and fled with a hundred dollars of pilfered money, risking capture and imprisonment.
A picaresque critique details a sly thief who pockets a bundle of bills and strolls away. The narrator recalls the dangers and punishments from express companies, the visible marks of identification, and the certainty that the thief now understands he is a fool.
The Philadelphia Record cites John Stewart Kennedy of New York who died near 80 to argue that successful American business methods do not kill men in midlife. Kennedy retired at 53 after a long career, then used his fortune for philanthropy including gifts to Presbyterian Hospital, United Charities, Columbia University, and various libraries and museums.
In reminiscing about past days the article recalls rural hog slaughter rituals among Roosevelt era families. Neighbors gathered from before daylight to butcher multiple hogs and a beef, with kilns, kettles, scalding, and sharp homemade knives. Children stayed home. work centered on completing the meat before night.
An 1890s advertisement offers 100 dollars reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy. Endorsements from local druggists Wal ding Kinnan Marvin assure Cheney's reliability. Pills for constipation also recommended.
Sealed bids addressed to the committee at City Hall will be received until 4 PM Tuesday Nov 9 1909 for furnishing 38 police overcoats. Coats must follow police regulations and bids require samples. The committee may reject any or all bids. COMMITTEE ON POLICE AND LIGHT
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