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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
3
A Colorado man notes that Eastern visitors expect a grand show in farming yet are often surprised. A New Hampshire visitor admires a peach sprout growing from a neglected fruit in an incubator, while others joke about peaches and detectives and a veteran statesman plans to live down rumors from fourteen campaigns.
A Canadian immigration emphasis outlines a booming grain belt in Southern Alberta and nearby districts, noting 160 acres free land per settler, yields of 20 to 40 bushels per acre for wheat, and up to 85 per acre in select cases. The letter from Anne Moherby of Melvington, Saskatchewan, describes strong conditions, abundant fuel, good water, and solid German and American settlement, with reports of 30–51 bushels of wheat per acre and 75–100 bushels of oats in nearby farms.
The Senate passed a large deficiency bill for over 24 million dollars, with heavy discussion of executive department expenditures. Lawmakers sparred over Panama Canal funding, tariffs, and a nonpartisan tariff commission while the House extended debate on the Indian appropriation and the government exhibit for the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition.
A 1907 survey tracks prohibition progress across 17 states with 80 cities adopting dry laws and 33 going dry. Atlanta sees dramatic declines in drunkenness cases after the Georgia dry statute, while Justice Harlan warns of a future race conflict and urges a massive navy buildup.
A survey of early 20th century labor issues notes that Italian agricultural workers earn 80 cents daily, with lower wages for women and youths. It reports averted marine engineers strike in Honolulu via arbitration, union efforts by the International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen, and a California labor convention condemning Roosevelt and Metcalf over Japanese policy. Glasgow miners cite wage increases and a new minimum, while Arthur W. Clark becomes New England organizer for the Amalgamated Meet, Cattern and Butcher Workmen's Union. Germany reports 25,714 cooperative societies with 3,860,148 members in 1907, mostly credit associations. The piece mentions English railway Sunday duty and a Boston man suing his employers for damages after a steam accident, plus attempts to unify Boston teamsters into a single council amid confederation tensions.
Brief news notes report Dean Dr Henry Gibbons Jr of Cooper Medical College badly hurt in a San Francisco street car crash. Separate item notes a cyclone near Hagelhurst Mississippi leaving over twenty dead and a fatal blaze at a three story rooming house at 1416 Wyandotte Street Kansas City with five burned to death and others injured.
A Washington correspondent notes dramatic Treasury Department growth since 1870. Wealth and money in circulation have surged, per capita wealth rising from 77.33 in 1870 to 1310.11 in 1907, with gold holdings, coin, and deposits across subtreasuries and mints totaling over 900 million in outsiders’ funds.
Steel ruat's Big Korninge shows 1907 profits of 10,984,477, surpassing 1900 high. Oct earnings were largest in company history. Directors declare fourth quarter dividends on preferred at 1434 percent and 0.5 percent on common. Early profit-sharing results suggest limited extra dividends for longholding workers. Naval bureau advances turret separation on battleships to prevent powder ignition. Las Aube forest reserve manager Pitton reports major fraud in homestead entries. Stamford sanitarium building project disrupted with a loss of 15,000.
Charles W. Morse, once hailed as a top American financier, has vanished from New York after creditors attached his property including his residence at 728 Withersine. In a $243,321 suit by Charles A. Hanns, receiver of the National Bank of North America, Morse is said to have left for Europe. Once a dominant organizer of banks, steamships, and insurers, Morse’s assets once exceeded $300,000,000. his fortune was listed around $20,000,000 years ago and he claimed $11,000,000 three months ago amid a meteoric rise and rapid reorganizations.
A stream of political notes reports Gov Iugden’s stance for GOP unity on a New York nomination, Luft letters urging coalition, Dover’s committee ruling against primaries in Ohio, and Forakerites viewing it as a win. Secretary Taft’s remarks at the Philadelphia Ohio Society banquet touch on naval influence in the Orient. Fire at Dominion Coal Company store in Dominion, NB, causes $75,600 in losses.
In Breathitt County Kentucky Judge James Hargis was killed in his Jackson general store by his son Bench Hargis after a quarrel linked to a longstanding feud. Bench fired multiple shots, killing his father and injuring customers before surrendering to town marshal Goran Smith amid a struggle.
From Johannesburg Transvaal reports 126 Indian ex soldiers who served as hospital bearers petition England’s colonial secretary Wars of Elgin protesting identification measures they say infringe on religion They threaten to seek royal order to be shot on South African battlefields if not protected Several prominent natives jailed two to three months for refusing to comply with the law
The drive for women suffrage in France gains momentum as a resolution in favor of votes for women receives 50 000 signatures. The petition will be presented by the National Council of Women once 100 000 signatures are reached. In another note a railroad wreck near Fettly Station injures five passengers.
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