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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
4
The piece discusses how clothing affects character and mood, stating neat dress promotes dignity and tact while careless attire can alter behavior. It contrasts this with rail data noting a drop to 68 802 idle cars from 1907 amid heavy rolling stock orders, implying railroads’ need for more freight cars.
The state agriculture department issues a concise bulletin detailing common plant pests, their treatments, and optimal timing. It links three schedules with cross references to aid growers, who are advised to mail specimens of affected growth for diagnosis without spreading infection.
The passage notes that before steam, sailors relied on wind and weather for survival, and compares this to airship and airplane pilots who must study air currents and storms. It suggests the modern century will become the first in weather lore due to air travel and the dangers of atmospheric fury.
Central American banana growers could access a broader market beyond the United States if they partner with carriers ready to ship to Wingland. Pitteen steamers will enter the trade if growers pledge sufficient fruit, about 4 000 to 5 000 tons monthly at Central American docks.
Consular reports from Constantinople note the New Turks embrace the world fair idea. They believe a great exposition could reveal or suggest immense possibilities, spur development in manufacturing and commerce, and lift Turkey from its largely agricultural, pastoral base.
Orville Wright argues flight remains less dangerous than auto racing and unlikely to replace established transport modes. He says most people will limit aerial ambitions to fanciful flights rather than practical adoption.
Across Spain many urban centers report ongoing traffic crises as officials battle repeatedly failed street car routes. Citizens describe certain lines as the worst transportation choices, highlighting chronic delays and service gaps harming daily life.
State Game Warden Geo A Lincoln ends a busy year with a carload of game fish deposited in the Iowa river near Alden and another shipment to Cedar river near Cedar Rapids. About 200000 fish were moved from Sabula to inland waters this fall, with species including black bass rock bass silver bass croppies pike pickerel catfish perch and blue gilled sunfish. The deposits covered multiple rivers and lakes such as Volga at West Union Storm Lake Clear Lake Snell Rock river Greene Wapsie at Independence Spirit Lake Okoboji Iowa river Coralville Cedar river Waverly Alden and Cedar Rapids. Ninety percent of fish are expected to spawn next year.
The literary societies select teams to debate a central bank question for the university championships. Zetagathian team members Edgar Ashton Iowa City Macey Campbell Pleasanton Edward Clouger Cedar Falls. Irving institute team Clarence Coulter Iowa City Jos J McConnell Jr Cedar Rapids R H Leggett Hampton. Philomathean team H B Tuller Fayette F W Goetsch Cresco J J Fishburn Muscatine. Zetagathian and Irving leaders are Iowa City high school debaters from the championship team of three years ago. Coulter also played on the university team that defeated Minnesota last year.
Colfax notes Mr. and Mrs. John Adey observed their golden wedding anniversary with a Thanksgiving dinner in the city. Born in England, they have lived in the United States since 1881. He has worked as a miner since boyhood. he is 74 and she 73. Their family of nine children, all born in England, has five now living.
The old county farm near Waterloo sold to B. J. Rodamar former county auditor for 280 dollars an acre. The 75 acre tract, bought in 1884 for 60 dollars per acre, shows sharp value gains. The board recently paid 110 dollars an acre for a new 200 acre farm six miles north, with the old place nearly paid off by this gain.
Story county board of supervisors sets December 20 for a special election to approve building a county house and hospital for the incurable insane on the county farm site at a cost not to exceed 30000 dollars.
In Dubuque a jury found Joseph Brandenberger guilty of first degree murder after eight hours deliberation. He received a life sentence for fatally shooting his roommate Joseph Schrans on August 27 following a fist fight.
Iowa City resident John Peckman a Civil War veteran died at his home in his 87th year after 52 years in Johnson County He is survived by his widow five daughters and two sons.
Mason City council voted 2 to 4 at a special meeting to repeal an ordinance prohibiting children from using tunnel and push wagons and roller skates on city sidewalks.
A major Davenport blaze started in the A N Roberts Co warehouse on Case Street near Tremont Avenue. It spread across Case Street, igniting ten private homes as families fled in night attire. The stock and houses were destroyed, with a total loss of 100000 dollars fully insured.
Lake City farmer Joe Sutter brought a remarkable egg to town showing two distinct shells one inside the other. The outer shell is thick with knobs while the inner shell is thin and yellow and the egg contains two complete eggs nested together.
After deliberation and legal advice the city council decides that the $15,200 in the sinking fund lying idle for two years could be rightfully used by the water works department to defray expenses of building a new concrete dam and retaining walls, estimated to cost about $33,000.
Mason City reports H A Dyer has announced his candidacy for commander of the Grand Army in Iowa. Returning from the Scottish Rite Masonic meeting at Des Moines, he serves as president of the North Iowa Veterans Association and holds multiple G A R posts including post commander and junior vice commander of the Iowa department.
Ruthven State Fish and Game Warden George A Lincoln completed seining Lake Pelican near here to stock game fish. The nets dragged ashore 96 000 pounds of carp, catfish and bites heads were released back into the water.
Four hundred invitations are to be issued to officials of the state university professors and alumni of the state university law college for a monster banquet closing the dedicatory exercises and marking the completion of the new university law building on February 22.
Chicago news reports Fate Martin once a well known colored dive keeper in Burlington has embraced Christianity under Gypsy Smith. He plans theology study with aim of spreading the gospel in Africa.
Cedar Rapids The Town State Dairy convention elected officers. President W. B. Barney Hampton is the head. Vice president W. F. Stevens Lamont. secretary W. B. Johnson Des Moines. treasurer F. L. Odell Ames.
The Dart Manufacturing Company of Anderson Indiana will move to Waterloo on June 1 1910 to establish a farm auto truck factory with capital stock of 250000 dollars. It is expected to appeal to Iowa farmers and expand local industry.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Nazarine was strapped in a high chair when a 2-year old brother tipped it. She fell onto a hot stove and suffered severe facial and hand burns.
A spirited contest unfolds between Hubbard and Gladbrook over the location of a college to be established in Iowa Falls by the German Evangelical church.
Robert Nolin of Monroe, living on a farm east of town, died after falling from a wagon while returning from the field with a load of corn. Heart disease was identified as the cause of death.
Judge Carswell toppled over the stair railing inside the Boone National Bank building and suffered serious injuries. He is described as crippled with the loss of a leg.
Peter and James Groenwold fought a knife duel near George with pocket knives. Both brothers lie seriously wounded at the home of their mother Mrs H Groenwold after the attack. Local police investigate the incident.
A Johnson County district court jury verdict orders the estate of late Michael Kelley to be divided. The estate totals $30,000, with no $10,000 allocation.
The Swift board reports that the United States Navy should scrap the Dreadnought era and shift to armored cruisers and auxiliaries built under fighter leadership. It calls for removing politics from naval management, restructuring the Mary department, and adopting British and German practices for control and ship design.
In Quincy Illinois Constable James H. Dobbs shot and killed neighbor William Thompson after a quarrel over the men’s children. A lynch mob formed in Columbus but officers moved Dobbs to safety in this city and he was jailed.
Washington physician Dr William J G Woodward warns that the Chautauqua salute the waving of a handkerchief by attendees is a health hazard. He cautions that germs from used or laundered handkerchiefs can spread typhoid fever scarlet fever tuberculosis smallpox measles leprosy and diphtheria when air carries contaminated fibers.
Former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman Judson Gage and Frances Ada Ballou married privately at the Ballou home in Coronado San Diego. Bride age 25 groom 73. Ceremony witnessed by parents attendants Col Wesley Brainerd and Miss Helene Richards. They proceed to Denver after wedding supper. Courtship began with Gage's attempts to convert Ballou to theosophic faith.
Federal prosecutors pressed for more indictments in the customs service fraud inquiry as Thomas C. Giddings, an assistant customs weigher, was arrested on conspiracy charges tied to fig imports. Collector Loeb announced removals totaling 83 weighers since March 9 as part of a wider house cleaning.
Harold Perkins aged 16 hanged himself at his bedroom door after being refused permission to attend the Drake Ames football game. It is believed he expected his aunt to find him and cut him down before he died.
Two German aviators Dr Brenckmann and Hugo Francke of the Berlin Aero Club died when the balloon Kolmar collapsed. Their bodies were found near Flume in Austria Hungary.
President Taft has not written his message to Congress though with only a week left and his cabinet met for over two hours Friday to discuss features of the proposal he plans to submit.
Monticello New York Mrs Nicholas Van Vanness mistook three young skunks for kittens while walking home and buried her brand new winter salt in her back yard on Monday after the mistaken belief.
Mrs. Russell Gross, known to theater audiences as Miss Ethel Barrymore, is now a mother to a fine baby boy. Mother and child are reported doing well.
Alfred Partriage Klots, an American artist, claimed Mme Steinhofl's husband was killed by a Russian grand duke after the husband found him with his wife. He said her murder trial was a revenge move when a financial agreement to protect the czar's relative failed.
Mrs Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring her kidney strength after fifteen years of weakness and irregular secretions. She says the medication allows her to work as much as the average woman and recalls the product, priced fifty cents a box, sold by all dealers.
A fragment notes a man preparing to perform Othello with a beard in early rehearsal. The lines suggest time pressures and a focus on appearance as the actor contemplates his stage readiness and the upcoming four day period.
A report from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis estimates that if Stockholm's 64 percent rate applied to U S schools, 273700 children ages eight to fifteen would be infected. Only 11 open air tuberculosis schools operate nationwide, with nine more proposed, leaving four tenths of one percent of affected children accommodated even at best.
George Parker recounts Grover Cleveland memories about a rich donor seeking the New York governor nomination. Whitney counsels: start run, spend 200000, then grow attached and finish spending more. The anecdote highlights political fundraising temptations in a Democratic bid.
A Walker County Messenger correspondent recalls a criminal court trial last week where a jur y found Crum guilty of bigamy. Judge McReynolds reportedly said he could only impose the minimum sentence. Crum pleaded for mercy, saying he would rather go to prison.
Canada’s July department of trade and commerce report shows Great Britain purchased more U S goods than any other three principal nations, with imports totaling 620 million dollars, 10 million more than the combined total from France, Germany and Holland.
A Memphis wife recounts her husband’s decline from coffee and recovery after switching to Postum. After a year he gained 35 pounds and his stomach and heart troubles disappeared following proper boiling and replacement. The letter promotes Postum with the booklet The Road to Wellville and asserts the product’s credibility.
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