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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
1
The Weekly Tribune argues for bonding bank directors and presidents to ensure honesty in management. It claims clerks are bondable but directors escape bonds, and mismanagement leads to bank suspensions harming depositors. The piece urges compulsory bonds for officials to curb temptation and protect the public.
Frederic S. Isham notes in Yokohama fleet scenes that locals repeatedly shout Ohio at him from hotel dining rooms to trains and streets. He concludes Japanese are the world’s best spy system, placing him from Shimbashi to Kobe and beyond.
An energetic Verona woman, wife and mother to three, with an invalid husband, built a four story concrete house largely by her own hands with three laborers as helpers. The project embodies new ideas and showcases a sturdy, loving family setting, highlighting her determination and resourcefulness. Also endorsed is selling penny Red Cross Christmas stamps to fund TB fight and aid Red Cross work.
The Swedish National Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis urges the gradual establishment of 4600 retreats for consumptives scattered across the country at a total cost of about 11 million crowns. The piece notes a rising immigration tide and cites New Haven Evening Register on the implications for prosperity. Count Zeppelin’s airship will carry more passengers than the Wright brothers’ plane, deemed more dangerous.
A broad Iowa bulletin reports Dr J C Caldwell dying after childbirth in Little Sioux. Harl W Lindsey indicted for rape of an eight year old in Newton. diphtheria closures at Logan schools. Mason City hotel owner fined for pool room. Prairie district fair directors meet and vote to raise stock. Conesville mayor guilty of illegal fishing. Iowa poultry and pet stock interests seek state aid. Waterloo shows major city improvements. Ames floriculture course eyed by Des Moines florists. Travelers' Protective Association pushes Iowa showcase. New Virginia hosted a multi team rabbit and quail hunt. Sioux City to build a modern vaudeville theater. Mason City poultry exhibit with 50 breeders. Lettsville school fire scares and safe evacuation. state fairs nationwide bonuses. Davenport Turner Society deep in debt. turnover rumors at St Paul Des Moines rail line. Clarksville theft tied to tobacco found. Ames larceny case. Ames public building site chosen. Portland Milwaukee depot robbery. Murray election on street lighting. Fort Dodge corn yields. Mount Ayr I O F set to celebrate 40th anniversary. Newark surety company withdraws from Iowa. Mason City hotel maid survives suicide bid. Cedar Falls resident dies shoveling snow. Decorah livestock shipments rise. Des Moines fair managers meet. Mills County crime-free term. Mason City council buys city hall site. Mason City settlement over auto injury. Iowa island bird exhibit plan. Des Moines poultry show schedule. Steamboat Rock wildcat capture. Iowa City Sunday blue laws enforcement. Des Moines physician under investigation. Baraboo barber money mystery. Jefferson county course attendee Senor Garacepe from Mexico. Ames short course attendees. Mason City Presbyterian church dedication. Grundy Center interurban franchise request.
The congress urged for a $500,000,000 bond issue to fund river and harbor work authorized by Congress with bonds similar to Panama canal bonds. Roosevelt defends graft charges against Panama authors as libel. Panama minister credentials presented to Roosevelt. Secretary Wilson views foot and mouth disease spread via imported materials. Carnegie subpoenaed in tariff hearings. War Dept estimates rise by about $52 million. Authority over nitrogen peroxide bleached flour is denied in DC and territories. Cuba troop withdrawals to be gradual into April. Armored maniac terrorizes Edgewater NJ. Lumber firms plan North American pine trust. Chicago blaze injures a mother and child. Haytian gunboat force takes Gonaives. Multiple homicides and bank closures reported nationwide.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota fell ill in Minneapolis while Abraham Ruef, ex SF political boss, faced bribery conviction with a 14 year max. President Castro landed in Bordeaux as a private guest and hinted at settling international quarrels. Davis cleared of Omaha murder, Castro touted peace aims at Santander. Sullivan granted divorce in Chicago. Samuel Gross, once wealthy Chicagoan, discharged in Detroit bankruptcy. Gov. Deneen to attend 1910 Illinois University short course in agriculture.
Umpires Klein and Johnstone who worked the Chicago New York league deciding game allege bribe attempts. Other items note a Kansas court ruling on dental practice, a Kansas city government vote, a British ship captain’s account of Atlantic water, a Rear Admiral buried at Arlington, Bakersfield buyer Shoots actor, a Philadelphia mother selling her baby, and a Colorado abduction and double slaying ending in suicide.
Harold Bindless adapts a tale of peril and enterprise set in West Africa. An American missionary protagonist faces dangerous mysteries and love as the story travels through enslaved imagery and vivid jungle scenes. Illustrated by Heiman, priced at $1.50.
An early 20th century report surveys women in factories facing tuberculosis and nervous exhaustion. It notes pressure for high output, the risk to young workers like Rose, and the impact on workers who marry early and leave the labor force. The piece quotes managers on sustaining pace and the personal costs of industrial life.
A promotional note on Myrtle Reed’s Flower of the Dusk praising its sentiment pathos humor and heroine. Mentions the author’s style and a heroine who overcomes difficulties with a devoted hero and notes availability in New York bookstores.
Grace Danworth presents Jennie Alli letters with 16 illustrations by Frede R Gruger in a Boston published volume praised by readers and Mark Twain. The book offers humor and a candid humane heart, priced at $1.50. Available at book stores.
A 1909 St Nicholas feature will present rhymes and pictures by W W Densiow the illustrator of The Wizard Father Goose The House That Jack Built and more. The two page color spreads will depict daydreams of American children alongside black and white pages.
An advertising blurb notes the book Peter by F Hopkins Smith illustrated priced at $1.50. It praises the work as well written and sunshiny and cites reviews from the Record Herald and New York Tribune. Charles Scribner's Sons in New York is listed as the dealer or direct source.
A moving Kentucky love story praised as among the best American novels. The narrative blends love and conflict with dramatic force and beauty, hailed alongside Kingdom Come and The Little Shepherd. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, offers the illustrated edition at $1.50.
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