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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
2
The Freeman-Tribune details its status as the official paper of the city and county. It lists publication frequency twice a week and rates for mail delivery and city delivery per year, noting prices around a dollar and a half to five dollars depending on service.
Mr and Mrs Fred Hathway returned from Omaha where they studied wholesale houses and notion stores. Mr Hathway is negotiating for suitable rooms to open an exclusive five and ten cent store in Webster City. If secured, the plan proceeds to enter this business in the city.
Charleston W Va December 18 Obeying a strike order from President Davis District No 17 United Mine Workers of America nearly two thousand men in fourteen Paint Creek area mines did not report for work yesterday Almost all workers except bosses joined the strike and operations halted The strike opposes wage reductions.
Fire destroyed government records charts maps and photographs valued over 20000 in the United States Geological Survey building in Washington. The blaze began in the sixth floor chemical laboratory and spread to the floor below where the photographic and water resources divisions were housed. The building suffered minor structural damage while water and smoke caused extensive havoc.
Kingston reports a costly case from the Ellenville fair where a woman endured an involuntary balloon ascent during an aeronautical exhibition on August 29, 1906. The incident led to a dispute over liability and damages in local proceedings.
Judge Towner rules county boards must publish full election totals by precinct in county official papers. Taylor County publishers sought precinct results after a board refused. Decision settles the issue, requiring publication of each candidate's votes per precinct and will cost counties hundreds annually.
Central City Nebraska resident J S Dyche died after three months as a helpless invalid following a September fall from a haystack. He was knocked from the stack by a fork, landed on his head, and suffered a broken neck and spinal injuries before passing away.
John Callahan a Humboldt county farmer was crushed to death between the caboose and the station platform as a freight train started. The exact cause remains unknown due to darkness and a companion’s limited visibility.
The supreme court today rendered a sealed verdict in favor of Mrs Mary Roper for $1000 after she sued the Ulster County Agricultural Society for $25000 over an incident where she became entangled in a dangling rope.
Des Moines reports 774 men cured of liquor habit at the state inebriate hospital in Knoxville over two years. Dr. Miner praises results and plans to expand facilities next year. John Downie discusses expanded farming across state institutions and potential land purchases.
The senate voted to investigate the president's annual message critiquing congressional secrecy roles. The Aldrich resolution, with Culberson's proviso, passed after conference, directing the committee on appropriations to probe who beyond the secret service was paid for duties linked to enforcing laws or investigating crimes during the previous fiscal year.
John McMahon of Howard, Iowa, fell from a bridge on South Main Street in Mason City last night. He was found with his scalp torn and hanging in a large fold, and he claims he was knocked off and robbed.
Augusta Maine December 17 Sixteen deaths may fairly be charged to this year s big game hunting season in Maine which closed last night Thirteen persons were killed by accidental firearm discharge or by being shot in mistake for deer one man fatally wounded by a hunting knife and two drowned while hunting.
Mason City December 17. George Lashbrook of Mitchell County was badly hurt while operating a circular saw at the Decker Packing plant. The blade cut deeply across his face, leaving ragged gashes and likely permanent scarring.
Mrs. Louis Gottlieb, a Dorchester society matron, lost two diamond rings worth 5000 dollars while bathing. After twelve hours a city department search recovered the jewels in the last catch basin of the system seven miles from her home.
W G Galloway formerly of Kingsley Iowa and banker with his brother John in the Kingsley bank was killed yesterday afternoon at Guppie Creek Colorado. He was about 50 and prominent in the northern district. He died shortly after being struck by a stone thrown from a stone crusher.
The body of Chief of Police Bigey, missing after the night of November 30, was found today by a freight boat crew. He was discovered floating face upward off Goat Island with a long coat and gloves still on, his face badly disfigured.
A severe blizzard across Wisconsin, with heavy wet snow, cut telegraph lines north of Milwaukee reaching Sheboygan, Port Washington, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. Communication to towns north of Milwaukee is severed and damage extent is unknown. Reports say a large number of live stock perished.
In Berlin on December 18, two hotel company promoters were arrested for misappropriating 2,000,000 from Adolph and Fritz Eberbach. They allegedly founded a hotel trust with offices in Berlin Hamburg and Brennen. They are charged with dummy directors and misused funds, giving shareholders only two percent of investments.
Elmer Hill, charged with Mamie Womack's murder in Adair county, was abducted from Monticello jail by a Wayne county mob and hanged at Greasy Creek four miles away. The body was found next morning. the mob acted without warning or interference after previous failed lynch threats.
The Corn Belt Meat Producers Association asks the interstate commission to reopen the Iowa Chicago rate case. They want fattening in transit rates and regrouping of Iowa Chicago rates, plus parity for sheep in double deck cars. They note Iowa shippers can fatten stock in transit and ship to Chicago at lower total cost. A body from the lost Wolvin steamer was found at Grand Marais, Michigan.
A five story Holmes office building in Galesburg suffered a $160000 loss when fire swept through yesterday afternoon. The fire trapped occupants on multiple floors as smoke filled the structure and the elevator access was cut off. Dr HB Wing on the fourth floor was forced to stand on a window ledge before rescuers pulled him to safety.
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