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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
1
Two Wisconsin boys are credited by the Cleveland Plain Dealer with turning a phonograph into a cow calling device. The machine, attached to a pasture fence, reportedly calls cows with the phrase Come, Bos, guiding them home across the field.
In France an aircraft transported eleven passengers two miles, amid talk that air travel may not yet reach general use. The piece notes railroads and steamships still dominate and remarks progress remains despite bravado. A California judge views poker as not the great American game, with only obiter dicta supporting that stance. A Chicago count seeks an American bride who must be poor, preferring money not to guide marriage.
A New York shoestring peddler was arrested after entering a bank and demanding 1 million dollars. The health department declares a war on rats but assures women their hair is safe from rat influence. A rich man left 25 000 dollars worth of cigars to Columbia University.
A Chicago lawyer was fined 76 dollars after striking an umpire. The incident highlights that umpires enjoy legal protection under the law.
A Philadelphia girl allegedly forced a nine-year-old boy to elope, a claim that stirs talk of Philadelphia as a slow town amid surprising local chatter about crime and luck. The remark contrasts with remarks on income levels for professionals and trades workers.
A Washington report details mobilization of about 20 000 troops near the Mexican border, noting 15 000 men and 5 398 horses arrived in ten days. Daily costs total 7 190 21 with transportation at 600 000 and telegraph poles expenses.
Lieutenant Colonel Hedges reports a general Panama Canal lighting and buoying plan based on Walter Beyer’s study. It envisions range and side lights for Atlantic Pacific entrances and lakes, plus buoys, docks, and a gas plant with costs from 423 000 to 658 000, depending on whether full lighting is installed now.
In a fragment from Life magazine a writer and friend critique a short tale for a single flaw. The issue centers on a dog before an operating table where the man begins work after the animal is strapped in. The critic points to the word maun as the fault.
Henry Lewis Stimson, a 43 year old progressive Republican aligned with Roosevelt, becomes secretary of war. A Knickerbocker from New York, Yale and Harvard educated, he rose from U S district attorney to lead prosecutions of sugar trust and Morse in the Sugar Trust era. He campaigned across New York with Roosevelt and faced defeat in a Democratic landslide.
Henry A Cooper of Racine Wisconsin is noted as the first insurgent in Congress. A 16 year veteran, he repeatedly challenged railroad funding efforts on the Pacific railroads committee and faced removal for defiance, later siding with Democrats on rules reform in 1907.
Robert Todd Lincoln resigns as president of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company due to ill health. John Sumner Runnells elected president, has served as general counsel since 1887 and VP since 1905. Runnells, born July 30 1844 in Effingham New Hampshire, previously Iowa district attorney and private secretary to the Iowa governor.
Andrew Carnegie received a gold medal from 21 American republics in Washington for his peace efforts. Senor de Zamacona presented the award with Knox and Taft in attendance at the Pan American Building funded by Carnegie with a $1,000,000 donation. The ceremony followed a Buenos Aires decision honoring his public service to hemispheric harmony.
An old ad promoting Allen's Foot-Hose for tired swollen feet cites quips from Antisthenes and Marmaduke about friendship and enmity. It claims the powder gives rest and comfort, makes walking a delight, and is available everywhere with a sample offer.
In a short exchange, one person offers to send a kitten to keep company as they prepare to move, and the other responds with appreciation. The snippet hints at a heartfelt, practical gesture during a transition.
A Wisconsin farmer took his twelve year old son to a village in February. The boy was so astonished by a train of cars that he lost the power of speech for three weeks. The article jokes the boy would go dumb at a circus or zoo again and suggests the farm should be hidden away.
The War Department has granted the furlough request for Corporal Stripes after a delay. The sergeant informs the Adjutant-Inform that Corporal Stripes died about six weeks ago.
A young businesswoman describes nervous prostration from brain strain and poor diet. After using Grape Nuts she reports relief from dyspepsia and faint spells. She praises midday lunches with Grape Nuts and cream, plus fruit, as a healthful, workworthy meal.
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