12 Jun 1908
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
1
The piece argues farming profits are high as crop values surge since 1899, with corn and wheat boosting farm wealth. It notes farmers paying mortgages, banks seeking surplus funds, and calls for higher yields to meet urban demand and continued prosperity.
A 200 year old piracy threat resurfaces as the US revenue cutter Algonquin encounters a pirate style sloop off Porto Rico. Thieves aboard planned robbery and escape to Santo Domingo but face imprisonment instead as the pursuit within law’s reach thwarts their voyage.
The house where Paul Revere stayed during his famous ride has been restored to its original condition and opened on April 18 as a memorial museum. It houses relics of the revolutionary figure, a goldsmith, engraver and founder, with portions dating back to 1686, making it an old house when Revere bought it in 1770. The Boston area around the site is now largely Italian in population, drawing lessons in American history from this historic association.
A winter ice railway links Cronstadt and Oranienbaum and operates only in winter. Its success inspires a planned similar route between Krementchug and Ekaterinoslav, connected in summer by Dnieper steamboats. The winter route would avoid a costly icebound detour between nearby towns.
The fragment questions why Boni delays while Count onl pressures a duel with Prince Helie. It also speculates on whether Boni would allow Mme Anna to grant her former husband an allowance after she remarries and settles.
A Baltimore man aged 66 died and his body revealed all internal organs in disarray. The obituary notes he was a figure often described in novels as one with mingled emotions contending within his breast.
Arthur Anthony a printer in Iowa City lies in a precarious condition after an unknown assailant struck him with an axe on the Iowa river road. He wandered unconscious for eight hours and his recovery prospects are unclear.
Dubuque reports show Senator Allison with about 12 000 vote lead over Cummins, contrasting earlier 10 000 tallies. Des Moines figures vary slightly, Carroll district tally rises and statewide races yield nuanced results across governors lieutenant governor railroad commissioner and congressional contests.
In Des Moines returns show Republicans nominating varied candidates for the Thirty-third General Assembly. Key contests include Robert Hunter defeating John J. Jackson for senator, G. J. Ward over W. W. McElrath, and W. W. Larrabee as a standout speaker candidate. Multiple counties report Allison support and progressives winning house seats including DeWitt, Burt, and Tilton in tight races with thirty-five percent thresholds noted.
In Wabash Indiana on June 5 district Odd Fellows meeting at Brown's Corner saw windows left open as a band of married women gathered nearby to spy on ceremonies climbing trees and ladders to view. Women fled when discovered and the lodge voted to prosecute with the prosecutor presenting evidence.
The Salt Lake City Mormon Temple choir is described as the largest in the world and includes about 350 voices with artistic training. A German military concept envisions using red tinted optics to locate troops by smokeless powder, with red viewing reducing visibility and ordinary objects dimmed.
The London music halls star Miss Dot Stevens survived a railroad crash in which both feet were severed. Now fitted with artificial feet delicately tuned to piano pedals she walks as well as any performer. Hanley sewer project completes a $350000 plant to purify sewage handling 9 million gallons daily with clear effluent.
A reporter asks for a recipe for good oratory after Hobson's naval arms speech. The reply cites a humorous old maxim from Job Walmsley about public speaking in Yorkshire dialect: rise, clear the throat, take water, then open the mouth wider, and speak to those listening, even if nothing comes at first.
After 16 years from active business, Mount Etna draws global gaze as travelers recount its awe inspiring climbs. Early explorers spoke in exuberant terms about the peak and Sicilian winters, noting Etna as a world above the rest.
A humorous exchange about starting a daily paper without advertisements. The bald man argues its success lies in enormous circulation, claiming every bargain-hunting husband would subscribe. The other participant challenges the premise, inviting the explanation.
The New York Jewish community is described as the largest in history and tradition, making up ten percent of the world’s Jewish population. It is larger than the eastern centers combined and far exceeds populations in France Italy Jerusalem Syria and Palestine.
Otto B Schaar president of the Waiter's club of New York criticizes a rival argument on tipping calling it irrelevant and cites a German court joke about a woman accused of poisoning her husband noting the body had arsenic and she says my husband was a big eater, to illustrate a point.
Mrs Newrich claims during a trip to Paris that many locals speak French fluently without ever having studied the language. Her comments follow a remark by Mrs Homer about the French capital.
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