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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
1
A rambling weekly item note from Freeman Tribune detailing political quirks and headlines. Mentions the czar and the Russian duma, jokes about San Francisco, German university beer bans, a Milwaukee divorce, and a grim London epilogue about a child hit by a vehicle and tarpaulin rescue.
The article notes a twice yearly Normandy rite called a quain ceremony with a blessing of cows asses and horses in a church procession accompanied by a chant from priest and congregation. It mentions illuminated postcards and a Cincinnatian receiving a specimen with a popular toast about human goodness and folly.
The current Khedival government copies the 36 year old Egyptian gesture for Empress Eugenie by building a carriage road from Bedrasheen to the pyramids and Sakkkare ruins for the Princess of Wales. The route will serve ordinary tourists much like the French Empress’s road did.
A fragment discusses famine stories from remote Siberian regions and ties the term cannibal to ancient Carib groups. It notes linguistic variations in aboriginal languages where letters interchangeably map to Cariba and Caliban as related terms across cultures.
William Brophy, a Marquisville miner, was severely injured in a mine collapse and taken to Mercy Hospital Des Moines in serious condition. Other items note Iowa bankers at Cedar Rapids debating Roosevelt policy, Epworth League encampment plans at Colfax, a fire at Tabor & Northern locomotive, a Des Moines housing lease case, and multiple local incidents including accidents, rescues, and lawsuits across the state.
The Des Moines Chautauqua runs June 22 through July 1 with speakers such as Lt. Richmond P. Hobson Eugene V. Debs Frederick Warde Governor Hanly of Indiana Judge Ben Lindsey Charles A. Eastman J Adam Bede and Father Nugent. Tickets for ten days are $1 with camping options, and a varied program includes concerts moving pictures and lectures in a Des Moines grove near streetcar lines. Special railroad rates and ticket office inquiries are available.
An early 20th century scene shows an old farmer observing a driver start an automobile after fueling at a Jersey station. The farmer quips that cars are great but the inventor must borrow from hayseed wisdom to get them moving, likening it to coaxing a stubborn cow through a gate.
The pope offers a Golden Ross, a pure gold plant in a golden pot, to Princess Ena of Battenberg on her marriage to the king of Spain. The piece, an emblem of the pope’s highest honor to a Catholic princess, bears papal arms, jeweled leaves, and a central flower concealing a blessed palm leaf from the pope.
John Paul Jones learned of the promotion granted to the Serapis captain despite defeat. He reportedly said, Well, by George, if I ever meet that chap again I'll make him an admiral. The clash between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis is noted as a decisive naval engagement.
A caller quotes Mrs Lapsling diagnosing her husband's mood swings as hippocondor dreadfully at times in a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
Dr Paul Cohen of the Imperial Museum of technology in Vienna argues that US schools from kindergarten to university are strong enough that European study trips are unnecessary. He notes American women have rapidly wed into European titles, listing counts of titled Englishmen Germans Frenchmen Italians and Russians.
Iowa and western stock men form the Co-Operative Live Stock Commission company to curb rising sale commissions. A. L. Ames of Buckingham leads as president with ten thousand shares cap and twelve directors. Drake University commences 1906 with Thores Shonts delivering the commencement address. Thrift issues guard marches detailing equipment limits for officers and enlisted men. Will of Edwin R. Clapp filed. Des Moines estate valued in hundreds of thousands with heirs named. College funds reach endowment of 100000 dollars. auditors review trust securities on Iowa real estate and Des Moines property. Supreme Court decisions involve Wood bank creditors and land titles. Nurses seek separate state exam board. Iowa railroads report higher earnings. gold assay plan proposed by Jewelers association. First drowning of the year reported in Des Moines.
Sherman Dettis of Wayne County wins on appeal. The Iowa Supreme Court upholds a Wayne district court ruling awarding $2600 to Dettis after he says he paid fare to a brakeman on a Chicago Rock Island excursion, then was ejected by a conductor for nonpayment. The court awards $2500 in damages.
Preliminary surveys for the interurban to Carlisle, to be built by the Polks, are nearly finished. Bids will be opened soon and construction will start. Plans call for reaching Carlisle this summer or fall and extending to Knoxville next year. Grading between Moran and Perry on the Des Moines to Perry line advances rapidly aided by open weather.
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