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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
Wig D. Bonner of Jewell declares candidacy for the Hamilton County Third District board of supervisors. He states the race is within Republican primaries in June. March 11.
The piece surveys party primary stakes with Cummins and Allison roped into a heated Iowa senate contest. It notes New Orleans denatured alcohol plant plans and Roosevelt speech at Howard University amid broader Republican power plays and projections for November.
The Record asserts Thompson is sincere in his beliefs and that Allison does not share Cummins principles or achieve as much. It criticizes The Journal for misrepresenting the Record and accuses its editor of fabricating conclusions from insufficient or inaccurate information.
Lincoln updates report light duck migration with few birds bagged. Mrs Elling Williams visits Radcliffe while James Buckels and family visit Al Merritt. Sven Olson builds a large modern house, old structure historic. Local farmers haul tile for Ed Haverston ditch without officials, hiring labor themselves. Elmer Olsen and Mr Hanson traveled to Story City on March 11.
Mary Bertha Ferguson testified before the senate committee that State examiner Humphrey made improper proposals to her while they were seeking teaching certificates. She said he rubbed his knee and asked where she could be seen alone, leading to her avoiding the certificate. Other testimony of similar character is expected.
Stuyvesant Fish former president of the Illinois Central railway was a guest of the president at a luncheon in Washington D C today.
In Dolgeville the Georgia Minstrels chapter stands out as a highpoint with Frank Loucks and others delivering performances at Turn Hall. The author recalls early rehearsals in a Dec Spofford room, frosty nights, stove heat, and a two month buildup before a successful public show. The piece ends with the move to Webster City Iowa in 1902 to run a felt shoe factory, noting stock and startup challenges.
A funding package of 16000 is allocated to equip the factory with machinery lasts dies and necessary materials. The arrangement appears to be part of an ongoing plan with further details to follow.
The 23 year old Ron Tuck, son of attorney J T Tuck, drowned when a sailboat overturned by a gust five miles north of Burlington Iowa on the Mississippi. His brother Warren Illick, 18, swam to shore and was rescued by fishermen. The elder brother, a State University graduate and assistant superintendent of construction at the Burlington hospital addition, is missing. They were returning from a trip to Oquawka.
A bold theft near Burlington Iowa when river pirates towed away the town ferry dock using a steam launch at night. The unused dock, only fit as kindling wood, was removed to an unknown secluded spot downstream.
Tokyo reports a subsiding public push for pressure on China over the Tate Maru affair. The Asahi urges government focus on the moral aspects and restrained policy, calling for vigilance over arms exports to insurgent groups against friendly governments.
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