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Webster City Tribune

Location

Webster City, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1908

Page

2

Notable 1910s Figures Face Legal and Public Affairs Shifts

Orville Wright leaves Fort Myer hospital after six weeks confinement. Theodore Whitmore is acquitted of his wife’s murder by a Jersey City jury. New York lawyer William H. Flichner is sentenced to a year for grand larceny. Rear Admiral Cowden retires on his 62nd birthday. Gov Curtis Guild Jr of Massachusetts suffers gastritis attacks. Ex-cashier William Montgomery found guilty of embezzlement in Pittsburgh. Prince Henry of Prussia tours airship flight with Count Zeppelin. Dr C S Mack resigns to pastor a Swedenborgian church in Toledo. Countess Szchenyi gives birth to a daughter. Will H Pettis pleads guilty to embezzlement in Sac City. Mrs Lillian Stevens reelected president of the National W C T U. Edward English ransom case ends with escape. Laurier wins Canadian elections with reduced plurality. Theodore Roosevelt marks his 50th birthday by working as usual. Montgomery found guilty in Pittsburgh on embezzlement indictments.

Orville Wright Fort Myer W. Va Jersey City N. J Theodore Whitmore William H. Flichner New York Wall Street Alfred Reynolds Cowden Navy Gov Curtis Guild, Jr Massachusetts William Montgomery Allegheny National Bank Pittsburg Prince Henry Prussia Count Zeppelin C. S. Mack Laporte County Indiana Toledo Szchenyi Gladys Vanderbilt Will H. Pettis Sac City Lillian M. N. Stevens Portland Maine National Women’s Christian Temperance Union Edward English Mount Vernon Wash Wilfrid Laurier Roosevelt United States District Court Congress American Medica Association Roane County Kingston Tenn George Cook John King Southwest Point B. A. S. Blake John M Kelly Abraham Ruef Ruef San Francisco Hawaii Mary Lavin Charles John Cusick Chicago Yarmouth Hook of Holland Harwich Farmers’ Society of Equity Indianapolis Ind National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Omaha Neb Tampico Mexico Smyrna Tewfik Pasha Chicago-Duluth Limited Kempton Wis Barcelona Boston Holy Cross United States Diomede Felconto Tennessee Obion Camp Nemo House of Commons Ladies’ Gallery M. W. Stryker Hamilton College Alfred H. Curtis National Bank of North America Charles W. Morse Erick Els American Steel & Wire Company Cleveland J. S. Petrie Ted’Burton Reelfoot Lake Quentin Rankin A. H. Curtis Edward Cook & Co Lord Northcliffe J. Edward Swanson Lafayette Cal Buxton Denny Hazel Hureka Fidelity Funding Company of Supreme Court of Tltnois Lugo Nobledo Viescas

Atlantic fleet sails while Wright fails in France

Reports from Le Mans say Wilbur Wright's flight ended when the aeroplane engine exploded. Meanwhile the Atlantic battleship fleet reaches Olongapo as a gale will claim lives across New York City. A 12 year old Bronx student dies, and a Bridgeport man in a prank dies by electrocution.

Wilbur Wright le Mans France Olongapo

Public health law urged by president in next message

President Roosevelt to urge Congress to pass a public health law similar to the American Medical Association proposal. Various items from around the world include a jail attack in Tennessee, a mayoral prize in Barcelona, and Italy and Mexico dispatches.

Measles Epidemic Hits Muscatine as Rail Fire Damages Soon

A flood of Iowa news reports a Muscatine measles outbreak spreading through schools while a Wabash to Rock Island train incident near Belknap caused injuries. Other items cover a Nevada coach platform escape, a Fort Dodge fire scare at Oleson Drug, and a large hog order in Town City.

Bankston John W. Gardner Bloomfield Smith McPherson Leavenworth Oleson Drug Company Fort Dodge Oleson Inter-State Protective Association Bankers’ Associations Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Dakotas Frank Horack State University Young America Hampton W. l. Brown Thomas Groom Franklin County Mr. Brown Nevada Glen Maxwell Ames Ricketts St. Paul & Des Moines Towa River Town Falls Des Iowa Falls McBride & Will Dring Company Marshalltown Vaela Bennett Friend Thomas Berkebile Herard Cedar Rapids Berkebile Muscatine Health Department Washington State Department Health Rock Island Ottumwa Belknuga Dteh Path Belknap Town City Hoover Sioux City

Roosevelt and staff go to Oyster Bay to vote

President Roosevelt, his secretary William Loeb Jr., and a party from the president's legislative office staff, who have established a voting residence in Oyster Bay, N Y, left Washington for Oyster Bay to cast ballots. Mrs Roosevelt accompanies them. They will stay only two hours before returning to Washington with Secretary Root joining at Jersey City.

Washington, D. C Roosevelt William Loeb, Jr Oyster Bay N. Y Pennsylvania Railroad Washington Root Jersey City

Roosevelt Plans Africa Expedition Starting March 18 1909

New York dispatch reports President Theodore Roosevelt will depart New York March 18 aboard the Koenig Albert for Naples and onward to Mombassa. He will be accompanied by his son Kermit a Smithsonian professor and a Navy official. The journey includes Suez Aden to Uganda with a 584 mile inland leg to Port Florence and Entebbe on Lake Victoria Nyanza. He will not enter Congo territory.

New York Times Today New York Times Roosevelt Koenig Albert Naples Gibraltar Kermit Africa Smithsonian Institution Navy Department Mombassa Suez Canal Aden Uganda Port Florence Lake Victoria Nyanza Entebbe Central Africa Congo

Morro Leaders Captured After Mindanao Raid

A Iligan force pursuing a band of Moros in Misamis province Mindanao seized the leader and continues tracking the rest. The capture is expected to restore quiet in the region.

Mindanao Manila Iligan Misamis

Virginias Face Ohio in Shore Football Match

The Virginia eleven defeated Ohio 22 to 0 in the shore football contest for visiting American battle ship crews. The flotilla’s flagship Connecticut and battleships Vermont Nebraska Kansas and Georgia arrived at Manila for coal and stores. Target practice to begin soon after gun calibrations near completion. Cholera in Manila is reported under control.

Amoy Virginia Ohio Manila Connecticut Vermont Nebraska Kansas Georgia Olongapo

Boston Fraud Case Ends with Pleas and Fines

Boston officials and executives from the Hodge Boller James Russell Boller Cunningham Iron and Amalantic works faced completed indictments for alleged city contract collusion. Each of four men pled guilty last week and were fined six hundred dollars, which they paid in full.

Boston Mass John I. Lynch Hodge Boller Works Duncan BB. Russell James Russell Boller Works Charles F. Koopman, Jr Cunningham Iron Works Edward P. Robinson Amalantic Works Superior Criminal Court

Death by suffocation in New York theater fire

David Ollingwood died of suffocation when Starrs anditari um vaudeville theater at Fifteenth street and Morris avenue burned. He roomed in a neighboring tenement and perished after struggling in the tower hallway.

New York David Ollingwood Starrs Anditarium Vaudeville Fifteenth Street Morris Avenue Ollingwood

Railroad Increases Pay in Sedata Missouri

Sedata Missouri November 3 The Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railway system raised wages for all section hands from 1.25 to 1.86 dollars per day effective yesterday.

Sedata Missouri Pacific & Iron

Zeppelin Sails Again Around Lake Constance

Count Zeppelin completed a special one hour flight in his new airship around Lake Constance. He was accompanied by Duchess Vera of Wuerttemberg and his daughter, among several women.

Zeppelin Friederteshafen Count Zeppelin Lake Constance Vera of Wurtembure

Postmaster Arrested in Chicago for Defalcation

Chicago November 3 Postmaster T S Levis formerly at Grant Works WWI era was brought to the city on arrest charged with defalcation of 1000 dollars and falsifying his accounts.

Chicago T. S. Levis Grant Works

Smoke and spending in a Yankee tale on tobacco

A dialogue from a Yankee lawyer and Willie Brook describes frugal living and cheap cigars. The tale notes a man lived on ten cents a week and bought trimmed meals like tripe, using cheap cigars that deter daily smoking.

Hi Biddle Willie Brook Harper's Bill Doolittle Bill Biddle

15 Years of Suffering Then Cure by Cuticura

A testimonial recounts years of rheumatic sores on legs and ankles to persistently worsening pain. After using Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Resolvent, and proper application guidance, the sores disappeared in three weeks and pains ceased within three months. The letter, dated July 21 1907 from Frenchville Maine, is signed by Mrs W V Albert.

W. V. Albert Prenchville, Me

From FrylIng Pan to Fira A Speech on Ethnic Vote

A district poster at East Broadney showed a banner praising John Henry McCarthy and labeling him the friend of Hebrews. An Irish voter, angered by the sign, vowed to oppose McCarthy and chose to vote for Henry M. Goldfogle instead.

FrylIng Pan Fira John Henry McCarthy East Broadney Ris Henry M. Goldfogle

A Cure Asked for Tests of Repentance on the Road

A man wounded and barefoot meets a stranger and asks for proof of repentance. The exchange reveals a dialogic moral inquiry about salvation and suffering. The fragment hints at a boarding house setting and a traveler’s tale of sin and redemption.

Coffee at Bottom of Trot Solves Drinker’s Nervous Woes

A man aged 56 recalls nervous spells, insomnia, digestive issues and heart fears from coffee. After using Postum, he reports better sleep, no nervous symptoms, and weight gain to 82 pounds above prior, attributing improvement to Postum with the line There’s a Reason.

Tam Postum Creek Mich

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Bronx John Schink Bridgeport Conn Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company Fort William Ontario Sir Percy Scott South America German Housewives’ Society Winston Green Richmond Navy Yard J. W. Hutchinson Harrison County Kentucky Nannie C. Swinford Cynthiana Sonora Chiluahua Hugh Crabbe Joe Letter Iowa News Dubuque Hagle Point Park H. O. Allery Tabor Mills County Mills Fremont Main Street Allely Ellington Jackson Stafford Hugh Brennan Albert Ritter T. E Dowden Hawkeye Beer Company Des Moines Bulley Bth Street Gertrude John Hawker Creston Atlantic Gun Club Fred Gilbert Maxwell Crosby P. I. Appleman Kid Berg Fred Vervilya Audubon Appleman Iowa Wesleyan W. L. Roach A. G. Wood BJ. Roberts C. K. Mason Et Alden Eden Township Leon William Ray Mr. Rey FM. Osborne Decatur Ray Beaste Bills Davenport Grand Chapter Auditorian O. C. Meredith Newton New Methodist Church Joseph F Berry President Roosevelt Kirmit Smithsonian Harry Lauder Alexander Ramsay Robby Robb Deed Alexander Solomon
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