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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
1
A satirical roundup notes emigration draining 60 000 yearly, quirky events across continents and eras. It jokes about Yellowstone travelers, Panama lottery fortunes, and an insane murder in York, while spotting oddities from Alaska coal dreams to a Maltese cat’s 2500 mile drawer journey.
Rain was scarce across Iowa from Aug 31 to Sept 26 with only light showers in the northeast on the 13th and the 28th in the northwest. A Rock Island engineer Tom Callahan died at Mercy hospital Des Moines after an near collision scare. Ottumwa woman files charges after a flirtation incident. Des Moines pastor hosts a deacon dinner with help from Harry Hansen. A Des Moines dog incident left a hand swollen from a decayed tooth infection. Fire in Jewell nearly wiped out the town causing major loss. A Mississippi River body identified as Charles Gulash prompted a wrongful death suit by his widow. Sioux City postal receipts rose sharply for the quarter ending Sept 30. Obituaries note long friendships and sudden health events. A Chariton bank estate judgment returns funds to depositors. Falls from a water tank killed Walter Warner. Forgery cases involve Fred Tupper and L K Kenbaugh with prison terms. Davenport widow dies at home with unknown cause. Crop service notes high corn value and Grinnell street carnival plans. Mason City murder case trial of Frank McDonnell begins. Foreign mission gifts reach high level in Waterloo. Garner court handles McDonnell case. Insurance suit awards 3500 for a fire related loss in Cedar Rapids. Manslaughter venue change sought for Toler case. Davenport death by self-inflicted gunshot noted. Stocking inland waters with 15000 fish to begin in Oct.
Chairman Mack accuses George R. Sheldon of alleged trust ties and plans to attack W. M. Cromwell on similar grounds. Edward W. Townsend of Monclair N J nominated for Congress by the Seventh district Democratic convention. Taft spoke in Lincoln Nebraska and Bryan closed a three week tour with a large Creston Iowa meeting.
The week features Lieut Frank T Evans court martial action in Manila for absence at chief of the deck and profane language amid intoxication charges. Also listed are James W Quillan indicted for receiving deposits while insolvent at Ipava Illinois.
Rear Admiral Sperry withholds shore leave in Manila over cholera fears while a joyful harbor parade unfolds. Fires devastate Foley Nebraska and Crest Hall in Winthrop Beach. Roosevelt sacks Port Huron officials amid civil service report. A dynamited bank takes 2600 dollars in Deweese. Immigrant corruption tied to Mexican border crossings. Turkish army shifts toward Bulgaria as war looms. Montreal chosen for 1909 Municipalities convention. Silas Cook elected president. Atlantic fleet visits Zamboanga as Cortelyou opens tuberculosis congress in Washington. Stambul ferry collision near Smyrna claims 140 lives. League of American Municipalities opens in Omaha. Hill vows drownings in Kentucky. Rose Law drys twelve Ohio counties. 289 saloons affected.
A summary of widespread 1909 era incidents includes jewel theft valued at 50 000 in New York masked robberies of an interurban car in Wellsville Ohio robberies of post offices in Franklin Grove Illinois a devastating hurricane in the Bahamas a bankers convention in Denver ending with notable elections and opposition to deposit guarantees. battleships arrive Manilaそして a powder storage explosion in Spencer North Carolina multiple train wrecks in Ohio and Oregon and a range of other accidents fires and legal actions across the United States and abroad.
London reports amid European upheaval as Bulgaria studies independence under Prince Ferdinand and Austria-Hungary contemplates annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russia Turkey and Austria-Hungary mobilize while France receives high level notes.
Health Commissioner Connell warns of an imminent cholera visitation to the United States. He urges a defensive campaign and urges citizens to clean premises and avoid harboring decaying produce and refuse to curb the outbreak. He cites Russia, the Philippines, and seaports as sources and says New York, New Orleans, or San Francisco could see entry.
The total cost to New York county of prosecuting Harry K. Thaw for the shooting of Stanford White amounts to 54 837, papers show. District Attorney Jerome submitted the figures to Justice Mills at Newburg and asked permission to transfer the trial back to New York county.
A devastating tenement blaze on the East Side killed eight people and left many injured. Firefighters recovered four bodies from the flames and four others remained trapped as the building burned, with parents risking lives to save their children. Identification is not possible.
In Chicago at the Grant Crossing Tack Company works an overturned molten metal container caused by a broken chain. One man was killed and several others seriously or lightly injured.
Abe Raymer, acquitted on murder, faces new trial for alleged riot related destruction in Springfield. He allegedly led a mob that wrecked Lopez's restaurant and is charged as a mob participant along with numerous others indicted on similar charges.
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