16 Oct 1908
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
1
The Weekly Tribune discusses dirt as matter out of place and notes cleaning as a vast economic activity. It highlights housework and public cleaning labor, cites Holland’s thorough methods, and argues cleanliness serves wage earners and society, reflecting noble human traits.
An extended report notes a worldwide rise in deaths by own action crossing social classes and nations. It argues current laws cannot deter or punish attempted self destruction and calls for society to address underlying failure and disease rather than rely on punitive measures.
Edith Abbott argues in the Atlantic that female apathy blocks progress but notes a new movement of skilled women entering the franchise effort. She praises women already in labor who organize to demand independence and a voice in laws governing their work and wages.
The daughter of a wealthy, prominent man testifies she entered a sham marriage to avoid an arranged match with a foreign noble. She accuses her parents of sacrificing her happiness for a title, a controversy that has drawn sharp national scorn and highlighted concerns over titled prestige.
William M Chase completed a self portrait in a three hour sitting to hang at the Uffizi gallery in Florence. The piece marks an artist equal to his subject and vice versa. A London woman physician claims women in low neck gowns or open work stockings are healthier than those who do not.
A Decorah blaze caused about 5000 damage to Bromley and Co shoe stock. The report notes a busy period with the Farley annual race meeting and other statewide items including political moves, legal actions, and community events.
Joseph M. Brown wins Georgia governorship over Independence party candidate Yancey Carter. Taft and Bryan attend Chicago banquet, nonpartisan. Roosevelt declines to campaign for Taft. Fort Grant exile Col Stewart retired. John H. Buckner pleads guilty to election fraud in St Louis, gets three years. W S Carter elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Columbus. W L Woolley arrested in Oklahoma for 1881 murder involvement. Capt Allen G Fisher disbarred in Chadron. La Follette plans weekly public-interest magazine. Harry Garfield becomes Williams College president.
Belgrade remains calm as the national assembly defers war decisions against Austria Hungary. Powers await London conferences between Isvolsky Gray and King Edward. Other items include Chicago leading Detroit in the world series, a U.S. Supreme Court session resuming, and various accidents and incidents across the country.
A man climbed the Williamsburg Bridge tower in Brooklyn and, after a brutal struggle with two officers and a bridge worker, was stopped from slashing his throat and leaping into the river.
Belgrade reports indicate the cabinet will answer the assembly’s question amid tensions. Britain and France pledge moral support for a peaceful Serb course, while Vienna notes Crown Prince George II’s provocative rhetoric raises concern about a dynastic crisis rather than immediate war. London expects a peaceful, allied approach and Seria’s stance aligns with other powers after the assembly’s confidence vote.
Turkish cruiser Mejidicha and three torpedo boats arrived at Salonika and set course for the island of Samos, about 16 miles southwest of Smyrna, the nearest Greek land to the Turkish coast which pays Turkey an annual tribute. Austrian flag burned reported from Berlin with Servian frontier officials seizing a Hungarian customs house and locals burning another Austrian flag in the public square.
In Cetinje on October 13 the national assembly voted unanimously to authorize all war measures as requested by the government.
In Santiago Chile Oct 13 delegates expected for Pan American Scientific congress opening in December. Over 500 delegates and more than 200 subjects to be discussed with a series Olympic games during the event. First contests of this nature organized in Chile.
The Congress of Mothers met at a Des Moines Unitarian church on Oct 18 with credentials recognized for mothers across the state. Officers reported and counselors appointed as discussions covered infant feeding clothing kindergarten training and parent involvement in schools. A. J. Keford, state lecturer on The Flague, presented a stereopticon lecture in the evening.
The schooner Sirocco crew, including Monroe and five others, were rescued after their vessel wrecked off the Florida coast on October 1. Two crew members picked up by a steamer arrived in port last weekend. The Sirocco was en route from Brunswick to Abaco in the Bahamas when it struck Mantinella reef during a tropical hurricane.
Chicago authorities launch a nationwide search for eight year old Margaret Frances Chell who is believed to be an heiress to a fortune of 250000 after she was abducted in broad daylight near a station.
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