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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
3
The page surveys amusing items from mosquitos to flying bedbugs and ham quibbles. It notes fashion forecasts and royal quirks, praises inventions like dirigibles, and jokes about self confident American women and long speeches.
The United States Civil Service Retirement association based in Washington proposes a fund of money from $10 to $160 per ear for retirement discussion. Only classified staff would be invited to contribute. The plan would offer pensions to service employees who must give up work, reflecting an age pension law recently adopted.
Fort Dodge sees William Saunders waive a preliminary hearing after stabbing Andrew Lundsen. Saunders is held on 61000 bond and remanded to the grand jury. Mason City hosts a large old settlers picnic with survivors of Iowa’s first settlers among honored guests.
Riots in Springfield result in plea from Roy Young and a wide array of trials and political moves across the country. Notable items include divorces and marriages, presidential nominations, and incidents of arson, murder, and political campaigning. The news also covers disasters, court actions, and medical and social affairs affecting national figures and towns.
Flames sweep through the Mesaba range threatening Duluth area as Chisholm and surrounding towns endure ruin. Destruction extends toward Hibbing Nashwauk and Wrenshall with $3 million estimated loss and Governor Johnson calling for aid. Military guards protect looted sites while relief trains deliver shelter to the homeless.
Taft has notified the national committee to arrange a speaking itinerary including Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and New York. He hopes to shorten his Cincinnati stay by October 1 to extend campaign services for nearly six weeks and enable a coast to coast trip.
Kansas City Missouri ends seven month closed period as theaters cigar shops pool halls and other businesses resume operation. Governor Folk arrives late and reports no law violations found at midnight indicating a return to normal business activity.
A five story Armour & Co. building at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago burned on the sixth. The Wool house and fertilizer plant suffered extensive damage estimated at 500000 dollars. The fire drew a large crowd as the district’s most severe blaze in seven years.
An unsigned letter mailed in Topeka and addressed to Judge William Howard Taft warned of an alleged presidential plot to assassinate Taft. The State Journal published the letter yesterday and Judge Taft directed its recall to the police chief before making it public in Topeka.
Sept 8 reports say there were sixty-six deaths by self harm in St Petersburg last week. A large proportion of the victims were young working girls.
Report claims the Duke of Abruzzi plans to marry Katherine Elkins on January 26, his birth date. Queen Margarita reportedly withholds consent after an interview with the duke's brother the Count of Turin, who then travels to Spezia to relay the setback.
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