28 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Fulton Journal
Location
Fulton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
1
An English medical note by Dr. James Russell describes a 21 year old teacher and music student who, while sleepwalking, reads and writes in darkness. She tunes instruments and composes letters without recall when awake.
A Pittsburgh press joke claimed the morning service of the Second Presbyterian Church would feed 150 hungry people. Crowds gathered early at the Eighth Street church as rumor spread of a breakfast for the needy.
E. W. Kemmerer, Cornell economics professor, argues exchanges act as big insurance firms with society as owners and speculators as managers. He cites benefits of price stability and risk handling, while acknowledging dishonesty as a flaw but outweighed by overall value to society. He also notes the distribution of prime numbers under 1000.
Freeport Democrats see two paths after the state convention in Springfield. Douglas Pattison is touted as a strong governor candidate by the party faithful. The Illinois Dems split into Sullivan loyalists and Burke followers, the latter favoring J Ham Lewis for governor.
The New York World compiles unemployment figures showing nearly one million people without jobs amid curent industrial downturn. State tallies vary: California 74,000, Iowa 20,000, Texas 68,000, Massachusetts 25,000, Illinois 200,000, and totals reaching 596,792 nationwide.
The Dixgnic Corset Factory shut down indefinitely after officials deemed the building unsafe. About 150 workers, mainly women from Sterling, lose their jobs as production halts except for a few plants like the cement and milk factories which continue near capacity.
A Northwestern stock train wrecked three miles west of DeWitt as a bridge failed after a storm and cloud burst. Engineer J W Baxter and fireman H D Seymour, both Clinton residents, were killed. brakeman John Dogherty was seriously injured. Sixteen stock cars piled up. cattle and hogs drowned or crushed. Bodies brought to Clinton. bridge repaired by Saturday.
A special train carrying leading Burlington officials visited Fulton on Friday afternoon. The delegation, including Daniel Willard and J E Ward of Chicago, H D Judson, J W Mulbern, and H W Crawford, traveled via Clinton Denrock Barstow Fen ton Junction Ebner and Falton before heading to Savanna. The inspectors were aboard to tour the railroad system and assess operations.
Speculation runs across the Thirteenth congressional district over the Democratic nominee to challenge Congressman Frank O Lowden. James P Wilson of Woosung, who ran two years ago, is expected to be the frontrunner with possible rivals. Wilson improved his vote share in past races, showing campaign strength across the district.
Local residents attend church events and lectures in Garden Plain and Morrison. Families visit relatives in Newton Clinton and Rock Island counties. News includes recovery updates, illness, and travel plans with multiple names and towns mentioned.
Sheriff C A Hamilton of Morrison learned from Chicago foundling institute authorities that Mary aged eighteen months died April 15 of pneumonia after the Randi children were placed there following the parents' conviction and sentence for Mrs Gennettis murder in Sterling.
The Sunday sermon at the Presbyterian church is titled Taking Time and will be delivered May 3. The note mentions Harry Rowland in good health and Dr LaRue of Erie expected to attend.
Judge Ward presides as Sterling and Coloma recount contested ballots in a heated wet versus dry election fight. Liquor interests and local petitioners clash as three spindle method is proposed to separate anti saloon, saloon and questioned votes in Coloma Rock Falls.
Mrs Leslie Carter, the preeminent American actress, will present David Belasco's Da Barry at Clinton Theater on May 9. Critics note her exceptional temperament and compare her to Sarah Bernhardt, calling her "The American Bernhardt" for her heartful, convincing acting that captivates audiences.
Miss Laura Robinson visits Morrison friends as Diverse local notices include church events with Presiding Elder Moore, regional visits by George Savage Port Byron and Jesse Miller Newton in Albany, and several departures and travel to Springfield. A death in Salomija Iowa brings Mr Don Buckingham’s service in Albany with Knights of Pythias honors and burial at Oak Ridge. several related farewells mark the week.
Mrs. Frank Koehler, about seventy, died instantly after a freight engine struck her as she walked on the track with umbrellas in a windy rain near Sabula. Her daughter and another woman witnessed the accident at the W. B. Lovell greenhouse area.
While dredging a ditch in a drainage district near Oswego Illinois workers uncovered bones from a prehistoric monster. A tooth about three by four by fifteen inches and weighing nearly ten pounds led to discovery of large bone fragments including a knee joint fourteen inches in diameter.
A new schedule reducing pay for longer shifts took effect for section men at Marshalltown. The old rate was 135 dollars for nine hours. the new plan pays 125 dollars for ten hours.
The article shares methods to deter rats and mice, including sprinkling a ten-cent can of concentrated lye in moist rat run areas twice a year to burn their feet and induce emigration. It also suggests sprinkling pulverized sulfur over corn in cribs to deter rodents, noting no harm to the corn.
Coryville's town scold Sylvanus Crabb condemns the town's decline yet taints the local economy with his griping. A stranger, shoe factory owner Hawkins, visits during a panic and faces pressure from grateful workers and merchants to keep the plant. The next day Crabb kneels before Hawkins and pleads for the factory to stay, reversing Hawkins decision to close and even to expand the plant. The incident, reported by the local paper, highlights community solidarity over naysaying in hard times.
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