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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
9
Editorial from Inter-Mountain Republican recounts a Provo con where an attractive-looking woman posed as a soap seller, took orders and money for cheap soap and groceries, then disappeared. Citizens warned that Utah dealers ensure delivery, unlike distant price lists.
A collection of odd 19th century ads includes a sale pitch with warnings against cheating and furnished apartments for gentlemen. Classified items seek a room for two men, a girl seeking passage to New York and childcare work, an oyster-opening boy, a bulldog for sale, and a subscription reminder for the Garland Globe with a sample copy note and home paper offer.
A heavy goods train on the Royal State railway between Ban Pha and Bangkok collided with a wild elephant on a curve. Both engines were overturned, one plunged down an embankment, the other capsized across the line. Two men were killed and several injured. 13 cars derailed and six telescoped. The elephant died, its body thrown 60 feet from the track. This marks the second such Siam accident this year, after February incidents near Lapburi with minor damage to trains.
The United States minted 215,714,562 coins in 1908 with 179,238,337 in gold and 16,532,477 in silver. Ninety percent of coinage were gold eagles, and 17 distinct varieties were issued, including seven pesos for the Philippine islands and one denomination for the Mexican government. The average penny output was just under one per person.
In West Virginia Dinah J. Pennington sues C. D. Gillespie, a Hendricks saloonkeeper, over the death of her husband after he drank whiskey. A jury awarded Pennington $600 for her children, following a prior term where she won $100 for the loss of her husband. The case ties liquor sales to a fatal accident.
A Mississippi Board of Health statement notes that at Gettysburg 40,000 soldiers were killed or wounded and argues that over 1800 years of Christian era conflict saw ongoing use of war engines. It claims philosophy art science and theology failed to reduce war deaths across centuries.
Lackawanna leads as the priciest railroad stock worldwide with $50 par value shares trading between $500 and $600. Small final trades of a hundred or a few hundred shares bring a 10 to 40 percent swing. Report attributes ownership to Rockefellers, Stillmans, and Astors with Standard Oil style foresight.
The Railroad Man's Magazine notes a near-archaeological railroad find between Oil City and Franklin Pennsylvania. Half a mile of ties and rails bearing Brady's Bend Iron Co marks were recovered. The rails mark early west of the Alleghenies iron production. The company has been out of business for about forty years.
Advertisement notices from Garland Utah listing seeds in bulk and packages at Garland Mercantile Co Purified Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for setting one dollar for fifteen available via C BE Anderson Garland Harness Co offers harness repair Two good three and a half percent farm wagons and seed oats from B P Newman at East Garland Medicines sold at Riter Bros Drug Store liquor for medicinal purposes Also tow bills and factory lots for sale at Main and Factory streets Enquiries at Garland Mercantile Co
K H Fridal offers lumbard and Carolina poplar trees not cottony at 10c each plus purple lilacs 15c each and genuine Woodbine or Virginia Creeper 20c each. Address Tremonton Utah R F D No. 1 Ind. phone 37 a 2.
Notice in Salt Lake City lists lands selected by Utah under Section 6 and related acts. It details tracts described by subdivisions, period for protests, and the process to report to the General Land Office in Washington. Non mineral character proof affects final approval and certification by E. D. R. Thompson, Register.
In a 62 year old feat a man named Aleoeck walked backward along 12 miles from Macclesfield market place to the Crescent at Buxton. He completed the distance in three hours 14 minutes 45 seconds, beating the wagered time by 15 minutes 15 seconds. The Pall Mall Gazette notes a prior 1875 performance of the same feat in two hours 44 minutes.
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