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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
6
A long fragmented column reports on mixed topics from early 20th century world events and society. It mentions Chinese and domestic affairs, suffragettes in Britain, trials and punishments, royal gossip, and eclectic curiosities such as a large Long Island carp and various public notices. Names include Florened Nightingale and Queen Alexandra, with references to Doyle kidnappers and legislative alimony debates.
Rescue teams and volunteers, including several women, battled gas and burns after a gas ignition caused a blast at Lackawanna Coal Company No 4d mine. Seventeen men jailed, 16 injured. initial reports of many entombed were corrected as bodies were recovered, coroner not yet set. Fire and rescue efforts involved Cambria Steel Works aid and multiple rescue parties with air helmets.
Detective work intensifies as Chung Sin, under alleged third degree pressure, implicates Leon Ling in the murder of Elsie Sigel. Ling reportedly hid the body in a trunk, while investigators question his whereabouts and possible disguises. A separate case recalls Lydia Moffett’s rescue from a chop suey district flat after six days of captivity by a drug-using assailant identified as George Tracey.
A large boat carrying American and English tourists and Irish boatmen swamped in a gale on Lower Killarney lake. Most victims were drowned including Mrs. A A Hitou, Mrs. Loughead, Miss M M Cututa, Rev. B Barton, Miss Wilkinson, and others. two boatmen also died. The incident follows a crowded travel season with warning issued to mariners. The report also notes assorted other 1900s era items from Roosevelt's voyage to Europe and legal actions against crime figures.
Paris parliamentary commission reports a decade of naval mismanagement with 350 pages detailing inefficiency from red tape and confusion. It cites 700 million dollars spent since 1895, higher construction costs than Britain or Germany, and chronic shortages of coal and ammunition leaving ships unable to replenish after six hours of battle.
Several West Coast towns including Grass Valley Marysville Nevada City Chico and Colfax reported an earthquake with a second lighter shock at 11 49 p m No damage was reported in Reno but the region was not considered a quake zone In Illinois a Peoria meeting of lawyers discussed a Decalogue for Lawyers and other legal topics Deaths include Miss Margaret Stevenson and Sarah Orne Jewett while a Florida priest drowned in surf and a pistol duel incident occurred in Athens Georgia
Edith May Thompson Woodill, ward of former secretary of the treasury Lyman J. Gage, was found murdered in the Choptank River at St Michael’s Maryland. Her husband Gilbert Woodill is a Los Angeles auto magnate. Suspect Emmitt Roberts fled the scene after the finding. The body showed signs of foul play with a weighted body and crushed skull. Woodill’s wardship and the case draw wide attention amid Chicago roots and missing details on her early life.
A White House conference outlines a proposed tax on net earnings of corporations. Provisions call for a two percent levy on profits for all profit corporations, with returns to be filed to designated Internal Revenue officers detailing gross receipts stock capital and debts.
Robert L. McClure son of magazine publisher L. McClure wed Edith Dodds of Springfield Illinois at St George's Hanover Square with special license. They were Knox College classmates class of 1908 and plan to study in Berlin after a continent honeymoon.
A fire of incendiary origin, likely sparked by race tensions after Gov. Hughes election, devastated Goshen with the Presbyterian church, Sayer Lumber yard, an eight story tenement, and homes burned. Millar Cart Co and Coates Automobile Co were partly damaged. Loss exceeds $100,000. Arthur Coates alerted residents with a megaphone.
In Perry Iowa during a violent storm Fred K. Mell once chief of the Des Moines fire department and wealthy resident was killed by lightning while riding home in a buggy. His horse carried the body to the post office where the city postmaster found him. The lightning additionally struck the Christian church demolishing its tower.
Drove his boat into a marsh and killed himself after a long pursuit for the killing of Mrs Edith Woodill in Baltimore linked to Emmet Eastman alias Roberts. A letter on his body claimed jealousy and a party scandal as motive but authorities doubt the tale. The case links to Mrs Woodill, a social figure once mentored by Lyman Gane and former Gov Frank Brown, with adoption details and possible Idaho ties surfacing as investigators seek clear motive.
Philadelphia reports a polar sea drift expedition totaling over two thousand four hundred miles across the Arctic Ocean ending at a Norwegian steamer Cimbria’s port. The recovered cask supports claims by Admiral Mynnell and Geographical Society leaders that the polar sea is open and that consistent drift could reach the North Pole, a theory long debated by naval officers and geographers. The vessel began its drift in the open Arctic, likely near the Hurl pote region, and the cask’s journey culminated along the coast of Norway and Far Bashurel before final drift near November 1908.
London observers note the tearing down of ancient houses for new streets has yielded relics of old craftsmanship. Among the finds are aged wood, brass and china articles, and a Rockingham door knob described as a pride of generations, now salvaged for almost nothing by watermen.
An American bought a worn Rockingham door knob from a dismantled house for 37 cents and later sold a matching piece for 25 dollars to furnish a drawing room. Hand signals used by the Dundee fire brigade show a rooftop and window code to summon help or additional equipment. Projections note Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces forming four years ago with population shifts and rising agriculture, while a Rural Valley item recalls a mistaken fear of a shooting incident.
Fragmented dialogue from a courtroom scene unfolds in a chaotic exchange. Names like Derrin tender Gort and Brinhtonine appear amid garbled phrases, suggesting a tangled dispute or confrontation involving various figures and a Texan cowhand in a setting that hints at legal or social conflict.
A garbled ad-like article extols Cuthura as a cure for eye ailments with claims of dramatic improvements after weeks. The text references eye pain, eye care products, and testimonials, mentioning locations such as Wilko, Virginia, and names like Allen and Bibi Blea in disjointed passages.
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