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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
2
A collage of offbeat notes locates in Iuka headlines and wry observations from 1910. A madman at Lake Erie is calmed by pie, fashion dictates hats must match shoes, labor counts 2,000,000 unemployed, and a flotilla guards the president on the Mississippi. Brazil and Europe loom, while New York lights, Boston fashion, and steamers frame a restless, war-scarred world.
Weather reports note drought in Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Tennessee and Mississippi with excessive heat. Crops in the Carolinas Georgia Alabama and Mississippi Delta show improvement though harvesting will begin late. frost dates will heavily affect yields. Weevils caused damage in Louisiana yet overall fruiting is good where moisture returns.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania during a strike at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville a violent riot left five dead including a state trooper deputy sheriff and three foreigners. Dozens more were wounded as mounted troops patrolled the area and mass arrests filled boxcar jails in the mill yards. Women foreigners reportedly armed or using clubs and stones helped incite the disturbance amid the chaotic nightfall crackdown.
President Taft will press reforms early next month including a national corporation act legislative authorization of railroad tariff agreements and a ban on over capitalizing corporations engaged in interstate commerce He plans a New York conference with Wickersham Bowers Prouty Knapp Nagel and Townsend to discuss a national incorporation law governing interstate commerce and state controls on foreign corporations.
President Taft ordered the dismissal of seven cadets at West Point after their alleged role in the Sutton case. Cadet Sutton, hospitaled after a severe beating, later returned to duty limping. Sutton is linked to Lieut. M N. Sutton of the naval academy whose death was investigated at Annapolis.
President Taft seeks amendments to the anti trust law to define prohibited acts more clearly and specify swift penalties. He argues a criminal statute should leave no doubt about forbidden conduct and aims to distinguish lawful restraint from pernicious monopolizing devices, guiding business and courts in enforcement.
Joseph E. Dickerson a co defendant with Breese and Penland testified on cross examination that overdrafts on his books were erroneous and tied to a paper he held for Breese. He said he took a $10 000 mortgage for Mrs Alvey his sister in law just before the bank failed and he would protect her interest first. He added the bank did little business in its last years aside from renewing old notes held by himself Penland and Breese.
Prosecuting Attorney R. E. Jeffery and co-counsel filed suit in Jackson Circuit Court against 45 fire insurance companies operating in Arkansas. The action seeks penalties of 1,000,000 per company, license cancellation, and removal from the state, alleging antitrust violations. Newport hosts the case, part of a statewide trust busting wave following a prior book trust action.
A dense Mississippi brief highlights political trips by Candler Jr and others to Chicago and San Francisco with続ers in commerce. Local crime reports include a pistol assault on Clave Thanes, and Mills and Thames are linked to the incident. Meridian court actions enforce Sunday law. cotton prices bid at Vicksburg. a farmers short course opens at A&M College. Meridian and Greenville notes cover church meetings, reunions, and a Baptist encampment. Also noted are the freedom aid society's election, a Carrollton veteran's passing, and a new roundhouse project in Meridian.
At the Tennessee State Fair two famed aeronauts Roy Kiabenshue and Lincoln Beachy will headline the first real airship races. A contract dated August 16 secures a week of aerial events starting September 20 with two dirigibles racing from the grandstand to their starting point. Daily races plus ten hour exhibitions and night ascensions under searchlights are set. State Fair officials have added about $4,000 to an earlier $10,000 for amusements.
Washington reports the government may pursue a new prosecution of the Standard Oil Company if a legal path is found. The antitrust case centers on alleged methods in Oklahoma to force independent producers, many of them Pennsylvanians, from the field. Independents complain bitterly and fear ruin if relief is not soon provided.
In Little Rock Arkansas McCulloch national secretary and executive chair says the national Farmers Union meeting at Birmingham next month will likely decide on organizing a crusade against bucket shops nationwide. He spoke during a visit to Little Rock.
Texas towns report widespread rainfall with heavy showers in Dallas and Fort Worth areas. El Springs to Sweetwater see slow steady rain, while Cleburne Sherman San Angelo Waco Temple Belton and San Antonio to Brownwood get good rain. Panhandle and Dallas area experience light to tight showers up to about an inch.
A Boston dispatch reports that Harriman has not gained control of the Texas and Pacific railroad from the Gould interests. E.J. Jaffery of New York, in charge of Gould systems, says the Wilnominal report lacks foundation and no transfer of control is likely.
Associate Justice Mc Kenna, of the United States Supreme Court, is reported near retirement due to ill health. Statements from a jurist’s associate suggest McKenna, appointed in 160K, has discussed retirement with friends noting fragile health and reluctance to remain on the bench.
The Wichita Woman's Christian Temperance Union condemned the city commission for allowing near beer sales after a denial to prohibit them. They proposed a recall election for three commissioners. The report notes 200 cases of genuine beer sold within six hours.
A Chicago Journal report quotes a bristling exchange about pilfering ideas, with Orville Wright defending originality and recalling a neighbor Mrs Harrington whose pig tale ends with a minister and a miraculous pork chop linked to biblical ravens. The piece blends satire and social memory.
A colloquial exchange shows a character asking for a dime after bank hours, with the other responding he cannot help without his account book. The dialogue evokes informal street talk and a plainly staged scene.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that for the year ending August 31 nearly 3,000,000 people attended tuberculosis exhibitions nationwide. In addition to three traveling exhibitions, there are 28 other displays across the United States, a rise from only three displays years ago.
A long excerpt from a Louisville Courier-Journal feature presents rural and urban humor, literary quips, and a Boston mother’s anecdote about feeding Grape-Nuts to her three sons. The piece highlights social quirks, advertising jibes, and the appeal of wholesome breakfast cereals.
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