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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
2
A chaotic column of quips and snippets references airships and Zeppelins, Milan and New York theater chatter, jokes about gasoline intoxication and joyriding, plus local oddities about licenses to whistle in Worcester. It also mocks prosperity, fashion misses, and social roles with satirical asides on Russia and Holland, ending with a murky note on laughter in daily life.
A lone masked bandit robbed the Waggoner Bank and Trust Company in Fort Worth, forcing cashier Waller B. King at gunpoint to hand over 8100 dollars. The suspect, armed with a pistol, escaped after the heist, described as the boldest in 25 years.
Cora Sinclair known as the "aand snipe girl" won $15,000 against Samuel Sr. Laird Jr of Philadelphia in a breach of promise case. He allegedly promised to marry after his father’s death, and over a hundred love letters were presented as evidence. Laird’s wife testified for the defense, taking notes during the trial.
A drunken man named John Z Richards of Columbus was arrested on First Avenue. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital after being found in a center crowd grinning and perspiring while handing out ten dollars in small bills. He was unable to estimate how much he gave and had only one dollar left.
Rev John ston Myers of Immanuel Baptist Church and a university trustee accuses the University of Chicago of teaching atheism and spreading immoral ideas among students. He cites alleged exiles and controversial figures connected to the school to back his claim seeking scrutiny of the university curriculum.
Wealthy Elizabeth Farrer estate owners uncover nearly $1,000 in bank notes stuffed in a carpeted parlor. Old organ walls and hidden spots reveal more cash. administrators continue to locate funds across the house. Jumps With Child to Death, New York. A mother and her 5 year old daughter leap from a five story roof amid grief over another child’s death. Thirty four Prostrated, New York. On the fourth day of heat, 34 people suffer prostrations in a city crisis. procession and weather events noted to have contributed.
New York report states Katherine Clemond Gould won a court decision granting a royal alimony from her husband Howard Gould after nearly three weeks of trial. The judge set alimony at 25,000 a year from May Gould, denying full $260,000 demand, and found intoxication claims possibly due to excitement. The Dustin Farnum association was deemed post-separation and not objected by the husband.
Atlanta delegates from the Farmers' National Union gather for a week to discuss the 1920 cotton crop. Leaders warn boll weevil risk in Texas coast fields while Georgia notes small yields but diversification boosts farm sales. Alabama reports rapid crop diversification and Arkansas notes ongoing damage to yields. Discussion targets include cotton grading schools, exchanges, packing houses, and fertilization impacts.
In St. Michaels Maryland a gunman believed to be Emmett E. Roberts alias Robert Emmett Eastman shoots at pursuers on a creek and kills himself. The dead man’s acts close a case tied to the death of May Raith Thompson Woodit, a Baltimore Washington and Los Angeles socialite, once a protege of L. J. Gage, leaving questions about motive and the broader backstory.
Eastern states endure a heat wave as temperatures reach new highs this year. Rainfall in the Middle Atlantic region is expected to ease the heat over the next two to three days. At 2 PM Friday the thermometer hit 102 degrees at the Pennsyl vania Avenue weather station. three prostrations reported.
Readings of letters from Elsie Sigel show a triangulated romance with two Chinese youths, Chu Guin and Leon Ling, ending in her death and a trunk burial. The granddaughter of Gen. Franz Sigel is depicted as courting both suitors and reflecting a mother’s mixed attitudes toward interethnic marriage amid a New York context.
Prof T J J Bee, astronomer in charge at Mare Island Naval Observatory, reports to the Astronomical Society that the moon is captured by the earth from space rather than being a detached portion of our globe. He rejects Tapluce and Sir George Darwin and bases his claim on rigorous mathematical proof using Hill Poincare and Darwins methods.
Rep Kennedy of Ohio introduces a bill to punish Black Hand and kidnapper agents using the mails with life imprisonment. Recipients who fail to report such mail to post office officials face a $100 fine.
The weekly cotton report shows severe damage in Mississippi Alabama and much of Georgia with heavy rains halting cultivation leaving many fields abandoned. North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Arkansas saw limited gains while Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana reported normal progress and better condition though boll weevils are increasing.
San Francisco reports Margaret Edwards of Oakland is touted as the most perfectly developed girl under 12 globally. The claimed measurements include height 4 feet 11 1/2 inches, weight 106 pounds, with detailed limb and chest dimensions, though many figures appear garbled from the OCR. The girl’s mother is a physical culture teacher, Margarot.
The Senate quickly passed the census appropriation measure identical to the House version. It allocates $10,000,000 for the thirteenth census and authorizes the director to appoint three commissioners to join an international commission in Paris in July 1900 to revise disease classifications called by the French government.
Harriman's clans prescribe many cures in Austria including cold water treatment electrical massage and the carbonic bath. He devotes much time to walking and driving. Attending physicians foresee substantial improvement though not full restoration of health.
In Atlanta a woman named Nellie Jobson, aged 22, was killed when a rope gave way while her husband and another man attempted to remove her from a window. Harry Wolford held the rope. it broke while she was half way down, causing a collapse two stories high and breaking her back.
A mob of about fifty masked men seized Sylvester Stennien from the jail in Withurton Oklahoma and lynched him after he shot and killed Albert Turner a deputy constable during an attempted arrest. In Texas a man named By Moser aged 47 was shot in a church while kneeling in prayer. his wife Toy Burnham aged 19 stood beside him as the tragedy unfolded.
The article lists Gulfport to various towns rail fares, notes Sunday trains, and records other regional notices. It describes a jailbreak attempt by E J Reeson and a shooting death of Charley McMillian by Jack Boyd near Sumrall. The Mystic Shrine meeting in Mt Simsippi is postponed. Farmers report poor crops around Brooksville with wet fields hindering cleanup. City actions in Vicksburg order police to close near hoar stations. An Ellaville engineer, C C Atwell, is terminally ill. Mississippi River Western Railroad plans progress. The Mississippi normal college term had notable lectures. The Mississippi Orphans Home appeals for aid as demand for admission continues. Lectures in Ackerman urged cotton producer organization. Dr Lenox Newman dies after the Meadville feud.
A fragmented early 19th century style dialogue shows Lazy Farmers protesting sour milk and a candid milk man blaming oversleeping and slow milking. The scene echoes a rural caution about health and daily chores in a Catholic community setting.
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