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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
2
A compendium of scattered notes and quips from an era’s papers touching Cuba relations jokes about insomnia cures air travel plans and headlines. It lists cultural curiosities political comments and weather notes while skirting coherent narrative.
Turmoil in Teheran as factions resist the new provisional government led by Asad Al Mulk regent. Sadarasad and other leaders push to place a southern-led regime, fearing a Russian-backed shah. Russia’s leverage hangs on regent Azad Al Mulk while European powers watch.
July 18 reports note Rev D D Babcock of Marshalltown in poor health and taking his own life after his wife handed him a needle package. In Fargo North Dakota Bishop Shanley, nephew of Archbishop Ireland, was found dead in his room at 67, with heart trouble suspected as the cause.
Warnings to leave town within 24 hours were received by Chester residents in West Virginia. They advised striking workers in the tin mills to return to work in East Liverpool Ohio area.
In Oaktown Indiana on July 18 Andrew Killet killed his wife with a public safety item then fatally harmed himself with the same tool. The incident occurred in the home of the couple leaving no survivors. Police are investigating the domestic end of a fatal disaster.
In DeWitt County a jury found Colonel Thomas Snell insane when he executed his will leaving Richard Snell a $50 annuity and a $2 million estate. If affirmed on appeal, Richard will receive $70,000 plus the annuity. Mabelle Snell McNamara of Kansas City would lose her claimed gift. The trial occurred around 6 pm and the verdict may be appealed to the state supreme court with further distribution to come.
Anthony Conkey, marine reporter for Port Huron, drowned while trying to board the steam barge Woodford. While on vacation he went alongside in a rowboat and shouted to seamen. The boat capsized and Conkey disappeared as his captain brother Arthur Conkey leaped in to rescue him but failed.
Prof R V Mateucci, director of the royal observatory on Mount Vesuvius, famed for duty during eruptions, died in the observatory on July 18 in Rome.
Princess Johann of Saxony was thrown from her car near the castle vicinity. She sustained a head wound described as light, with injuries not life threatening.
Washington July 18 Progressives celebrate a White House tariff statement after a talk with 28 congressmen who opposed free raw materials The president signals downward revision within the protective principle and prefers the Payne bill over Aldrich The president's stance may require proof of need for duties on free raw materials and is viewed as final referee by Taft with support from insurgent Republicans like Senator Bristow.
San Francisco on July 18 reports that a strike by engravers left newspapers without illustrations for the first time in twenty years. Publishers and printers clashed over cut rights, leading to old cuts being used and then abolished as settlement follows.
Deputy U S marshals raided Chinatown arresting Chinese on charges of violating exclusion laws and smuggling over the Mexican border into Texas. One detainee Tan Fung Wong was released while others were bound over by immigration authorities. Also noted is Mrs Margaret McCarthy of New England, aged 112, possibly the oldest woman in the United States, born May 30 1797 in Minewall county Cork Ireland, with documents proving her age.
Mine Myrtle Harsh a 23 year old school teacher from West Richmond admitted theft to Prosecutor Ladd after being caught rifling rooms in Harsham college dormitories. She confessed to stealing money and valuables from multiple rooms over three years while teaching in Greenville Ohio.
Washington July 18 President Taft has placed a government ban on the tobacco trust. Secretary Dickinson ordered Commissary General Sharpe to prohibit the war department from purchasing tobacco from any trust controlled firm. The list names 58 companies led by American Tobacco Co of New York, with firms in tobacco states Chicago and the Midwest including Tennessee and Kentucky plants. Taft’s action has AG backing and follows a federal court decree. Navy to follow with a similar ban on trust goods.
Annapolis July reports note Miss Mary Stewart of Pittsburg left for Canada after the inquiry into Lieut James N Suttons death October 12 1907. Dozens of Society figures, usually summer residents, have also departed. Sutton was unpopular with officers but popular with the women here.
A man alleged to be a post office robber, unnamed by police, was shot by traveling man J. J. Swarts in Richview while allegedly robbing the Mount Vernon post office. Authorities report a large reward and a dispute over entitlement between state and federal officers. Thirty two shots were removed from the robber's body. Inland of Crete Crete Crete earthquake reports note deaths and great property damage with limited interior communication. In New Bremen Ohio a German car on a curve jumped the track killing two, conductor Herman Portrate and a lineman, with several passengers injured.
A character remarks on the absence of men, noting that in the past she has been spoken to by men and by monks, but tonight there seem to be no men around. The line suggests a tense, possibly ironic moment in a scene.
A beggar brought before a Chicago police magistrate admits carrying over ten dollars in currency while claiming not to be idle. The judge rebukes the man for begging in public streets and highlights the contrast between his money and his status. The exchange is reported in Harper's Weekly.
A philosopher cites truth as the bottom of a well, suggesting that being at the well’s base yields a dry gloss. The remark implies that the water in the well is contaminated, presenting a compact, ironic theory of truth.
The golden brown bits are substantial enough to take up the cream and crisp enough to crush in the mouth. The flavor belongs to Post Toasties. This dainty tempting food is made of pearly white corn cooked rolled and toasted into Toasties.
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