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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
2
A column mix of observations on home mail receptacles for postman efficiency, rising natural gas production from 1882 to 1908, Paris restoration spirit, Dr. Pearsons promise to give away millions, London post office Sunday delivery via telephone, and assorted societal musings from Elizabethtown era.
In a history making Saturday session the House voted 199 to 191 to oust Speaker Cannon from the committee on rules and expand that panel from two to ten. The count 195 to 191 refused to remove Cannon from the speakership, leaving him in the chair amid fierce partisanship and chaos.
Council Bluffs Iowa report says John Mabray and thirteen associates were found guilty on charges of use of details in a sprawling swindle. Maximum penalty is two years and a $10,000 fine per defendant. Government claims the case disbanded a vast fraudulent operation that has taken in excess of five million dollars since its start about a decade ago.
At Little Rock the Cottonseed Crashers Association plans headquarters and a demonstration booth to tout cottonseed flour as a wheat flour substitute. They will offer coarse edibles, confections, and cakes, claiming higher protein and fat content and lower cost than wheat flour.
Murray Kentucky mourns as Jans Vanelenve, oldest male resident and descendant of Daniel Boone, is buried at Miller Cemetery with Masonic rites. In his 60s? year, he lived seventy years in the county, remembered as a long, useful, successful civic figure. He married three times and left ten children, thirty grandchildren, and twenty nine great grandchildren.
Admiral Schroer reports the Insin fang achieved an average rate of 18.42 knots per hour during a four hour full power run. Vexmls of the Atlantic fleet conducted maneuvers as the squadron practiced naval warfare, while other units engaged in drills in Cuban waters.
New York investigations unfold payments from insurance firms to law and political figures between 1901 and 1906. Major sums include 17,500 to Sherman & Sterling and 8,211 to Elijah R. Kennedy, who also gave 1,000 to George W. Aldridge. Witness testimonies describe schemes across multiple states, involving victims who lost tens of thousands.
Eastern capitalists quietly invest 3 million dollars for 7 000 acres in Mc Mullen County Southwest Texas amid reports of large oil finds. Experiments conducted for months hint at almost pure lubricating grade oil with unlimited supply. Landowners boosts land prices as buyers plan a pipeline to the nearest railroad. The field promises to be the Southwest’s largest, distant from existing producing areas.
Daytona reports Senator Daniels remains stable with pulse and temperature within normal range after 24 hours. Governing news from Kentucky notes Governor Willson will veto a pension bill for Confederate soldiers due to state funds shortages.
In Nurtlesville Georgy C. Priestley, agent for the Bolland Syndicate, has optioned several thousand acres of oil lands near Murtlesville. The deal, due to close by April 1, totals 5,100,000 dollars and involves holdings of multiple oil companies. The arrangement represents one of the region’s largest private energy transactions in the current period.
Illinois Central advances toward Harriman era control as T J Foley is named assistant to Vice President Park. Foley, ex assistant general superintendent of Union Pacific Omaha, joins ICC amid talks of Union Pacific Southern Pac merger and a possible distinct ICC structure. Also notes unrelated items about a marriage amnesia case in St Louis and Navy officer transfer to Mare Island.
Washington reports the government defends the constitutionality of the corporation tax provision as an excise on business, not a direct tax on property. Lloyd W. Bowers and Attorney General Wickersham submit briefs detailing that tax hinges on occupation and business transactions rather than income, with five cases on real estate firms under review.
An Arkansas mob of about twenty men hanged Bob Austin and Charles Richardson after abducting them near the county jail. Witnesses described torture and coercion as the mob demanded confessions tying the killings to a jail delivery plot. No shots were fired and the inquest ruled death by homicide.
The notes committee on reform to the civil service will report a bill for retirement pensions in the civil service with an 80 year age limit and president discretion. It provides for past service payments by employees under 70, a fixed salary contribution, and government pension payments after ten years of contribution.
A geologic note in a University of Chicago publication outlines a method to estimate Earth's age by comparing salt in seawater with river deposition. Notable scientists Sir Joly Murray, Prof. Joly, and M. Dus bois support the approach, while unrelated uprisings and health news appear in the same clippings.
An old patent medicine ad claims a elixir of syrup of Sarsaparina and tort compound mixed with whiskey cures rheumatism. It boasts doctors’ endorsement and rapid relief with a tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime, urging readers to obtain ingredients from any druggist.
Abel Stringham argues Shakespeare could not match the drama, while Playwright counters with praise. The dialogue pivots on a trolley car accident referenced in the third act as a dramatic example.
Bulgaria seeks to convert Greek Catholic monasteries into tuberculosis sanatoria with King Ferdinand pledging 100 000 francs for a national sanatorium amid a high Bulgarian TB death rate of 31 per 10 000. A Consolation notes a widow finding humor in hardship and a police joke ends with a dull day.
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