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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
2
An Iuka Vindicator style column riffs through fragmented observations on suffrage, currency designs, taxes, and public manners. It references a London market, Dreadnoughts, Capt Kidd, and naval firepower while spoofing modern life and schooling misstatements. It closes with musings on taxicabs and battleship bills.
A Washington Senate session erupts in heated rhetoric as senators denounce lies and misrepresentation in tariff debates. The exchange features calls for accountability, with Aldrich criticized as a central figure and speakers condemning the dishonorable conduct in the chamber.
A new fashion trend in New York features gowns with a hidden trouser effect. The design shows a long back and bolero shape with seven yards of cloth. When the wearer moves, the skirt parts above the knees revealing trousers, creating a daring feminine silhouette.
Nairobi reports Kermit Roosevelt, son of former president Theodore Roosevelt, missing while riding horseback near Machakos. He wandered through the Kin region for a night before surfacing at Kinfa station seeking camp directions. Local guidance places the likely area between the Athi River and the Uganda railway with Wakambi villagers noted as peaceful and farming.
A Friday tornado leveled Hollis causing three deaths and extensive damage to every building in the town. Officials report more than ten injured as the storm wrecked homes and businesses. Local crews cordon off streets while救援 teams search for survivors.
In Marion Kentucky, farmers report nearly every tobacco bed around New Salem eight miles from the city has been scraped by bed scrapers. Deputies and locals faced threats as authorities moved toward the scene. George Simpkins was arrested amid the unrest.
Washington Senator Raley Thursby urged dissolution of the United States Steel Corporation under antitrust and warned officials that malefactors of great wealth could face prison if duties are avoided. He claimed officers would be imprisoned or flee justice if law is enforced. Louisville Southern Baptists reject the Carnegie foundation fund offer to fund sectarian schools in exchange for dropping sectarianism at the convention banquet.
Nathan Straus at the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis meeting cites New York health data showing a 34 percent rise in tuberculosis in two years. He blames dairy tuberculosis, urges pasteurization and cow line testing to curb the disease, based on his 18 years of experience in public health.
Milwaukee Journal reports the first wireless telephony message received in Wisconsin. A Chicago to Milwaukee transmission was picked up at the Journal office and at a new public station in the Railway Exchange building. The Journal notes the instrument is similar to those to be installed on lake vessels this summer.
In New Orleans a criodnat district court heard the bigamy case of Janes Rogers. Wife No 1 and Wife No 2 appeared together, chatting as proceedings began. The first wife claimed innocence while the second confronted a guilty charge amid tense testimony.
Mrs Charles Billmeyer sues to revoke saloon licenses after her husband lost about 4000 in local gaming houses. He was wounded in a pistol clash at the Texas Club a month prior. The case triggers criminal warrants against twenty two men for gaming and operating gaming dens in the city.
At the forty second annual encampment of the Grand Army in Vermont delegates defend General Bennett T. Young of Louisville Kentucky. He led the raid on St Athans in October 1864 and hinted he may decline an invitation to speak at Lake Champlain’s 300th anniversary.
The 90 year old Mrs Mary Cleary died yesterday in Brooklyn after years of neighbor charity. Investigators found bank notes and deposits totaling about 12000 in her home. For decades her sole companions were four cats and she relied on local residents for aid. No heirs or kin have been identified and police report no known relatives.
Springfield session opens with Representative F J Wilson introducing a bill to bar breach of promise to marry suits. The measure would prohibit suits based on marriage promises in writing and assigns pe rson charged with holding to written agreements. referred to judiciary committee.
A Mississippi grand jury returns against J House for whisky law violations while Meridian hosts a large Pythian gathering. The session features Grand Chancellor Will Ay Seasons and a report by H M Quiny showing lodges in good standing and opposing a national law enforcement league. Also noted are civil suits, a mortgage foreclosure, Tupelo fair plans, and local farming notes.
Dr Maurice Mishberg states deaths from tuberculosis among Jews are about one third those of non Jewish neighbors in the same urban environment. Dr Pishberg attributes Jewish vitality and sickness immunity to 2000 years of city dwelling. The piece ends with a reflection on thought and world concerns quoting Pascal.
A minister s wife recounts a tussle with coffee during night duty. She drank coffee to stay awake, suffered bilious attacks, then quit coffee with Postum. After a year on Postum she reports clearer head and steadier nerves, with no bilious episodes since stopping coffee.
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