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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
2
The National Waterways Commission returns from Europe to study Missouri River from Kansas City to the mouth. Railroad officials report no wage increase for workers now. John S. Dawson seeks Colorado coal rate cuts before the Interstate Commerce Commission, alleging excessiveness and discrimination against long and short haul provisions.
In Paris Madame Steinhell, accused of murdering her husband and stepmother, was acquitted. Crowds filled streets and boulevards past midnight awaiting the verdict. Special newspaper editions went to press at 1 a.m. as Jamaica, Haiti, and other West Indies islands suffered a weeklong cyclone severing cable service and causing widespread damage.
A. O. Coffin of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad at Springfield Missouri has been granted a patent on a concrete railroad cross tie. Horace Lemon a centenarian died at Lyon County Kansas county farm. Mrs Roosevelt received a telegram from her husband who said he was in good health and denied reports of an accident. The note discusses youth in a bank robbery case involving William McKay and Earl Bullock and mentions reform school until age 21. Buffalo Jones plans an Africa trip in March to rope a specimen of every dangerous animal on the continent. Mary Moody died in Lawrence Missouri at age 100 leaving 114 living descendants. Sheriff Shipp of Chattanooga Tennessee sentenced for failing to prevent a lynching. Governor Hadley urged to join Oklahoma's governor in a gun shooting contest. At a Wisconsin Democratic rally Chapa of Missouri quipped about nominations. A rural Kansas City carrier A G Gushurst was killed in a car crash near Lawrence. Walter Williams, journalism dean, addressed Kansas State Agricultural College inauguration. President Taft completed an 18,000 mile tour and returned to Washington. Humphrey M. Biddle, Missouri Kansas Telephone foreman, killed by a live wire in Leavenworth. Mrs Roosevelt and children left Rome for the United States. Roald Amundsen plans another North Pole expedition via Alaska for seven years of provisions. Representative Campbell of Kansas recovers from stomaine poisoning after Mississippi river trip with President.
In Cherry N I llinois a mine disaster at St Paul coal mine entombs 305 men with rescue efforts halted as heat at shaft bottom proves extreme. Firefighting trains water and extinguishers move in while officials insist no survivors possible amid fear of spreading flames from stables to coal veins.
Kansas City reports show anaemia and inanition among schoolchildren from poor breakfasts. Medical examiners find 30 of 80 pupils ill or abnormal in one ward school, ranging from diphtheria to fever. Advocates note noonday lunches similar to New York city programs could aid the children.
Sunday Schools of Michigan opens its forty ninth annual state convention in Saginaw with an unusually large turnout of delegates and visitors. Noted convention specialists include Grant Colfix Tuller Isaac H Meredith Hugh Cork William A Brown Mrs MW Leyda Rev E Wesley Halpenny Lucy Page Gaston and Mell Protter. Sessions run through Friday evening.
Jefferson City Nov 17 Gov H. & Hadley issued instructions to overhaul coal lead and zinc mine inspections in Missouri. He said the changes follow the Cherry Hill disaster and aim to prevent further mine horrors.
In Carterville Webb City Missouri on November 17 Mrs. Frank Black reportedly shot and killed her husband an alleged professional gambler in a fit of jealousy. The case involves a domestic tragedy with authorities detailing the sequence of events and the suspect in custody.
Boston report states American Telephone and Telegraph gains minority Western Union stock and voting rights to give AT&T control of the telegraph firm. President S N Vail cites aim to fuse telephone and telegraph as public service and economy. The combined entity would be the world’s largest apart from the satellite trust, with vast networks and securities.
Staff of medical examiners in Kansas City reports from a ward school a physician found 49 of 80 pupils examined diseased or abnormal. The cases ranged from diphtheria to other ailments and highlight health issues among students.
Greene of Olathe, a leading Kansas apple grower, reports 10,000 bushels of fine fruit this year. He credits spraying twice before bloom and after blossoms for success, costing three cents per tree, with his sprayed trees yielding two bushels per tree while an unsprayed boner orchard produced no mature apples.
Beloit Wisconsin Howard Bennett son of Dr F L Bennett a Beloit college sophomore is said to have discovered a new power resembling wireless telegraphy but different from electricity. He is developing machines to use this power and details are kept secret pending patents. Acquaintances call it one of the wonders of the age.
The Missouri Pacific freight depot at Iola Kansas burned to the ground destroying a car with materials for the new post office and considerable freight. The old building had served as a passenger depot about 25 years ago. Total loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
Francis J. Heney, who prosecuted San Francisco bribery graft cases and lost the recent district attorney race, has been reappointed an assistant to the United States attorney general.
Jack Horn a Roseland resident near here killed himself by tying a dynamite stick around his neck and blowing off his head. The incident is reported as a self-inflicted death in the Roseland area.
A Helena resident. George H Crowell of 1109 Broadway reports kidney discomfort with backache and nocturnal urination. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, his condition improved quickly, claiming strengthened kidneys and corrected issues. Doan's Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
Deacon Stephen Potter famed for eccentricity and high morals. In a Utica land dispute a friend sought his testimony on land value. Sworn in, he declared knowledge of the land and refused to value it, saying not one dollar an acre could be gained even if his oxen pulled a sled on glazed ice.
A mother sends Tommy to watch his baby brother with a toy shovel. The baby is bitten by a fly on the head and Tommy says he killed it with the shovel, prompting the mother to rush to the sand lot in distress.
Mrs Bluffer, the resort's center of attention, tells the proprietor she has just received a $50 check from her husband. He replies that TL will not only honor it but will worship it, in a gleeful boast about future support.
A patient recalls a physician who avoided medicines and treated gastritis with food. After four years on Grape-Nuts the narrator reports restored appetite, strength, and weight, noting improved color and memory, and praising the book The Road to Wellville.
A historical recipe claims a day cure for a cold and cough using Concentrated pine compound, glycerine, and whiskey. It instructs shaking, then dosing a teaspoon to a tablespoon every four hours, with ingredients available from druggists or wholesale houses.
A curious note describes a fox befriending a duck and a goose observing the unusual trio as times change and animals form new alliances.
A British ambassador Sir Spencer St John is mocked by a nurse in a park tale about Mexican courtesy. When admired by ladies for a baby, the nurse says the child is the ambassador’s and he learns to avoid asking parentage. The anecdote ends with his reluctance to inquire again.
The Montgomery Advertiser notes Dr Cookelle stating the north pole is not larger than a quarter dollar though such a coin may appear as large as a barn’s side. A man returning home is greeted by his wife with a look implying concern over his influences.
A garbled mix of product mentions and quips appears, including references to Perry Davis firearm verses, Red Cross themes, a blue and white clothing note, a child heritage joke about red hair, Mia Winslow soothing strap for teething, and Windculla bottle. The text contains stray phrases and promotional fragments without a coherent story or clear entities.
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