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Newspaper
Mansfield Press
Location
Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
2
The week’s items cover Standard Oil dissolution, Missouri River navigation talks in Omaha December 14 to 16, and nine feet water on the river. Gas supplies dwindle in Kansas and Oklahoma, Union Life Insurance quits Kansas City, and a DC appeals stay delays Sam Gompers and others. Notes include university plans, anti lottery rulings, a Kansas home study plan, a Kansas City rail explosion, and other national updates.
Reports detail a Paris auction of a revolutionary era guillotine, lava eruptions on Teneriffe, and a large Christian Endeavor gathering in Agra. Nicaragua executes Trump Zelaya era actions with 500 dead and 1,800 prisoners cited, while U.S. reports note two Americans captured with rebels. Lisbon endures a 100 foot tidal surge. Mount Sabres volcanism threatens Tenerife. Navy orders gunboats to Nicaragua ports amid diplomatic delays. A Halt storm drops 39 inches of rain across two weeks.
Reports note John G Carlisle improving at St Vincent’s New York while Senator Cullom of Illinois and Senator Stephensean of Wisconsin remain the only octogenarian pair in the senate. William M. Laffan, longtime New York Sun publisher, has died after 25 years at the paper. Rev J C Hathaway of Maryville Mo hanged himself. A hurricane left John Jacob Astor and his son unaccounted for at sea. Herbert Latham set a 1345 foot flight in Bouy France. Texarkana judge Byrne isolates his family after contracting smallpox. Muskogee fraud defendants plead not guilty and seek three weeks to prepare. Franklin Ferriss of St Louis granted $20,000 fee as special examiner in Standard Oil inquiry. Gen F D Grant and Mrs Grant rescued from burning Chicago home. Senator Aldrich reports a courteous reception but opposition to finance and tariff ideas. Insurance seeks $1.5 million on Kansas cement maker George B Nicholson. Fred Fanning of Topeka, wrongly confessing to a murder, now deemed insane. Glenn Smith, 12, held for trial for shooting man taking his dog near Joplin. Maud Geck cleared of link to R D Gannon killing at Oklahoma City.
The piece notes Canada celebrated Thanksgiving earlier due to favorable harvests across prairie provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites forecasts of 130 million bushels of wheat from seven million acres and 50 to 100 bushels per acre of oats, with many farmers earning enough to cover costs. The Toronto Globe celebrates widespread gratitude for Providence and a season of unusual enthusiasm.
A playful dialogue suggests mixed reception to a new novel with a character citing parental disapproval as a humorous barrier. The exchange hints at reader hesitation and social dynamics around literary reception.
A historical notice claims a blood based cure for catarrh using one ounce compound syrup of Sarsaparilia, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey. Mix in a bottle and take tablespoon doses before meals and at bedtime, with ingredients obtainable from druggists.
A Baltimore American editorial quotes a skeptical exchange about a son’s potential to raise the standard of living. The response counters by predicting the son will cause trouble, not uplift, illustrating a pointed generational remark.
A faded ad fragment urges buying Red Cross Ball Blue for whiter clothes at 6 cents per 2 ounce package. It interlaces moral phrases about duty and self-improvement with marketing lines for Lewis' Single Binder cigars promising a high mellow taste.
David A. De Armond congressman in Missouri and his seven year old grandson died in a Butler home blaze. Judge De Armond perished while trying to rescue the boy as Harriett Clark heard his nephew’s plea for help. The fire’s cause remains uncertain with Possible hot bricks or a chimney as origins amid cold damp weather.
Dr C R Woodson ex superintendent of State Hospital No 2 runs a 260 acre fruit farm near Agency Missouri. His 10000 apple trees yielded 60 carloads of marketable fruit netting around 20000 dollars. Government experts aided spraying during summer but he still did not harvest a full crop. He plans extensive spraying next year believing it could save Missouri apple crops.
The state sanitary commissioner says government supplies of hog cholera serum are insufficient to halt Kansas epidemic. Governor Stubbe telegrammed the agriculture department requesting Dr Greeder from the department to help set up a serum plant at Manhattan. Once established the plant can produce serum quickly and in large quantities.
Dr. Lowell of the Lowell Observatory installs a 12 inch telescope on San Francisco Peak at 15 000 feet to obtain a clearer atmosphere for Mars study.
London report says Domingo Cana Chilean minister to Great Britain delivered one million dollars to the Rothschilds for the Hague Arbitration Court. The funds are to be paid to the United States if The Hague tribunal upholds the Alsop claim against Chile.
Berlin reports the death of Admiral Baron Gustav von Senden-Ribran a high German naval officer who led Emperor William II's private naval cabinet for 18 years. Born in 1847 he retired from official life in 1906 and died from a brain abscess.
Sapulpa Oklahoma announces a contract with Goodwin Harper of Kansas City as consulting engineer for the construction of a new waterworks system valued at $200000. The project marks a major municipal upgrade for the town.
Olathe Kansas November 24 Mrs Kathrine Kelly mother of former state treasurer T T Kelly died here at 73 She is survived by her husband William K E Kelly and 13 children
In Redding California Mies Mae E Deffert collapsed during preparations for her wedding to George Gautier as guests gathered to witness the ceremony. Medical staff were summoned and the wedding was halted amid the sudden illness.
Jefferson City officials debate hunting without a license for rabbits and wolves if no gun is used. The D A R proposes a joint Missouri song committee with Gov Hadley. poets submit works as lawmakers consider state aid for asylums, forestry, and rail infrastructure projects.
A Minneapolis letter lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing long lasting female ailments after a sufferer describes weakness and breakdown. It claims thousands of testimonials support the remedy and invites women to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts to regain health.
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