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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
4
Fragmented political commentary reflects election results and figures such as Bryan Hearst and Taft. The piece notes Republican gains, Panama Canal progress, Canons recoil, and a heavy printing load for ballots plus staff effort at the Herald.
In Mouremelon Henry Farman demonstrated practical aviation by flying twenty miles to Rheims in twenty minutes to a height of 120 to 150 feet. In Indianapolis Carl Fisher and a professional aeronaut used an automobile instead of a basket for a balloon ascent, drifting southeast and landing near Southport before returning by car.
Washington Nov 3 The case of Adolphus Coulson tests whether US constitution applies in criminal matters in the Panama canal zone Solicitor General Hoyt asks Supreme Court to advance the case Coulson sentenced to death for murdering his wife and appeals claiming denial of a jury trial violated the US Constitution Hoyt argues constitutional provisions do not extend to canal zone territory.
Concluding arguments are made in New York on nov 3 in the cases of Charles W Morse and Alfred R Curtis former officials of the National Bank of North America charged with violating national banking laws. Morse’s defense seeks dismissal of counts tied to the Calvin Austin loan of 100000. Charles E Littlefield spoke for Morse and former Judge W M Olcott argued for Curtis in extenuation of irregularities.
Billy Sunday closing a five week meeting in Jacksonville ends with total offerings of 727 dollars. The revival reports 2642 professions of conversion and 20000 listeners on the closing Sunday. All saloons in the city shut their doors and fifteen saloon keepers win liberty through a circuit court judge’s tolerance. It is described as Jacksonville's greatest gospel cleanup.
David Clancy aged 58 died after being stricken with paralysis and falling into an open grave while digging for the burial of Rev Cyrus Jones in Paoli Indiana. His wife had been gravely ill for weeks and is believed unable to endure the shock of his death. Mr Clancy was highly respected in the community.
William H Fitchner a 66 year old Wall Street lawyer and church figure was sentenced to one year in prison for grand larceny. He diverted 8000 dollars entrusted by two women for safe investment to speculative ventures.
Jury, after two hours, acquits Theodore Whitmore in a domestic case arising from a battered spouse finding near Harrison New Jersey the previous December. The trial addressed allegations of harm to his wife and outlined disputed figures and timing.
Mr and Mrs R A Desjardines reunite after a nearly four year separation caused by a stern parent who abducted their daughter and moved her worldwide. The couple met in 1905 in Colorado Springs and married secretly. The daughter was taken by Count de Cappo to Egypt and Austria, later returning to St Louis where detectives traced Desjardines. The spouses, now back together, keep house happily in a romance fulfilled.
Ten Illinois University students were kept in Urbana jail overnight after a fierce scrap on the eve of the push ball contest. Sophomores tried to raid a private dorm room where freshmen were staying. a fight ensued and ten were arrested. University authorities likely will suspend some participants.
In Carmi Illinois on November 2 McCreecy of Benton is believed fatally wounded after a confrontation with rival Kirkpatrick over the daughter of a Benton bank president. Kirkpatrick stabbed McCreecy in the abdomen and is jailed awaiting the outcome of the injured man.
William H Lemasters recently of 14 Center Avenue Chicago was attacked in a boarding house shortly after midnight while asleep and fatally injured Andrew Johnson a former Rockford resident broke his door with a rock and fractured his skull with a club Johnson confessed but said the act was in secret authorities suspect jealousy Johnson had been a boarder at the house
Judge James A. Creighton voids the petit jury panel in Sangamon county after failed race riot trials. The jury box is purged and the county is left without a jury. A special board of supervisors session is set for Nov 5 to select jurors.
The Indiana Illinois and Kentucky photographers club closed its Mt Carmel session selecting officers President A Sexton Mt Carmel Vice President Fred A Muentzer Evansville Secretary Treasurer F C Benton Oakland City Ind The next meeting will be held at Oakland City.
Two electric suburban cars on the Nichols Traction Edwardsville line crashed head on five miles south of this point. Eighteen to twenty passengers were injured, with several seriously hurt. The most seriously injured were transported to Granite City hospital, about ten miles away.
Richmond reports the Wakefield burying ground in Westmoreland County has been restored by the Society of Colonial Dames of Virginia. The area is now enclosed by a secure wall and iron gates after addressing depredations by Rella hunters and arranging for a caretaker at the society’s expense.
The essay recalls Nodzu as a once celebrated war hero who led the Yalu passage and battles against Russia, then notes how the world moved on. It argues fame fades after war work and praises veterans who succeed afterward, while hinting at the forgotten San Juan Hill revelation.
A literary woman claims local color justifies shoplifting for fiction. Two Georgia students who killed two men argued insanity, prompting debate on realism in modern novels. The piece argues many authors rely on crime for effect, urging caution over sensational depictions.
Incomplete OCR yields a chaotic report mentioning a bride and groom, a crowd of 80 friends, and police involvement, with garbled phrases about danger near a river and a barricade. Details remain unclear due to transcription errors.
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