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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
6
A chaotic digest recounts diverse items from exams of leaders and battles to rail accidents and treaties. It mentions outbreaks, elections, and official speeches while noting shipping losses, social weddings, and travel plans amid a broad wartime and reform era.
Manager Janney forecasts Ma's New Husband as a top laugh maker in the season a rollicking three act musical farce featuring a schoolboy pretend mother and comic escapades. One performance this evening at the Pythian Theatre with tickets 25 35 60 cents.
The Democratic State Central Committee announces that Adlai Stevenson will contest the election outcome. Governor Deneen and supporters claim the race featured irregularities. The announcement signals a formal challenge to the results.
Chicago reports Democratic state committee leader Boeschenstein says Adlai Stevenson will request a recount of the Illinois governor race claiming a plurality for Stevenson. Officials estimate Deneen's margin at 23 000 to 26 000 with alleged counting errors noted in several precincts.
About a thousand University of Illinois students rioted after a football win over Iowa. They fought police, hurled bricks at Mayor Blaine, wounded street superintendent George Morton and officer Goble, and attempted to storm the Walker opera house and the city lockup. Walter Jones and Albert Jones were seized but later released on bail.
An explosion at Colonel W P Bond’s mine three miles west of Benton Illinois wrecked the shaft and left four shot firers entombed. The blast hurled a car and rail pieces 600 feet to the top of the shaft demolishing four steel tipples. A large rescue force works amid slow progress hoping to reach the men before suffocation.
Mattoon Tl Navy engineer 10 Frank Souter of the Big Four was crushed beneath his engine while guiding a train over a crossover to a new cutoff near Hillsboro. The accident involved a switch engine on the opposite track overturning and Roister’s aging.
A Geological Survey yearbook shows Illinois mining including coal oil and quarry products totaled 164 million dollars in 1907, behind only Pennsylvania and Ohio. Excluding smelting, output rose 365 percent from 1906 to 92.36 million. Petroleum surged from 156 thousand barrels in 1906 to 24.54 million in 1907, with cement mainly centered at LaSalle.
All persons owing us accounts over 60 days, please settle at once. 8. J Stephenson & Son, Dolson.
A brief editorial encourages farmers to compare local advertising with mail order catalogs. It urges using local merchants' ads to resist mail order competition and notes the value of buying from home advertisers over outsiders.
Administratrix Elnora Romines of Charles Romines deceased seeks court permission to sell Lot 2 in Block 6 Archer's First Addition Marshall Illinois at public sale on November 19 1908. Terms require half cash with note for remainder and a mortgage to secure payment. Notes bear 6 percent interest from sale date. Attorneys Golden Scholfield & Scholfield.
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