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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
9
A jumble of satirical notes from a Marshall column touches on spring fever and medical strains, eggs in cold storage, a plan to mine diamonds in Arkansas, beef trust attacks, and odd quips about Halley’s comet. It lampoons bankers, journalism, and laws while noting a New York training in telephony and a giant 16 inch gun on Sandy Hook.
Washington D C February reports Telegrams note multimillionaire mine operator Thomas F Walsh died at his Massachusetts Avenue residence after a lung growth resulting from a prior injury. Born in Ireland his career flourished in Colorado and the West where he introduced ore treatment innovations. He led as a top US mine owner and served in Republican circles and scientific societies.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss President Sherman and Speaker Joe Cannon amid conference talks on a $2000 appropriation. Mentions to be devoted to care entrances and driving off view, before conferees knocked out an amendment proposing a similar speaker action.
Washington reports winter wheat at about 80.8 percent condition, up from December and April figures and near ten year average. The Ninil toe condition is 82.0 percent, compared with April and ten year averages. Also, Annie Byers estate valued at $100000 will be divided between Western Human Society and Pittsburgh Hospital for Children.
Nearly a thousand laborers at the Raw Bhinig wire mills walk out over dieher wages causing the mills to idle and 5 000 men out of work. Fireman Michael Bassett killed in express wreck near New York Central Hudson Western Express No 3. Passengers escape serious injury.
The Cairnrona with 900 aboard bound for Portland was towed to safety by the Kanawha after catching fire in the English Channel. One child killed and 20 passengers slightly injured as crew restrained panic and life boat rushes during mid channel transfer. The Cairnrona remained adrift and could not return to Dover. 3 960 ton Cairn Line ship.
Winfield Kansas Charles Cox is jailed on bigamy charges after a fourth wife reports she found evidence of prior marriages. Police trace wives to Pawhuska and Ponca City and Oklahoma City in an investigation suggesting Cox has held multiple spouses.
The American pressed car company organized in 11904 passed into a receiver's hands with Arthur W Morse appointed receiver in Missouri. BES MeAn any receiver in Kansas. The plant located in Armourdale Kansas. Application for the receivership was made by William Malley of Chicago. Assets are listed at 450000 with obligations at 150000.
Gen Charles F. Miller of Franklin Pennsylvania reportedly paid Emma Bullen Miller five hundred thousand dollars to live apart and drop divorce actions, ending a public marital dispute amid transfers and settlement details. Sealing news from St Johns notes a 15000 seal catch, a season record, while Andes tunnel opens for a first train in Chile. King Menelik’s health reportedly improves and Paris dispatches say public order remains.
Five masked men bound the night marshal and the pumping station engineer before blowing the Bank of Coal City safe. They fled with more than $5,000 in cash and stamps as a nationwide hunt began.
Arthur Boswell Elliott a leading New York broker with Isaac Star Jr & Co becomes a baronet after decades as heir presumptive. He kept silent about the honor until a cable confirmed his uncle Sir William Augustus Francis Elliott of Newton Roxburghshire Scotland’s death and his succession to the title and estate.
In St Paul Archbishop Ireland defends Col Roosevelt after Vatican incident. He says any slight on Roosevelt or the Republic is unthinkable and that Americans who respect Roosevelt will stand by him and by the country.
In Rome the pope received prominent ecclesiastics and voiced regret at not meeting former president Roosevelt. The exchange touched on the Roosevelt incident, but the pope offered no stance on the ensuing deadlock negotiations. The episode spurs continued public discussion amid press commentary on Cardinal Merry del Val.
O H Cheney state superintendent of banks ordered the Union Bank of Brooklyn closed after an examination found it unsafe. The bank with seven branches held capital of 1 million dollars and deposits of 6 million dollars. The seizure shifts the bank’s business from its Manhattan predecessor Mechanics Tradersbank and had little impact on the stock exchange as the institution was a small lender on stock collateral.
In Dallas Texas jailed inmate known as Bubber Robinson a Black murderer and highwayman who aided the Rough Riders in the San Juan Hill charge of 1898 was sentenced to hang Judge Seay urged him toward Christ Robinson refused a mob later stormed the Dallas county jail to lynch him and Burrell Oates but they were spirited away
Hiram Percy Maxim Jr. suffers a broken ankle and hip and thigh injuries after being thrown from his new plane in Hartford Connecticut. The aircraft is billed as the first to be used in the state.
Newark, N J seven years in prison is the maximum penalty for arson. George Keber began serving after confessing to setting a fire last June in which his brother was burned to death. Warren Ohio Trotley wreck injures sixteen. Motorman C L Dickerson was fatally hurt and 45 passengers injured when an interurban trolley car wrecked near here.
A seven week old baby suffered severe eczema despite six months of doctor care in Atchison Kansas. After using Cutiura Remedies the child was cured and has stayed clear for a year and a half, according to John Leason of Atchison.
The Springfield Union notes a humorous take on churchgoing during Lent in New Hampshire. It contrasts a Manchester Union man’s unintended party and varied figures like George Bailey from the Houston Post and a Kennebeck Journal paragrapher in playful regional satire.
An ad touts a long sold remedy for deafness and deep seated colds claiming it cures when others fail. It promotes Baleam as an old reliable medicine sold for years with many bottles and asks readers to visit dealers.
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