This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
9
A mosaic of quirky notes and brief items from the Marshall Illinois paper. The column lampoons the era with jokes on farming, politics, science, and society. It notes deaths, divorces, prophecies, new inventions, and world events in a satirical tone.
Explosion in Mine A of the Chicago and Carterville Coal company near Here in this county traps more than 69 diggers. Three bodies recovered include Mine Surveyor WC Pierce Walter Rutledge and an Italian. Rescue efforts continue as fires are not yet found and conditions resemble the Cherry mine disaster in scale though with fewer lives lost.
The supreme court upheld a municipal ordinance requiring bread loaves to weigh a full pound. Judge Seat Woellander supported the measure, with deputies enforcing the standard at bakeries. The ruling states bread must meet the exact weight before sale, a weeklong transition period announced by officials.
Reports detail Roosevelt preparing for a camp break while dispatches note German Red Cross stamp acceptance and other wartime updates. The issue mentions T P OConnell leaving for home after fundraising for Irish party, and a suicide note raising concern about a man’s death.
Reports from Bluefields and Colon say Zelaya loyalists under General Vasquez have retreated from Recreo as insurgents under Estrada seize the town. Pacheco Chamorro Matuty and Fornes Diaz led the assault with heavy combat on the Rio WMieo line, claiming 300 Zelayans fled and Vasquez faces collapse as officers urge surrender with U S promises not to allow Estrada’s defeat.
Jackson Mississippi reports a deal closes to transfer the street railway and lighting system to a Jackson capitalists company from Memphis interests for $300000.
Terre Haute reports a glove on the tee alta pond near Linton led to the recovery of Norris Bond aged 14, who had been missing since Monday afternoon.
President Taft and Secretary MacVeagh decided on a bond issue of 100 million dollars to replenish the treasury after a meeting with Senator Aldrich. Plans to issue bonds immediately were to be prepared. The first six months of the new fiscal year show a deficit of over 28.5 million with receipts rising but not enough to cover expenses. The canal bond sale will be authorized by Congress, while the treasury faces a shortfall of about 99 million dollars already spent on the Panama Canal.
The body of Leopold II is laid in the royal vault at St Marys Laeken beside Marie Henriette and the late Queen Josephine. The royal funeral proceeds with grand ceremony, though the monarch wished simple obsequies. Spectators grew riotous as police and soldiers battled the crowd, with many wounded rushed to hospitals.
In Delaware, Mabel William son aged 3 and Grover 4 died trying to rescue Vernon 2 as flames engulfed their home while parents worked in a nearby barn. The children played with matches. In Newcomerstown Charles and Peter Meyers ages 16 and 14 died in a farmhouse fire on a three mile from town as their father saved his wife and younger siblings.
Miss Ethel Elthuber narrowly escaped when a bullet pierced her bedroom window and grazed her dress. a corset steel deflected the shot, sparing her life. In Sapulpa Oklahoma Billy Brink, an Indian charged with two murders, was found dead from a gunshot near Kelleyville before his January hearing.
Lexington Kentucky reports that A RR Long of Kansas City bought Knight of Point Au View a noted show and saddle stallion from I T Anderson of Maysville Kentucky for six thousand dollars.
Congress adjourned to January with the Senate and House showing uneven progress. Appropriations work proceeds with a projected agriculture bill around 13 million dollars. Debates include Ballinger Pinchot charges, foreign building sites bill, and a statue gift plan. Other items cover rivers and harbors, rifle funding for schools, bubonic plague risk, and judiciary confirmations.
Loss of appetite and weakness linked to low vitality. A medical man recommends a homemade bitters formula using balmwort and sarsaparilla with whiskey. Mix one ounce of compound balmwort, one ounce of syrup sarsaparilla, to a half pint whiskey and take a tablespoonful several times daily as a tonic and digestive aid.
The coroner investigates the death of Samuel Williams after a color man dies without medical attendance. A sobbing woman answers the door and confirms the remains are present, saying I want to see the remains and yes he remains in this place.
An article promotes a home laxative cough syrup to treat coughs colds bronchitis and hoarseness. It advises mixing wild cherry bark compound essence cardio and white pine syrup and dosing every half hour for four hours then periodically. It suggests giving children smaller doses and saving the note for a friend.
Omlo Crrr of Toledo declares that Frank J Cheney & Co of Toledo will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Heilman's Catarrh Cure. Cheney sworn Dec 6 1586 before A W Gleason justice. Also notes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. Ad ends with marketing lines and a stray joke about divorce and a Cobden quote.
A damaged OCR fragment suggests a patent medicine claim for Allen's Lung Batsam used for coughs colds and bronchitis. The text promotes energy flow and happiness without stagnation, reflecting dubious health assurances.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.