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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
3
The Illinois Senate deadlocks over a plan to recount votes for the governor. Lawmakers seek a path to validate or challenge results amid disputed tallies and procedural questions.
In Springfield Illinois a deadlock over canvassing the governor vote halts all legislation and postpones the governor inauguration. The senate refused to meet with the house to canvass the vote, and members rushed home leaving no quorum. A second joint session resolution failed, delaying action until Tuesday. The dispute involves possible recount petitions and politics surrounding Gov Deneen.
The Illinois House opened at noon with Chief Justice Cartwright swearing in members. Edward J King and Edward D Shurtleff contended for temporary speaker before Shurtleff won on the third ballot and was declared permanent speaker, amid cheers.
Provo Utah a large snow slide in Provo Canyon late Wednesday blocks traffic on the Denver Rio Grande line toward Heber City for two days. The slide lies just below Donnans about twelve miles up the canyon. In Seoul Korea the emperor and Marquis Ito with ministers left the capital for a tour to assess conditions across the empire.
West Virginia figure Charles E. Wells nicknamed the groundhog senator slept through an early alarm at the Grand hotel in a budding village. An overzealous night clerk woke him at five with a train warning, then apologized after mistaking the door.
A Boston man describes severe eczema on hands with itching burning and cracking that kept him sleepless for three months before using Cuticura Remedies, after which he recovered in a month. The ad appears alongside brief vignettes and humorous anecdotes from the era.
The notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures not aided by Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney & Co. It includes testimonials about F J Cheney and a Toledo wholesale druggist. Also contains scattered items on airships, laundry starch, and humorous exchanges, reflecting short items and ads.
The item describes Toris Compound as a back and rheumatism remedy mixed with whiskey and syrup, attributed to Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago, with warnings about mixing cures. It includes scattered jokes and anecdotes from various periodicals, noting starch adverts and humorous quips about royalty, boarding houses, and public life, all in a collage style.
Ancient references by Theophrastus and Pliny describe amber attracting straw and leaves. Dr Gilbert of Colchester, physician to Queen Elizabeth, is noted as a founder who repeated ancient observations and applied philosophical methods to electricity. The text ends with marketing snippets unrelated to the main topic.
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