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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
6
Fragmented OCR chatter covers diverse topics from theater and science to politics and daily life. It references a London painting, a doctor curing the white plague, women workers, and naval news, weaving era concerns with scattered personages and places.
An OCR snippet records unclear mentions of dates and events related to a last day and a setting that includes references to a place and people. The readable parts indicate a time frame around a month end and possible discussions of items or activities, but specifics are obscured.
A New York firm offered a novel deal to a worker, claiming to produce a product by plating and selling it for 150 wrappers. The obscure notice states a drawing activity and a token workforce but few verifiable details remain.
Reports say Tarpon Beach and nearby towns faced extreme flooding as a gulf coast storm tore through the area. Water five feet deep filled streets between Brownsville and Raymondville while winds ripped apart buildings and wrecked vessels in scattered coastal towns.
Ela Ginghs trial for lace theft draws a large crowd at the district court. Only four jurors seated as examination proceeds. Prominent men and women, Catholic and other church members, attend. several volunteer to testify in Miss Gingles favor.
A farmer near Valley Junction Des Moines shot and hired Elmer Jamieson and Mrs Jande son to abduct his former wife and infant. They fled through a rain storm pursued by a Des Moines farmers posse using shotguns. The woman cried she would be slain. Littlepage, armed with a rifle and revolver, was cornered near Valley Junction, escaped to a hay barn, then broke through officers and was recaptured at a barn by Rattler road. The chase ended in a tense roundup with the assailant seized by Marshal WA Hooke.
The Washington Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Seattle devolved into confusion with a faction led by Mrs Mary Arkwright Hutton attempting to oust Emma Smith Devoe. Spokane delegates were deemed ineligible. insults and threats surfaced as police entered Plymouth Church to restore order.
A mob, led by the girl's father, ransacked the town after an assault was attempted. The sheriff wired the governor for troops and ordered a detachment from New Orleans to restore order.
In San Francisco Calhoun requests a change of venue for a bribery charge related to a trial set to proceed. Attorneys for Calhoun agreed to a motion for venue delay and a hearing was scheduled for July.
Two severe earthquake shocks struck Messina causing panic in the ashen town. Buildings including newly coated shelters collapsed and many residents were injured by falling debris as tremors lasted about ten seconds.
A box of dynamite exploded at the Burlington railroad rack quarry near Creckenridge Mo 1 mile west of Chillicothe. One man was blown to pieces and several others injured. The victims named include Cold Hover 46 and Amos Frazier 88 with fatal injuries feared. another man Woonkenersdee reported missing or dead. Police and medical teams dispatched to the scene.
The Inland Waterways Commission met in Buffalo under congressional instructions and began a two month inspection by lake to Duluth then St Paul. From there it will travel down the Mississippi to the Ohio mouth. In St Paul it will discuss harbor plans, Minnesota river improvements, and the St Paul Minneapolis high dam project before touring Europe to study German and Dutch water issues.
In Atlanta a senate bill requires railroads to employ one white fireman on passenger trains or assist an engineer. The assistant must be capable to take charge if the engineer is disabled, with railroads allowed to raise passenger fares to cover the extra cost. The aim is added safety, not removing negro firemen. Cincinnati reports completion of filtration and water system after twelve years of work and a $12 million cost.
The training squadron under Admiral Ijidh sailed for Japan on Thursday and the cruiser St Louis will depart Sunday for Samoa. Abdul Hamid donates 5 million dollars to aid the second and third army corps in Saloniki. Iowa rivers Rascoons and Des Moines reach record heights with extensive cornfield damage.
Two sharp shocks caused the cliff above the river Mina to collapse but caused no casualties. The river’s course was diverted by the quake affecting the Belizan area in Algeria.
Greater Pittsburg faced a Sunday of rare quiet as a streetcar strike curtailed service from 5 AM. Rail and taxi firms flooded the streets to move residents while union leaders prepared a long campaign. Two black job applicants were assaulted by alleged sympathizers. police made no arrests. Churches canceled some services as Rev Dr. A Fisher commented on the strike.
A deadly race riot in Springfield Mass left one man dead and another fatally injured with several wounded. Turks and Syrians clashed after the elopement of a 16 year old Syrian girl with a 37 year old Turkish youth. Special Officer Joseph Alley is alleged to have incited Turks to attack Christians. Alley’s skull was fractured and Burrows, another Turk, was killed.
Following a race dispute, the Houston and Texas Central railway declined to move black switchmen, maintaining white yard positions. Don Carlos may recover after recent surgery in Spain. Gompers arrives in London to meet labor leaders as a heat wave ends in Boston with cooler conditions.
Announcement: Dr B F Roller of Seattle will face Charlie Olson of Indianapolis in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition on Monday night July 5.
A mummy in the prison sparked a violent clash between mutineers and guards in Vilna Russia. Four warders and seven convicts died and six were wounded in the battle.
Michael Pacellano was acquitted by a Cook County jury of killing Frank Sereno at Dearborn and Sixteenth. Defense argued self defense and unwritten law. key witness Mrs. Josephine Fresso testified Sereno had coerced her into a planned sale in New York.
An appellate court in the Third district held that the International Text Book Company of Scranton Pa cannot collect fees from pupils who refuse to pay while alleging it is a foreign corporation doing business in Illinois without a license. The suit against W A Mueller of Decatur claimed $4580 in dues, the company arguing interstate commerce exempt status.
Springfield authorities split duties over capital stock taxation. Attorney General Stead rules local assessors and boards of supervisors cannot tax capital stock of mercantile corporations but may tax manufacturing mining printing agricultural and breeding firms. The state board of equalization will assess mercantile and public utilities capitals. Cook County officials believed supreme court ruling gave mercantile assessment authority.
Creditors of Otos McNelly the Blue Mound banker seek information on Nellie Mustaine the woman who received 12000 from the bank leaving unsecured notes as part of assets McNelly says she lived in Boston while borrowing and later moved away and he cannot reach her now believes she is in Chicago
John Springer, son of former Sheriff Dennis Springer of Barton county, was fatally wounded at his father's home near Liberal while attempting to shoot a rabbit. A double barreled shotgun discharged, a charge across his forehead and another through his ribs. he had recently married Edna Buffton, a Barton county school teacher.
An automobile owned by Ray Killam, carrying him and two friends, struck a curb on West Main Street and overturned. Killam was pinned under the vehicle and seriously hurt, with his companions escaping with minor injuries. The car was nearly demolished after the wreck near Killam's country home Tenill Mining Districts Changed by Springfield. The state mining commissioners alter the territorial boundaries of ten districts effective July 1 to improve inspector results due to industry growth in southern areas.
Postmaster Frank Payne, 30, was struck by lightning while seeking shelter in a wood shed yard. A shade tree near the house and a post he leaned on were involved, killing him instantly. His father, Squire Payne, a wealthy retired merchant, survives.
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