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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
9
The article surveys legal actions and public affairs from finance to foreign policy. It notes a New York jury valuing teeth, debates over art purchases, a shift in athletic priorities at colleges, and a planned British naval display of 350 ships off Scotland.
Three trains collided on the Chicago and Pastore Dans road near Royal. Three trainmen were killed and three others seriously injured including Express Messenger Thomas and an unidentified brakeman. Train No 23 crashed into the standing No 26 after the switch was left open, the engines demolished and the express car telescoped into the baggage car. About 150 passengers were aboard No 26 but none were hurt according to officials.
Secretary MacVeagh approves a Panama bond issue endorsed by President Taft bearing 2 to 3 percent interest. Proceeds will fund canal construction costs estimated by Col. Goethals and will reimburse $50,000,000 advanced by the general treasury. Remaining funds serve as canal reserves against future needs.
Three men are believed dead or drowned after a fire destroyed the 40 foot yacht Shamrock flagship of the New Jersey Yacht Club in Newark Bay. Eleven were aboard. five swam ashore, including Percy Lemke of Bayonne. Rescue names include H A Paschke and Albert D Scherff of Bayonne.
Pittsburg area chaos erupts as a Tuesday strike at the McKees Rock plant leaves six dead or wounded and many injured by bricks, iron slugs, and clubs. State police arrive with deputies to restore order while strikers clash with guards near the riverfront. The workers, largely foreign-born, protest a pool wage system while the company defends higher pay and open books. Guards attempt to move the plant as shots echo through the streets.
A strong quake struck Elis province in Southern Greece causing heavy damage and loss of life. Reports from Athens say twenty dead and about one hundred injured at one village with three others severely affected. Further casualty tallies were expected to rise as details came in.
Drowns and companions escape after Miles Thomas drowns while bathing at Lost Creek near Enfield. Body recovered. In London suffragettes in Holloway Jail ordered confined to cells for 24 hours for defying prison regulations. Four men adrift on Pacific coast as life savers attempt rescue near Half Moon Bay. Fort Russell barracks explosion injures seven soldiers, three fatally. blank ammunition production halted. Washington tariff talks yield agreement on customs court and undervaluation provisions.
Washington reports slight friction between the president and conference leaders over the tariff bill. The conferees’ bid to strike the corporation tax amendment failed as the president refused to withdraw his support and said he had enough votes to keep the provision in the bill in both houses. The president repeated this stance to several callers.
Secret Service Chief Wilkie warns the public to scrutinize twenty dollar notes after banks report counterfeit bills circulated from Cuba reaching Ohio. Authorities note several fake dollars and half dollars found in distribution sites including the subtreasury network.
A 16 year old boy, John Smith, son of Benjamin Thomas Smith, died after being crushed between a Terminal engine and a freight car at Ninth and Poplar in St Louis while returning from fishing. In Creston Myron Smith and his wife were freed after their folding bed trapped them. Earl Terry died after a boxing injury in Dallas. Sisters Mabel and Pearl Meisenhelder drowned in the Big Sioux. Governor Campbell pushes an income tax amendment and a special legislative session is considered. Terry McGovern, once a world featherweight champion, is confined to a sanitation ward in Amityville.
A government survey reports dramatic changes in the Bering Sea near Bogoslof Island. Perry Peak and McCulloch Peak have disappeared and a warm saltwater lake formed, with two new islands, one venting steam, emerging since last year.
Unofficial returns show the home rule amendment to the city charter fails to carry in Kansas City Missouri. Fourteen bond issues totaling 4 125 000 for civic improvements were not approved. The excise amendment to transfer saloon control from the police board to a bipartisan four member board drew chief interest.
Western Union reports over 4 000 poles broken across Iowa due to the recent storm and floods. Losses on poles and equipment exceed 280 000 dollars, with repairs in Iowa estimated at 300 000 dollars. Superintendent Leon W Ainsworth announced the figures as crews of more than seven hundred men work daily to restore service.
Ely Nev promoter Tex Hall says a 25000 dollar purse is secured for a Langford Ketchel title bout to be held here once preliminary arrangements with Sam Langford are completed. Hall asserts Langford will sign the articles of agreement.
Denver settlers gather forty ministers twenty one undertaking firms and two principal cemeteries to sign an agreement prohibiting Sunday funerals unless the boards of health deem them necessary. The ruling aims to regulate religious rites and public health concerns across the city.
A fragment recalls testimonials for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from Mrs Valentine of Camden New Jersey and Mrs Williams of Gardiner Maine. They claim relief from female ailments including inflammation ulceration fibroid tum or backache and nervous prostration after using the remedy.
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