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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
6
A sprawling column from Marshall Illinois surveys global affairs and domestic curiosities. It notes German invasion fears, horse show wins in London, and perils of Moroccan campaigning while touching on Turkish succession and New York frauds in barley and ants.
A Chicago woman recounts how fast the male creature regains courage after being outdistanced by a Turkey carpet gossip, sparking anxious interest in the tale and its surprising turn of events.
After day of conferences Avignon announced a new French ministry. Briand to interior and public worship, Berthou justice, Machet foreign affairs, Georges Cocherey finance, Boum rgue education, Miller public works, Dupuy commerce, Ruann agriculture, Trouillot colonies, Viviant labor. War and navy to General Brun and Admiral Houe de la Payrere, undersecretary posts reorganized.
Pete Hepburn, defeated for re election in the Eighth District last year, plans to run again for his former House seat. The 76 year old veteran will return to Iowa by auto and then launch a campaign as supporters urge him to enter the race after recent district changes.
Orville Wright in the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer established a new American aviation record with a flight lasting one hour, twenty minutes, and forty five seconds. The machine covered about seventy miles and reached heights of 260 to 280 feet, while performing three complete figure eights under careful control. The flight met government requirements except for carrying a passenger and a five mile straight run.
A six story reconstruction project in Saint Petersburg collapsed burying many workers. Three bodies recovered and fourteen more believed trapped under debris. Twenty five still unaccounted for. Eight injured rushed to hospitals. Rescue remains hampered by risk of further collapses. The operator has a history of similar building failures.
A note threatens violence from a secret society calling itself the Smoky Handy. John Somko reports the warning as foreigners hesitate to return to work. About 700 men remain at their jobs, keeping the situation stationary in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Isadore Levis known as B O Barman is jailed in Los Angeles on charges of assault and robbery against fellow peddler Sam Miller years ago between Thompson and Waterbury, with rumors of Peru Bolivia diplomatic break in circulation. A separate item reports Annie Wilkins and her son Clarence drowned at Log Creek near Barles, and a man named Cronthiana in Kentucky ends his life.
Emil Victor has confessed to killing John Christie, his wife, daughter Mildred, and farm hand Michael Roynane on the Christie farm after a robbery motive. He describes striking Christie, Roynane shooting, and then killing Mrs Christie and Mildred as they appeared. An early hearing may be set for a special circuit court term.
Sheriff McKinney and three deputies confronted about a thousand hostile men at Vinings to protect Will Webb accused of criminal assault. The officers drew revolvers and forced a path through the mob, then transported Webb to Atlanta and placed him in Tower prison for safekeeping.
In Scranton Pennsylvania Charles Lewis a blacksmith and his helper John Hall were hurled 650 feet to death while repairing a sheave wheel at the top of a breaker in Starrs No 3 shaft. Lewis leaves a wife and six children. Hall is survived by a family.
W L Tull president of the Muskogee baseball club was shot in the hip with a blank cartridge during an initiation at the Order of Owls. He was hospitalized amid fears of blood poisoning.
In Kenosha a breach among strikers narrowed during negotiations with N R Allen sons company over grievances. About 26 workers in buffing asked to reinstate at old pay and were promised return when enough staff resumes. In Grand Rapids Chevrole t set a 50 mile track record in 51 22 for half hour race against Strang and Dewitt.
Readable items from a 19th or early 20th century periodical include a wry note on ex-spouses and second marriages, a classroom joke about words ending in ous, and a quip about a poet admiring swans versus practical realities of cold water. Names and places are implied but not explicit.
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