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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
6
A jumble of short paragraphs references wars hog markets diseases and social scenes. Contains mentions of Paris New Jersey Maryland Witham England and North Dakota with stray notes on doctors tobacco submarines and curious anecdotes about a honeymoon airship ride.
Miss Edna Deaver, bound by a 200 pound man in Marshall County, rang a rural telephone with her teeth and shouted for help. A posse formed as deputies and farmers scoured fields, while she fainted after rescuers freed her.
A party of journalism students on a river trip near Hollister Missouri halted search efforts after Gordon Fisher of King City MO drowned in the White River. Walter Williams Dean of the School of Journalism at Cape Girardeau MO was notified. Fifteen men worked with drag hooks and nets but failed to recover the body.
Secretary Knox at University of Pennsylvania commencement outlines U S aims for international justice. He cites Allied support for an International Court of Arbitral Justice and notes progress in expanding the Hague Court’s powers.
A Pittsburg gossip column reports talk that Knox is the governor candidate favored by the Miser Willam Ao Magee and that Senate Kooy may know of his name being used. Rumors also suggest Secretary Knoxts might resign from the cabinet amid tensions with President Taft.
In a House resolution Representative Humphrey of Washington charges that a foreign shipping conference controls shipping. He urges a five senator seven representative commission to investigate foreign shipping rings pools combines and related matters.
Representative Sheppard of Texas urged the postmaster general to study practical methods for carrying mail by aeroplane after reading reports on Charles K Hamiltons New York to Philadelphia round trip. The push follows excitement over mail flight potential.
Webb City Missouri reports the death of Sophronia Austin aged 100 at her Carthage home. Born February 15 1810 near Bowling Green Kentucky she spent 88 years in Missouri. She joined the Methodist church at 100 and quit tobacco after eighty years. Woodmen call for investigation into orders 1906 to 1910 in Rock Island Illinois. Aldrich’s son seriously ill in New York City typhoid fever at Presbyterian hospital.
Urbana Illinois John E Wright editor of the St Louis Times and president of the alumni association delivered the annual address before a large gathering at the University of Illinois commencement exercises. Odd Fellows Dedicate Building In Sedalia Missouri The Odd Fellows building costing 80000 is dedicated by Missouri grand lodge officers. Falls From Swing To Drown In Chester Pennsylvania Vernon Hart Jr seven year old Concordville drowns after swinging over a stream near the railroad station.
San Francisco attorney general confirms Governor Gillett's order barring the Jeffries Johnson match in California. Webb says he will enforce the prohibition and not permit the bout to be held anywhere in the state.
In St Louis at 6960 Easton Avenue Joseph Nensinger aged 59 died suddenly while caring for a sick child. Coroner's jury cites heart disease but family says grief over his son Albert's troubles caused the demise. Albert 19 faced an $11 accounting discrepancy but was released after explanation. he had left work but was later rehired.
Miss Ida Langdon of Elmira, niece of Samuel Clemens, wins the James B. Guilford prize in English composition at Cornell for 1903 class alumna. Prize totals $150 from the Guilford fund to encourage English prose excellence.
In Columbia Missouri a Russian certifying papers seeks admission to the University of Missouri agricultural college while a Beyrout Egyptian asks for study in agriculture. In Washington Taft receives Turkish ambassador Youssouf Zia with credentials. In Star City Arkansas a black man was lynched after arrest for entering a white woman’s room.
In Chicago proceedings Representative Link challenges his grand jury confession as coerced and vows he would vote for Lorimer without bribery. The defense questions police intimidation while Miss Mollie Vandeveer and Miss Katherine Wood loom as key witnesses in the Browne case with political coercion claims and admissions.
Frederick N Judson of St Louis, a leading Democrat and eminent attorney, is mentioned again as a potential justice to succeed Moody. The talk follows Gay Hughes’s New York appointment, fueling belief that a Western or Midwestern pick is likely. Judson was recently chosen by Attorney General Wickersham as special counsel for the government in the railroad suit.
An unidentified man leaped from the Green Island bridge into the upper rapids at Niagara Falls New York. His body was seen by English tourist Arthur Wells as it went over the falls after a brief conversation with Reservation Officer Ellis about general topics.
Boston residents express concern for 91 year old author Julia Ward Howe after a fall at her daughter’s house. Initial reports said an arm fracture, but a physician noted injuries are not grave. Howe’s age and condition are being watched closely.
National Association reports New York leads in consumptive beds with 5476 up to May 1, followed by Massachusetts 2403, Pennsylvania 2347, Colorado 1489, and New Mexico 1104. No state yet provides adequately. New York aims for no uncared-for cases by 1915 and nationwide programs seek to raise hospital beds to 35000 by May 1, 1911.
A teacher asks Johnny to sing in class while a girl suggests he would improve if he whistles. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about singing and performance.
A letter claimed coffee harmed a patient whose nervous system suffered from it. The writer praised Postum as a coffee substitute, noting better sleep, weight gain to 167 pounds from 146, and improved health for the patient and two coffee-drinking children. The ad ends urging readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
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