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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
2
A humorous column surveys rising costs of living and price talks, with quips about farmers buying autos, longer afternoons, and slang. It pokes fun at technology such as wireless instruments and air travel while tossing in social asides from Roosevelt to city life. It also notes seismographs, mean temperatures, and an airplane record attempt in Worcester Massachusetts.
The extraordinary session ends with fierce votes on the waterway bill and municipal commission plans. The House approves a $10,000 appropriation to carry the Economy Light and Power case to the Supreme Court, while waterway legislation is debated, delayed, and sent toward the governor along with other measures.
The passenger liner Caledonia answered distress from the steamer Korea of the Russia East Asiatic Company. Commodore Walter Baxter commanded the Caledonia which rescued Captain Serpe and 48 crew members about 1300 miles east northeast of Cape Race. Korea lay badly listing as seams opened under heavy storms.
Theodore Roosevelt and daughter Ethel received a message in Naples that he has not altered his itinerary. He plans to arrive in Rome in early April to visit King Victor Emmanuel and the pope, then proceed to Paris by April 15.
William Wilson, an African American man, was hanged at 6 o'clock Friday morning in the Jasper county jail for the July 11 1908 murder of Minnie Plum at Carl Junction Missouri. He had confessed to the crime and was the fourth man hanged in the county. Three Dead in Mine Accident Near Juneau Alaska Leaves two others gravely injured after a powder magazine explosion at the Mexican mine on Douglass Island.
Alexander Butts associate editor of the Kansas City Star died suddenly at his home aged 63. He had been connected with the Star for twenty years. The obituary notes his long service and prominent role in the newsroom.
Winter guidance offers a tonic made from glycerine concentrated pine compound whiskey and pine extract. The ad claims thousands benefited and urges buyers to obtain genuine Concentrated Pine from a druggist with a tin screw cap bottle.
In Crimson Gulch a dialogue reveals tension over juror impartiality. The Girl and Boy debate masks and fairness while Three Fingered Sam defends Bill, an undertaker, from perceived prejudice in a horse thief case. The exchange hints at local norms of fairness and influence.
A mixture of historical advertisements praises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Perry Davis' Pain Killer, touts a 1910 women’s club convention in Cincinnati, and includes various testimonials and lines about personal reputation, tobacco, and eye salves.
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