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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
6
A collage of whimsical notes touches on vaudeville airships, imagined state names like Lincoln Good, and columns about leaders such as Woodrow Wilson. It mocks politics, tech hopes, prohibition talk, and social topics with a satirical tone reflecting era concerns.
A delegation from the Incorporated Society for the Destruction of Vermin led by Sir James Crichton Browne and the Duke of Bedford met Lord Carrington at the British Board of Agriculture to press for a commission to study crop damage caused by rats.
The Payne tariff bill advances in Congress with a projected revenue rise of forty to fifty million dollars and an inheritance tax set at five percent on collateral bequests over five hundred dollars. The measure includes Panama Canal bonds, free coffee, and broad duties changes on steel, leather, wool, and glossed paper, with maximum and minimum rate provisions and reciprocity terms.
Former Mayor Arthur Harper arrived in Los Angeles Wednesday to comply with two subpoenas to testify before a special grand jury investigating graft charges. In New Orleans, former Louisiana supreme court Judge William Wirt Howe died at 76. Wisconsin former Governor William R. Taylor, aged 89, also died Wednesday after serving as governor.
The measure lowers duties on staples such as coffee and sugar and cuts taxes on lumber steel iron ore zinc ore and lead ore while raising charges on furs cigarettes and some iron products. An inheritance tax modeled after New York law is the broadest proposed change. Beer tax remains unchanged.
Marvin Hart could not fight due to a hand injury. William Schuller of Louisville replaced Hart and knocked out Hart in the second round on Wednesday night against Mike Schreck in Columbus Ohio.
Annual dog show in Pittsburgh opens with 925 entries from 39 breeds. Event draws kennels from across the country in the Duquesne Kennel Club exhibition.
Engineer Lyman Cooley presents cost data for the Lorimer Cooley Smerkal bill proposing a 24 foot deep canal from Lockport to Utica with five locks and 400 foot spans. The plan requires federal cooperation and state water power development for revenue, with bond estimates totaling about 20 million dollars and construction of Joliet to Utica channels.
The Illinois Steel Co proposes paying 37 157 dollars for title to 102 acres reclaimed from Lake Michigan and rights to fill 234 more for plant expansion. Bills were introduced in the senate by Albert C Clark and in the house by John J Poulton from the South Chicago district as part of an inquiry into state rights in filled lands. The Chiperfield resolutions prompted the company to threaten relocation to Gary if expansion could not occur. Springfield also sees a bill to apply the commission form of government to cities towns and villages choosing to adopt it. It follows the Des Moines plan with mayor and four at large council members. A separate senate bill proposes a reform of penal institutions with a distinct board. A comprehensive bill for business corporations was introduced by Senator Billings, including a provision to allow operating office buildings as a corporate purpose.
President Taft asks Congress to revise the Dingley tariff to raise revenue for deficits. He cites 12 years of changed conditions and urges swift action while promising a graduated inheritance tax as a new revenue source. The extra session was called to expedite tariff legislation.
Salvatore Randazzlo was executed by electrocution at Auburn prison after admitting guilt. He handed Father Roberti four letters requesting delivery to his father, mother, and two sisters who survived an earthquake and live in Borgetto Sicily. Randazzio had killed his cousin Pietro Randazzio in Cattaraugus county in January 1908.
A large Oklahoma horse purchased for the army is being trained at Fort Reno for President Taft. The animal will be shipped to Washington in a few days.
Count von Zeppelin's new airship with the inventor and four others on board landed successfully in a field by the Lake of Constance. It was claimed a special platform was needed but this was proven false as the craft touched down smoothly and later ascended again to return to the balloon shed.
Albert Nelson from Benton County Oregon wrote about moving to the Saskatchewan prairie in 1904. He describes rich virgin soil, yields of 60 bushels of oats per acre and 20 to 30 bushels of wheat, favorable climates, and land prices from 12 to 16 dollars per acre. He notes dry, healthy weather and long term homesteading prospects as winter seasons bring sturdy homes and stables.
A bishop at a Church Congress in London mistakes a bald vicar for a melon and asks for pineapple instead. The anecdote ends with a moral line from Quarles about rest and labor.
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