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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
2
The column surveys news items across nations and society from a harsh winter forecast to rising tire prices, noting medical advances, aeroplane prizes, legal fights over graves, natural disasters, and censorship in war reporting. It blends satire with current events and global tone.
The national geograph ical survey official states there is enough unmanned coal to last for ten years. Halley's comet is brightening and approaching Earth, a potential addition to the Hudson Fulton celebrations, if it had appeared earlier.
A mob lynched William James a black man accused in the Anna Pelley case after a sensational pursuit through Cairo Illinois. Henry Salzner a white photographer was taken from jail and strung to a telegraph pole. both deaths followed mob violence as Governor Deneen ordered militia to restore order.
Brig Gen Marshall proposes 36 347 715 for rivers and harbors and related works for the next fiscal year. Major items include sea coast defenses and Mississippi river work. The report notes cutbacks by Secretary Dickinson and a slated 1 319 000 for Philippine sea coast batteries. Diversions at Niagara Falls are blamed for reduced crest height.
A Philadelphia Record vignette recalls a dinner table moment when a boy explains he must bring a present to his friend Johnny Burton's birthday party. The father dismisses gifts as nuisance, then, regretful, offers two books from his coat. The boy sighs that he had teased himself into not being invited.
A 77 year old man describes six months of severe eczema before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After 24 hours he slept and in a month was cured. The ad supports Cuticura with patient W Harrison Smith Mt Kisco New York and date February 3 1908. Miss Lillian Russell also comments on aging and cars. Perry Days Painkiller is praised for rheumatism neuralgia and colds in small bottles.
A skewed ad style text urges obtaining ingredients from a wholesale house and mixing one ounce of compound syrup farsaparilla with one ounce Toris pound into half a pint of whiskey. Use a tad spoonful before each meal. bottle should be shaken each time. The claim says the remedy is highly effective and shows up in a dubious Cannibal Land joke between two cannibals about an after-dinner cigar.
A wild mob of 200 men seized a Big Four freight train at Cairo and headed toward Karnak to abduct the suspected murderer Will James known as Yoggie in the Anna Pelley case. Sheriff Davis and deputies reportedly pursued northward as crowds gathered near Karnak Beac ridge and Murphyboro. Mrs Ulysses S Grant dies in San Diego at 63. Attorney General Wickersham to speak at Kansas City Commercial Club on November 1.
Reports indicate submarine lines from Kingston to Trinidad are down due to a widespread disturbance on the ocean floor. An earthquake is suspected though not yet confirmed, with Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica as the few remaining contact points.
New Haven hosts the third midyear meeting of the American Academy of Medicine where leading physicians and writers on hygiene discuss proposed methods to prevent infant mortality in the United States and save thousands of babies.
Columbus Indiana reports no candidates for postmaster job after Gaston Fulp resigns and will stay on as acting postmaster. An exam was to be held but none showed up, because Fulp left to avoid early morning mail duties.
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