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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR recounts diverse topics from polar exploration, royalty, and health to transportation, warfare, and industry. It mentions a Chinese em is proclaimed commander, princes linked to American heirs, yellowstone and grand canyon wonders, mosquito concerns in New Jersey, and tanning chemistry advances.
A farmer who flew in a balloon during a sky trip liked the experience and purchased the gas bag to use for his journey home.
A balloonist named Proden ascends with a few friends in a hot air craft. He drifts over Dayton region towns including Edinburgh and Louisville, tangles high tension wires, and causes a three hour traction outage. By dawn he heads south toward Dayton, awaiting a $10 000 repair bill from the traction company.
Coroner Arnold of St Charles assembled six bystanders as a coroner's jury after John Toohey 40 was killed when a freight train rolled over him near Texas Junction Missouri. The body was found dismembered and placed in a barrel while jurors gathered, Doyle identified the remains, and the verdict was accidental death. Toohey, formerly a Chicago & Alton railroad switchman, had left Alton, Illinois with Doyle to ride a freight train. The inquest concluded by midnight and Toohey will be buried by the county.
The Womens Trade Union league offers each girl in the Dover union a choice of an engagement ring marriage certificate or ten dollars weekly for ten years as an incentive to join and marry a husband. The scheme, aimed at attracting union women, relies on marriage promises rather than direct labor goals.
In Cincinnati a janitor and a dog rescue worker climbed a ladder to reach a black terrier stranded at the top of a steeple. They rigged a rope and pulled the frightened animal to safety, giving the dog to the rescuers for care.
Two hundred Spanish troops led by General Victor were wiped out near Zelwin as Moors lured them from Mount Guguru in a trap. The Peninsula of Melilla saw a near retreat from the area after the engagement. Railroad president Sidney B. Cushing killed himself at Blythdale summer residence after poor health.
William Mitchell, who killed Squire Mindeman, and Cecil Palmer, convicted of attacking a woman, were both hanged in Nashville after prior reprieves.
Fifteen cities in the state gathered at the Coliseum to push Governor Deneen to include in his call for a special legislative session an enabling act. It would allow cities to adopt a commission form of government by popular vote.
Des Moines reports three bandits dynamited Farmers' Savings bank at Runnels but fled after citizens scared them away without stealing. They then dynamited the Adel post office taking stamps and cash plus postmaster possessions. They rode a hand car to Cordova and boarded a Wabash train toward Percy. a posse blocked exits.
Louisville captured the American Association pennant to end the season atop the standings. Milwaukee finished second with 90 wins and 77 losses, followed by Minneapolis Indianapolis St Paul Toledo Columbus Kansas City in the final table.
Six persons were injured in a motor vehicle accident near Milford Nebraska when Herman Traberg lost control while trying to avoid a dog in the road. The car turned over pinioning Miss Alike Johns and Miss Nickerson underneath. One occupant died.
Italy plans to send a squadron of its best ships to New York for the unveiling of the Giovanni da Verrazano monument. The Florentine navigator's statue, designed by Ettore Zimenes, is nearing completion as part of efforts to balance Italian representation at the Hudson Fulton celebration.
Official dispatches dispel rumors of the revenue cutter Sora being captured by Moropi raiders. The vessel arrived safely at Sandakan in North Borneo. On board was J L Perrine, collector of the port of Balabac, who traveled to purchase supplies. No pirate encounter is mentioned in the arrival report.
William Davis twenty years old killed his father sill Davis six miles south of Coshocton during a domestic quarrel. The son said his father threatened to strike his mother and he struck first with a hatchet to protect her.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs William Randolph Hearst at their Riverside Drive home in New York City on Sunday. The birth adds to the notable Hearst family and follows their prominent social status in the city.
Commander Robert Peary on a Bar Harbor stop disputes Dr Frederick Cook’s pole claim. He cites explorer custom of copying cairn records and asserts Cook did not locate or log his record at Cape Thomas Hubbard. Peary notes Cook's equipment and sledge flaws and defends his own 13–14 degree season record.
District Attorney William Travers Jerome filed the required petition with the elections bureau to seek re election as an independent candidate. The petition needs two thousand names and the seat is up in 2000. Governor Johnson's will filed in Ramsey County probate court late Monday afternoon.
Decatur is to sell its Three league baseball franchise to the city offering the best bid after stockholders voted to surrender the team if outbid. President Childs to Danville to negotiate. no other bids reported.
Springfield notes famed harness horse sire Chitwood died at J C Henry's stock farm near Taylorville aged 24. Other items report a fatal streetcar accident in Bloomington, a pistol fight over a craps game in Duquoin injuring two, a killing from a card game row in La Salle, a forgery conviction in Mount Sterling, a horse theft sentence in Harrisburg, and a pardon decision in Springfield.
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