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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
2
The column airs a collage of global musings and quirks from bylines and rulers to aviation talks. It riffs on Austro-Hungarian and Greek figures, German princes, rising airlines, labor law, and science punditry while skirting serious news with humorous asides and skeptical wit.
The article suggests Hearst plans to contest the election race while avoiding payment of related costs. It notes expected participation despite financial concerns and the political implications involved.
New York City reports the Independence League under Tam?many Hall control with William Randolph Hearst reluctant to fund a mayoral bid. Talks of fusion with Republicans hinge on campaign money, while Hearst refuses to contribute. Charles Murphy notes Barnard Parsons Woodruff and others would fund if Hearst ran.
Marshalltown officials Mayor O L Ingeleda Assistant Chief Michael Clark Siergt RG Goodale Officer Frank Haas and Deputy Sheriff Cheles Bo Nason arrested by U S Marshal F W B Clark on Davenport federal warrants. Also jailed were Sam and Fritz Wedmee Plone bartenders Lea Me Nanmrara and Scott Jones. Incident traced to September 25 after federal officers were beaten in town.
The government named five military and five civil officers to stand trial for the Fort Arthur fortification project. Investigators found large sums pocketed while no real defense work was done. Friends of Gen Stoegssel, jailed for surrender, say the findings exonerate him.
Lincoln area disruption as Burlington main line blocked for ten hours due to fires at two Den ton grain elevators. Oklahoma bank deposits rise with a 33188 increase in individual deposits, per Bank Commissioner A M Young for period June 23 to September 1.
A rear truck jumped the track on the Cherokee line near the Twelfth street viaduct in St Louis injuring six passengers and killing Levi Granite, 60. The dead man and five of the injured were walking on the plank walk when jammed between the car platform and bridge railing. John Hanna, 16, escaped serious injury.
Charles M Pratt and his sister Mrs. E B Dane announce an endowment of 1 million dollars to Pratt Institute of Brooklyn New York City. This would be the largest gift since the elder Pratt gave 32 million, followed by the widow's 700 thousand and several smaller contributions.
In Muskogee Oklahoma John D Benedict superintendent of Indian schools says several thousand Indians in the Flint Hill district face starvation due to an unprecedented drought this year.
Members of the Stark County Ministerial Federation expelled Rev A W Higby pastor of St Pauls Episcopal Church for his action in supporting the drys in the county saloon election.
The St Louis centennial festivities moved to the Mississippi River as a pageant formed at Merchants Bridge and sailed downriver. More than 200 power boats lined up before 10 a.m. with torpedo boat flotilla officers judging. Commodore G M Phillips led the Harriet flagship with aides guiding message launches along the channel.
Wilbur Wright declares he and his brother are not in the side show business and will not fly for money. He calls their Grants Tomb flight the most spectacular in America and says they are pursuing a serious study of the airship before resuming instruction for army officers in Washington.
An auto carrying a Philadelphia Press courier with Taft message to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition president rolled down an embankment into the Snoqualmie river. Occupants swam ashore as the car submerged. In St Paul, Minnesota delegates open the American Humane Association meeting with a slogan of humane treatment for man and beast. The gathering runs three days.
Fire virtually destroyed Governor Draper's Boston residence with damage near 200000 dollars. The governor and his family were away from the city at the time.
A district court ruling by Judge DL Swarts in Wellington Kansas holds that importing liquor from other states is not a violation of the state prohibition law. The decision clarifies interstate liquor movement and its legality under state statutes.
Louis Genzel, 60, former Highland city treasurer, shot his wife as her son Herbert watched and then killed himself while Reinhart, 14, and another child witnessed the events. Mrs. Genzel died instantly. the family says a quarrel over a box of kindling may have sparked the tragedy. The double funeral is set for Friday afternoon.
Madrid reports a Spaniard army of 150000 in Morocco with 150000 reserves in readiness for field action. Leading generals and cabinet members presented the plan to King Alfonso after a late night meeting. Interior turmoil worsens with civil authorities straining to keep widespread disaffection from turning to rebellion.
A platform collapse at a Springfield street fair injured eight, with eight year old Oliver Murrill pronounced dead. Most survivors were expected to recover as investigators reviewed the incident.
In St. Francisville Louisiana a 9 year old boy named Harry Morgan shot and killed his 11 year old sister at their home after an argument about fair play. The incident stunned the small town and prompted a homicide investigation.
A boy named Willie suffers a toothache visit to the dentist and calms his pain by repeatedly quoting the Sunday school verse Suffer little children to come unto me The feature blends family dialogue with a light faith anecdote and a product pitch for Defiance Starch at home laundry.
The snippet mixes a quip about saving failed suitors for a rogues gallery with an ad claim for Lewis' Single Binder tobacco and a Pierce’s Pellets mention. It also includes lines about diseases and quitting work, all in fragmented form.
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