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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
3
Maitland and detective Hickey pursue Anisty through a St Luke Building escape, using a midnight elevator car to trap the criminal. The chase across floors ends with a dramatic shootout and a toppled jewel plot, promising a continuation.
An umbrella loan to Mrs Beecher leads to a prank. A broker in New York calls on Beecher at the ferry, offers his umbrella, and the preacher aids a church worker. A note arrives, hinting at an anticipated visit, then Beecher discovers a pasted slip declaring the umbrella stolen by a Presbyterian thief.
A local writer tried a garret inspired writing method but a mishap disrupted him. He faced a loud tumble knocking him on the head and leaving him afraid to compose in open air.
Pattern instructions describe a misses shirt waist in three sizes for ages 1 to 17. Details include tuck groups along front and back, optional chemisette, and yardage estimates by fabric width. To obtain pattern send two cents to the publisher with size and fabric width.
Pattern No 3030 offers a jaunty boys suit with blouse or sailor collar options and knickerbockers in serge flannel galatea or linen. Sizes from five to eleven years require varying amounts of material and a 10 cent pattern request to Pattern Department with size and address.
Hetty Green urges women with bank accounts to balance their ledgers and know their financial status. She advocates maintaining at least a small account to gain respect for paying by check rather than cash and warns to be cautious signing and endorsing checks for others.
Fragmentary report notes rescued fish distributed by an Illinois firm amid court proceedings. Text references a road case continued in court and mentions a baby and medical concerns as a separate matter.
In Murphysboro circuit court Ben Dagenhart pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to four feet vent dm by penitentiary at Chester for an act of anger. Dagenhartt attacked a fellow workman and killed him several months ago.
In Danville Isaac Cubrazo shot himself after attempting to force his wife to help him commit suicide. Springfield reports Col. William Baker, Abraham Lincoln’s friend, dying from injuries in a runaway accident. Elgin recounts Anna Understein drowning herself in a quarry at Batavia. Humacy notes Mrs. David Holmes, 80, hanged herself near Eagle City amid affliction. Carlinville hosts the third annual farmer boys round-up with 8,000 attendees led by Gov. Dencon and Mayor Peebles. Decatur club sells its Three League franchise. negotiations await bids and potential surrender to the league.
The seventieth session of the Rock River convention of the Methodist Episcopal church began Wednesday at Court Street church with Bishop Goodsell of New York presiding. Delegates will meet through the week for morning, afternoon, and evening sessions.
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