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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
2
In Marshall Illinois Bay pilots loom in airship era while European naval plans unfold. Parisian scientist cites aging germ, and Kaiser era debates clash with US doctrine. Forest fires threaten Yosemite as laws tighten. Gold cargo sails to Buenos Aires. Persia moves toward elections. animal cruelty battles chameleon sales. Muldoon discounts college athletics in favor of intellect.
A man traveling from the west attempted to sell a so called gold brick in New York but failed since the brick proved to be renal in value rather than gold. The tale serves as a plain moral lesson about overvalued wares.
A fragmented report notes rising cases of runaway brides and grooms as loving pairs defy family expectations. Parents seek reconciliation as romance collides with social pressures in a shaky society.
The report from Lerwick confirms Dr Frederick A Cook, aided by Eskimo companions, reached the geographic North Pole on April 21, 1908, after a grueling expedition across 83 below zero wind and ice. He traveled from Etah toward Cape Hubbard and Nansen Strait, and communications described the long trek and final flag at the pole aboard the Hans Egede.
Dr Frederick A. Cook publishes a signed statement from Hans Egede Lerwick describing a 1907 Arctic expedition on the Bradley. The party, 11 men and 103 dogs, crossed from Smith Sound toward Grinnell Land and the Polar Sea, claiming musk oxen, bears and hares along the way and noting extreme cold and hardships.
Imperial yacht Btanchardt with Emperor Nicholas aboard passes through the Dardanelles en route to the Crimea, reported by Novoe Vremya from Constantinople. Also notes engagement of John P. Scripps of San Diego to Edith McRae of Detroit and a Peary remark about possibly abandoning the North Pole pursuit.
Eleven people vanish after a Nevada flash flood at Rawhide sweeping through a camp and destroying 130 buildings. Five women, two men and four children unaccounted for as 600 residents search for bodies and survivors amid the disaster. Barcelona leader arrested in unrelated Ferret case.
Brooklyn woman Mrs. Robi P. Davidson received a cable from Dr. Cook saying the subject is successful and well. The message noted Mrs. Cook had earlier traveled to the Adirondacks and then to South Harpswell Island Maine where the cable was forwarded.
Fragmentary report suggests France and Germany disapprove of American tariffs while the United States Japan and China appear to move toward amicable relations. Mikado reportedly agrees to accept possessions or concessions from China, though details remain unclear.
A testimonial describes severe eczema on the face and neck that resisted three doctors and many treatments until Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the condition within three months. The user, Miss Ann Pearsons of Northfield VI, dated December 19 1907, reports drastic symptoms including raw skin, oozing, and staining of pillow and cloth.
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