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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1910
Page
4
A July 6 issue mocks fashion and morals with satirical notes on hats to prevent insect pests. It cites a Paris firm’s fraud case, Harvard student finances, and a Dutch invention. Other items joke about crime, politics, and social norms, including a dynamite derailment, China’s reforms, and a New York stage project.
Boston hosts the forty eighth annual meeting of the National Educational Association with thousands arriving to register at the Art Museum. President Taft, ex Gov Aycock, and David Starr Jordan are among speakers at Harvard Stadium as sessions run through Friday. Roosevelt is expected to deliver the closing address.
Chicago observers recorded the year’s peak heat at 92 degrees in the shade. The blistering weather over three weeks caused eight deaths and produced numerous prostrations, with twelve people hospitalized. Nine others were bitten by dogs as the heat wave continued.
Two chained elephants from a circus broke free in Greeley California on July 2. They charged along Main Street tearing up lawn and shrubs before crashing a fence and veering toward a house until a pair of maple trees paused their advance.
Washington reports that conductors and trainmen in the southeastern territory, about 10,000 workers, threaten a serious labor disturbance. Mediators under the Erdman act have worked for fifteen days with both sides to settle the dispute, but progress has been minimal. The workers have voted to strike if their wage and labor condition demands are not met.
Wabash fast mail No 1 derailed near Montgomery Missouri on July 2 after a truck bolt failed. Four cars and the engine left the track. Clifford Newmen of St Louis was killed and four others injured. Hundreds escaped tragedy due to the wreck.
London July 2 F. Augustus Heinze denied the report that he paid John 3 Stanchfeld six hundred thousand dollars to defend him at his New York trial. He rejected the allegation as false and unfounded, stating no such payment occurred.
Beverly Mass July 2 The chairman of the commerce commission Mr Martin A Knapp and President Taft discuss the railroad act recently passed by Congress The aim is to equalize rates and prevent indiscriminate rate increases while protecting investors and railroads From western freight rate decisions the ICC has allowed time until October to prove reasonableness of proposed increases under the new policy
Washington July 2 The controller of currency issued a call for the condition of national banks as of June 30. The controller also asked the superintendent of banks in each state to collect reports for the same date from banks under their supervision.
In White Sulphur Springs on July 2 envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Norway Ove Gude died suddenly of apoplexy at his summer residence. He was among the most popular members of the Washington diplomatic corps.
Former Congressman Frank C Wachter of Baltimore dies at age forty after four terms in Congress. The Republican served as a representative in the U S House during his tenure and passed away on July 2.
Albany July 2 The New York direct nominator bill was killed in the senate by 25 ayes to 19 noes after amendments by Lord Griscom and Theodore Roosevelt. The measure needed 26 votes to pass. An emergency governor’s message enabled the vote on the amended bill, delivering a firmer stance against Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership on the issue.
Brexton Mississippi July 2 a Negro named Skinner was riddled with bullets by a mob. Two other men unknown received an upsetting beating. Skinner allegedly helped hide Brady who was wanted for murder. Other Negroes blamed as accessories. One white man killed and two Negroes lynched. Armed whites scour the area seeking Brady and others.
New York duties collected in the just closed fiscal year reached 26,640,848.01 dollars with penalties and other charges adding 65,89,162.10 for a combined 224,250,000.13. The banner year for 1967 netted 223,782,650.10 dollars.
Markets report a mixed bag across commodities with flour firms, jute, patent brands, and Minnesota staples. Wheat futures show strength while corn and rye hover. butter demand remains for foetal markets. eggs and potatoes listed with varied grades. live poultry and cattle slow with weak hogs. overall market notices reflect fluctuating prices and demand across grains, meats, and produce.
A July 1 live stock listing shows cattle prices from good to inferior and hogs graded from good to prime. Notable entries include calves at 9.00, hogs from 9.25 down to 8.50, and cows and heifers priced around 0.75 to 38.25 in Western markets. Several brands, brands and terms appear with mixed quality notes and pricing across categories.
Reno expects a quarter million in gate receipts for the Jeffries Johnson heavyweight fight Monday. Fighters from San Francisco to Death Valley camps assemble, with bets favoring Jeffries 10 to 7. Jim Corbett denies doubt and bets $5 000 to $6 000 on Jeffries.
Ewing Watterson eldest son of Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, shot and mortally wounded Michael X. Martin proprietor of a Market Street hotel after an attack in the hotel entry. Watterson fled through the town firing at passersby, was chased by friends and captured by two policemen. He is a farm owner near Saugerties with wife and three children. Henry Watterson, in New York, learns of his son’s trouble at the Manhattan club and is despondent.
In Granville North Carolina on July 2 Arthur Trice died after a fight with his father in law James Donnelly who surrendered to authorities claiming he was attacked and struck Trice with a club in the darkness.
In Elgin on a July day a young woman named Miss Clara Rially Voistorif, daughter of a prosperous resident, killed herself by drinking carbolic acid driven by ill health and despondency after Halley's Comet failed to destroy the world.
A Holly Springs woman reports relief from a long standing tumor ordeal after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with improving health and vitality, urging others to seek advice and consider the product. The letter promotes the product as a standard female health remedy backed by decades of use and testimonials.
A humorous family scene shows a father wrestling with a manuscript as his son prompts mock phrases. The boy corrects mispronounced lines and the two bicker over words like desecrate. A punny dinner moment ends with a quip about soup and diplomacy.
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