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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1911
Page
4
A 1911 meditation from Human Life seeks a perfect mate. The aspiring prayer asks God to bless a woman who embodies vigor, wisdom, openness to nature, fearless gentleness, and the strength to awaken the writer’s creative energy. It envisions companionship that elevates and challenges within a lifelong partnership.
A 1909 meteor event in Russian Turkestan produced simultaneous photographic records on three plates. Distances between Tashkend Iskander and Tschimyan provided baselines to deduce altitude. Calculations published in Astronomische Nachrichten indicate the meteor appeared at about 9.45 miles and disappeared near 60 miles above Earth.
A German astronomer argues that the night sky illumination comes partly from direct starlight and partly from a source he calls earthlight. He suggests a permanent aurora near Earth as the cause, noting variability across nights and hours and a possible origin near the Earth's surface. He compares it to cometary coma light.
The Pablo Sorolla exhibit in Chicago features a portrait of Columbus painted for Thomas F. Ryan of New York. Sorolla explains studying documents to render a grey light and truthful gaze, noting a lack of authentic portraits and referencing the Duke of Verague as a living Spanish descendant.
In the 1946 panic, workers of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha railroad were gathered and urged to suggest savings. Meetings revealed a decrease in the road’s tonnage despite sustained work, with estimates of possible savings across most railroads. It is believed employees could cut coal use nationwide by about 15 million dollars in a year.
A light dialogue between Freddy and his partner reveals plans of marriage and shared finances. Freddy muses about finding work before marriage while the other jokes about not needing clothes for a long time. The exchange hints at practical and humorous attitudes toward romance.
A failed attempt to blow up Juarez barracks used heavy nitro glycerin charges. Two insurgents were wounded and captured as insurrecto forces head toward Chihuahua. The Mexican government vows trials in civil courts for sedition and outlines future handling of foreign prisoners including Americans.
New York reporters describe Joseph G. Robin’s grand jury testimony on financial manipulation tied to the Carnegie Trust, alleging involvement of prominent city and state officials. The recital frequently cited Charles Hiram Hyde, the city chamberlain handling about 200 million dollars annually, and a night conference urging Robin to aid the Carnegie crowd with promises of empowerment to repeat to others who could sue for funds.
Charles H. Remington treasurer of the Remington Martin Paper company died from blood poisoning caused by a slight cut on his hand suffered about a week earlier in Watertown New York.
After seven weeks Vermilion county grand jury ends Danville election probe with 14 indictments for conspiracy to buy votes and perjury. Grand jury resolutions allege widespread political corruption, concealment of evidence, and calls for drastic reform of election laws and harsher punishment for vote buyers and sellers.
In a wholesale fur house at Fourth and Broadway Gordon & Ferguson an elevator Cage plunged several floors. Dead are Lillie Buesing William Zschichi and Gertrude Smith. Injured include Lilie Meller fatally Mary Conklin Zennette Vernier and Maud Bullew. The cage wreckage trapped victims at the bottom.
Peking reports the Chinese government intends to accept both points at issue with Russia and is drafting a reply to the ultimatum. The foreign office says it would admit Russian consulates at locations specified by Russia and will take measures to permit Russian subjects freedom in trade within Mongolia and Chinese roads and other countries goods.
A New York grand jury heard that Andrew Carnegie would lose 809000 due to forgery at the wrecked Gar nerie Trust, with details of the case and losses presented amid the inquiry. An unrelated brutal robbery and homicide on Gherry Street involved three men choking and hanging a cook with a noose, slashing his face, and robbing him of 236 dollars.
Des Moines report says the Iowa senate killed the resolution for a constitutional prohibition convention by adopting the committee report for indefinite postponement. The action ends the bid at this session.
Nine men, including Albert C. Frost and Pierre G. Beach, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on charges of conspiring to defraud the U S government of coal lands worth about 10 million dollars in Alaska. The case spans Chicago, Alaska, and Toronto, with trials to follow and bonds set at 5,000 each.
In Indianapolis on March 17 the head of the United Mine Workers announced a general strike of about 10,000 miners in Ohio and western Pennsylvania after coal firms refused wage increases. The action centers on mine operators denying higher pay.
A March 16 gale toppled the J. H. Fall building walls burying a carload of debris including insurance men contractors and laborers. Thirty trapped. 12 dead and 17 injured removed. remaining workers believed to be colored laborers. Ralph McCullom, a contractor, among the dead. brother of singer actor Guy McCullom. Edwin Hart, son of Thomas M. Hart, an insurance adjuster, also died. Mayor Howse helped in rescues. George M. Roddy led the salvage, directing an assistant and two Black laborers to safety as debris fell.
Frankfort Germany March 17 dispatch reports Turkish troops driving Arabs from positions across Yemen. Machine guns wreak havoc on tribes. Arabs suffer about 200 killed in two recent engagements while forty Turkish soldiers die. Sheik Yehya, leader of the revolt, is said to have taken refuge on British soil.
In Albany New York on March 17 Justice Howard sentenced Edith Melcer to a minimum of 20 years hard labor and a maximum life imprisonment after a second degree murder verdict for killing her only child by forcing acid down his throat on January 6. Jurors hoped the verdict would not bar her asylum if demented but allow discharge via insanity proceedings.
Columbus March 15 Tom J. Lewis UMW president warned ten thousand coal miners in the Tuscarawas field will strike if wage increases are not granted by March 20.
Cleveland reports a gale on Lake Erie sank the tug Silver Spray with a six man crew and one boy aboard. Five bodies were recovered frozen on the breakwater, four by the Castanet and one by the Lorain. Captain Melgar sent a farewell message to his wife as rescuers battled heavy seas to retrieve the crew from ice.
Washington announces 1910 crop standings with Illinois 13.3 percent and Iowa 12.0 percent of total corn. Minnesota leads in oats and barley, New York tops hay, while California leads barley and fall crops in a department of agriculture release.
Vienna reported that ex Sultan Abdul Hamid allegedly tried to flee Villa Allantini with bribed soldiers. The plot was exposed, angering him, and he wrecked furniture before doctors attempted restraint and involuntary treatment.
Frank Work, the multimillionaire railroad magnate and father of Mrs. Burke Roche, died in his New York home on March 17 from pneumonia. He was ninety two, and his substantial estate is reported to be around 20 million dollars.
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