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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
3
A home remedy recipe combines syrup Sarsa parilla with Toris compound and whiskey to ease rheumatic pains. Over 300 women physicians attended the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. Sugar consumption rising as men increasingly indulge in sweets while alcohol use falls.
Frances and Isabel Ritchie, elderly recluses, were found dead in their Newark home in puzzling circumstances. Frances lay on the floor with a hatpin wound near her heart while Isabel hung from a doorway with marks indicating a serious stabbing. Police note no sign of forced entry and the sisters had lived alone with a large dog until its recent death.
Federal jury convicting six of the Sugar Trust workers in New York for sugar weighing frauds. Silver Spitzer Thomas Kehoe John R. Coyle Edward A. Boyle and Patrick Hennessy named among the guilty. James F. Bendernagel and Jean M Voelker had trial status unresolved. The group known as the Big Six faced conspiracy charges against the United States.
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds the 1908 county option election law as constitutional. It affirms a county court ruling fining a saloon keeper for selling after a dry victory. The court rejects arguments that the law is prohibitory or that it voids the 1875 liquor license act, stating the law only directs license issuance under the older statute.
King Leopold II of Belgium dies at 2 47 am from embolism. Prince Albert, born April 8 1875 and husband of Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria, becomes the new king with three children Leopold Charles and Marie Jose. Albert is popular, travels widely and aids Belgium's mercantile and colonial aims.
King Leopold of Belgium married Archduchess Marie of Austria who died in 1902. Their four children included the Duke of Brabant who died at age 10, and three daughters Louise, Stephanie, and Clementine. Leopold later married Baroness Vaughn and had two sons. His rule created the Congo State empire, with vast wealth but contested abuses against natives.
A Toronto Globe article reports Iowa farmers touring Canada’s western lands, comparing prairie costs and the lure of homesteads near Saskatchewan. They discuss family migration motives, land values, and a rush that could reshape farming communities as American families settle for cheap land and new allegiances.
A string of 19th century patent medicine pitches promises rewards for catarrh cures and promotes products like Mall's Catarrh Cure Hall's Family Pills Allen's Foot Base and Dr. Pierce's pellets. The text also includes testimonials and humorous asides about Roosevelt and anti disease immunity.
Smart little frocks for semi dressy occasions are numerous and the very popular top coat makes it possible to wear them right along through the winter. Homespun is a good material for the more tailored dresses, but silky crepes and katins are adorable for the much kilted ones, and Irish or clung face makes a charming neck finish.
Mrs. Ferguson asks if the quake disturbed their house as George groggily confirms feeling the bed rock. The exchange captures a brief tremor’s impact on a sleepy household.
The Onoura colliery disaster in Fukuoka prefecture Japan on November 24 killed 762 workers with 43 escapees. The mine, one of southern Japan’s largest, employed 4755 and produced 44000 tons monthly. A separate incident in Orogrande New Mexico saw a hotel proprietor’s 12 year old son shoot her dead.
The election results show Worcester shifting to a wet status by 3 720 votes after two years of no license while the dry majority shrank to 2 197 in fifteen cities Salem returned to no license by 500 votes after a year of license Mayor John F Hurley was defeated in Salem by Arthur Howard a newspaper owner Howard ran a vigorous campaign editing his paper from jail due to bail actions
WH PAY 11-130 FOR COW HIDES Furs are high. We ship traps nationwide. W Hide & Fur Co Minneapolis Minn. England reduced drink expenditure by over seven and a half million last year.
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