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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
3
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humor item recalls a joke about church women and oversized Easter hats. The punchline notes the women chose to remove the pastor rather than their headgear, highlighting a cheeky clash of tradition and authority.
Mark Twain jokes about the town of Squash during a dinner at the Authors' Club in New York. He recalls stopping at a general store where the shopkeeper, mackerel in hand, predicts a lecture as entertainment for a stranger.
Mrs. Matilda Lindemann of Chicago testifies that kidney troubles caused back pain and weakness until she used Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports improved appetite weight and well being and says the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Dividing the moon's surface into 123 parts, seventy two are visible from the earth.
Walter L. Cox of Boston recalls three months of severe eczema with itching and cracks before using Cuticura Remedies. He reports relief and cure within a month, credited to the products marketed by Potter Drug & Chem, Boston.
English locomotives built in 1830 remain in Swe dish railroads. Advertisements praise Ramlins Wizard Oil and Perry Davis Painkiller for rheumatism bites and inflammation. Forest preservation in Canada is urged actively.
Reports from Victoria BC detail the sinking and burning of the Nihonkai Maru near Aomori Japan. A heavy fog hindered rescue as 119 Japanese perished including 123 fisherfolk. The fire blocked two lifeboats and many crew and passengers burned or drowned.
In a fatal Milwaukee blaze at the Kieckhofer box factory three workers were killed or missing as two Greeks named Peter Bongalos and Constanti nos Ganos were believed burned to death while fleeing the flames. Two Greeks escaped with missing clothes and two firemen were overcome by heat. Byron Fullerton and Arthur Fulbrigger suffered broken legs as bystander Eddie Bryant helped drag others to safety. The fire caused about 30000 dollars in losses.
A farmer J W Christie near Rudolph SD is killed while milking. His wife a daughter 18 and a visiting boy named Roy Maine are slain by an unknown tramp who apparently sought a hidden sum of money. Neighbors organize a quick pursuit as investigators search for the killer.
A Fordham morgue viewer asserts the Hudson River corpse is Leon Ling, alleged murderer of Elsie Sigel, declaring features and hair match Ling. Other locals confirm height weight and appearance while a boy who knew Ling doubts the ID due to water effects on the body.
A federal grand jury in New York indicted the American Sugar Refining Company six directors and two others for conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Named defendants include Washington B. Thomas Arthur Donner Charles H. Senff John E. Parsons John Mayer Morristown New Jersey and George Hrazter Philadelphia along with Gustav E. Kissel and Thomas B. Hartnett counsel for Adolph Segal. The indictment lists fourteen counts alleging corporate and individual conspiracy.
Mary Elizabeth Logan Tucker daughter of Gen John A Logan was granted an absolute divorce from Col William F Tucker U S A retired for desertion in a brief Superior Court hearing. She resumes her maiden name and receives real estate worth about 5000 plus the colonel's pension of 3750 yearly.
A Indian student fatally shot Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Carson Wyllie and Dr. Calva Lalenca of Shanghai at the Imperial Institute in London during a public gathering. Wyllie died instantly. Lalenca died en route to hospital. The attacker was seized and police arrived shortly after. The killing is linked to Bengal revolutionary agitation.
Washington treasury statements show fiscal year receipts totaling 604,432,846 and disbursements 694,244,002 producing a deficit of 89,811,156. At year end June 30 the public debt, less cash, stood at 1,014,861,501 with a monthly decrease of 6,268,079. Total month receipts reached 56,857,376 and disbursements 47,781,697.
Columbus judge fines Nelson Cannon former Trinidad Paving agent $500, Arthur Beck former assistant city engineer $200, and Henry Lang former local manager $500 after guilty pleas in the East Broad Street paving scandal. Bramley, company president, was turning state's evidence after four indictments.
A week of nightly tremors in Downieville California spooks residents who fear Mount Fillmore may erupt. Miners refuse underground work amid cave-in fears while San Bernardino reports a 3 30 pm quake with no damages and a heavy atmospheric day as temperatures reach 105.
An eight year old newsboy an eleven year old office boy and a forty eight year old crippled man were injured probably fatally by automobiles in Pittsburg One driver stopped to check on the newsboy but police made no arrests in the other cases
A historical note on Greenland Eskimo marriage practices describes a rough courtship where a man abducts the woman to his home, followed by a non ceremonial union. The bride may resist and cry initially, but marriages are typically peaceful, with low divorce formalities. The article contrasts this with modern norms and references Eskimo family life as generally harmonious.
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