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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
10
A chaotic collection notes France’s lone legged groups and a looming diamond dispute, Venezuela’s defiance, Kaiser letters, and social quips about rest cures and spankings. Plus a West Point grad, unsafe building fires, Austrian railway feats, a Philadelphia palm reader, and American heiresses chasing titles abroad.
The article surveys various topics from 19th century industry to naval speeds, noting an Australian firm securing a Siberian lumber concession to export 30,000,000 feet yearly, the Ches ter cruiser’s record run at 26.53 knots, and the surge of peerage books in England as democracy rises. It also mentions a humor piece about an odorless onion and a quirky claim about a clothes grasping figure.
Cat tails, sparingly used here, are employed in England for furniture upholstery. The U S supply is limited due to poor results. Kopak, the Indian fiber, remains the closest competitor, selling at nine cents a pound. Cat tails imported to England have ranged from two to four cents per sound.
In Mount Carmel Illinois an inquest into a double death tied to a river excursion down the Wabash to Crawleyville Indiana. Brothers Lawrence and Charles Hillman vanished after attempting to wade Terrell pond and were found drowned locked in each other’s embrace. Searches followed days of anxiety in a dry belt area where excursions are common.
In Chicago a breach of promise suit by Ellen Hoda against Joseph Mayte was halted after photographers were allowed into Judge Bruggemeyer’s private chamber. The judge refused to proceed, citing contempt concerns and noting the photographers’ intrusion without consent. Attorneys sought another court.
A fragment notes a payment of $75 related to a Great Northern hotel event. The readable text mentions a bid or charge tied to the location but lacks full context or participant names.
A circus elephant herd rampaged in Riverside after a gasoline tank explosion. Miss Ella Gibbs, a church deaconess, was gored to death while several others were injured. a barber shop at Glenwood hotel was wrecked and six animals were subdued after the incident.
Paso Robles lieutenant R Taylor Evans said Rear Admiral Evans cannot join the fleet at Santa Barbara or likely San Francisco. If the admiral cannot command again he will retire soon, a development that worsens his condition and raises concerns over his future in service.
Memorial services were held in the House of Representatives in Washington for the late Rep George W. Smith of Illinois. It marked the first time in two weeks the chamber opened with prayer as it remained technically in continuous session.
Karl Soren son of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin died after a patient during an operation was exposed to a hospital fire at Northwestern hospital. He died from the shock of the incident though rescuers tried to move him from the burning building. His home was in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.
The Id has been put on the pipe and cigarette in Echo so far as school children and boys under 18 years of age are concerned.
Sheriff T A Maxwell leads a Murray county posse in a Thursday gun battle at Fairlawn. One outlaw named Shelton was killed, others escaped. Two horses also died. No posse members were wounded.
At least eight people died when the Goetales capsized off Gothenburg, Sweden, Thursday. Rescue efforts recovered several bodies and drew others from the water, with many passengers believed trapped between decks.
Train No 1 en route from Chicago to the west wrecked at Tulacca when an open switch caused the engine to overturn. Engineer John Coppess was killed. no other injuries reported.
William McCarthy and Charles Clarkson both of Chicago were captured in the attic of the Methodist Church in Sylvania after allegedly blowing a post office safe at Jasper Michigan and stealing about 500 dollars in stamps and cash.
Congress actions include a Judiciary Committee report condemning a plan to create a vast U S forest reserve by buying mountain blocks from New England to Florida citing constitutional limits. The Aldrich bill is tabled and the Fowler currency bill lacks support. Senate ratifies fisheries treaties with Great Britain and arbitration agreements with Portugal and Norway alongside a naval law injunction measure.
A House labor committee report outlines an industrial peace foundation with seven trustees and nine members from labor capital and the general public. Trustees must reinvest all funds and distribute income to the committee. Also reports Lincoln Farm shrine funding in Kentucky and ship submarine procurement loosened to allow non Holland type boats. A windstorm damages Independence Kansas factories, and a Port Huron youth flees after scolding over newspaper prices.
Washington reports that the Brownsville case is cited to show overwhelming evidence against alleged negro soldiers. Senator Borah defends Roosevelt, condemns criminal rioting and links public opinion to unrest, recalling the Moyers Haywood Pettibone trials and criticizing sentimentalism over crime.
Emma Goldman Dr Ben L Reitman and Alexander Horr forced to leave the St Francis hotel Sunday by the manager amid protests over notoriety and anarchist associations.
Under the eye of the police, officers visited the home of an anarchist sympathizer. Dr. Reitman calls the police tactics boresome.
The daughter of former Kansas governor Llewellyn, Jessie Llewellyn Call, died by poison in a Chicago hotel room on Sunday night. Despondency from ill health is cited as the cause. Letters were found addressed to James A. Davitt and Louise Llewellyn of Oskaloosa, Indiana.
The article advises selecting White Lead for pigment and Linseed Oil for the liquid part. It describes a test using heat to reduce pure White Lead to metallic lead, warns against adulterated leads, and promotes a free blowpipe sample kit from National Lead Company with a Dutch Boy Painter booklet.
A New York Press note describes John D Rockefeller’s claim of an eagle stone charm found in an eagle’s nest. The perforated brown stone, about the size of a pigeon egg, rattles when shaken and a ribbon through the hole is said to hold greater powers. The tale notes Rockefeller’s belief in granting favors via the ribbon and cites temperance views on wine at ship launchings with a moral twist.
A young Bobby speaks of Heaven as the last place we move to revealing his weariness with life. Another scene shows Arthur asking a nurse about his sleeping sister and the nurse confirms she is nearly unconscious prompting his plea to stop singing.
A Oswego Montana woman reports gradual eye weakness and intense light sensations tied to coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee for three months her eyes improved, headaches and dyspepsia eased for a friend, and her nursing baby remained healthy, per a testimonial from Postum Co.
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