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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
12
A patchwork of quips on probes cold waves and fashion notes. Weather chatter mentions a coming cold wave with jab about coal and clothiers, while aviators favor thawing ground and a jab about Groundhog Day style headlines.
A survey of quirky items shows a mix of humor and trends. Notes include a popular song critique in New York, a giant apple consumption figure, a “telephone snipe” term, fire fighters forming an association, watchful workers for new construction, and a St. Louis man unhappy with his money‑back machine. Also covered: a bridegroom’s trousers theft, Boston women seeking marriage service amendments, suffragette views on women’s dress, a Chicago couple’s practical happiness pact, Luther Burbank’s thornless blackberry, the square pea’s progress, a vegetarian diet’s effects, market worries, and a goat tasting cigarettes in Boston.
The U S Supreme Court weighed a stay of Chicago beef packers trial on Sherman anti trust charges. Government urged no delay arguing no constitutional question at stake. Court also reviewed leaf tobacco board of trade request to review the American Tobacco Company reorganization plan.
Fragmentary text discusses a split of stock among common stockholders of the American Tobacco Company and notes that individuals labeled as illegal conspirators are kept in ownership and control. No clear event or date is stated.
The United States Supreme Court was asked by the real tobacco board of trade of New York to direct the New York circuit court to set aside its decision and stop all proceedings toward dissolving the American Tobacco Company. Rioting at Parma, Missouri, denied. Adjutant General Rumbold advised Governor Hadley that labor conflicts involving mill workers and imported Black workers are not serious enough to require militia. Five African Americans are jailed for the murder of Albert Underwood at the Missouri Pacific freight house in Kansas City. Aviator Ted Schriver killed in a flight at Ponce, Porto Rico. Bankrupts may be prosecuted for perjury if they lie at the first creditors meeting, per a US Supreme Court ruling. Arthur V. Houghan killed neighbor over land dispute in Carrollton, Illinois. Plot to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel discovered in Pittsburg, with ems wry charged with regicide expected in Italy. A blizzard and gale in New York cripple traffic and navigation.
Judge Porterfield bars Miss Swope illness testimony in the Dr. B Clark Hyde murder trial. The defense sought to challenge toxicology evidence claiming cyanide reaction could be affected by prior conditions. Nurse testimony referenced Swope household routines and potential sources of poisoning. Kansas City report outlines the ongoing struggle over the cyanide test and germ injection allegations.
The court adjourned after completing interrogations on Chrisman Swope and announced the next session would address the illness of Margaret Swope. The proceedings focus on medical conditions affecting the Swope family and related legal actions.
Dr Frederick A Cook sues the New York Times for libel over an October 29 1911 story headlined Riot by Danes Ends Dr Cook's Lecture Showered by Bad Eggs and Cook Tried to Steal Parson's Life-work. He alleges false defamatory statements about his role with the Belgian expedition and the Terra del Fuego Yahgan grammar in public life.
Coroner Shongut obtained a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Margaret Mosbach after Katheryn Mosbach age 5 died of diphtheria while under a Christian Science healer. Warrants issued for two others in connection with the death. Berlin reports a diphtheria epidemic with 1,200 cases and 150 deaths, mostly among the poor.
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the tow boat Diamond exploded while moored off Avalon six miles south, killing Captain BEA Swaney and four crewmen. Five others injured two fatally. The vessel lies submerged with parts of deck exposed and wreckage hurled into Avalon. The explosion’s cause remains under investigation.
Reports describe bodies found on a neighboring coal barge after a wreck on the river. The injured pilot Charles C. Hays, 45, and Benjamin G. Williams are in hospital with critical injuries. authorities fear they will die.
Walter Foote and Fred James, two bandits, held a log breastwork on the Skagit river for three hours as a posse of 200 pressed the siege. Over a thousand shots fired and forty dynamite bombs lobbed before surrender. Foote died from seven bullet wounds. James remained uninjured and jailed in Skagit County.
The governor of the Punjab's reception rooms and quarters at the Burbar camp were destroyed by fire. Lost were valuable tapestries carpets silver service and ornaments for King George crowning rituals. Three brothers drowned in North Chicago as their boat slipped through thin ice. Walter Wakale 11 John 9 and Frank 7 perished. Gommel Brauer of San Jose married Fannie Hellman of Champaign. Katherine Holtzman eloped with a penniless mill worker from Greensburg. A deer crashed through a bank front in Malden and injured the oldest resident.
President Taft discusses his term in an Outlook interview by Francis E. Leupp. He would appreciate a renomination but would not sacrifice duty for the result and explains his stance on tariff cuts, railroad bill changes, the postal savings bill, and the Texas tax. He notes troops at the Mexican border.
The fragment presents a self critique and a claim that an impartial review may find another person better suited to serve. It reflects a consideration of leadership, self doubt, and the prospect of retirement or replacement.
William Morgan Shuster, Persia’s American treasurer general, rejects Russia’s demand for dismissal as an attempt to force betrayal. He declares Persia’s sovereignty intact while Europe shifts focus. He cables his defiance to friends in America as police uncover bombs believed aimed at him.
An acetylene gas generator exploded at the J. M. Hilton farm in Mattoon Illinois, killing Mrs Rachel Gearhart 70 and Evelyn Hinton 6 while injuring J M Hinton and five others Bernardine Hinton 18 Cecil Hinton 14 Genevieve Hinton 10 and Bernardine’s left knee fracture noted.
A collage of quirky exchanges and small-town vignettes. Dialogues range from flirtatious wordplay between lovers to comic misunderstandings about insomnia and alarm clocks. The piece references figures like Horace Taylor and a nod to historical prompts from New York Weekly Business.
A Bay State woman describes severe indigestion and migraines from coffee. After switching to Postum she improves within weeks, gains 15 pounds, and remains a satisfied user, with testimonials from the Postum Company.
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