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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
2
A brisk round of weather jokes and social quips circulate as a harsh cold wave looms. References span aviator Rodgers remarks on records, a forewoman proposal, China’s spelling reform, Pittsburgh entitlements, and New York City’s 1912 budget. A Los Angeles woman reports 212 marriage offers and a celebrity marriage rumor with lavish wealth.
A quirky mix of items spans pop songs in Philadelphia not catching on in New York, a national apple supply with a bold 30 million barrels figure, a telephone sniping trend, and a Boston goat rumored to smoke cigarettes. Witty notes cover marriages, suffrage fashion, and odd household schemes.
The U S Supreme Court considers the Chicago beef packers request for a stay of their Sherman antitrust trial in Chicago. Government opposes the stay as a delaying tactic. Separate matter concerns the leaf tobacco board of trade seeking review of American Tobacco Company reorganization. Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina attorneys general join the petition.
The court notes that the combination was divided among American Tobacco Company common stockholders, leaving the men judged illegal conspirators still in control. The decision maintains their ownership and influence within the company despite the ruling.
The real Tobacco Board of Trade of New York asked the Supreme Court to annul a New York circuit court ruling and halt all steps toward implementing the dissolution plan against the American Tobacco Company.
Adjutant General Rumbold reports to Governor Hadley that the Parma disturbance between mill workers and imported Negroes is not serious enough to warrant militia call up.
In Kansas City Missouri five Negro men are under arrest on charges of complicity in the shooting death of Albert Underwood assistant cashier at the Missouri Pacific freight house. Underwood was fatally wounded during a robbery.
American aviator Tod Schriver died when his Baldwin monoplane spiral failed during a flight over San Juan Ponce Porto Rico. He lost control while turning and the craft crashed, ending the mission in tragedy.
Washington DC. The Supreme Court holds a bankrupt can be prosecuted for perjury if he swears falsely at the first meeting of creditors during inquiry into his business. The decision clarifies liability for false statements in bankruptcy proceedings.
Carrollton Illinois article reports farmer and livestock dealer Arthur V. Haughey shot and killed neighbor Robert B. Peeble during a land quarrel twelve miles northwest of Carrollton. The incident occurred near Patterson and authorities investigated the case as a fatal altercation.
Italians in Pittsburg uncover a plot to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. An enraged regicide suspect is in custody, with authorities expecting charges in Italy. The discovery triggers international attention and legal steps.
A blizzard driven by a gale at 44 miles per hour blankets New York City. Snow cripples railroad and streetcar traffic and hinders navigation across the metropolis.
Judge Porterfield bars all testimony on Miss Margaret Swope’s illness in Dr. B Clark Hyde's trial for Colonel Thomas H Swope's murder. Earlier proceedings sought to allege poisoning with strychnine and typhoid germs while witnesses point to food irregularities and possible cyanide exposure.
The court paused after completing questioning on Chrisman Swope’s illness and announced it would next address the illness of Margaret Swope during the adjournment.
Dr Frederick A Cook sues the New York Times for libel seeking 100000 in damages. The suit references a October 29 1911 article with headlines alleging riots by Danes ended his lecture and claims Cook tried to steal a parson s life work. The piece notes his Belgian expedition role and alleged appropriation of Yahgan grammar and dictionary from Reverend Thomas Bridges.
In New York Coroner Shongut obtained warrants for Mrs Margaret Mosbach and two others after Katheryn Mosbach aged 5 died of diphtheria while under a Christian Science healer. In Berlin the diphtheria epidemic reports 1200 cases and 150 deaths, mainly among the poor.
Moren, an aviator, died while a passenger with Lieut. Nittner during a flight at Wisner Neustadt in lower Austria.
Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado will not seek another term and will resign at the end of his current term on March 3, 1918. The announcement was made in Washington.
A small Oklahoma town of 600 residents, located 20 miles from Tulsa, resembles an armed camp amid fear of a race war after clashes left white man Richard Evans dead. Police patrols increased as tension rose.
In Pittsburg the tow boat Diamond exploded while at anchor off Avalon six miles south on the Ohio River. Captain B A Swaney and four crew members were killed. five others seriously injured. The ship lay wrecked on the river bottom with wheel and after deck exposed as debris damaged Avalon houses and the Pennsylvania railroad station. Cause of blast unknown.
A body was found on a coal barge while others are believed swept downstream. Injured pilot Charles C. Hays, 45, and Benjamin G. Williams are hospitalized with prognosis poor, expected to die.
In Bellingham Washington two bandits Walter Foote and Fred James fortified behind logs on the Skagit river near Sedro Woolley. A three hour standoff with a 200 strong posse produced over a thousand shots and forty dynamite bombs. Foote died after being shot seven times. James was unharmed and jailed in Skagit County.
Fire consumed reception rooms and governor of Punjab quarters at Burbar camp in Delhi. Valuable tapestries carpets and silver table service intended for King George's coronation were among the items burned.
In North Chicago a thin ice slip gave way trapping three brothers Walter Wikale 11 John 9 and Frank 7 who drowned. The incident occurred while they skated in a boat slip in Chicago Illinois.
Gommel Brauer of San Jose marries Miss Fannie Hellman of Champaign in Bloomington Illinois. Brauer had previously married the two sisters of his latest wife, both of whom are now deceased.
Pittsburg society notes Katherine Holtzman daughter of Squire Holtzman of McKeesport jilts a Greensburg druggist and runs away with a penniless student employed in local mills.
An injured deer bursts onto Malden main street and shatters the bank front as startled locals look on. The incident involved a wounded buck causing a dramatic bank intrusion. No injuries reported.
In a Dec Outlook interview with Francis H. Leupp Taft reviews his term and says he would appreciate a second nomination but will not compromise his freedom to perform his duties. He notes insurgent changes to his railroad bill, mentions tariff reduction efforts, the postal savings bill passage, conservation enactment, and the corporation tax. He explains troop deployment to the Mexican border and expresses gratitude for the honors shown by voters.
A speaker declares that if the people, after an unbiased review of his administration, decide someone else can serve them better, he will step aside. The remark frames a pledge to relinquish power for the greater advantage of the public.
American William Morgan Shuster, Persia’s treasurer general, rejects Russia’s demand for his dismissal and says Russia aims to strip Persia of sovereignty. He cables his defiance to friends in America as police report bombs found likely intended to assassinate him.
A gas generator blast wrecked the J. M. Hilton home in Mattoon Illinois killing Mrs Rachel Gearhart and Evelyn Hinton and injuring five others including Mrs J M Hinton and four Hinton children Bernardine Cecil Genevieve and Miss Bernardine Hinton suffered a fractured knee in addition to burns. In Honduras petitions with over 100000 signatures urge President Taft to pursue annexation rather than the Morgan loan.
Nanking reports describe the Tartars city sacked and burned with authorities’ permission. Business has resumed and trains run between Shanghai and Nanking. Imperialists have evacuated Pu-iow.
A pair quarrels over love as an owl above them shifts position. The swain proclaims steadfast speech while the woman retorts she loves more. The exchange ends with a titled interruption as voices and names ring in the scene.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Eastside teases Mrs McSwimm about wealth and safety noting she has 15 alarm clocks set to trigger every 30 minutes. McSwimm insists the alarms do not wake them and recalls John as a former Philadelphia policeman before getting a pipe contract.
A train in Arizona was boarded by robbers who searched passengers’ pockets. A traveling salesman from New York offered $200 but only received $4 from the loot and his offer to cheerfully take a two percent discount on a strictly cash deal.
Horace Taylor, artist known for newspaper illustrations, hailed from Nokomis Illinois in the Egypt district. In Hod s early days he joined a band formed by friends and joked about the name. They settled on the Marine Band of Nokomis reflecting their inland distance from the ocean and Great Lakes.
In a dramatic parlance of the era a spoiled star says I want a puff and the manager pleads for restraint. The exchange with Miss Starlite shows a controlling boastful temperament and the tale hints at a theater or publicity conflict.
A Bay State woman describes chronic indigestion and headaches cured by Postum coffee substitute. She quit coffee, tried Postum, improved within a month, and gained 15 pounds, now fully well and still using Postum. Endorses the product and its booklet.
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