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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
7
A fragmented 19th century newspaper snippet mixes political banter involving Senator Sorg with self help and medical ads. The text references Fitz Jones and a wife’s remark, a claim of political capital from opponents' errors, Dr. Kline’s nerve restorer, Brown's Bronchial Traches, moral quotes, and assorted product pitches including cigars and hemorrhoid cures.
In Springfield the Illinois Supreme Court rules the anti cigarette act cannot prohibit general cigarette sales as it only regulates and does not apply to cigarettes with health harming substances. In Carlyle Mayor Berger faces $5 net from his first year salary after $45 in legal fees. Lewistown jury in Murphy will case deliberates 43 hours over three weeks. if the will stood Canton would gain a $40,000 hospital and other beneficiaries.
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding forwarded a petition to Governor Deneen urging postponement of Edward Clifford's hanging until after Christmas. The petition lists many prominent Peoria business and educational leaders and argues the hanging would overshadow Christmas teachings.
The Anti-Saloon League has built a strong local organization and plans a vigorous campaign against saloons in Fayette county. Speakers are stump ing countywide and will continue through the April election. Vandalia and St Elmo are the only towns in the county where liquor is sold.
The Illinois civil service commission announced that twelve applicants passed examinations for attendants at the institution for the criminal insane at Menard near Chester, while twenty nine succeeded for attendants at the institution for children.
Pecatonica Willard Owens of Winnebago county collected a bounty for 101 groundhogs and fifteen crows this week earning $26.25 and claimed to have killed more groundhogs than any man in the area. Cairo steps seek a local option vote in the spring election. Rev G W Danberg of the anti saloon league addressed a meeting and a preliminary organization was formed. Mattoon Dr John A Wheeler state game commissioner reports shipment of 3000 partridges and pheasants from Belgium to the state propagating farm near Auburn. Dizon Abram Morrison 84 a well known Lee county resident died here father of Charles B Morrison government counsel in Standard Oil cases. Injunction was refused judge Earand denied county clerk levy of 20 percent higher farm land assessments than last year.
A man boasted of a plan to quiet a neighbor's chickens by placing eggs in the grass at night and retrieving them each morning when the neighbor was away. The exchange framed the scheme as clever and harmless.
A mother narrates how her infant suffered severe itching from Cuban Itch. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the child slept and sores dried within two weeks, fully recovered by age five. She praises the treatment cost and life-saving effect.
Edmonton firefighters complain as a youth admires a letter then tries to push it into a fire alarm box. A passerby jokes that his heart is on fire and suggests using the box at the next corner. Also notes advice on laundering white goods and starch use for stiffer finish.
The National Syndicate of Railway men in France adopted a novel petitioning method for a measure stalled ten years. It printed 400,000 post cards for members to sign and send to the president of the senate. Correspondence to the senate leader does not require postage.
A patent remedy advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It asserts internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Includes testimonials and orders to send for a treatment list.
In a lively exchange Cassidy and Casey discuss the virtue of quick action and a bold claim that Defiance Starch offers greater quantity for the same price. The ad asserts each package contains one third more starch than competing brands, promising satisfaction with the bargain.
A translated line from Transatlantic Tales notes three days of rain and a quip that water does not seem to be wanted even in heaven. The fragment hints at weather as a recurring theme in Meggen dorfer Blatter.
A Washington letter riffs on religion, quoting a Richmond deacon’s fiery prayer about eye of the eagle and gospel plow, followed by a note on laundry starch. It advocates Defiance Starch for better stiffness with thinner application and improved fabric wear.
A north England man who died after a life of swindling under the cloak of piety claimed “All is bright before me.” A former victim retorted that in about ten minutes he would be near enough to see the blaze, implying his doom.
The H. M. 8 Cyclops is a general repair vessel with electric machinery able to cast two ton pieces and machine castings up to 15 feet long. It can repair items from bolts to 60 ton guns, highlighting its extensive, electrically driven equipment. Starch makes rapid advances in quality with patent Defiance Starch promising stronger, smoother results without harmful chemicals and a new added ingredient.
A physician debates vaccination with an elderly woman who cites her late brother as proof against vaccines. The sister argues that her brother’s childhood vaccination preceded a fatal fall from a tree, shaping her stance on immunization.
A dialogue from a club card party recalls a borrowed silk umbrella and the woman’s refusal to reclaim it due to another loan. An ad touts Defiance Starch for home laundering with no stick on irons. A teasing exchange over a ring emphasizes enduring versus begun love.
A dated exchange jokes about marriage dynamics asking if women felt pity for their husbands or if men were scarce when marrying. The fragment hints at social attitudes and gender roles in a bygone era.
A springtime ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois. It links gardeners thinking of green goods to a tobacco product and claims full value and relief from despair as a lifestyle cue.
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