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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
The note envisions Oregon planting 12 000 prune trees and suggests adding strawberry plants. It references India, Kitchen er’s sword, Castro losing grip, a fleet passing by, and Latin America cautioning Alfonso about displaying goods. The tone mixes light domestic fixes with global jabs and satire.
A note on sending radium to the Philippines underscores the era of imperial aid and scientific assistance. The act reflects a growing pattern of generosity toward colonial possessions, framed as progress and humanitarian aid by the sending nation.
A Dayton physician sentenced to the penitentiary was refused admittance by the warden. A sharp rebuke is directed at those who try to butt in. The note ends with a digression praising Luther Burbank for evolving a nearly seedless cactus fruit and suggesting he try a fig next.
A Paris editor calls the American a flirt a hypocrite and a goose but notes a fine back. The momentary disdain is evident as she turns away. Richmond Pearson Hobson plans to intervene in the naval tangle hoping to persuade both sides to reconcile.
A Pittsburg pastor refused to accept gold coins saying the motto In God We Trust was absent. The remark casts doubt on his prospects in any grocery venture, signaling caution about his business ambitions.
At a cursory glance there is no good reason apparent on the surface why the members of the United States life Saving service should not be entitled to pensions the same as some others.
A fragment suggests a man cures the liquor habit by walking from New York to Chicago and contemplates recommending it to friends, but cannot bottle the method for sale at a dollar per bottle. The New York Times mocks a woman seeking safety or guardianship amid unintended trouble.
The abolition of railroad passes is seen as reducing outsider attendance at next year’s Democratic and other nation conventions. Previously as many as 20,000 nondelegates attended, causing doorkeeper frustration but boosting hotel and bar business.
A waiter recalls a dinner with King Edward, the duchess of Roxburghe among guests, when the bishop of London forgot grace. The duchess grew alarmed. the bishop’s aide calmed her with a cordial remark.
Investigation into Allman car rates at St Paul discloses two points. First, when upper berths are needed agents assign them to lighter passengers and place heavier travelers in lower berths. Second, Pullman porters receive 25 dollars monthly from the company and rely on tips for the remainder of their wages.
A wine merchant activates a switch and sends a strong current through a cask. He proclaims this autumn's wine is sweet and harsh now, but will become smooth, fragrant, and eight years old in days. He touts electricity as a marvel that ages wine.
A Chicago judge orders a man to talk to his wife daily for thirty minutes over a month and another to give gifts weekly to restore harmony. The unusual method, drawn from New Jersey practice rumors, targets unhappy marriages and is reported as successful in reducing strife.
The passage notes Greek citizens preferred bare heads with a brimmed petasus for protection while slaves wore pointed skull caps as servitude symbols. Romans showed similar disdain for head covering. In England, the practice did not end early in the fifteenth century.
Rear Admiral Brownson argues that floating hospitals like the Relief should be commanded by line officers, not medical chiefs. he says navigational and seamanlike duties require officers trained in seamanship, and the surgeon general overstates medical authority while existing rules grant needed control to medical staff aboard ships. Metcalf replies to Congress outlining Navy records on the matter.
Architect Huston turns state's evidence in fraud trials of Snyder Mathues Shumaker and Sanderson over furniture contracts in the new state house totaling 19308 dollars. Snyder, ex auditor general, is accused of not auditing the bills while Mashues, ex treasurer, paid unaudited bills. Shumaker, ex superintendent, is charged with failure to audit and certifying without investigation. Jury sworn and defendants enter not guilty pleas.
New York The jury panel of 50 to select 12 men to judge the Brooklyn bank case was fixed Tuesday by Judge Dyke after information suggested a party in interest to the indicted bankers had manipulated the panel to cause an alleged miscarriage of justice.
The Argentine torpedo boat division gave a warm reception to the American torpedo flotilla which arrived Sunday. Great preparations were made for the men in port. The Argentine squadron met the battleships off Cape Corrientes Monday morning and escorted them down the coast.
Willie Hoppe of New York defeated Albert Cutler of Boston in Waterbury Connecticut with a score of 400 to 304. The match was played on a 41 4 by 9 table using a 14 inch balk line.
Atlantic City pawnbrokers protest a new city law banning the three golden balls as a shop sign. They argue broke visitors rely on the symbol to locate uncles and seek loans, warning economic harm to hockshops.
Russian chessmaster T. Tchigorin died in St. Petersburg. Born in 1850, he played in numerous national and international tournaments and repeatedly ranked among the top winners.
Farmer Herman Burkhart aged 40 was killed near Litchfield when a tree he was felling fell on him. He leaves a widow and two children.
Mary Frances Reiley aged 85 died in Sioux City Iowa widow of John Reiley granddaughter of early Northwest Territory judge Henry Vanderbergh. She met Abraham Lincoln in Quincy Illinois in 1839 where he proposed marriage and she refused.
Preston H. Rogers of Era was abducted from his home Sunday night by a band of night riders who accused him of selling his tobacco in violation of his Farmers' Association pledge. Shots were fired into the house and all local telephone lines were cut to block alarm.
Guthrie Oklahoma report says E Edwin Brown mayor of Claremore was arrested Wednesday night on charges of accepting bribes from violators of the law. His accuser is a woman.
A 12 year old boy named Edwards leaped from a window to a porch roof and tumbled 12 feet to the ground in Altoona Pennsylvania sustaining only slight injuries according to the report from the incident.
Conrad Erb of Springfield, aged sixty, was found dead across his wife's grave in Woodland cemetery Dayton Ohio. A carbolic acid bottle beside him and seared lips showed death by his own hand. He had told friends last week that life was not worth the struggle without his wife.
The residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Lehman in Mount Joy Pennsylvania was entered by a burglar who forced a rear window. The victim, noted as a centenarian, reported the break in and authorities began an investigation.
Pompeo Coppini the sculptor of an equestrian General Morgan statue argues the Henry Clay statue in front of the Lexington courthouse should be removed after fire damage. He urges removal rather than repair, framing the action as a necessary reshaping of the plaza.
Baltimore Md Very Rev Paulinus F Disser vice president of St Marys Seminary Baltimore and a world authority on moral the bology died here.
Washington reports that a Tuesday House session focused on measures introduced and action taken, with international marriages as a theme. The session was the longest so far this term, as urgent deficiency bill considerations were sidelined during general debate. William J. Bryan’s presence spurred Wallace of Arkansas to praise him despite noted mistakes. Illinois’ Mr. McGavin condemned international marriages of American heiresses to foreign nobility, drawing applause.
Washington report states the Aldrich financial bill will be sent to the senate Thursday after two finance committee meetings on Tuesday. Democratic members were briefed on changes majority leaders want included, such as raising emergency currency, keeping notes on hand in sub treasuries, and data collection on municipal bonds by the treasury.
A bill introduced by Mr. Burton of Delaware seeks to authorize the surgeon general to appoint women nurses for the navy under War Department regulations. The act would provide one superintendent and several chiefs, nurses, and reserves, all to be paid from hospital funds, with appointments revocable at any time if the service requires.
Washington reports a Senate discussion on slavery with Secretary Taft accused of knowing about slavery in the islands. The bill revising the U S criminal code includes penalties for dealing in slaves. Hale suggests striking out such provisions as slavery is obsolete. Heyburn defends the bill noting white slave traffic and coolie labor, and claims human slavery persists in the Philippine Islands.
Washington reports the completed Aldrich financial bill will be submitted to the full committee after treasury data review. Amendments tentatively agreed by finance committee meetings and several small provisions will accompany the bill to ensure quick emergency currency use. The treasury secretary must stock notes for rapid issue and begin data gathering on new securities. State based currency distribution replaces district allocation.
Lebanon Tenn Mrs Dorothea McGregor wife of Captain Andrew McGregor and a member of one of the oldest Tennessee families is dead She was the daughter of General Paulding Anderson of the Confederate army.
Robert Herndon finally caught the so called chicken thief in Dover Tennessee. He waited with a gun and killed an owl that stretched six feet from wing tip to wing tip.
In New York progress in Harry Thaw's second murder trial was reported as Abraham Hummel's testimony from the prior trial and Thaw's will were read to the jury. The defense indicated no insanity case, and witnesses described Thaw as rational. The trial was expected to proceed to the jury, with rebuttal witnesses including Madison Square Garden engineer Warner Paxson.
Police investigated a blast at the Western Enterprise office in Missouri. A dynamite device sat on the press bed with a fuse from the door, damaging the second-story room. Officers labored hours without securing a suspect for arrest.
The Union Pacific railroad sold 75 million dollars of convertible bonds last summer and may seek a large new issue this year in speculative circles. Reported plans suggest the amount could reach 46 million dollars. Proceeds from the past issue largely funded stock purchases in other railroads.
A cotton oil mill in Argenta near Little Rock Arkansas was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon with an estimated loss of about 50 000 dollars. The cause is not yet known.
Dr. Ben Reitman, arrested during a march of the unemployed last Thursday, was acquitted Tuesday of the disorderly conduct charge filed by Chicago police.
John C. Hubinger, once a prominent telephone promoter with many lines and exchanges from Keokuk to Minneapolis, died yesterday in Keokuk Iowa of pneumonia.
Mt. Carmel Illinois coroner's jury rules Peter Byerly aged 18 died in the county jail from drinking wood alcohol. The verdict states the death was by his own action as the cause.
Southern Illinois Newspaper Correspondents Association to hold semi annual meeting at Elkis Hall East St Louis on Saturday night March 28 with banquet and speeches by W B McKinley and possible Governor Charles Deneen. Local arrangers include R J Boylan C B Franke Charles Carroll J W Reed and J W Blythe. Annual officer election and summer outing plans to be arranged.
Rev. R. S. Kirkland of Fulton Kentucky opens revival at the Baptist church here urging women to remove hats. A large sign repeats the demand as he cites muffled faces behind plumes and flowers, saying the obscuration hinders his ability to reach listeners and achieve results.
In Creekmar's saloon in Maroa Bert Beach, a bartender, shot Rich Hindson and Decatur-Ellis Hawkins. Beach lingered after the killings awaiting Sher McGarrick from Decatur. Hawkins, a wealthy town figure, leaves a wife and several children. Hindson is unnamed in the report.
Springfield resident Tom Staley, 30, a shotfirer at the Peabody coal mine six miles north of Springfield on the Chicago and Alton line, was instantly killed in an underground explosion. Sylvester Cuteage, another shotfirer, nearly suffocated by smoke in the same incident.
General Charles H Howard brother of Generals O O How fra and Biteshay died at his home in Glencoe a Chicago suburb He was born in Leeds Maine in 1838 and is survived by seven children
Chicago police search for James McGee after the death of Mrs. Catherine Cartwright, a concert hall singer and dancer found shot in her room at 92 Wells Street. McGee had shown persistent attention to the woman for some time.
Carmin Thomas Goodman, held for murder of his brother Hugh, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received an indeterminate sentence. Two months earlier Goodman struck his brother with a skiff oar after braiding his aged father.
Edward Hobart, once of Elgin, vanished from Columbus Ohio after secretly marrying a month earlier. His relatives fear he may be insane and are actively seeking him.
The Urbana Illinois event opened its second week of the Corn Growers and Stockmen's Convention with Howard H. Gross of Chicago presenting on "County Roads, Their Improvement."
Fire of incendiary origin burned the home of F M Charles in Grayville prompting citizens to form a fund of 2000 dollars to trace the guilty parties after a series of similar blazes.
Coroner's jury rules 18 year old Peter Byerly died by self harm after drinking wood alcohol while in the county jail. Verdict cites suicide as cause. incident noted in the correctional facility record.
James L. Burkhalter president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Galesburg Illinois died of apoplexy here. He was a prominent local banker and civic figure in Burkhalter, Illinois.
Arcola Owen Devere a farmer living three miles west of town shot and seriously wounded James Hickey and his son Edward Hickey who were driving by his farm with a load of corn after a quarrel. They were taken to a local house and reports indicate the wounds may be fatal.
National Here for Old Soldiers group in Adams County received 200 pounds of confiscated fish last week from Deputy Fish Warden J A Heebourn. The donation supports veteran meal programs and local service members.
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