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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
16
A collage of witty snippets and society notes ranges from courtship slang to tin ore discoveries in Alaska, with remarks on divorce, immigration, and fashion. It mentions Miss Elkins and the duke of Abruzzi, Edison sleep theory, ballooning in Philadelphia, and Mayor Busse’s discreet marriage.
King Edward formally opens the fourth Olympiad as 2500 athletes from 30 nations parade before royal boxes. King George of Greece and King Haakon of Norway attend while Queen Alexandra and other royals look on. Americans lead the parade amid heavy cheers and hopes for victory.
St Paul welcomes the thirty fourth annual Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine as 40000 to 50000 visitors are expected by Monday night. Downtown streets glow with illumination and week long entertainments are planned. Imperial council sessions begin Tuesday.
A severe electric storm in Philadelphia on Sunday caused a trolley car to overturn amid panic. Five women were thrown onto the roadway and badly injured as passengers fled fears of falling debris or electrocution. A baseball catcher in Rockford was struck by a pitched ball and died instantly. The report notes the catcher was 160 years old, a detail likely misrecorded.
The Democratic platform denounces graft by predatory wealth and calls for abolishing campaign donations, direct senatorial elections, and stronger trusts regulation. It urges tariff revision toward lower duties, an income and inheritance tax, postal savings banks, and wide expansion of public works and irrigation.
Charles Bennett, an African American man, was arrested in Tamms Illinois and brought to East St. Louis on suspicion of killing Rudolph Reichel near Pittsburg Lake. Eyewitness Phillip Long could not positively identify him. Bennett claims an alibi which police will probe before possible release.
Kewanee man Kewanee Nicholas Cherry 24 shot his sweetheart Anna Weingartz 20 in the front yard of BD D Carpenter then killed himself. Weingartz, a domestic helper in the Carpenter family, was taken to Kewanpee hospital. No motive is known though it is thought she refused his marriage proposal. Both victims were from Kewanee.
A steam pipe burst as a cage descended in the Little Coal mine. Engineer Sidney Rowland held the lever to prevent a drop, suffering severe scalds but saving others. He is expected to be unable to work for some time. Merchants Sweep Streets in Arcola to save city funds. William Stockman of St Louis, 26, drowned off a barge of Union Electric Light and Power Co. at Ashley Street. body identified by a brother.
A man giving his name as Newton Knowles of Westfield Massachusetts was killed in Hillsboro freight yards while attempting to hitch a ride on a freight car. He was a likely traveling mechanic stranded by work.
A farmer fell from a hay mow near Fairfield Perry, injuring himself severely. Bloomington Pearl Armstrong, an Illinois Traction conductor, was killed by a car in Bloomington. Sycamore prepares a new Methodist Episcopal church costing about 40 000 dollars. Cobden post office robbed by burglars who forced the safe with nitroglycerin and escaped with about 100 dollars in stamps and coins, leaving 26 dollars behind.
G W Winney of Medina New York promotes Dean's Kidney Pills claiming a cure after eighteen months of pain and hospital care. He attests weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds after 10 to 12 boxes and urges sufferers to write for details. Pills sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York for 50 cents a box.
A Philadelphia Press quote urges sticking to a chosen purpose with a nod to a humorous example of a boy sat on fly paper. The line emphasizes perseverance as the sole path to achievement and resolves with a playful contrast.
A compact ad-style item showcases quotes from Lowell and Socrates stressing inner wealth versus external value. It contrasts price points for goods from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois and remarks on natural wealth versus luxury.
An appeal celebrates Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female disorders and infertility. Personal testimonies claim restored health and motherhood, urging sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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