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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
10
A jumble of observations from The Patoka Register includes light satire about fashion, culture, and travel, plus brief notes on tuberculosis, naval spending, science, and clever anecdotes. It reflects a late era gossip column with varied topics and stray quotes.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes speculation that the north pole may shift and nations could adopt a new prime meridian away from Greenwich. It also predicts the equator may be next and mocks pessimists who claim worse times ahead, noting people are too busy to listen.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes how the Gladiator crew displayed exemplary discipline amid a doomed vessel crisis, suggesting such conduct would avoid brutal accounts of brutal sea battles and rescue attempts. It contrasts brutal records with the crew’s notable restraint and orderly actions.
U S Supreme Court rules H C Pierce must be extradited from Missouri to Texas to answer an indictment for perjury in the Waters-Pierce Oil case. Pierce, president of Waters-Pierce, was accused of falsely stating the company had not joined pools or conspiracies with Standard Oil entities to fix prices and limit output.
Crosby Porter a wealthy traveling salesman for Parsons Self-Feeder Co Indianapolis cut his wife in 18 places and opened his throat with a razor at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. Porter died three hours later his wife is dying. A young son said parents quarrelled at breakfast. Porter wrote a note to his father stating the tragedy's cause but contents unknown.
A tornado struck Alva Oklahoma early Wednesday killing Peter Rudy his wife and two children. Several farm houses were wiped out and crops ruined for miles seven miles east of town. Wires down hamper communications as rescuers assess the damage and injuries.
Laporte Indiana sheriff reports a letter claiming Mrs. Gunness has a cousin Goldsell in Ashby Minnesota who allegedly looked to buy a farm near Mrs. Gunness. Investigators seek to identify an accomplice in the murder case as coroner tests poison evidence and remains.
French aviator Leon Delagrange, before Dowager Queen Margherita and guests in Rome, ascended then crashed about 800 yards from takeoff. He was uninjured and optimistic, blaming motor trouble. The craft was damaged but repairable, and Delagrange planned to move the endeavor to Milan.
An elderly man claiming to be Vaughn from Springfield was robbed of 30 dollars and badly beaten by two tramps while riding a freight from Pacific to Cuba. He was left on the tracks near Cuba and later taken off at Rolla in hopes of identifying his attackers if captured.
Allentown, Pa. was jolted at 12 42 p m by an earthquake that rattled windows and toppled chimneys. Residents rushed from homes in alarm as crockery clattered and children were carried to safety. The tremor was felt throughout the city but not in surrounding suburbs. The area recalls a similar event 24 years ago on a Sunday.
Rear Admiral A. H. Crowninshield died at Episcopal hospital in Philadelphia from arterial sclerosis after surgery for a polypus. His wife was at his side when he passed. he had been ill for weeks and undergone several operations over the past two years.
The Delmar Jockey Club of St Louis had its bid to review state court proceedings denied by the United States Supreme Court on Monday in its fight to block Attorney General Hadley from ousting it.
Vernon Texas inmate Jules G Truelson Jr rejects the signed confession mailed to Sheriff Smutzer of Laporte Indiana. The document admitted his complicity in multiple killings linked to Mrs Belle Gun ness. The forgery charge and murder allegations surround a notorious case.
The duma commission, after review of the drink question, recommended replacing the imperial eagle on vodka bottle labels with a skull and crossbones and warnings against indulgence. The proposal signals strict moves in labeling and branding under consideration in the Russian capital.
Two Texas counties vote dry with Kaufman between 800 and 900 majority and Terrell about 100. The deadline results show strong anti liquor sentiment in the region amid the prohibition election.
Willemstad reports La Guaira port remains closed due to new plague cases. A Dutch steamer delivering the news confirms continued restrictions and the halt on harbor activity.
Red Star liner Vaderland, westbound in the North Sea, passed Flushing at 10 a.m. Monday. Officials in New York report she was not in collision and all aboard are well, with fog causing the delay.
Eighteen persons are known to be dead after two days of floods that wiped the town of Pachula off the map. A cloudburst filled the Barranca Secca from side to side, and rushing torrents engulfed the village without warning. The Secca valley, normally dry, is a busy highway into Pachula.
Washington report shows the conference on the general deficiency bill agreed by both houses. It carries 30,718,848 dollars with 12,476,750 for Public Buildings work and total authorizations exceed 33,000,000 dollars. The Senate also passed the omnibus territorial bill called up by Mr Beveridge.
Surviving officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers win pensions as the House passes the Senate bill providing for their benefits. They served defending Texas frontier against Mexican raiders and Indian depredations from 1855 to 1860. A second item notes a House bill authorizing printing 10 000 copies of the Inland Waterways Commission preliminary report with illustrations.
Washington government employees liability bill approved by the senate on Saturday. It provides for damages for injuries or death in service. Senator Hale cast the lone negative vote on consideration. Senator McLaurin moved to strike the penal clause for illegal compensation.
Washington representative Bartholdt of Missouri joked about a personal filibuster on the public buildings bill during the floor debate. Representative Williams cited press reports alleging coercion over currency legislation. The Aldrich Vreeland bill passed the Senate and a final vote on adoption stood 214 ayes to 4 nays.
A Washington bill to ban opium imports into Hawaii except for government and medicinal use was introduced by Mr. Foster of Vermont. It carries penalties of a $1000 fine or up to one year in prison.
Grover Cleveland returned to Princeton New Jersey from Lakewood in a car owned by John Hays Hammond. The welcome from Princeton students was enthusiastic as Cleveland and his wife described him as nearly well after a long illness.
By unanimous consent the House agreed to the Senate amendments to the Porto Rico provisional regiment status bill on Monday. The bill now heads to the President for signature.
Washington news reports the House by unanimous consent agreed to Senate amendments to the District of Columbia child labor bill, sending it to the president for signature.
Five deaths are reported from a Texas flood in Dallas and surrounding areas. Victims include John Davis of Bay City Ward Talley of Taylor Paul Breckner and John Curry of Teague and Henry Hamburger. Several victims died while surveying flood damage in the district.
David Winget, 65, an old soldier serving life for murder, won a Memorial Day pardon largely through C. L. Winget former Ohio penitentiary chaplain. In Jackson Kentucky Beach Hargis, jailed for his father Judge James Hargis murder, attempted suicide with morphine but doctors say he will recover.
The House on Monday authorized the secretary of the interior to sell surplus unallotted lands of the Spokane Indian reservation in Washington and to place the reservation's timber land in a national forest. A separate note reports Washington's House agreement on the pension appropriation bill totaling 163 million dollars, sending the measure to the president for signature.
An express Susquehanna and Western train from Middletown to Jersey City derailed after striking an open switch in the yard and colliding with a siding engine. Several passengers were injured. In New York City, Mrs. Nannina Fucci, 21, fell from the fifth story of a tenement at 299 East One Hundred and Fiftieth Street and died.
An assortment of short items including a Mrs. Della Meanes testimonial for Deans Kidney Pills, a note on Germany exporting 29 million feathers yearly for millinery to England, a chocolate health claim for OUR PIE by D-Zerta Co, a light verse exchange about punishment, and a Texas farm land offer in Atascosa County near San Antonio with acreages and two town lots for 210 dollars.
A humorous quip notes a man buying a spring chicken at Mr Green's store after dinner and a jealous neighbor accusing the storekeeper of carelessness, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
A Baltimore American quip notes three people walking together one a somnambulist one a kleptomaniac and one a plagiarist. The punchline expresses disbelief at meeting such “brainy people in a bunch.”
A playful domestic exchange reveals a neighbor's knack for gossip as a fence talk becomes a comical lot of chatter. A young wife frets about the next door woman while the husband discovers the true confidante is the wife herself.
A Kansas matron recalls a cyclone event described in the local paper. The sun-tanned farmer asks Hezekiah about sighting one of the cyclones while she adjusts her glasses and reads aloud.
A reader recounts coffee caused nervous spells and sleeplessness then credits Postum with better sleep and calm. The testimonial hails Postum as a safer beverage and invites readers to try it, noting it is from the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
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