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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
A collage of wry observations and quotes on topics from medicine to fashion. References to Germany’s tuberculosis toll, Spain's battleship spending, the Merry Widow in Paris, and a Sacramento based Sunday Rest league hint at a 1910s-1920s newspaper item noting culture, astronomy, and social customs with humorous asides.
A French physician claims he photographed his wife’s soul 80 hours after death. He describes the image as a nebulous globe and argues that corsets would not affect the soul regardless of dress or posture.
Ten years ago a New York law limited hunters from shooting other hunters or guides by mistake, charging the shooter with homicide. The change signals a shift toward placing safety above traditional game rights in hunting practices.
A German inventor develops a new bottled gas for illumination. Fifty cents buys a light with 50 candle power for eight hours daily over six weeks. Gas stock investors may view the invention as a threat to their profits.
An Italian tale recounts a Veronese guest who, at a Milan nobleman’s invitation, bought Milan markets three times in one day as a joke. The host could not provide dinner, yet hucksters and butchers supplied enough meat and goods for the guest’s finest ever meal.
Commentary notes that the north pole may shift and suggests nations could adopt a different initial meridian than Greenwich. The piece jokes that the equator might be next to be reconsidered as global standards evolve.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a speaker warning the Worst is yet to come but says the public ignores him as they grow optimistic. The New York Herald comments that people are too busy to listen and the best sign of good times is reduced talk of hard times.
The account recalls how the Gladiator crew maintained discipline amid peril at sea. Their orderly conduct lowered boats and supported each other, contrasting with brutal contests and failed rescues. The Philadelphia ship’s crew is praised for restraint and duty under dangerous conditions.
United States Supreme Court rules H. C. Pierce must be sent from Missouri to Texas to answer a perjury indictment. Pierce, president of Waters-Pierce Oil, allegedly swore his company did not join pools or conspiracies with Standard Oil and others to fix petroleum prices and output. The case stems from Texas actions to oust Waters-Pierce from the state.
Crosby Porter of Parsons Self-Feeder Co. cut his wife in 18 places and slashed his own throat at eight Sunday morning in the Washington Courthouse area. Porter died after three hours, wife wounded and likely to die. A young son recalls breakfast quarrel as possible motive. Porter left a note to his father explaining the act, contents unrevealed.
A tornado struck Alva Oklahoma early Wednesday killing Peter Rudy his wife and two children. The Rudys house collapsed trapping them. Several farm houses were destroyed and crops ruined for miles. Wires down and injuries reported but none believed fatally hurt.
Sheriff Smutzer reports a possible lead in the Nellie Gunness case involving a cousin Goldsell in Ashby Minnesota who allegedly visited Laporte a year ago seeking to buy land next to Mrs Gunness property. Coroner Mack has sent stomachs of Mrs Gunness and children to Dr Walters for Marsh test poisoning evidence.
A tremor struck Allentown Pennsylvania at 12 42 PM rattling windows and crockery and toppling chimneys. Residents fled homes in alarm with mothers carrying children as reports say the quake was felt city wide but did not reach suburbs. The incident recalls a similar seismic event in the area 24 years earlier.
Rear Admiral A. B. Crowninshield died at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia from arterial sclerosis worsened by an operation for a polypus. His wife was at his side. He had been ill for weeks and had undergone several operations in the prior two years.
Washington DC The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the Delmar Jockey Club of St Louis bid to review state court proceedings. The move ends its effort to oust it as attorney general Hadley presses to remove the club from racing operations.
Vernon Texas inmate Jules G Truelson Jr in jail here repudiates the confession he signed and mailed to Sheriff Smutzer of Laporte Indiana. The letter admits involvement in numerous murders linked to Mrs Belle Gunness.
The duma commission considering the drink question backs replacing the imperial eagle on vodka bottles with a skull and crossbones and warnings against indulgence. The move aims to curb excessive drinking.
Terrell city and Kaufman county in Texas voted for prohibition in the election. Kaufman county reported a margin between 800 and 900 votes for prohibition, while Terrell city favored prohibition by about 100 votes.
A Dutch steamer reported that La Guaira port stayed closed due to new plague cases. Willemstad conveyed the update as authorities kept the harbor shut to prevent spread.
Explosion of the boiler on the Consolidated Coal interests pumping boat at Jeffersonville Indiana injures two engineers Frank Briggs and Charles Humphrey who were severely scalded. The vessel is totally wrecked.
John Janz confessed to killing his wife in their Evansville home with a razor. He was captured later in Henderson Kentucky, where authorities say the confession was given.
French aviator Leon Delagrange tested an aeroplane before Queen Margherita in Rome. After about 800 yards the craft fell six feet, motor trouble blamed. Delagrange uninjured and hopeful about repairs. plan to move to Milan.
An elderly man named Vaughn, traveling home by freight from Pacific through Cuba to Rolla Missouri, was robbed of $30 and badly beaten by two tramps. He was left for dead and later removed at Rolla in a bid to identify his attackers. The tramp pair left the train at Cuba, and Vaughn’s capture at Rolla aimed to aid identification.
New York dispatch says the Red Star liner Vaderland reported in collision in the North Sea was not harmed. The vessel passed Flushing Holland at 10 a m Monday with all aboard well and only fog delaying her.
Eighteen persons are known dead as two days of fire and flood wipe Pachula from the map. A cloudburst filled the Baranca Secca from side to side and the torrent engulfed the village without warning. The Secca valley, normally dry, is a busy route into Pachula.
Grover Cleveland arrived by automobile from Lakewood in a vehicle owned by John Hays Hammond. The former president endured the journey well and received an ovation from Princeton students who hold him in high regard. Mr and Mrs Cleveland were seen driving Monday with Mrs Cleveland noting her husband is nearly well again.
Five deaths are reported from floods in Texas including John Davis of Bay City Ward Talley of Taylor Paul Breckner and John Curry of Teague and Henry Hamburger. Several victims lost their lives while exploring the flood district to assess damage from the freshets.
David Winget, 65, an old soldier serving life for murder, received a Memorial Day pardon mainly due to efforts by C. L. Winget, formerly chaplain at the Ohio penitentiary, in Columbus Ohio.
Beach Hargis, jailed in Jackson Kentucky awaiting trial for murdering his father Judge James Hargis, attempted suicide by taking morphine. Doctors report he will recover.
The conference report on the general deficiency bill was agreed to by both houses. It includes an appropriation of 30 million plus and begins work on public buildings authorized by a separate bill totaling over 33 million dollars. The Senate also passed the omnibus territorial bill at the session led by Mr Beveridge.
Surviving officers and enlisted men of the Texas volunteers gain pensions as the House passes the Senate bill providing for them. The soldiers served defending Texas frontier against Mexican marauders and Indian depredations from 1855 to 1860.
A House bill authorizes printing 10 000 copies of the preliminary report of the inland waterways commission with illustrations.
The Washington government employees liability bill, allowing damages for injuries or death in service, cleared the Senate on Saturday after the currency bill. Senator Hale cast the lone negative vote on the motion for consideration. Senator McLaurin moved to strike the provision penalizing officials who illegally receive compensation, which was adopted.
Washington Representative Bartholdi of St Louis announced on the House floor that he conducted a light personal filibuster of the public buildings bill until the currency measure passed. He denied press claims he coerced the speaker to push finance legislation. The adoption vote stood 214 ayes 4 nays.
A bill by Mr Foster of Vermont proposes banning the importation of opium into Hawaii except for government use and medicinal purposes. It carries penalties of a $1000 fine or up to one year in prison.
By unanimous consent the House accepted Senate amendments to the Porto Rico provisional infantry regiment bill on motion by Porto Rican commissioner Mr. Larrinaga. The measure now goes to the president for signature.
Washington authorities report the House, by unanimous consent, agreed to Senate amendments to the DC child labor bill. The measure now goes to the president for signature to regulate work for minors in the district.
The house on Monday authorized the secretary of the interior to sell and dispose of the surplus unallotted lands of the Spokane Indian reservation in Washington and to place the timber land of the reservation in a national forest.
Washington The house agreed to the conference report on the pension appropriation bill and sent the $163 million supply measure toward the president's desk. The large bill completes the pension appropriation part of the supply package.
An express train on the Susquehanna and Western Railroad departing from Hart, Middletown, N Y. for Jersey City derailed after striking an open switch in the yard and colliding with a siding engine. Several passengers were injured.
Mrs Nannina Fucci aged 21 died after plunging from the fifth story of an apartment house at 239 Hast One Hundred and Fiftieth street in New York. Police are investigating the fall as a fatal accident.
A Kentucky reader from Maysville reports seven years of kidney pain heaviness in the hips and swelling. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with partial relief and complete cure after continued use, noting the product sold nationwide for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
Germany ships about 29 million feathers annually to England for millinery purposes. The trade reflects a sizable collaboration in fashion accessories, supplying milliners with feather plumes used in hats and trims across the English market.
An advertisement touts chocolate pie as healthful and nutritious and notes rising popularity. It promotes using OUR PIE chocolate flavor with easy directions on the package and lists D Zerta Co Rochester NY as the put up source.
In a humorous exchange two players tease each other about spankings and family objects used as props. Eddie Fye notes their mother uses pa’s baseball shoe, while Tommy Rott-Huh contrasts his mother’s method with a barrel stave.
Advertisement urges buyers to acquire farmland in the Garden Spot of the United States Atascosa County Texas near San Antonio. Offers 10 to 640 acres plus two town lots for 210 dollars and invites readers to request literature and views from Dr Charles F Simmons San Antonio Texas.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a neighbor scolding a man about a chicken purchase. The exchange centers on a claimed fine spring chicken obtained after a husband stopped at Mr Green’s store Saturday evening. The neighbor calls Mr Green careless and clueless.
A Baltimore American blurb notes three figures walking together, described as a somnambulist, a kleptomaniac, and a plagiarist, prompting amused disbelief at encountering so many brainy types in one group.
A young married woman blames the neighbor over the fence for gossip and disruption. Her husband questions the chatterbox label as the duo reveal the neighbor's conversations are directed at them through the fence.
A Kansas matron and a sun-tanned farmer discuss a cyclone related sighting. The matron notes a woman carried two miles by the storm and silent for weeks, prompting the farmer to vow a look for further cyclones.
A reader describes early coffee use in childhood, resulting nervousness and sleeplessness. After switching to Postum, the writer reports better sleep and no headaches and recommends Postum as a coffee substitute. The letter is attributed to the Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich.
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