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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
8
The Patoka Register notes varied topics from rope jumping as exercise to the new Washington peace palace and U S coal output. It surveys education in Russia, tobacco and gold monopolies, New Zealand wealth, Louisiana drainage, and political questions including naturalization of anarchists and supreme court appointments.
Experiments with aeroplanes win wide notice at home and abroad. Prof. Alexander Graham Bell calls flying machines here to stay and says they will enter a limitless field of usefulness. He predicts U S mail service by air if forecasts hold true. The Troy Times notes forthcoming remarkable developments.
The Mississippi, aided by whitecaps and a 12 mph northeast wind, breached the Schulenberg levee at Missouri Point opposite Alton. Five feet of floodwater inundated over 2000 acres of farmland. Forty guards defended the levee before it failed as dawn broke, with losses running into thousands and livestock moved to high ground.
H C Taylor a Seattle capitalist traveling with his wife and daughter was robbed of $10000 in cash and securities at Union Station Sunday morning. Two men jostled him on a sleeping car from Chicago and one thief slipped a wallet from Taylor's coat before escaping. Most stolen items are negotiable securities.
Miss Minnie Reesort an 18 year old of 109 Sanger street suffered a severe fright when a monkey thrown by organ grinder Giuseppe Cansone struck her in the face. She lost reason after the incident as crowds watched the monkey act. In Pittsburg bankers plan to compile photographs measurements and data to track dishonest clerks. Banks nationwide have reported losses totaling seven and a half million dollars in the last year due to embezzlement.
The fate of George Genery keeper of the North Light on Grand Island and his unnamed assistant is suspected to be murder and robbery followed by mutilation and their bodies placed in open boats on Lake Superior. A separate incident in Fort Wayne sees a Spaniard attacking Italians aboard a westbound Wabash train injuring and killing before escaping. All involved are immigrants taken at Detroit. the gunman is at large.
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont son of the late August Belmont died at 6 40 am after a week long struggle with peritonitis following an operation for appendicitis He had been in a coma since Tuesday and the Belmont Stakes in May was attended despite his condition He briefly pursued a Navy career as an Annapolis cadet but soon left the academy leaving behind the Perry family legacy in American society
The Eleventh Cavalry Corporal Cooper faced a murder charge before a special military court at Camp Columbia. The court did not announce a verdict and adjourned after hearing the Cooper case, turning to Private Gwinnell with agreed testimony and potential new witnesses, awaiting presidential call.
Mrs. Gus Hubert and her six month old baby were assaulted by a foreigner who demanded money. Mrs. Hubert refused to pay the extra sum and was struck with a dagger. The victim was found unconscious by her husband.
Albert Tribulowski was shot while sleeping beside his wife in their Alexandria Avenue residence in Detroit. Three bullets struck him, and he died from the wounds. an assassin is reported to have fired the shots.
The 18 year old Grace Davidson known as Johnnie faces trial for fatally shooting Roy Ramsour after a quarrel with her sister. Grace disappeared after the shooting. subpoena servers cannot locate her. Neosho townsfolk crowd the juror selection as the case unfolds in southwest Missouri.
The Kaiser aboard the Alexandra spotted a crossing skiff and directed the engines to reverse, stopping just in time to avoid a collision. Crowds on the river banks and in boats cheered the Emperor as the yacht slowed.
Ortha Horton 22 is dead and Zan nie Laidlaw 25 believed fatally injured after a quarrel at the Laidlaw home near Oxbow Jefferson county. A pistol fired twice, Laidlaw wounded in the breast, then the girl found with a wound near her heart beside a revolver and two empty shells. Farm hand drove Laidlaw to a doctor as another shot occurred.
Thomas Wiggins, better known as Blind Tom, the famed African American pianist, died Saturday in Hoboken N J after years in retirement. Born a slave near Columbus Georgia about 1850, he lived on charity in his final years and had adopted the surname Wiggins.
Mail advices from Australia state that preparations are being made to receive the United States fleet. Australian newspapers comment at length on the prospective visit.
Enos B Hoops of Milltown, a successful grower, received 3265 for a fine bunch of asparagus measuring 20 inches and weighing 34 pounds.
New York Francesco Derascino, 18, set fire to Catherine McCormick's dress in Ross Hill park near the Bronx station. Thatcher boy reported the incident as Derascino watched from behind tall grass. Doctors fear for Miss McCormick's life as she suffers severe burns.
Pattern instruction for a simple waist and high lace collar dress in three youth sizes. Describes fabrics, sleeve length options, and girdle style with yardage for a 15 year miss. Requests 10 cents pattern purchase via Pattern Department with size and address.
Fashion note describes a slip dress for children in Persian lawn with deep square yoke and tucks. It covers four sizes from one-half to five years, fabric needs listed in widths, and insertion trimming details. Send 10 cents to obtain size and pattern number Rivals.
Birmingham Alabama drew more than 10 000 Confederate veterans for a Thursday parade marking a highly successful reunion. Escorts marched with sprightly step along a two mile route amid large crowds, with no accidents or signs of fatigue observed.
Reports say a school mistress who once aligned with revolutionaries killed herself two days before a royal meeting. Ordered to perform a terrorist act by the revolutionaries, she reportedly faced threats and chose death to avoid vengeance.
David Conway a 60 year old toll bridge watchman at the Arkansas river edge in Muskogee Oklahoma was murdered Thursday night by four unknown assailants. He defended himself and blood stains indicate at least one attacker was wounded. Conway was found missing a substantial sum of money from both his own and the toll company.
Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas underwent a surgical operation on his throat after days of illness in New York City. His doctors reported a favorable condition with only a slight fever as he recovers.
Frisco resident Montgomery Charles EE Harrel, by Ball & Rosenberger, sues the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. for $50,000 damages alleging he was crippled in a wreck.
Erie passenger train No. 5 derailment at 1:45 this morning leaves the engineer missing and the fireman fatally injured. In Ambrose North Dakota, a gunman known as Dutch is shot dead after wounding editor J. A. Lipphardt as a posse fires on him. In London, 102 year old David Howell dies at Stroud infirmary after 65 years on a single farm.
Dialog sketch notes from Chicago Tribune scenes show Mrs Storer and Nell comment on crossing busy streets and a policeman's arm. Lil notes a photograph of a handsome man who visits the venue six evenings weekly, described as a regular.
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