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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
10
A collage of humorous remarks and curious notes from the Patoka Register, listing observations about bees in India, Castro, cantaloupes, wealth and long work hours, royal marriages, the Sick Man of Europe, and various oddities. It touches on Baltimore Methodists, Chicago professors, mad dog immunity, Hetty Green, New York zoo animals, hotel population and values, Pittsburgh disease, and Heligoland naval plans.
A violent mob sought to attack John Bradley in Denver after his arrest for the murder of Patrolman W. P. Stephens. Chief Hamilton Armstrong Captain Robert Carter and others rescued Bradley from officers and a furious crowd. Bradley was beaten and bled from nose and ears before confinement in a cell. Sergeant Thomas Russell led the assault on Bradley after claims he shot the officer.
Floods sweep Athens and Augusta Georgia with ruined bridges and shutoffs. The Oconee river undermined two bridges and cut power. Augusta mills submerged and canals blocked. Across the Carolinas floods claim forty lives and damage runs into millions as Camden and Greenville endure rising waters and destroyed mills. In Bisbee Arizona and El Paso Texas floods cause missing persons and major damage.
State board tallies show Republican candidates leading across offices. Deneen 212,988 and Yates 201,031 for Governor. Hopkins 168,385 and Foss 121,110 for U S Senator. Oglesby 139,924 for Lieutenant Governor. Davis leads the Clerk race with a plurality of 1,474. Democratic Stringer 127,864 and Blakely 27,473 for Governor. Stevenson 79,783 and Pattison 24,608 for Governor in Democratic contests. In other notes, no criminal prosecution in Chadbourne Gardner customs case. minister Albert H Trick commits suicide in New York.
Wilbur Wright pilots a 56 minute flight on a military course at Avours France the longest yet in France. He lands after a minor accident with twisted wires then repairs and plans to continue testing the machine under control. Wright denies plans to go to Germany or cross the English Channel and cites current contract limits.
Gow was expelled from the ministry by the conference jury for gross immorality in connection with the death of Lizzie Gleason, a Elsberry school teacher. The second charge of being an accessory before the fact was not sustained. The verdict was read at the general conference amid tears and sadness. Gow had served as pastor in New London and Hamburg and was well known in Hannibal.
A collage of items travels from balloon permits requiring a wife's consent to a French banquet tainted by ptomaine lingers, plus maritime whaling, French waiter strikes, campaign lore doubts, Tibetan travel, and a Brazil arrest of Anton Bonelli in Cleveland headlines.
A mob of blue clothed men pursued Bradley from the police department up the street. The officers kept pace as the jail doors finally slammed shut, ending the immediate pursuit.
D. B. Caver, elected treasurer of the Negro school board for Logan County District 90, sues in Guthrie district court to invalidate the last legislature's separate school law which ordered whites and Negroes to elect separate boards in each district.
J. D. Powers of Louisville was appointed receiver for the Central Home Telephone Co of Louisville by Judge Cochran, upon application by bondholder Judge Lansing. The company operates all independent long distance lines radiating from Louisville to Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern Illinois.
Mrs Maul, wife of Francis J Maul of Philadelphia, slipped from a 600 foot cliff near the Hotel Hunterskill in Tannersville New York. She was caught by her husband just in time to save her life.
Mrs Emil Anderson of Chicago and her two children drowned near Delavan Lake Wisconsin when their rowboat was struck amidships by a steamboat. Three friends were saved but rescue efforts failed. Mr Anderson had just left for Chicago an hour before the accident and learned of the tragedy by telegram.
Atlantic City New Jersey reports 150000 visitors Sunday could not enter cafes or bars as midnight shutdowns closed doors. In a separate item Berlin invites Maj Gen Leonard Wood to Alsace Lorraine maneuvers in September. the invitation reached him in Switzerland.
Paul Maus er, aged inventor of the Mauser rifle, announces a new military firearm from Oberndorf in Württemberg featuring a 25 shot automatic cartridge feeder as its principal innovation.
Four men attempted to blow open the Bank of Rushville early Wednesday. The safe in the adjacent post office was wrecked, stamps and cash about 100 dollars taken. The robbers were seen entering a wagon and heading toward St. Joseph.
Mrs. Alice J. Shear, released after eight years in a Mississippi asylum, prompted a nationwide search before reaching Denver. Her return led to the arrest of her husband Herbert Shear and his cousin Jennie Shear, who posed as his wife. Shear, a noted mining and lumber man in Denver and Port Arthur, Canada, learned his wife was free only after authorities arrested them.
In Butte Montana a conference failed to resolve terms between mine operators and workers. All Wyoming coal mines under the M556 Owners' Association were ordered closed Monday affecting about 8,000 miners for an indefinite period.
A discussion questions whether Peruna truly treats chronic catarrh and cites the United States Dispensatory descriptions of its ingredients such as hydrastis canadensis golden seal and cory dalis formosa. It notes cedron seeds as a bitter tonic and urges readers to request a testimonials book on Peruna’s effectiveness from those who have used it.
An elderly washingwoman known as Aunt Mandy recounts her husband’s natural death and later reveals she remarried soon after. Her amused patron queries the afterlife details, but Aunt Mandy insists no doctor was involved and reproves the mystery with a humorous air.
Mrs Mary G Baker Eddy shared a tale at a recent audience about a nervous friend who cannot sleep. The friend visits a physician who suggests a simple dietary precaution to avoid eating before bedtime.
F J Cheney & Co of Toledo promise one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath and notary public certify the firm will pay for failures. The ad also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes internal remedy effects on blood and mucous surfaces.
A brief theatrical note describes Barnstormer’s Hamlet sensation on the country circuit. Dialogue hints at the surprise and impact of the performance as observers discuss its effect and meaning.
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