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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
5
In Buenos Aires seven adopted children died in the home of millionaire Osvaldo Testoni. Police shift from a charity cruelty theory to a suspected predatory cruelty motive. Investigators note funerals were plain while the children suffered prolonged starvation under a private retinue.
Edwin Fairfax Naulty of New York predicts Hawaiian islands are rising, forming a large dry land area in the mid Pacific within a generation. He cites seismic disturbances and years of earth movement study to support that a new continent could emerge as the peaks of a great range push above sea level.
Liam Hawley Atwell of the Northern District of Texas was elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks convention held in Swortland Oregon.
A district trial exposed how a village priest and parishioners conspired to frighten peasants with a fake devil. A boy dressed as the devil damaged property for months, inciting church gatherings and processions until investigators arrested the culprit. the priest and officials received long prison terms.
I F Tillman of Warsaw claims the wear record for cuff buttons, worn for forty three years. He bought the buttons at age sixteen and has worn them almost daily, now aged fifty nine, making a unique long term habit in Indiana.
A scientist predicts the bed of the Pacific may slowly push peaks upward over years with no accompanying major earthquakes. The gradual rise is expected to occur without violent seismic shocks.
A 21 year old man Joseph Limani was run over by an Ontario and Western train and crushed a leg. He asked surgeons to remove the leg at the point of injury. The report notes his grit may save him.
An account notes a club meeting promising leadership against current prohibition enforcement tactics. In Swampscott information surfaced that President Coolidge believes the federal government will intervene when local enforcement fails, citing the Chicago raid as an example of justified federal action.
Henry Van Winkle aged 77 of Forest City died at St Bernard's hospital Chicago from injuries suffered June 3 after a fall on a coach platform of a Washington railroad train.
Wesley McAlvey of Tamms and his uncle were exploring a mine at West Frankfort on their first visit when a pocket of gas ignited. They suffered painful burns and were carried out by a rescue party.
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