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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
2
The piece notes the Wright brothers’ promising start in Paris and contrasts with a New York aviator drink trend. It mentions Georgia’s Ohoopee possibly getting a new name, and hints Zeppelin airships remaining distant. Japan plans to entertain American sailors with Japanese cooking.
A Georgia train collided with a mule causing it to derail and topple into a ditch. Witnesses say the mule appeared to be moving quickly, a surprising contrast to the usual pace of Georgia trains.
An Illinois professor questions whether restricting fairy tales in mail would rob political literature of a core feature, raising debate about censorship and the role of storytelling in public discourse.
A Chicago man died after being pitched from a third story window during a practical joke. Authorities are investigating the fatal incident and pursuing possible charges.
The article notes that a pleasant aspect of air travel is the ability to look up at the aircraft as it sails overhead without needing to wipe sand from your eyes afterward.
Marie Corelli, via her press agent, announces she is about to write a novel opposing the drink habit. The project aims to reclaim some of the people she believes she influenced toward alcohol.
A western stenographer files a suit against her employer claiming the office chair’s height damaged her spine. The complaint alleges ergonomic harm from workplace furniture.
A New York musical comedy author reports several manuscripts lost to a fire, a setback that will ease preparations for rehearsals of the grange manager project, as crews work to resume performances.
A Philadelphia motorman who inherited $150,000 declines to quit his job, illustrating a stubborn work ethos among locals. The piece suggests a broader cultural trait of persistent labor among Philadelphia residents.
Critics argue Izzet Pasha should be denied asylum due to his three wives. Proponents counter that his need for asylum is greatest precisely because of that marital status.
Fragmentary text laments that the auto era harms horses and the people who rely on them, depriving riders and drivers of traditional work and purpose. The passage hints at tension between modern transport and older equine labor.
The Ohio State Journal argues that disdain for noise marks civilization while failing to shield a people from unnecessary noise signals crude, ignorant governance.
Some New Yorkers eager to be contrarian take a legal stand over 25 cents. We suspect the lawyers did not take the case for half the amount of a successful judgment.
A New York man reportedly consumed 50 ears of corn and a pound of butter in a single evening. He showed no obvious discomfort, a detail some observers call zoological in nature.
A wealthy Lincoln resident tried to kill his wife for not talking enough and then attempted suicide, evidencing his insanity.
The monarchs reportedly spoke about various topics including navies air ships and political issues but the chief focus was how to spend their vacation with maximum benefit.
The Russian duma opposed a grand duke leading the defense council and informed the czar. The grand duke was dismissed from his post, though observers doubt whether the czar acted on a real crisis or sought an excuse.
Dispatches from Auckland report that the big fleet’s warships remain in better condition than at departure after sailing thousands of miles and weathering heavy storms. The crews’ discipline and ships’ seaworthiness are praised for their stanch performance.
A Mexican oil field disaster is described as careless workman sparked subterranean reservoirs, causing explosions that ripped the surface for a square mile. Since then about 90,000 barrels of oil have burned daily, illustrating dramatic geological change.
The government holds informal talks to ease workmen's suffering amid vast unemployment across the United Kingdom. Estimates claim up to a million idle workers and five million people at risk of starvation, with many shelterless and dying daily in fields and ditches as workhouses and hospitals fill.
In Springfield Illinois trials of participants in the riot will start this week in the Sangamon circuit court before Judge James A Creighton. The first case is Joseph James the man who killed Clergy Ballard and sparked the unrest. After James is tried Abe Raymer faces murder charges in the killings of Burton and Dunnegan during the riots.
Night riders are forming in northeastern Arkansas to cut the cotton acreage for next year and force hiding of this year's crop at the price set by the International Farmers Union in Fort Worth. Three Craighead county farmers and a Poinsett county farm boy have been threatened, causing anxiety among cotton buyers and ginners. Al Counce, prominent farmer and large landowner near Lake City, was approached by a night rider band at midnight.
Miss Anna Cockrell daughter of former Senator Cockrell of Missouri arrived in New Haven for a baptism when she was taken to surgery for appendicitis. Her parents, who had spent the summer at New London, are with her and she is expected to recover.
During a Catholic Congress in Buda Pesth socialists created disturbances in the Eucharistic procession. Police guards used swords to restore order and fifty rioters were arrested.
In Salina Kansas the daughter of M Newell woke from a five day slumber following a nosebleed. Doctors report she could not speak or open her eyes during the period though she is now improving and expected to recover.
Harry Thaw bade farewell to the Poughkeepsie jail Monday and entered his new quarters in the Westchester county jail at White Plains.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana resists new arguments on the recent appellate reversal and $29 million fine. It filed an answer to the government's rehearing petition, challenging alleged judicial criticism and defending the court rulings. The brief presses fair treatment and denies railroad shipping rights violations were the sole reason for the hefty penalty.
Washington. The contempt case against President Samuel Gompers secretary Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the AF of L was virtually postponed for two weeks after a brief hearing before Justice Gould. The charges relate to acts and utterances about the Buck Stove and Range company in their no patronize list.
The battleship Kansas and the supply ship Culgoa, left behind when the American fleet sailed for Albany, resumed the voyage to rejoin the fleet. Nearly 100 sailors are unaccounted for and believed to have deserted seeking chances abroad.
Harry B. Litt of Portland says he is not alarmed by reports of his mother missing in Paris. He cites letters from Paris indicating she enjoyed the trip and appears in good health, adding he would have learned of any danger through the American Express company with which he stays in close touch.
Harry K thaw will be moved from the Watchess County Jail to the White Plains jail in West Chester County under an order issued by Supreme Court Justice Mills.
Henry Jockenson, 22, of Brillion, shot and killed Rosa Janke, 16, in Sheboygan. He then shot himself above the heart and is not expected to survive. The case details a tragic domestic violence incident with a teen victim and a male assailant hospitalized.
Guthrie Oklahoma in a unanimous opinion the state supreme court upheld the validity of a deposits guaranty law denying an injunction sought by Moble State Bank to stop a one percent assessment on bank deposits. The bank had argued the law unconstitutional as taking private property without consideration. Judge Huston in Logan county district court denied the injunction before appeal.
Ex minister of justice M Alberti, in custody in Copenhagen, filed a declaration of bankruptcy on Thursday. Authorities estimate his estate may total under 300000 dollars. Rumors place King Frederick among creditors with a 400000 dollar investment in the Alberti led savings bank. The king reportedly greatly distressed by the scandal.
Chief Clerk Tuja gue of the New Orleans city treasurer’s office is jailed on a charge of embezzling about 30000 in city funds. Former city comptroller Tuja gue, a brother left 30 in currency to cover shortages but Mayor Behrman referred the case to the district attorney after expert accountants’ report.
Albany New York authorities oppose moving Harry K Thaw from Duchess county jail Poughkeepsie to Pittsburg or outside state The state commission in lunacy says it will fight any order by Referee Blair of Pittsburg to take Thaw to Pennsylvania for bankruptcy examination and proceedings conducted on his behalf.
Geneva congress of the international White Cross association drew up definitions of pure milk butter oleomargarine and other food products as part of its deliberations on food adulteration today.
New York report says Lieutenant Guy Wyman of the Eleventh Cavalry was acquitted of certifying he was single while having a wife in Huntsville Tennessee. He is restored to duty with the Eleventh Cavalry on Governor's Island.
Nebraska City reports pioneer resident M T Johnson injured after an automobile struck him. Johnson, who recently celebrated his seventy eighth birthday, was thrown a distance and suffered internal injuries.
Infant son of Fred Bales is in critical condition after a cat jumped into the cradle and bit the child at the parents' home in Linton City.
In Omaha the forthcoming preliminary hearing for Charles Edward Davis prompts discussion of Nebraska murder definitions. Lawyers argue Mrs. Abbie B. Rice is guilty of first degree murder for a death pact, while Davis would be an instrument if the doctor prompted the act, under state law.
Chicago high schools fraternal groups clash with the Board of Education as fifty two Hyde Park students face suspension. Officials warn superintendents to bar students who refuse anti society pledges.
Huachuca Arizona Colonel William F Stewart the army officer exiled to Fort Grant will not undertake the ninety mile riding test ordered for high officers. A terse Denver directive directed him to return to duty at once with no stated reason. He will start for Fort Grant Wednesday.
Washington attorney general Bonaparte ordered an appeal to the US Supreme Court from the Philadelphia appeals court ruling that the Hepburn act commodity clause is unconstitutional. Special Counsel L A Wilmer to prepare the brief for early October term presentation.
A 4-year-old son of J. C. Burdett was struck below the heart by a baseball three miles northwest of Fordland in Webster county Sunday afternoon and died instantly.
Two colored men were killed and a white man is missing after a wreck on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad between Huron and Vermilion early Sunday. Four men rode in a Cleveland to Toledo freight car. fourteen freight cars were wrecked. One man injured.
Chester Savage aged 13 was sentenced to six years in the Penitentiary for the two year old murder of his uncle William Savage. The boy hid by the roadside and shot him making him the youngest murderer recorded in Kentucky history.
Akari Koto, new Japanese envoy to England, qualifies to succeed Count Komura who was summoned to the cabinet weeks ago.
A San Antonio writer recounts severe catarrh with night sweats and deep cough in summer 192, tried various remedies, then used Peruna. Symptoms eased quickly, health improved to a peak, and he has since used Peruna for bad colds with success.
A couple argues over unpaid bills with the wife presenting a colored bill on the pile and warning the husband about the gas bill. The scene highlights household finances and tension over payments.
A mother bids good night to her son with a playful liberty and the boy asks to be called something starker. He requests you call me a billygoat instead of the pet name.
Charolies a small town about thirty miles from Macon in France reports a shower of sulphur dust covering roofs gardens vineyards rivers and ponds. A sulfurous odor troubled field workers causing breathing discomfort for a time.
A poet known for truthfulness recounts a story of his young daughter. Her mother overhears the girl explaining the origin of the sex to her doll family, saying Adam was lonely and God made a lady from his brains while he slept.
A dramatic note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes a fair bather saved from danger when a heroic rescuer grabbed her hair to pull her from a dangerous water area. The phrase it came off underscores the hair loss. The rescued woman did not thank him for saving her life.
The article traces marine insurance to 14th century Barcelona where merchants built early principles. It notes Barcelona as then capital of Catalonia and its seafaring prowess. It mentions the consulado del mar code, foundational to modern shipping laws worldwide.
A cold climate story from North Dakota tells how coffee weakened circulation and chilled the body. After switching to Postum the narrator says health improved, headaches ceased, complexion cleared, and energy returned. The letter credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with the family’s wellbeing.
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