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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
5
In Paris during the second empire Empress Eugenie wagered a guard would not move on duty. She boxed a guard’s ear to prove her point and Col Verly’s unit held position. The soldier declined a reward, saying honor sufficed as he kept his post. Also an advertisement touts Allen’s Foot Ease for relief.
A Chinese physician circles claim rattlesnake ointment cures rheumatism driving strong Chinatown demand in San Francisco. Police officers returning from Mendocino County with snakes describe preparation by Chinese pharmacists, involving alcohol and careful handling to avoid bites, amid widespread interest and skepticism.
Rescuers report extensive tunnel collapses in the St. Paul coal mine second vein after the Vein flood. Debris blocks access and a fire rages in back sections, with as many as 100 bodies possibly unrecoverable. The disaster toll leaves Cherry village in mourning as 19 survivors remain from 380 known saved.
News from November reports the Nourmahal yacht with Col. John Jacob Astor aboard arrived at San Juan Puerto Rico from Mayaguez on November 14 and remained there November 17. The vessel planned to sail to Ponce then Cuba before returning north, with confirmation coming via the steamship Harry Luckenbach.
A large split meteor lit the Montgomery sky at 7 30 pm Monday and struck the earth near McCulloch station causing alarm for miles around while authorities assess the impact. In other news a Cairo lynching aftermath committee works to improve law enforcement. Five brokers indicted in Cleveland for bucket shop activity. Sioux City live stock quotes list top beef at 6 60 and hogs at 7 95. Admiral von Sendten dies at 44 after long service in Emperor William s private naval cabinet. Vespasian Warner resigns as US pension commissioner.
A severe Monday storm swept the OrtO River area with 40 to 50 mph winds. The tow boat G W Dally of Marlotin sank in the river. crew escaped drowning. Cincinnati and Itt suburbs suffered windows shattered, chimneys toppled, and property damage widespread. Hamilton Ohio saw $50,000 in damage from a tornado. rural barns blown down and roofs ripped off in multiple towns. Damage extended from Booneville to Newsburg Indiana, with heavy rain and river-driven winds reaching 48 mph on Lake Michigan.
A Washington conference on sleeper trunk customs frauds outlined wide national implications. Attending were Treasury Secretary MacVeagh Attorney General Wickersham Collector Loch and U S District Attorney Henry A Wise of New York. The government views the Sugar Refining settlement as complete for under weighing frauds but reserves power to seek more funds from the so called trust.
A cyclone struck Dexter Missouri shortly before noon Monday demolishing fifteen houses and damaging the Stoddard county courthouse buildings including the amphitheater. Two women and children were injured as the storm cut a 300 foot wide path a quarter mile long. Loss is estimated at 47000. Nearby Essex and Dudley also reported wind damage and train crews cleared fences and trees from tracks.
Baron George De Reuter of London died Monday, younger son of the late Baron De Reuter who founded Reuters Telegram Co. and brother of the present Baron De Reuter, managing director. Widow Maud Potter of Philadelphia is noted as very active.
Fifty miners at the Marmelllog coal mine in Cherry DL walked off Saturday night over shaft conditions. Owners refused improvements, risking permanent closure. The nearby Marseliew mine and local disaster unrest fed the strike atmosphere as Paul mine fire fallout lingered. Twenty saved, 92 dead, 198 missing in the Paul mine incident. Church bells mourned in Cherry and Spring Valley as rescue and funeral efforts continued amid dangerous conditions.
Exiled former president Castro, living in Santander, Spain, is accused daily by Venezuelan officials of fomenting revolution against the Gomez regime. The unrest follows split within a party, wholesale arrests, and the approach of congress to appoint a constitutional president for four years, with uncertainty and fear reported about overthrows and plots.
A $2,100 reward is offered for the arrest of the murderer of 14 year old Hattie Zinda whose body was found in an abandoned Milwaukee building last Wednesday. Seven citizens subscribed the amount, names withheld, as police say they have traced the case but face hostility from the public.
Franklin entry in the 150 mile Face at Ascot Park, Los Angeles, Runday plunged through the fence at the first turn. Driver Guy Irwin was perhaps fatally injured while R. McIntyre, mechanician, sustained only minor injuries. Henry Anderson, cashier of the State Bank of Baldwin Wisconsin, committed suicide by shooting himself. his body was found Saturday morning.
Cornell University faculty approved a petition by the Cornell Aero Club to establish a chair of aeronautics next year. The course will be led by Professor G R McDermott.
An automobile carrying James J. Jeffries Fred Work Frank Gotch and others struck Mrs Lithia Rossell of Akron Sunday night injuring her wrists and contributing to the day’s grim headlines. Bank of England bullion totaling 9000 pounds was taken in London on balance Saturday. William J Erder was exhumed at Fee Fee cemetery Pattonville to determine if death was due to poleon.
The Department of Agriculture preliminary crop report shows corn output at 2,767,316,000 bushels for 1909, up from last year, with a yield of 25.4 bushels per acre. Wheat average weight nears 58 pounds, potatoes yield 108.5 bushels per acre. traders interpret the report bearishly and push grain prices lower.
Lyman A. Budlong, reputed world’s largest garden truck producer for city markets, died at his Chicago home. Born December 22, 1829, in Cranston Rhode Island, he moved to Cook County in 1857 and bought land near Foster and Western avenues. At death he owned about seven hundred acres, mostly within city limits, devoted to truck farming, with an estate value estimated between 1.6 and 2 million dollars, survived by a widow and four children.
The passage notes that few are wholly wicked or wholly good, as opinions vary due to ignorance envy partiality and differing views of others. It suggests that nature, report, accident, and circumstance shift how people are perceived, leaving judgment unstable and personal.
A column cites a home treatment mixing glycerine, virgin oil of pine compound, and whiskey as a quick cold cure, crediting Leach Chemical Co. It also discusses Dr. G Andre's La Grippe names and then reports Baluchistan shepherds blaming rabies on larks, a superstition described by G P Tate in The Frontiers of Baluchistan.
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