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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
5
The text blends political allusions between Gladstone and Disraeli with scattered quotations and jokes. It shifts to medical ad copy praising a tart tonic and ends with an ambulance of personal endorsements and a Toledo pharmacist's oath.
A Britannica style note recalls saplings tied into living knots used to mark routes after a 1889 Abyssinian conflict. The warped trees remain as remnants of the uprising, shown in a recent publication.
Weekly Review reports a gasometer explosion near Elaine's Grasbrooth on the Elbe front in Hamburg Germany. The leak fed a retort house fire triggering a gigantic blast sending flames and flying debris over the city. Twenty five workers near the gasometer were exposed. many bodies missing and forty men severely injured with uncertain recoveries. Firemen initially struggled amid intense heat and danger before control was regained.
Police seize three youths ages 17 18 and 21 in Kansas City Missouri on Tuesday night claiming they linked to multiple holdups. Ralph Cline and Levis Dye named by a witness as the men who shot M A Spangler at his saloon during an attempted robbery. Spangler’s son Samuel wounded in both arms. The third youth Harry Shay associated with Dye and Cline on several holdup expeditions.
A special New York Central train carrying Samuel Newhouse of East Lake City broke all eastbound NY Central records between New York and Chicago for trains carrying Fallengers. The trip covered about 17 hours 46 minutes, with an 18 hour mark matching the 20th Century Limited. The train was funded by a St. Louis firm as it headed to a Europe voyage to see a dying brother.
Geo P Sheldon of Greenwich and Phenix Insurance of Brooklyn face an ongoing investigation into irregularities. Officials allege overdrawn salaries and questionable securities. the surplus impairment cited as high as 1 million, with directors and auditors under scrutiny. Sheldon, long a leading figure, is reportedly critically ill at home and cannot discuss the case.
The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in the contempt cases of Samuel Gompers Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor. The move will bring the Buck Stove and Range company dispute before the high court for review. The three men, present for Chief Justice Fuller's indication, initially appeared puzzled but then smiled.
Police and citizens discovered a roulette wheel in a room of the Connor Hotel in Joplin Missouri during a raid led by Mayor Guy T. Humes. Fred Fiery and Walter Miller were arrested, and a warrant issued for hotel manager F W Young for suspected involvement in running a gambling establishment.
Announcement at the state department on Monday said William J. Calhoun of Chicago was appointed minister to China. Calhoun has accepted the post and the Chinese government conveyed pleasure at receiving him. In Washington Roosevelt and son Kermit reported good health and expected to return to the United States next June.
Bbynko loses a match as Zbyszko fails to throw George Turner of Kellogg in Quincy Illinois within 45 minutes. Michigan educator Arthur HID, a UM regent, dies. Mr Hill once a US Senate candidate in 1906. Astor and party on Nourmahal reach Jacksonville Florida from San Juan. Turkey gobbler weighs 86 pounds wins at a Musoum show in St Louis. Bridgeport strike tensions ease after days of intermittent action at American Sheet and Tin Pista plant. Dr Ayres Gooteell and Rev Dr Ayres Googeell, Methodist bishop, die in New York after illness. Supreme Court actions mentioned.
A mob of about fifty Italian coal miners drunk at Senttsboro Illinois fired into homes and killed Luther Williams of Marion as residents fled. The body showed knife wounds. a mother and children were driven from their home while the town faced random shootings and threats after Williams was found murdered on Sunday morning.
At a New York conference of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Grand Master Lee and Fifth Vice President Murdock were named to form a committee to decide whether 101,000 trainmen will strike or remain at work if a 10 percent pay raise demand to 52 eastern railroads is refused. Final grievance schedule expected Thursday or Friday. This movement is separate from the Switchmen's Union strike. Also, Oklahoma's railroad commission ordered lower Pullman rates effective January 1, reducing berth and seat prices. Pullman Co. accepts new schedule. In Montana, Chief Rock Roy leads 125 Chippewa braves on new hunting grounds in Valley County after 1,200,000 acres opened for settlement on Blackfoot reservation.
Seven thousand men and boys were idle after the Shenandoah region shut down most anthracite collieries due to a drought related water scarcity. The report also notes a Bolivian senate duel where Senator Fernandez Molinas was killed by Senator Adolfo Trigo Acha. Other items include Denver’s new Western league manager Jack Hendricks, an action against a French priest, and a fatal shooting of a boy by his brother in Kansas.
Dr Kerfoot of Dakota Wesleyan University reports Great Northern’s J Eli agreed to donate 50000 contingent on raising 250000 by friends. Campaign underway with pledges already coming, endorsed by the Methodist conference and the state church. Of the total, 160000 will form an endowment fund.
John Keeble, Sioux warrior and large landholder around Pickerel Lake, will stop leasing land for hotel and cottage use this winter as rents rise. The hotel and cottages have made Pickerel Lake a top fishing and hunting resort in the region, attracting hundreds each season. Cottage owners face a decision to accept higher rents or move their buildings off Keeble’s land after the lease expires.
Editors fix a date for the South Dakota Press association midwinter meeting at Sioux Falls on January 27 and 28. Local editors will be hosted with theater party and entertainments. The event is expected to be the largest press gathering in South Dakota with many new members joining.
Sunday night Mrs Lottie Youker aged 25 residing with her husband in Sioux Falls committed death by drinking carbolic acid. Her mind is believed affected after prior suicide attempts including river and upper story fall. Husband found her in agony. doctors arrived too late. Other items note Herman Hansen injury, Madden dissection, and new hospital building in Yankton.
The South Dakota state board of railroad commissioners and railroads set December 28 to start taking testimony in the passenger rate case. Authorities aim to reduce passenger fares from 3 cents to 2 1/2 cents per mile, while railroads seek to keep the current 3-cent rate. Commissioners and AG Clark with A AG Dougherty will go to Chicago to begin testimony, expecting a lengthy and voluminous record.
In Sioux Falls PJ Rowde a well known local attorney is expected to be appointed postmaster to succeed A. M. Stites whose term expires in January. Both men align with the stalwart faction of South Dakota Republicans and opposition from the progressive wing is unlikely to block confirmation.
South Dakota and Iowa counties show corn production led by Bonhomme in SD and Plymouth in IA. George W. Snow, former lieutenant governor, notes Bonhomme surpasses the top Iowa county, while Mitchell ordinance gambling case ends with discharge after ruling state law insufficient. Beresford opens Motel Wagut, meal prices 2 dollars. Vermillion plasterer injured. Aberdeen bank clearances rise. county vital statistics report incomplete.
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