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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
6
A New York committee reports on the securities and metal exchanges criticizing speculative trading. It urges repealing charters for mercantile and metal exchanges and calls for tighter margins and bans on certain broker practices to curb gambling-like activity while preserving legitimate speculation.
Report from Felterine Missouri describes armed farmers near Felterine replying to a feud sparked by Clyde Hatfield and a shooting involving Meary Berry last Sunday. Night riders are blamed. residents fear a deadly outcome as families are urged to move. Local tensions rise with threats of continued violence until a feud ends.
A brutal melee in Meadville Minnesota leaves two dead and several wounded as armed partisans clash after a bitter feud traced to a recent political campaign. State troops guard the scene while Dr A M Newman Lenox Newman and Herbert Applewhite are among the injured. B P Prichard is jailed for complicity.
A downtown Cincinnati tenement fire early Monday saw police and firefighters rush to the third floor and rescue a dozen panic struck residents. One elderly woman, Mary Rol, 506 years old in OCR garble, broke away and returned to danger, likely dying from burns. Incendiary arson is suspected as officers seek the pyromaniac.
North Sydney reports a clash between the Gloucester Massachusetts fishing schooner Senator Gardner and a French steam trawler on Quero bank. Capt. Vincent Nelson fired a rifle at the trawler after a standoff. only minor damage was caused. No injuries reported amid ongoing tensions between steam trawlers and hand fishermen.
A bottle of kerosene wrapped in rugs was thrown through a window at the Bellefontaine home of Mayor William R. Niven in an apparent arson attempt. Firefighters quenched the blaze. Niven, a dry-ticket Democrat and state committee member, was away. Police heard the crash but did not pursue the fleeing suspect. Niven had issued warrants in recent days.
A New York market dip follows fear of federal probes after a company dispute, sending prices down sharply then recovering some. A Guaymas branch passenger train wreck near Hermosillo injures conductor A. C. Budge and eighteen Mexican passengers.
Thousands attend the Washington ceremony as President Taft awards the Aero Club of America gold medals to Wilbur and Orville Wright for the first successful powered flight. The brothers are feted by governors, scientists, and club members, with resolutions and letters compiled for them.
A canal lock on the Saint Marys River at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, was wrecked when the steamer Perry G Walker rammed the lower gate causing a surge of floodwater. The Canadian liner Assiniboia was torn loose, Crescent City struck it, and gates were damaged. Estimated losses reach 250000 to the canal and 100000 to Crescent City. Walker's engineer blamed for misusing the lever.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a woman named Elisabeth Sharp and a figure tied to a murder involving a revolver. The motive is linked to concerns over an incurable illness. Other proper nouns appear inconsistently, leaving unreliable details.
Norman Duncan comments on a brother author noting Kansas stories as fascinatorg yet false as many cyclone tales. A visitor asks about a tall distant feature, and locals explain it is Jabez Greene's well, misread as a chimney in the fertile farm lands.
A collage of historical notes on fashion and public taste. It cites Japan’s reception of modern ideas, traces the corset from a thirteenth century origin to fashion cycles, and includes humorous exchanges on park politics and suffrage.
A southern state public schools superintendent recalls his mother’s long coffee related heart and stomach troubles. After trying Postum during a rural business lunch, he switched the family to Postum and noticed improved health, with fewer headaches and better digestion after a short period.
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