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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
1
Monterey suffered a devastating flood with 1400 reported dead and 12 million dollars in damage. Thousands are homeless, water and light absent, trains halted, and food shortages feared. Consul Hanna appeals for aid as relief trains, morgues, and military help are mobilized. bodies line the riverbanks awaiting identification.
Grace Snell-Coffin-Coffin-Walker-Coffin-Layman-Love, a Chicago woman, completes a marathon marriage chain by marrying Hugh M. Love in Santa Ana California. Dating back to 1894, her unions and divorces include Coffin, Walker, Laydan, and Love, with rich backstory tied to her banker father Kate Amos J. Snell and a late-life pattern of quick remarriages and legal separations.
An earthquake struck Panama shortly after 8am, causing alarm but no injuries or reported damage. It was felt from Aguadulce to Pacora, spanning over 100 miles, with officials checking for canal damage. Goethals cited a report from Engineer Saville noting the quake in the canal zone but no canal damage indicated.
Telegraphers and wireless operators across the United States and Canada organize a fundraising drive to erect a monument for Wireless Operator Eccles, who perished saving passengers from the steamer Ohio after it sank off the coast of Alaska. Robert Carry leads the effort in Ohio with Miss Shaw assisting.
Union City Pa Aug 30 a fatal accident at Mardy Grain triggered a bank run at Union Bank and Trust Co other banks aided the trust firm and all depositors were paid on presentment George Hardy president of Mardy Grain killed himself a few days earlier in an accidental death
In Salt Lake City on August 30 Frank L Kaiser and his wife died after consuming dumplings that used arsenic as a substitute for baking powder. The tragedy stems from a home kitchen mishap with deadly consequences.
Pittsburg August 40 Public school at Pittston in the Pressed Steel Car strike district resumed after summer vacation with only three of 200 pupils present. Children posted the notice We are all on strike. Conditions are quiet in the district.
Norfolk Nebraska reports a sharp temperature drop from 98 to 40 degrees over 48 hours, with a cool wave bringing light frost in lowland areas. Weather officials caution of continued chilly conditions.
In Rheims on Aug 3 Curtiss swept two prizes totaling $2,609 for speed and a lap race second to Bleriot while being the sole American entrant. Bleriot crashed when his engine seized and propeller stopped. although he fell 60 feet, injuries were only minor but the pilot suffered a nervous shock. The meeting closed with two accidents but overall success and an analysis of prize winners.
London reports claim U S employment and pay rise, fueling European hope of prosperity. Tariff talk and optimistic dispatches spur thousands to sell property or borrow to migrate. London papers and New York dispatches note rising labor demand in Bridgeport, LaCrosse, Pittsburg, and Cleveland as railways and mines see activity.
The article reports Curtis Curtiss won the 18 and 12 mile races with biplanes, while monoplanes claimed height and lap events. Cortland Bishop offers a gold medal subscription for Curtiss. a penalty-adjusted time for the speed prize stretches to 29 minutes 11.25 seconds. Other items mention Zeppelin airship damage, Emperor William greeting Wright and Zeppelin, and Harriman’s press statement and market reactions.
Pittsburg August 30 officials report 6000 idle miners and coal operators meet in a joint conference over the use of flameless blasting powder. State orders require flameless powder but miners object arguing it shatters coal and cuts earnings, the dispute pressing for an amicable adjustment.
Acting Governor Oglesby warned Bureau county Sheriff Skoglund that reports of prize fighting in Spring Valley have reached him. He telegraphed the sheriff stating he would hold him responsible for any repetition of the offense.
Des Moines reports Hiram Oakes a retired merchant was killed at Columbus Junction in a fist fight with Charles Brown of Fredonia over financial matters.
Washington report notes secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor asserts Pressed Steel Car workers at McKees Rocks Pa are not paid the share they are entitled to under the protective tariff system. Morrison asks Nagel to investigate conditions, arguing higher product prices under the tariff require government inquiry. He says the strikers, aliens and unaffiliated with unions, quit in desperation after wage scales were suppressed by company officers.
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