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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
11
A chaotic Washington dispatch speculates on a planned airship voyage to the North Pole. It examines claims about explorers and the credibility of the stated intentions while noting confusion and conflicting reports.
Mrs H B Parker of Chicago and her husband were traveling with an old Indian guide when a moose charged near Lake Superior country. The guide, seeking water, alerted Parker as the moose lunged, Mrs Parker fired twice and killed the animal.
Fred Wilson of Brazil Indiana a trainer for a traveling animal show battled Koko a pink tailed baboon for half an hour in a cage. The beast clutched Wilsons throat but he remained on his feet until he collapsed from exertion and blood loss and the animal gnawed his legs.
J J Hill in St Paul argues the nation nears a point where production and consumption nearly equal, urging serious consideration of trade balances as demand and supply tighten and prices rise. He contrasts current conditions with ten years ago and cites reduced exports and growing domestic consumption.
An advertisement in Paris announces the sale of a pawned jewelry collection linked to Abdel Avis the ex Sultan of Morocco. The items include hundreds of pearls and two watches weighing a total 460 pounds and will be auctioned after four weeks due to unpaid interest.
Denver Colorado reports the reopening of the Frenver Mint after a July shutdown due to coin surplus. It will start the year with between 1 and 32 million dollars in gold holdings, planned to be converted into smaller denomination currency.
Burnett Youngs Tiffany, son of Charles L. Tiffany, calls 18660 a year beggarly after his father left him 33004 a year with a possible 15900 more if his habits improved. Executors added funds when he joined the water cart as directed by the will.
A fragmentary line hints at inner conflict between desire and restraint. The speaker’s struggle conveys a timeless tension between appetites and moral judgment, set in a reflective, personal voice.
Thanksgiving shooting near Devon Mingo County pits Daniels and Christian families against Pike County Kentucky posse. Mrs Charles Daniels and her sixteen year old daughter were killed. brothers and kin wounded as officers pursue both sides in a deadly feud tied to long running local disputes.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a court case where a girl is freed after the man is acquitted. The wording is garbled but indicates a decision released by the jury or judge with key names unclear.
Report states Ze'aya, amid San Francoise special coverage, ordered a purge of forty insurgents after a victory against government forces. Citizens cheered for the insurgents as authorities faced disobedience and a scandal over the steamer City of Para.
George H Mulligan Jr son of a wealthy contractor has been disinherited for marrying Bessie Van Ness a show girl. He now drives a two avenue automobile stage amid tabloid coverage of the family split. His father is reported to be worth around 5.966 million.
A New York dispatch quotes Richard Parr deputy surveyor saying the government has been swindled out of more than 1260,000 in import duties at Cincinnati port over the last twenty years in a special Enquirer report.
In a fight at a Mobile Alabama dance near Point Clear at Simon Selson home Mack McKenzie was beaten to death Bart Pierce was fatally shot four others wounded police investigate the incident as a deadly assault and shooting at the event.
Mrs El lon Sullivan employed a man of all work at her boarding house. He acted strangely and then, under the pretense of showing a leaking water pipe, tired her into the basement and struck her with an iron bar, inflicting injuries likely to cause death per hospital surgeons.
Special reports compiled by Dr. Frederick A. L. Coaek were dispatched from New York to Copenhagen last week under the charge of Walter Lonsdale, the explorers private secretary. The records contain about 90 000 words and will be guarded until the final destination is reached.
A fragment from a Leavenworth paper recounts John Rogers released from Lansing prison after 27 years. He had never seen a car or trolley, and his world opens to modern progress while he reflects on a past crime connected to a brutal family feud. He writes of trials, protectors, and a condemned past.
A long standing rumor of the Hope Diamond being lost in a shipwreck near Singsepore is debunked. The gem is now claimed to be in the possession of a Paris jeweler named Rosenan after a confession from Resena.
Teodoro Rizzo was executed in Auburn New York for the murder of Theresa Pro coro seven years old and Freddys In fusine ten years old in a lonely cul de sac. He walked calmly into the death chamber and faced the electric chair with steady eyes as the sentence was carried out.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter Miss Ethel returned to New York last week from Europe. They described a pleasant stay abroad but noted the Atlantic crossing was rough and both Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt Stebbins remained in their rooms much of the time during the voyage.
George Sutton of Chicago set a new record in the 18.2 balk line billiards championship at Madison Square Garden with an 225 point run in the concert hall venue.
The gold mines of the United States produced 560,000 dollars worth of gold in 1965. Reports from private refineries and federal mints and assay offices were analyzed by the United States serological survey and the bureau of mines in cooperation.
Philadelphia wire reports that in New Orleans six family members heard nothing as burglars killed George Fitchorn a wealthy German at his home and escaped with eight thousand dollars. The body was dumped into a well.
Five members of the Nicholas Jacobs family were killed when their automobile collided with a trolley car in Los Angeles. Two others were fatally injured and three more suffered slight injuries.
Henry Deplidge, missing for twenty four years and believed dead by his children, returns to Chicago aboard the steamer Boston then discovers four generations gathered at grandson John Tyrrell’s home. Capt. Deplidge, once a Lake Michigan captain, had split from St. Joseph Michigan family, later learning all five children and two grandchildren survived.
Charles Sprague Smith of the People's Institute calls for a federal investigation into rising food costs. He cites Armour & Co. stock data showing the packer earned 35 percent on a capital base of 20 million dollars for the year ending October 26.
Dr Lawrence Flick announced a large prize funded by a prominent Yule alumnus for the first feasible tuberculosis cure. A panel of twenty experts will judge cures over the next ten years to determine the winner.
At the Missouri Valley Commercial Teachers Association meeting in St. Joseph Missouri C Pluisdell of New York set a new work typing record by typing 1505 words from unseen copy in fifteen minutes about 100 words a minute. The prior high was ninety five words a minute.
Spencer Indiana private bank Beem Peden and Co was shut Saturday by order of the Auditor of State after finding assets heavily invested beyond legal limits. Liabilities are about 250000 dollars and regulators expect creditors can be paid in full.
Berlin adventurers Dr Brenckmann and Hugo Francke of the Area Club of Berlin died when their balloon Kolmar collapsed. Their bodies were found near Fiume in Austria Hungary, with the balloon’s torn envelope nearby telling of the tragedy.
Paris dispatch reports yachtsman Eugene Higgins of New York gave 5604 dollars to the man who saved him after the Varuna wrecked off the northwest coast of Madeira. The gift hallmarks lavish gratitude from Higgins for lifesaving aid during the disaster out at sea.
Darlington grower Geo Phobus reports the season’s top corn yield husked from six acres totaling 624 bushels, an average of 104 bushels per acre, in Crawfordsville Indiana.
Richmond Virginia special Howard Little was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Mrs Betty Justis, George Meadows, his wife and three relatives. He was sentenced to the electric chair in Richmond on January 7.
Elizabeth Clifford filed suit for divorce from Clinton Clifford in Anderson Indiana. Judge Austill granted the decree within five minutes. Clifford allegedly threatened to kill his wife.
About 150 men battle a raging fire at Summit Mine in Linton Indiana. The blaze threatens a major coal operation and has caused an estimated loss of 20 400 dollars as crews work to extinguish it and seal the mine at several feet depth.
Bessie Cahill a 14 year old girl with dresses two inches above her shoetops was released on under $500 bail yet defiant after being accused of leading a highly organized gang in Pittsburg. Five members are jailed with bail denied and warrants issued for nine others as detectives announce the gang operated since peach harvest time. Cahill presided at meetings and distributed loot cash and passwords while teen accomplices hauled stolen goods from cars and wagons. Police say the group caused losses to railroad and commission men and that prosperity led to its downfall.
New York announces Miss Louise W. Taft, niece of President Taft, will marry George H. Snowden of Seattle. Snowden, Yale 1907 graduate, works in Seattle timber business. Wedding planned in the city during Christmas holidays with President Taft attending.
Dr Frederick A Cook, famed explorer of the north pole, suffers a nervous breakdown while finalizing his report for the University of Copenhagen. He left the Gramatan Inn in Bronxville and is now at friends’ home in Manhattan.
Nairobi dispatch reports Cole Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt with Garl E Akeley on the Guas Ingh su plateau hunting for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. They slain elephants and collect trophies including five horned giraffes a leopard a roan bush buck a Jackson hartebeest an oribi a topi a kob and other game.
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