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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
3
An oblique report describes airship champions celebrated by royalty and governments as leaders of the air era. It notes a public welcome in the Gem City with lavish praise, distant references to notable figures, and disjointed phrases about ceremonies and honors.
Unclear reports describe a widespread strike gripping Paris with telecom services severely disrupted. Only a few telephone operators are at work while city guards and police maintain order amid labor unrest.
Buddward L. Masher aged 30 engaged to Miss Claire Hale aged 22 in Idaho Springs after meeting at a hotel. He proposed after she caught his eye and they married at a clergyman's house within a few minutes.
Mrs. Mary FE Wright, once of Wabash Indiana, maintains her innocence after being moved to the North Dakota state penitentiary to serve a five year term for the death of her foster daughter Beulah Cox.
Twenty men died when a premature dynamite explosion hit a stone quarry near South Bethlehem New York eleven miles southwest of Albany. Rescue teams joined the response as investigators probed the cause of the blast.
A bronze statue of Chief Mahaska of the Iowa tribe was unveiled in Oskaloosa with about 206000 spectators. The nine foot statue, on a grand pedestal in the public square, was donated by J D Edmundson of Des Moines in memory of his father Mahaska County’s first sheriff.
The English Derby week features backers including an American investor and a British horse named Sir Martin with Winans connections. The derby is slated for Wednesday during the Epsom meeting with persistent winter bets noted by spectators and bookmakers.
The steel trust magnates hail the U S Senate for restoring duty on iron ore. The vote cuts across party lines, showing the tariff as an economic issue rather than political. Democrats and Republicans split largely along support for the ore duty, with key figures and states weighing in on the policy shift.
In Mt. Vernon Georgia a courtroom opening prayer by Rev Melieniel drew compassion for Swain, described as the man whose hands are stained by the blood of his fellow man. The defense requested a mistrial, which was granted.
Bandits held up Great Northern mail train No. 3 nine miles east of Spokane injuring about twenty. They stole mail and escaped with the engine and mail car after a high speed chase, prompting a reward of 10 000 dollars for each robber and a statewide manhunt led by deputies and local authorities.
In Logansport Indiana a telegram from G I Frazan an operator reports a man badly burned in a flask explosion on a freight train. The coffee bottle heated on a stove sparked the blast as the man tried to call for help and a doctor is feared unable to reach him.
A Polish visitor named Pilavinug played at two tables in the Chusino room and won a large stake said to exceed $50,000, prompting the bank to replenish funds three times in under an hour and a half. The next day he added $16,000 more, continuing his run with calm demeanor.
In Trenton New Jersey a sensational murder shocks the Hungarian community. Pearl Palska eighteen of small frail build is arrested for killing John Lucatz aged twenty who had a wife and children in Hungary. Police say the slaying followed insults cast on Pearl after she warned him to stop.
Orro Pulzer, 25, died in a bakery in San Antonio Texas after becoming caught in a dough mixer. Half his body was drawn into the machine and all his bones were crushed in the accident.
Princeton Indiana reports a mussel digger named William Hopple found a forty two grain pearl in the Wabash River and sold it to Dr Pepper, a local pearl buyer, for $1200.
In Lockport New York Howard Wilcox aged 60 died while playing with children. He hid in a livery stable box stall beside a horse. The horse kicked him in the forehead opening his scalp and exposing the brain.
William N. Aubuchon Jr. near his twenty fifth birthday has earned over 100000 this spring by following James A. Patten in wheat speculation. He used less than 1000 dollars capital, traded on three cent margins and reinvested profits to accumulate gains.
In Hickman Kentucky a prominent Lake County Tennessee planter Mansfield Haraldson was found dead in his barn hanging from a beam. Friends of six men condemned for killing Captain Quenten Rankin believe night riders have begun vengeance by targeting jurors who convicted them.
A Bureau of Statistics preliminary summary notes world gold stock has risen about half in the last decade and doubled in a quarter century while gold money stock grew faster. It cites total mined output since discovery of America reaching about six hundred billion dollars in value over twenty-five years and places US as holding the largest gold money supply among nations.
London papers initially covered ex-President Roosevelt's African journey with interest but soon shrank to brief notes about the bag. The public, expecting spectacle, finds little beyond routine big game hunting setups familiar in India and Africa.
A fatal automobile crash in Belgium last week left four dead and several injured. A passing car skidded into a wall killing two children, then struck a railroad train injuring two passengers while the chauffeur and owner also died.
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