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Newspaper
Sumner Press
Location
Sumner, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
5
Talmages delivers a sermon warning against nocturnal urban temptations. He likens the city at night to a watch with crime and misery, urging missionaries to aid the homeless, insulted, and addicted. He stresses practical Christian work blending mercy with action, citing London’s revival success and the need for tangible aid over mere rhetoric.
In Chelsea a venerable minister Rev Dr Blount recalls Carlyle with wit and sharp critique. He recounts Rossetti’s tragedy of burying and later re extracting his wife’s grave with unpublished poems, reflecting on literary losses and personal loves.
Inquest heard Mary Ann For a housemaid at 46 Gloucester Gardens Hyde Park died after pieces of coal lodged in her windpipe causing suffocation. Dr Harper stated some people swallow coal to ease heartburn. coroner noted no prior cases of coal ingestion. Verdict was death from misadventure. London Express.
"Nope I never seen none o these here loop the loop businesses" says Mr. Meddergrass while selecting a pickle. He adds he has heard the venture is like breaking a mule collar and getting blown up in a bite explosion and falling from a balloon, a colorful local take from the Baltimore American.
A humorous exchange features Miss Gidday asking Professor OldbachaPhiladelph about the age at which the average woman becomes likely to marry. The professor quips that this is a matter of dotage and prem, reflecting a playful, fragmentary historical newspaper tone.
Paris October reports M Santos-Dumont again attempted victory in the Deutsch prize but an accident to the balloon ladder forced a restart after 60 yards. The Santos-Dumont VI, repaired and at speed, maneuvered above the race course with perfect control reaching Longchamp and returning along the Seine, then briefly veering near the Parc d Aerostation before stopping between two sheds.
Georgetown Ky Oct 13 Judge Cantrill refused to vacate the bench and overruled a defense motion for a continuance ordering the trial of Caleb Powers to proceed. The Scott County Circuit Court will work day and night to grind out a verdict in thirteen days. Powers, charged as an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebel, took the oath of governor on his death bed. The prior verdict of guilty and life sentence was set aside by the Kentucky Court of Appeals and a retrial ordered. Jury selection continued with one juror excused for illness and sheriffs scoured the county for jurors. Defense witnesses were offered at Commonwealth expense, which was objected to by State's Attorney Franklin and sustained by the court.
Washington reports the San Francisco mint will receive about 10 million dollars in gold next Tuesday from Alaska and Australia, boosting the season total to 26 million. Australian gold is coin, Alaska gold bars or nuggets melted for minting, with a London East alliance driving large shipments. A New York broker settles sums in San Francisco after global transfer. New York spars about municipal campaigns set to beat previous records. Bandera, Cuban insurgent leader, is pardoned after months in prison for defying authorities.
Paris officials report that the Jesuits have largely vanished from France due to the association laws. They have rented houses to nuns seeking subordination, likely averting confiscation of property. Remaining Jesuits have scattered to Jersey and Belgium or become tutors in private homes.
The brief items cover Missouri topics such as a permanent World’s Fair structure, a high school vote in Webster Grove, a Kansas City transit franchise, and wool and sugar market news. National notes include court appointments, labor discussions, prohibition-era actions, indictments for jury bribery, and notable criminal cases. Also noted are military appointments, sea and rail interests, and political moves affecting New York, Brooklyn, and St Louis figures.
The readable text describes personal marital issues with references to sexual topics and female health, mentioning prolonged marital period without conception and recent focus on female cycles.
A reader letter from Mea na L. Rosex of Denver praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing inflammation and ulcers, claiming renewed health and energy. The message also mentions postal rate proposals, a French gift necklace commission, and anecdotal medical claims about Dodd's Kidney Pills curing Bright's Disease and other ailments.
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