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Newspaper
The Kadoka Press
Location
Kadoka, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
3
Advertisement claims a product cleanses the system and relieves colds and headaches caused by constipation. It says it is suitable for men women and children of all ages and urges buyers to obtain the genuine article.
The Brunswick Record notes a discovery on High street where two red squirrels reside. Last year seven nests were found near their home, this year nests are sparse in those trees while many appear elsewhere. Observers are urged to watch red squirrels’ efforts in clearing browntail nests.
An advertisement recounts J M Houston of Hoopeston Illinois praising Doan's Kidney Pills after a two year illness with back pain chills dizziness and swollen feet and ankles. The pill brand Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sells for 50 cents a box. A separate police anecdote follows about a lost child Joey Benson found at a station house enjoying a banana while relatives and officers laugh.
A brief quote shows a father explaining appendicitis to Rolla with a dark joke about doctors opening a patient and draining his bank account according to the Washington Star. The wry line reflects humor about medical costs and surgical relief.
After a three hour White House conference with President Taft and DOJ officials, railroads agreed to withdraw enjoined tariffs and refrain from new rate increases until pending railroad legislation becomes law. The government will defer suit withdrawal until the bill passes and provisions empowering the ICC remain in the measure.
A severe rain and wind storm tore through St Louis with many buildings unroofed and lightning setting fires. The disaster recalls the 1896 cyclone that killed 400. Across Arkansas Mississippi and West Tennessee torrents and tornadoes struck Pine Bluff and Hot Springs with one fatality.
The House approved the postal savings bank measure by 191 to 101, with no Republican votes against and 22 Democrats in support. The bill sets a three-member board including the Postmaster General, Attorney General, and Secretary of the Treasury to oversee banks. Deposits start at $1, with specific allocations to government bonds and reserves, and deposits are government‑backed.
Senator Cullom of Illinois presented charges to the United States Senate questioning Senator William Lorimer's right to a seat. The charges, printed in the Congressional Record, were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, coming from Clifford W W Barnes, president of the Legislative Voters League.
Late returns show George Wy. Egan independent Republican winning the South Dakota governor race over incumbent Vessey and 8. H. Elrod. Egan supporters claim a plurality between 3,000 and 6,000.
Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co, is convicted on one count of conspiring to defraud the government of customs duties on sugar. Ernest W. Gerbracht is found guilty on all six counts. James F. Bendernagel acquitted on one count and to be retried. The verdict ends a second government attempt to jail the group behind large underweighing frauds totaling over 2 million dollars in duty. Heike faces possible two years and a 10 thousand dollar fine. Gerbracht could receive twelve years and a 10 thousand dollar fine. Three minor defendants pleaded guilty.
In North Baltimore Ohio a 14 year old boy named Jacob Tingerman died attempting to beat a Baltimore and Ohio Limited train. He was struck across the tracks and suffered multiple fatal injuries.
Early Iowa returns show Carroll Republican and Porter Democrat likely to be gubernatorial nominees. Congress nominations list eight progressives and three stand-patters among Republicans with district by district candidates named. Democrats include Pollard Dearmand Dennison Murphy Hubel Price Stuart Cleveland with two districts unfilled. Seventh District Prouty leads Hull by about 1,100 votes, a decisive reversal from two years ago. Ninth District Smith leads Byers by about 2,000.
A new bank with $184,442,246 in deposits was created in Chicago after an hour's conference. Ten signatories formed a financial institution with capital and surplus of $22,700,000. The Continental National Bank, the Commercial National, and the American Trust and Savings will consolidate. George M. Reynolds will be president of the unified bank.
Sixty pupils and their teachers narrowly escaped death as Overlook Military Academy in Norwalk Connecticut burned. Students awakened by bugle calls in their night clothes rushed to the street while flames roared through both wings of the three story building.
A powerful earthquake struck southern Italy with Avellino province at its center. Deaths estimated thirty five to fifty with many injured. Calitri San Sossio and Castelbaronia report multiple fatalities and extensive damage as residents flee in fear. The king and queen sped to the scene by special train offering solace.
An American woman is found murdered in Italy with her body hidden in a trunk near Meltrasio. Authorities identify her as Mrs Portes Charlton, previously Mary Scott Castle of San Francisco, while her husband Porter Charlton is missing. A Russian benefactor, Constantine Spolatoff, is under arrest as investigators fear Charlton may also be dead. The case prompts a wide northern Italy manhunt from Lombardy toward Milan.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ruled the term affinity not defamatory. Peter Geddes Grant, a broker, had won 315000 against a newspaper for describing him riding with an affinity. The court ordered a new trial and barred evidence about Ferdinand Pinney Earl and his wife.
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