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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
2
The Albion newspaper dated August 25 1900 reports local events and community notices. It covers civic matters and social news reflecting life in Albion Indiana at the turn of the century.
Telegraphic summaries report the U S agricultural trade balance rose from 234 million to 411 million dollars per year over twelve years under Secretary James Wilson. The note credits widespread farming progress and improvements in farm life while warning of ambiguous casualty reports from a Pere Marquette train wreck near Grand Lodge Michigan with possible fatalities and injuries.
The three week old daughter of J F Clementine Deshon died at the country home near Jeffersonville Indiana. The infant’s birth linked to the $100,000 Holt farm intended for the Clark Masonic Lodge of Jeffersonville if there were no issue. Lawyers say the Lodge has no claim on the property.
A Salt Lake City dispatch reports the Grand Army of the Republic standard missing since the August 11 parade. The banner, carried for many years by the commander in chief, has not been recovered and is feared stolen. Roosevelt Trophies Arrive in New York from the South Africa expedition.
E. H. R. Green, heir to Hetty Green, arrives in New York to buy an aeroplane. The railroad, cattle ranch, cotton plantation and life insurance ventures he runs in Texas show his widening interests. The 300 pound magnate lists aviation as his new pursuit alongside politics, power boats and auto racing.
Michael Hall aged 80 and nearly blind was killed on his doorstep in Walsh Ontario. His wife was shot four times but survived and may recover. A youth named Shelley, said to have quarreled with Hall, has been arrested.
Benson Smith, 14, was struck on the right ear by a base ball while catching in a Chicago game. As he turned to leave, pitcher Martin Bailey released another ball and the boy died before a doctor could be summoned. Deposed Shah Assailed His Son. Advices from Teheran report the deposed Persian Shah attempted to assassinate his son with a poniard.
A major blaze raged in downtown Fort Worth Texas causing about 200000 dollars in losses. Among the affected entities were Nash Hardware Company J Goldstein clothing store and two restaurants.
A large number of miners are reported killed as a fire sweeps the Camelia mine in Real Del Monte Hidalgo. The blaze endangers the site and surrounding mining operations, with authorities assessing casualties and immediate rescue efforts ongoing.
Mrs. Blanche Baskert, 43, of Terre Haute Indiana, drank strychnine in grief over her son Clyde Baskert being detained at the Indiana Boys' School for allegedly stealing pennies from a tray held by a blind beggar woman.
Mrs. A. L. Dowdell, 80, longtime general secretary of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, died at her Auburn Alabama home.
Chicago's 10 000 street car workers approve a three and a half year contract that raises pay by a total of about 1.1 million dollars. The agreement, negotiated by John M Roach and Thomas E Mitten for the traction firms with city official Walter L Fisher, covers Railways City Calumet South Chicago and Consolidated companies and raises wages for old and new employees in staged increments through August 1909 to mid 1912.
Two armed robbers drill a bank vault in Kiefer Oklahoma killing City Marshal Inford and wounding cashier Calmer Wobling. They escape as a posse moves to pursue. Wobling awakens to gunfire as the robbers extinguish lights and fire after drilling the safe door.
The Egyptian lotus is blooming along the Calumet River three miles east of Hammond Indiana with thousands in bloom. Locals say the Nile and Calumet are the only streams where this flower grows naturally and suspect it is indigenous to the area. The bloom measures five to six inches, has a delicate yellow tint tipped with green, and opens by day and closes at night.
A Hancock Michigan dwelling fire at night claimed five lives as the Dionne family slept. Mrs Dionne escaped but returned to save a child and perished with the infant in her arms. the victims include Edward 8 Peter infant Aminia 12 and a girl named Racine.
Arthur Fries Benjamin Brandless and Eric Seaman three of forty or more young men who came from Cincinnati to St Paul Minnesota to North Dakota seeking harvest work were hauled before the police court on vagrancy charges. They paid 22 dollars each for transportation and claim no work was found. They presented receipts for the money.
Theodore Harris, Louisville banker, dies leaving more than 1,000,000 to the Baptists of Kentucky. His large family receives modest monthly incomes from life estates while residual shares revert to the church if beneficiaries die or are disqualified. Written April 15, 1907, the will reflects belief that inherited wealth harms heirs yet benefits future generations.
QDS Bends a 13 year old trotter in grand circuit at Detroit State fair lowering record from 2 11 to 2 07 1 4. Minikahda Club Harry G Legg wins trans Mississippi golf by 10 8 over Bernard Guinand at Des Moines. Goolden tourists race Dan Patch and Minor Heir dead heat in Twin Cities at M W Savages stock farm time from 5 4 to 2 06 4. Orloff Russian horses to exhibit at state fairs to gauge interest in import. Lilly B dam of Speedy Rob cannot be located last at Versailles Ind traded to unknown man. Old mare mother of 13 colts. Indy speedway races Aug 19 21 Fiat driven by Nazarre.
John G. Ostby a Duluth grocer was killed by his son Bjorn in a dispute over funeral expenses for a family child who died a week earlier. The father’s delay in paying prompted threats from the undertaker and anger from Mrs Ostby before the room was locked and a rifle shot ended the quarrel.
Alabama legislators pushed through the Fuller bill banning all liquor sales and advertising and prohibiting trains from transporting liquor in any car. It bars saloon naming, allows raids on suspicious places, and ties internal revenue licenses to presumptive guilt for proprietors.
Mayor Busse orders action after a report shows last month twenty two killed and 293 injured in 234 streetcar accidents in Chicago. Fifteen adults and seven children died, signaling frequent daily crashes and urging pedestrian and vehicle safety reforms.
In Fulton Kentucky George Speed, believing burglars were entering his home, shot and killed Abe Vinson while his sister and brother in law slept on Speed’s balcony. Speed also fired at the sister who was Vinson’s wife but missed.
Argentina resumes importing cattle from the United States after the president rescinds the embargo. Congress had placed hides on the free list, a move that influenced the decision and prompted the change in policy.
Jose Mendosa, a Sunol boy, died in Alameda hospital after contracting bubonic plague from handling infected ground squirrels. He is the first plague case in the state in over a year.
Discouraged by poverty, Mrs. Matil da Down killed herself and her 15 year old daughter Beryl by inhaling gas in their Philadelphia bedroom.
Former Minnesota governor Samuel R Van Sant won the G A R commander in chief title by 587 to 156 over Judge William A Ketcham of Indiana. New officers named include W M Bostaph Ogden Utah and Alfred Beers Bristol Conn. The encampment closed with fireworks at Ensign Peak and next site Atlantic City.
A fire damp explosion at a Clermont Fer rand France mine killed twelve miners. The incident prompted rapid rescue efforts and heightened safety concerns across local mining communities.
Unusually intense heat recorded by government weather officials reached as high as 112 in Kansas City area and 103 in Oklahoma City. The heat caused at least three deaths in Missouri and widespread crop damage across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and the Southwest with Topeka recording 102 degrees and Oklahoma crops reported materially harmed.
Investigations long under way before Secretary Ballinger and Commissioner Dennett target Alaska coal lands. Thousands of acres allegedly fired upon with illegal coal entries. Hearings will begin with top General Land Office lawyers in Seattle. Railroads in New York Boston and Philadelphia seek delays to aid consolidation or legal remedial action.
New York reports that the New York Venezuelan Company claim against Venezuela has been settled out of court. Venezuela will pay $475000 for expenditures on concessions granted in 1901 by the Castro government. The case had been prepared for The Hague tribunal next fall after months of testimony in New York.
Fifteen skeletons buried together with three 1712 dated English coins are uncovered during digging for the United States Medical School Hospital near the Potomac. The find hints at an Indian or piratical tragedy from early American days, with no clear historical explanation. |
Fourteen lives are known to have been lost after the Santa Catarina river overflowed at Montere y Mexico causing a deadly flood disaster.
A fire swept Washington Park pleasure resort ten miles below Camden New Jersey destroying fifteen buildings. The blaze began in the park restaurant kitchen and spread rapidly causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars.
The Rev Hiram W Thomas D D longtime pastor of the Peoples Church Chicago and active civic leader died in Defuniak Springs Florida on Friday.
The latest Dun's Weekly Review notes broad gains across iron and steel, rail and mercantile plans, and stronger demand for factory outputs. Grain movements at the port rise 11,067,547 bushels weekly. bank clearings top 253,606,195 with gains over prior years.
Improvement appears in general trade and industry this week though conservatism remains. Buyers broaden in markets with fall and spring delivery anticipated, rail and security markets stay strong, and wheat movement grows. Building is active, iron and steel demand steady as railroads buy rails and locomotives. Canada and U S weekly business failures show mixed changes.
Prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Cincinnati New York Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo and more for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other grains. Notable ranges include cattle 3.00 to 7.55 dollars, hogs 1.00 to 8.35 dollars, wheat about 1.00 to 1.10 dollars, corn 64 to 78 cents, oats 34 to 49 cents, butter 23 to 27 cents, eggs 22 to 22- cents.
The Rev Hiram W Thomas, once a leading preacher and exiled clergy man, died Thursday night in De Funiak Springs Florida after a long illness. He founded the People's Church in Chicago following his 1879 expulsion from the Methodist Episcopal Church. Born 1832 in Virginia his career included pastorships at Park Avenue First Church in Chicago and Centenary Church. He was survived by son Homer W Thomas of Chicago and his widow Mrs Vandaline, who later became assistant pastor at People's Church.
Seven thousand workers at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant riot after evictions feared. State troopers fire over striker heads as stones fly. Dozens are injured or arrested. a striker, Steve Harvat, is killed after an attack on a guard.
Albert Burts suicide followed his wife’s departure as she moved to Mineola. She re entered the home and uncovered 2119 dollars hidden in the garret rafters amid an estimated total 82110 found. She plans a careful search for more money.
An unknown elderly man, about 70, died by his own action and was found hanging from a tree near a public road outside Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Berry pickers discovered the body after it had remained unseen for roughly three months, with no identification found on the corpse.
During the holiday season in Oklahoma farm owners with notable swimming holes are charging ten cents for anyone seeking a dip.
A dynamite bomb exploded among a street vendor crowd in Woonsocket R I injuring nine people with one listed as dying. The attacker was not arrested and the motive remains a mystery.
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