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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
2
The Albion Indiana 1908 brief contains partial masthead and scattered words including Publisher L. Adair and date September 30 1908. OCR fragment shows irregular text and illegible lines that obscure a clear news item or feature.
Telegraphic report describes a powerful typhoon sweeping Samar Leyte Luzon Panay Masbate and Romblon with wires down and serious property losses likely including multiple deaths. The storm moved west by northwest into the China Sea.
Justice Gerard signed the final decree of absolute divorce in favor of Elsie French Vanderbilt from Fred Gwynn Vanderbilt in the New York Supreme Court on the recommendation of Referee David McClure. Custody of their six year old son William Henry Vanderbilt goes to the mother. The decree allows the husband to seek court directives on access with five days notice. The marriage began January 14, 1901. In Princeton a rainbow appeared amid a drought with twenty three days of no rain and widespread dry wells.
Judge Smith Melpherson in Davenport rules Iowa mulct law illegal and that no license system ever existed for a quarter century. The decision in United Breweries Company of Chicago vs Civic Federation of Davenport denies the writ of injunction and challenges saloon tax as legalization of liquor sales. The ruling marks the most sweeping Iowa liquor decision to date.
Dorothy Anson daughter of Adrian C Anson Chicago former baseball captain and city clerk ran away from Montclair New Jersey home and wed Arthur C Dodge a Montclair bank clerk at Justice Englers office In Hoboken. The couple faced no questions about age or parentage during the license and ceremony.
A blaze in Chelsea Massachusetts caused extensive damage to multiple businesses including the Atwood and McManus box factory the Hill Rowland brass foundry the Chelsea bottling works and Lee Brothers shoe factory. The fire began around 8 PM and spread toward Powder Horn Hill threatening the Eastern Storage Company near the Boston and Maine tracks and the gasoline and naphtha at the Standard Oil station before being checked after 10 PM.
A man calling himself John Simonds, claiming to be the son of a Pittsburgh bond dealer, was arrested in Chicago for leading a band of safe-crackers and stealing 25000 dollars from the First National Bank of Niles Ohio. Detectives Biddinger and Dubach took him into custody at the Majestic Hotel. Simonds wore diamonds and claimed the spoils belonged to him, saying the bands found in his room were legitimate property. John E. Taylor, bank president, said evidence ties Simonds to a $500 debt payment with one of the stalem bonds.
A bitter gun battle erupted when John Roberts and his wife resisted a Baxter County sheriff’s posse attempting to arrest Roberts for killing neighbor Obe Kessinger near the Missouri Arkansas line. The couple and two deputies were wounded, the house was barricaded, and hours of gunfire followed.
The Association of American Cement Manufacturers in Detroit approved Western cement companies joining the North American Cement Company, the existing holding group with Eastern firms. The arrangement creates a West based holding linked to the East, preserving existing corporate identities and not aiming at restraint or price hikes.
A Montenegrin brawl at a boarding house near the McWinley mine at Minabik Mina left one man dead and two others gravely injured. About sixty shots were fired as five participants could not escape. The dispute reportedly arose from a card game and a petition circulates urging the steel company to stop employing Montenegrins.
A Me girl recalls severe indigestion from overwork and irregular meals. She describes prolonged loss of strength until Grape-Nuts helped her regain appetite, health, and the ability to eat freely. The letter promotes Postum Co. and the slogan There’s a Reason.
The piece discusses farmer guidance on potato sorting through a homemade wire screen, effective fowl feeding routines, and general animal husbandry. It covers pig age estimates via tooth development, cow water needs, and milk composition, citing Rural World as the source.
Governor Hanly asks Indiana lawmakers to criminalize tobacco destruction and fund secret-service officers to protect growers while pressing for county local option to restrict liquor traffic. He warns of Night Riders violence and urges statewide action, arguing county units better enforce laws than township wards.
A collection of kitchen directions detailing desserts breads and sides. Recipes include cake custard fruit syrups corn entree mashed potato for fried fish and various puddings with measurements and ingredients. Also lists coatings like Scotch Woodcock Canadian Cake and Whipped Cream Sandwiches with basic steps.
A massive forest fire in the Howe region prompts calls for unified protection across federal state and private sectors. Investigations by US Forest Service agent R W Pullman note the fire’s scale rivals the 1871 Peshtigo disaster and highlight the broader costs beyond timber, including labor and regional development impacts.
Dun's Review of Trade reports steadier production and distribution, rising pig iron purchases, firmer prices for stone and cement, and growing employment in quarrying. Building permits imply heavy material use while retail and wholesale trade improve, with bank clearings at 234,496,898 and fewer large failures in Chicago.
New York reports general improvement in jobbing and wholesale lines with fair trade in some cities. Retailers wait for needs, sales below last year, and buying remains conservative as elections approach. West and Southwest show strength while Canada reports 25 failures this week, Bradstreet's notes.
A fragment notes that the British choirs not only take an interest in religious work but also deliver sermons themselves, highlighting a broader role in church life.
Star of Bengal with 137 aboard broke apart near Helm Point on Coronation Island Alaska. Rescue ship Hattie Gage saved 27 survivors who reached land as the burns by the sea claimed many lives. Survivors Olson and Muir described the sinking around 9 pm as the ship split into three pieces.
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