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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
8
Hishop Potter proclaims belief in the new woman while Fire Chief Crocker led a dramatic NY blaze in formal attire. The report recaps a string of quips, anecdotes, and odds and ends from literature, travel, and society noting the era’s attitudes toward gender, fashion, and curiosity.
An analysis shows most senators and representatives are lawyers, with many bankers farmers merchants and editors. The piece lists notable figures and estimates total wealth at about 293.5 million, noting that all draw salaries and perquisites from public service.
The Oregon night hour law for women workers is upheld by the Supreme Court. Justice Brewer states women may deserve greater protection than men, and that protection can be sustained even when not needed for men, citing a laundry case as context.
A WV senator derides published wealth lists of U.S. senators as wildly inflated. He cites Guggenheim at 60 million, with Elkins at 25 million, dismissing figures as exaggerations and noting salaries of 7600 a year with many senators’ fortunes varying widely from modest to multimillion.
Magazine critiques of rotunda artwork claim errors in two major works. The Trumbull resignation scene shows a young girl with extra arms on the pedestal and Pocahontas baptism features an Indian with six toes, prompting discussion of artistic liberties.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw seeks annulment from Harry K Thaw claiming insanity and disclosures of alleged orgies at Matteawan Asylum surface. Thaw denies insanity and asks dismissal. case set for early Supreme Court hearing.
Democratic state senator elect D S Kemp was killed Tuesday night by C F Hyde in Amite after a quarrel over primary election fraud accusations. Hyde surrendered. Kemp’s heart was pierced by a bullet in the duel as Bailey’s expected lieutenant governor bid faltered.
Warrington Pa late Friday night the jury in the capitol graft case returned a verdict of guilty as to all four descendants in the capitol trial. Motions for re trials were made for Banderson Snyder Mathues and Shumaker at once. The four men were convicted of defrauding the state in furnishing the new capitol which cost the state about 15 000 000 instead of 84 000 000 the figure at which the contract was estimated. The present case constituted one of the longest jury trials in the history of Pennsylvania courts and it attracted much attention throughout the country.
Eugene Ey Schmitz released from jail Tuesday night after bonds totaling 150000 were posted. Extortion charges for which he had not been tried were dismissed. In superior court Judge Frank H. Dine dismissed Schmitz from custody on the indictment tied to the supreme court decision.
A Columbus reader testifies to Donn a Kidney Pills easing long back pain and fatigue with permanent cure, praising Foster-Millisecond Co. Buffalo for sale. A discussion follows on whether a widower is married or single, noting the paradox in games of single versus married men and offering no fixed answer.
A Minnesota mother recounts a two month old with facial eczema that worsened to sores and nearly blinded her. After standard treatments failed, a two month course with Cutiura Remedies cleared all signs of the rash and left the baby fair and healthy. The letter is dated April 15 and May 20 07.
A country clergyman on his rounds asks a boy about Bible parables. The boy hesitates under his mother’s gaze, then replies he likes the one where somebody falls and rises, as he recalls the familiar tale in his Bycred history.
A Michigan music student reports severe nerves limited practice until switching from coffee to Postum. After careful use since September, nerves eased by November, allowing resumed full daily routine. The student endorses Postum for musicians and notes a physician father also recommends it. There is a promotional tag for Postum.
Report from the Atlantic Coast line train from Fayetteville notes a fierce forest fire near Tomahawk, about 50 miles west of Wilmington. Four local men—one white and three Black—went to combat the blaze. one man died, and the wind drove the flames through the area, consuming everything in their path.
Charles W. Morse won a temporary advantage as creditors pressed to force him into bankruptcy. The matter was taken into court on Friday amid allegations by Morse's creditors seeking dissolution of his assets and relief from claims.
Johnson's presidential campaign schedules a headquarters at 88 East in Chicago to coordinate efforts and may expand to include New York and Washington as the race intensifies.
The article describes lumbago as severe back pain from cold drafts and wet clothing and promotes rubbing the painful area with flesh or lint and using ST JACOBS Oil for relief. It also reports on Elinor Glyn the English novelist and her remark about the new woman at a New York dinner with quips about marriage and husbands.
A letter from Mrs. E Hanson of Columbus Ohio testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through the Change of Life easing nervousness headaches and other symptoms. The ad touts the product as a thirty year standard remedy for female ills and invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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