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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
6
A cryptic editorial tone warns the Hague conference faces a serious risk of dissolving into conflict unless strong measures are taken to maintain order. The piece urges firmness to prevent a collapse of negotiations and rising public tension.
Vladivostok imported over 12 million pounds of meat last year from Australia and Argentina. A Seattle girl has journeyed 3,000 miles to marry a Connecticut preacher. He ought to be good when she gets him.
Fragment mentions mismated couples who kill themselves and others, then notes Alps record of eighty dead and twenty two injured in a season, rating the event alongside automobile incidents. Elements suggest a societal column comparing danger in relationships to travel hazards.
The article notes that the printing industry consumes about one million tons of paper annually, implying widespread readership and national reading habits.
A Kingston area property owner posts a notice prohibiting access by grandchildren and cats, enforcing a strict occupancy restriction at the premises in the London suburb.
The report notes that later fruit fared better this year with grapes and winter pears yielding a fair crop. It cites early blossoms as the victims of frost, explaining why earlier fruit suffered more than later varieties.
A Nevada man endures hardship as his wife’s frequent drunkenness, humorously said to be linked to onion eating, becomes a noted social anecdote reflecting domestic distress and public curiosity.
A remark critiques men who condemn illegal beer joints yet overlook their own cars flaunting what is inside. The comment contrasts moral stance on alcohol sales with vanity in automotive displays.
Connecticut Governor Woodruff argues that citizens are now so informed that being robbed by financial schemers is their own fault. He contends this stance reduces the perceived number of innocent investors and shifts accountability to individuals.
The men behind the muskets protest a paltry $13 monthly stipend and demand better pay and conditions while the St. Louis Globe-Democrat predicts better soldiers for the war department if wages improve.
The St. Louis Times reports the treasury department will call in every outstanding ten thousand dollar bill, a severe and unexpected blow to collectors of such souvenirs.
Public tests of heavier-than-air aircraft reveal unpredictable performance once airborne, challenging expectations about what aeroplanes can do in flight.
A man who was said to have accompanied General Phil Sheridan on his famed Winchester ride twenty miles away died at his home in a Pennsylvania village. His role was modest, and he received no personal recognition.
The town adopts an ordinance forbidding men and women to loiter on church steps or near doors and on streets and vacant lots in the evening for visiting or eating candy or peanuts. The sole aim appears to be social control and public embarrassment for couples seeking marriage or remarriage.
A New York bank cashier took eighty thousand dollars after being urged by a woman. The piece comments on obedience by men to women and reflects on historical patterns of influence and temptation.
A Brooklyn editor questions a proposed law in America to protect a widow's mother from alleged abuse by a surviving brother in law. The piece treats changing marriage rules in England and calls for protective legislation.
A San Antonio teacher says it is impossible to make a pet simist of two 12 year old boys. He tells them to go away and whitewash 200 yards of fence, predicting they will believe the whole world is going to shambles.
Sole survivor Second Mate Pitt and Capt. Harbottle of George Stephenson confirm that Cyprus sunk after cargo shifted and water flooded un tarped hatches. Capt. Harbottle notes decks stayed awash as pumps struggled. Cyprus built by American Shipbuilding Co Lorain and launched August 17 on second lake voyage.
Miss Frederica Appell an 18 year old Muskegon school teacher was shot in the left leg by Alvin Radditz 15 at his home. The shot from a double barreled gun set her clothing ablaze and led to amputation below the knee and possible blood poisoning. Appell exonerates Radditz from blame.
Prosecuting Attorney Stewart pushes action against pool and billiard halls that permit boys under 17 to observe. Bert Goodall, colored, is jailed for allegedly assaulting Alder man Jackson after coal yard theft and head injury. Thirty eight forestry students at U of M defy peers as largest U S gathering. Haslett residents seek leniency for malt mead seller Judge Wiest. John Seemel, 18, shot himself while hunting near Talbot. bullet exited mouth and he is hospitalized.
Governor Warner appoints Andrew J. Dole as county agent for Antrim County residing at Bellatra. Other items note Monroe county farmers organizing a protective association, a new rural high school at Orleans Ionia County, and Fenton State Savings Bank filing incorporation articles.
The nineteenth annual convention signals a shift away from strict federal railway control. A key committee argues constitutional amendments are needed for true federal control and urges rate making near home with uniform state and federal actions. It backs granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to classify interstate rates uniformly.
Brig Gen W H Carter and 31 regimental officers completed a Rooseveltian test ride from Fort Sheridan showing officers ready for action at a moment's notice. The ride averaged ten minutes per mile and lasted about two and a half hours with pre and post ride medical exams by Col Philip F Harvey and Maj Edward L Munson.
For thirty years cattle along Lake Michigan’s shore counties faced a deadly malady. Arthur R. Potts of the state Agricultural College experimental station shows the illness is acute indigestion and prescribes linseed oil followed by gruel. The remedy softens third-stomach tissue, restoring function. many cases recover with only three deaths noted where hopeless.
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, says he will not seek re election and may not be well enough to serve. Headquarters note he will complete his term through April 1 next year after a recent surgery and possible further operation.
The turbine steamship Lusitania completed her second run to New York Thursday morning and anchored near the Sandy Hook lightship awaiting sunrise to enter the harbor via the Ambrose channel. She traveled from Daunt's Rock to land in four days nineteen hours and forty minutes. She becomes the first four day boat to cross land to land and claims all western ocean records.
Brig. Gen. George M. Helm of the Second Brigade Mississippi division United Confederate Veterans publishes an open letter calling for dropping party lines and backing Roosevelt for a third term. He appeals to voters in the south to send the message to voters in both regions.
Prof. David Todd, after four months in Chile observing Mars with a U S expedition, arrives in Panama on the way home. He reports more than 7,000 photographs taken including 20 of the double candis on Mars and says it is reasonably certain Mars was inhabited in the past and is inhabited now.
Cassie Chadwick and her husband Dr Leroy Chadwick built a web of forged notes and fake Carnegie ties. The scheme allegedly topped millions, crippling banks and drawing the attention of Cleveland creditors and authorities.
Frank B. Kellogg, counsel for the U S government, presents ledger extracts and bank figures in federal proceedings to show the transition from the old Standard Oil trust to Standard Oil Co of New Jersey. Clarence Fay testifies that the government has proved the Standard is an illegal corporation under device and same ownership as at formation.
Mae Wood files suit for divorce against Senator Thomas C. Platt and seeks to admit a document she holds as supposed confession by a former secret service agent. The paper mentions William Loeb Jr secretary to President Roosevelt and Robert J. Wynne former postmaster general now London consul general. The confession is dated October 15 1903.
Major Ahearn head of the Philippines forestry department since 1900 is bullish on timber wealth. He cites 40,000 square miles of pine laden forests ready for harvest and export. He notes a 60 square mile concession that yielded 4 million dollars, with thousands more available for 25 year terms.
Solomon Frank 40 a glove cutter perished with his five daughters Sarah 21 Dora 19 Rosa 17 Minnie 12 and Mary 10 in a Sunday fire that leveled their Gloversville New York home. The mother and two sons escaped. Sarah had planned a December wedding and hosted a late night party. The blaze was found soon after the family retired.
Count Okuma argues the immigration clash in America is politically driven and reports of war risks originate in the U S. He notes Americans are oversensitive about Japanese immigration while attributing the entire discussion to the upcoming presidential campaign.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor appeals to affiliated unions to press political candidates in this campaign to declare openly their stance on government by injunction. He argues the misuse of injunction power threatens liberty and urges candidates for judicial and legislative posts to state their positions clearly.
The report notes lawmakers wish to end business by week’s end but fear volume of work. major bills pass include Mt Pleasant Normal school measure. Primary, military, juvenile issues move forward while ad valorem tax, stock watering, and pecan mileage bills stall. If next week requires the constitutional convention, the House must share timetable.
In Cassopolis a dying poverty tale centers on Lydia Slack 85 who died in the county house. Her husband John Mack 80 sought the undertaker and revealed a stash buried in Dowagiac a saved fund of 29 dollars found in a tin can. The money, saved from later work, was meant for funeral expenses but poverty possibly drove misused funds.
The fifth and last game ended Chicago Cubs 2 to 0 over the Detroit Tigers after a 12 inning tie in the first game. Chicago won games two through five by scores 3 to 1, 5 to 4, 6 to 0, and 2 to 0, sealing the series.
Secretary Taft arrived in China on Tuesday to a rare, cordial welcome led by 45 heads of major commercial guilds. The merchants displayed strong hospitality signaling friendly relations between China and the United States.
Markets show mixed prices across cattle hogs and sheep with cattle steady to lower in East Buffalo and Detroit. Slaughter steers 1 200 to 1 300 pounds around 4 50 to 6 50, hogs 6 00 to 8 18, lambs 5 50 to 7 75, veal calves steady near 8 50, milk cows 20 to 60, and stockers 2 75 to 4 40.
Commodity notes show Wheat prices at No 2 red 1 05% with December opening and closing around 107 and 113 to 125 for May. Corn bids mixed with No 3 at 64 64½ cents and No 4 yellow around 66 cents. Oats bid at 56¾ cents. Rye at 91 cents. Beans trading with several futures and cash levels. Cloverseed spot and futures quoted with numerous lots and bids across several months.
Train notices list schedule and fares for D and C and D and B lines. Departures include Detroit to Cleveland at 10 30 p m Saturdays, Buffalo trips on weekdays at 5 pm and Sundays 4 pm, weekend Buffalo runs at 2 00 pm and 2 30 pm, with a 92 50 round trip fare.PORT Huron and Toledo service details show daily departures and Sunday times.
Mrs. James Logg a former Wales township resident and notable in St. Clair county saved her ill husband in Hyde Park Florida by using a revolver to kill a seven rattlesnake with one button. The couple had moved to Florida due to Mr Logg’s tuberculosis.
An Epstish family visiting the renowned iy prauhaus in Munich order beer to excess. The head of the family airs a casual pose as his party empties one quart of beer from a five quart pot. A porter is called and paid to finish the remaining beer, then another quart is served and consumed amid the unsettled row.
A handsome new rector at a fashionable church faced gossip when a destroyer hinted he belonged to the celibate order. A matron warned the spinster and widows group to avoid falling for the so called celebrity.
John B. E. Wright, living two miles north of Elmer New Jersey, has the third story hollowed with holes by swarms of honey bees. The bees access closets in the bedrooms and store honey inside, where Wright and a friend can feast on bread and honey after opening a floor closet.
Mrs. Cox of Gloster place Forest Hill was stung on the neck by a wasp while hosting friends for her 105th birthday. She died that night. She could read and sew without glasses and had 37 years of good health. Her husband, who died last year, was 98.
Lady's Pictorial notes that women of the 18th century were witty theologians politicians and writers yet did not aim to overturn marriage roles. They were good mothers skilled housewives socially charming and personally attractive, with advantages in several areas compared to modern times.
A New York woman driver was startled when a snake fell from a tree into her car causing a collision with a farmer’s wagon. The Los Angeles Herald quips that had the incident involved a California girl in a gasoline gig the snake skin would adorn her sombrero as a hat band.
A Kansas man touts advertising after placing a lost five dollar bill notice and getting the bill back from a stranger who found it. Days later the same bill reappeared in his pocket, confirming his view that advertising pays.
The article states science recognizes two eye colors: blue and not blue. It explains nonblue hues such as gray green or violet result from pigment flecks or color overlays on the blue iris, with science labeling them brown.
A practical note urges shutting windows and especially doors during a fire to cut air supply. It recommends sending for the fire engine, highlighting early fire safety guidance. The passage emphasizes air as the first element a fire needs and the importance of restraint of airflow.
Inscription reads Adam's Ale for Beast and Man to be engraved on a fountain presented to Milton Massachusetts. The granite structure will feature a bronze head as the water spout.
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