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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
3
A reflection on how Mrs Flighty spoke clearly while listeners puzzled over meanings. She recalls a friend seeking lodging, asking if last summer was hot, and Mrs Flighty describes a beloved hot season spent under a cool shade oak tree where temperatures neared ninety.
Maryland physician Dr. G. M. Fisher declares eczema cured after using Cuticura Resolvent and Soap since 1807. He, a practicing doctor of sixteen years, endorses the remedies and invites publication of his letter from Big Pool, Maryland, dated May 24, 1905.
A Lake Erie captain recalls Admiral Perry's 1813 triumph while a passenger with a monocle challenges his assumption about currents in the Great Lakes. The exchange highlights maritime history lore aboard the waterway.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot pain corns bunions and shoe comfort with a 23 to 25 cent price and dealer contact details. A separate note mentions Mrs Winslow's Scotzina Strut for Children etching and a Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa frame in the Paris Louvre with an edge reveal.
A fragment describes neighbors moving in next door and spying through lace curtains. The line includes Mrs Upsome and Mrs Culligan-Kearney-Dlow as references amid a chatty exchange about discovery and oversight.
Mrs. Herlihy recalls her cousin Celia's man, deemed unlucky, who narrowly missed a fatal fall. She says Timothy stepped backward from the staging and landed on the ground below, only missing a brick pile that could have broken his fall.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation notes a new friend whose business ability is questioned, and a reply that the surface hides his true role as an officer of the underground railway. The exchange underscores hidden networks within public life.
In Life magazine a lighthearted exchange questions Lottie Brown’s engagement, noting that even a plain and ill tempered girl can find a husband, and asking who the lucky man might be.
The San Francisco city hall, damaged by earthquake and fire and costing 7,060,000 dollars, was declared unsafe at a Board of Public Works meeting. Police department notice ordered its station to move to different quarters in the same building.
A grand city building, built over twenty years at a cost near 7 million, covered three acres with a 335 foot dome crowned by a Progress figure. A subordinate dome graced the semi detached hall. The disaster shows the quake and fire effects on this impressive monument.
Western passenger fares fall from 4 to 3 cents prompting reduced Chicago to Colorado common point rates from 29.50 to 28.65. Indianapolis Appellate Court upholds right to appeal from railroad commission and won’t dismiss Monon railroad appeal. Col A J Smith dies at 66 in Harrietstown after illness. long service from 1866 and 1888 appointment as Lake Shore general passenger and ticket agent.
State Superintendent Otto Kelsey released sworn statements from 163 fire and inland marine insurers showing total gross insurance of 222 million dollars and net losses of 132.8 million. Hartford Fire of Connecticut records the largest loss at 6.19 million.
A landslide one mile south of New Hamburg New York derailed the New York Central Pacific express at 1130 p m Sunday. Engineer Edward Wells of Albany and Fireman Edward Warren of New York were killed. About a dozen passengers were injured none fatally. The engine plunged into the Hudson River and three tracks were torn up for more than 100 feet. The crash halted traffic and drew a large, shaken crowd as cars piled in a tangled wreckage.
Secretary Metcalf ordered the coast survey to investigate possible horizontal crust displacement after the April 18 earthquake to update charts. Japan’s Prof Omor warns small shocks will continue for years, with no great quake for decades. Postmaster General Cortelyou lifts rural box mandate. locals may build compliant boxes. Agriculture Secretary Wilson to enforce meat inspection from pasture to package with government stamping. Roosevelt directs eight hour law violations in public works be reported to Justice. Treasury shows a $26 million surplus and $594.6 million receipts, Panama canal spending noted. Old $100,000 16 inch gun discarded due to smokeless powder. Secretary Bonaparte promotes Miss Thomas over a man. Alaska capital moves to Juneau. Taft grants Niagara river power permits to Canadian firms.
Secretary Shaw designates several national banks as government depositories and demands bonds securing deposits be placed with the government at once. He calls in loans secured by State and municipal bonds totaling 10 000 000, due by the 20th, the Panama bond sale date. The treasury will leave at least one third of the Panama issue on deposit with banks.
A spelling test joke asks how many English words end in dols. The common answer lists four: hazardous, dangerous, tremendous, and stupendous. In fact, a fifth is hybridous meaning of mixed sort or mongrel, often overlooked.
O C Hayden of O C Hayden & Co Albert Lea Minn credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing back pain and weakness after kidney relief. He reports no recurrence and notes the remedy sells 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Umpire in Boston faced protests from visiting players after a balk ruling. The captain argued the pitcher steps toward first base before delivering the ball, but the umpire dismissed the dispute as academic and urged the game to resume.
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