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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
3
Great Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania after a lingering illness. He was 78 and is survived by his widow and son Dr. Sigurd Ibsen. His career, though written in a small language, influenced world literature with plays translated into many languages and staged across Europe and America.
The Southern Pacific reports handling free up to May 19 of 1,635 cars of supplies for San Francisco earthquake and fire relief. The entire country responded to the appeal with California towns contributing carloads of relief goods.
Obituaries and society items report Lewis William Washington ex vice president of Sheet Steel Co Pittsburg died in Nice France. Dr Frank Billings of Chicago presided at a joint tuberculosis meeting in Washington. Francesco Ferrullo drummer won and married Miss Concetta Rocco after two years search. Salt Lake City rumor about Mormon church withdrawal found baseless. Beresford Hope of London admitted misrepresenting a $25 000 000 church takeover claim.
A surrogate warning of revolution in Russia parallels Paris before 1789. The doama's clashes with Czar Nicholas II over a voice in government mirror Mirabeau era demands. The Czar offers education and local autonomy but rejects a responsible ministry, while terrorist violence rises with bombings and assassinations across the empire.
Prof Guthrie McConnel reports nationwide cancer data showing higher rural mortality and incidence than urban areas. Outdoor workers, women, and those in well watered timbered regions like the Pacific Northwest face greater risk. Mortality rises after age 65, with unmarried people affected earlier. average cancer death age is 58.
At the Missouri home of ex Senator John B. Henderson the contents of a wine cellar valued at $1,000 were poured into the street gutter in front of a crowd of Independent Order of Rechabites members. The Trendersons had recently joined the order and advocated temperance. They refused to sell or give away the wines on principle.
The War Department assigns Lieut Edwin M Stanton to aid the district attorney in defending Lieut Drury and Private Dowd, charged with manslaughter after a pursuit across a post line ended in a shooting on Pennsylvania soil. The case tests military jurisdiction versus civilian law on a military reservation.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa denounced sociologists who seek to remove toil and competition arguing such notions create drones. He warned that labor and capital conflict would not be settled by social science and urged public opinion to cure social ills revealed in insurance and railroad investigations.
A roundup of educational topics notes Maine teachers paid per day, Alabama licensing disputes, New York City truancy on barges, Japanese English adoption, Newcomb honored by Berlin, Minnesota bans conscripts from teaching, Moore on international arbitration, Alabama AG on copybooks, Ohio and Illinois wage figures, Princeton parents meeting, a Mexican educational congress, Dr Rambeau to Berlin, and Darwin family scientists.
Mrs. Mary Metzger of Sweetwater Oklahoma describes severe eczema spreading over her body and scratching until bleeding. She used Cuticura Remedies as directed and soon found great relief, stating she is now well and recommends them. The statement is dated June 28 1905.
Hiram Bobbs admits forgetfulness and finds himself late at the office. He recalls Murthy's demand to get his shoes sol ed, then discovers the cobbler has already finished soling them half an hour ago. The lighthearted incident shows his ongoing clumsy routines.
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo linked through Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists confirm F J Cheney’s honesty and finances. Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price one dollar per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A playwright critiques a comedy for lacking laughs and the author immediately fixes it by inserting the term D-n in numerous spots. The notice also promotes H. A. Greens Sons of Atlanta as the world’s only successful dropsy specialists with an advertised offer.
An old advertisement notes men who smoked 10c cigars now prefer Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar. It promotes the "best combination of the best tobaccos" from Lewis' Factory in Peoria.
Sir John Lubbock and Carl Hess show that moles have eyes as perfect as those of horses and elephants. Their tiny eyes measure about one millimeter in diameter yet reflect and refract light like normal eyes in larger animals.
Miss Barrows describes how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped working girls with female disorders. She tells of irregular menstruation backache and fatigue and praises Mrs Pinkham as a long time advisor who offers free guidance from Lynn Massachusetts to sick women.
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