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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
3
The piece cites Booker T. Washington on the negro problem and argues education paired with work as the path to civilization. It warns about idle rich and idle poor driving societal decay and calls for public road safety publicity to force better passenger protection.
The piece argues the Interstate Commerce Commission should publish full wreck details including road names. It contrasts two kinds of discontent guiding success, urging self discipline, perseverance, and constructive effort over whining and complaint.
The gray parrot, a Tuatuy species native to Africa, widely known for its speech and song, thrives in captivity in temperate climates though wild in Africa and South America. It may live up to about 90 years, eats various seeds and meats, and its strong bill can crack large bones.
The text describes an ash gray parrot stock with a bright tail and yellow feet. It notes long use as a household pet in Europe and America, easier captivity breeding, and feeding habits in wild state on seeds and grain. It mentions climbing ability, limited ground mobility, and nesting in trees.
A Washington column discusses Luther Burbank's view that plant and human life share development patterns. It praises environment over heredity and asserts ideal conditions could advance civilization, arguing children need direct contact with nature and playful learning to mature. It notes dark undertones about crime links to youth.
A historical note observes that women discuss romantic entanglements while men trade rumors about business dealings. The remark frames gendered social norms and private conversations in common culture.
President Roosevelt warned wealth and cautious citizens against demagogues as he outlined nine federal rail reforms at the Lawton statue unveiling in Indianapolis on Memorial Day. He called for federal control of railroads, capital limits, lobbying disclosure, pure transportation focus, anti fraud prosecution, protection of honest managers, limits on parallel line mergers, public traffic deals with IC C approval, and nonretroactive property valuation. He urged steady progress and warned against stepping back toward radicalism.
In Lansing Michigan President Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson highlighted the fiftieth anniversary of Michigan Agricultural College. Wilson summarized agricultural progress and education. He praised the nation’s investment in farmer education and the rural press as key to citizenship and policy.
A satirical overview notes fickle weather harming crops, high wheat prices forcing farmers to bank grain, and aging actresses clinging to marriage. It mentions the W. FE. Corey wedding party leaving, Gen. Kuroki’s impression of Americans, and a general’s multicolored allegiance.
In a Youth's Companion excerpt, Cousin Fidelia confined three weeks with nerves frayed by omens. A worried narrator recalls accidents, a seared face, and a bloody rag on a thumb as she frets over imagined terrors and the risk of spreading misfortune to hosts and town. Coordinates with superstition and family dynamics.
A collage of brief items from around the globe, including whaling in the south Atlantic near the Falklands, a proposed fireproof concrete house for Mark Twain, Swiss burial practices for all, shoe leather in rubber substitute, a study on women’s brains, a Canton language college, San Francisco theater programs, olive oil prices in Greece, New York City’s grand fireproof school, a Chinese magician and his trick, elk tooth symbolism in the West, elk tooth hoarding in Montana, French war vehicle lists, triaged automobiles, a Chinese railway joke about rates for animals, and a humorous exchange about dog fare on a ship to Pekin.
A brief exchange reveals tension over marriage and money with one speaker accusing the other of lacking wealth and urging a different match. The Houston Post frames the dialogue as a pointed remark about financial standing and marriage choice.
Quote from Cleveland salon dealer about dining habits after a performance. The line notes reluctance to eat after some shows.
A brief item notes that a real young girl is frequently about as foolish as her speech suggests. The remark reflects a judge or neighbor’s view stated in a local column.
The court held a city ordinance restricting saloons to a small zone around the courthouse district valid if not an unreasonable abuse of power. It denied authority to extend beyond defined boundaries but allowed state action to permit saloons where lawful.
Indianapolis man Frederick W. Hoehn allegedly decamped with stocks and bonds from his sister Christina Nott in a $50,000 robbery tied to a Cincinnati disposal of proceeds. Police pursue Frederick William TLvelin as the investigation unfolds after Mrs. Nott found her safe deposit loss and broker inquiries surfaced.
A 15 year old girl from Texedos elopes with 19 year old George Gissom from Henderson Kaw. They are arrested in Evansville as they apply for a marriage license. The father retrieves the girl from police headquarters and administers a spanking.
A blast from several hundred pounds of powder at the Farnsworth mine store house near Sullivan shatters the building. Two youths are reported killed Claude Penoins and Paul Keen aged unknown, with three others badly injured. Cause not yet known but suspected accidental fire set by the boys.
Mrs. Frank Croxton of Tonnoke gave birth to quadruplets weighing eleven and a half pounds. Two girls died within hours, the other two did not survive. Mrs. Croxton aged 42 is wife of a foreman on a traction line.
The coroner's verdict says Bicvard Mayers was murdered after his body was found in the Wabash river near Mount Vernon. A second incident reports Lennie Lawrence attempting suicide and Mary Saxon dying in an apparent medical misfortune involving carbolic acid.
Steve Conk reports his daughter Ines Pall is dead and sister Anna Pall dying after carbonic fumes from a stove stored in their father’s attic in Michigan City. Authorities believe the gas leak caused the deaths and injuries.
Eugene McClellan fatally wounded James Tanehart in Elkhart after an overnight quarrel sparked by sleep talking. McClellan reportedly spoke in his sleep, provoking Rinehart to attack and cut his throat.
Adolph Terwood a Petersburg merchant died from an illness caused by the excessive smoking of cigarettes.
Peter Kryeh is jailed in South Bend on a murder charge from May 1 claiming self defense. Leo Hl Wall, 30, a Boonville coal company worker, died after a chain broke as he was uncoupling a car. A bulldog fatally attacked a 2 year old in Vincennes after seeing a child with a pup. Fred Gillen, 18, missing from a Monon train trip, was found dead in Salt Creek near Bedford after vanishing with three companions.
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