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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
2
A poetic piece from the Bismarck Tribune on how small actions create ripples. It illustrates the lasting impact of kind words versus the harm of unkind ones through a simple pebble in water metaphor. The article emphasizes the widening effect of early acts on distant shores.
Jack Everett, a former dispatcher, fires the 32 steam engine on a perilous mountain run toward Missoula with Kitty Farrey by his side. A runaway freight trains threatens the trestle as Jack sacrifices himself to save passengers, wiring a daring rescue that ends in a fatal crash and a faint call from the 428.
A Western observer argues that Roosevelt policy favors self-sufficiency for Indian wards via work. Leupp as Commissioner signals aims, with Apache, Navajo, Pima and Pueblo labor in irrigation, railroads, beet fields, and hop harvests across the West, proving Indians can outperform casual labor and contribute to Western development.
Susan B. Anthony, aged eighty six, died in Rochester New York at 12 40 am Tuesday after a weeks illness of double pneumonia and heart failure. The noted suffragist had spent sixty years in the fight for women rights and her last public appearance was at the Baltimore convention. She had helped inaugurate the 1848 Seneca Falls movement and led campaigns in New York Iowa Kansas Nebraska and other states.
Fisherman I Ts Miller fought a 675 pound seven foot four inch shark off Tanter bank near Portland. He used a oar to stun the creature after its leaps endangered his small dory and shielded by another boat, Miller and crew finished the monster.
A brief quarrel at a masked ball has Tommy questioning a guest about a red suit and horns while Mr. Heamley denies it. A separate Philadelphia Press line notes skepticism about airship performance, claiming the best airship on earth may fail in the air.
William J. O Connell of Middletown Ohio was shot by a private detective during a raid on his crap game and died. David Tennyson a wealthy farmer near Frankfort Illinois was shot and killed as he sat with his wife at home when the killer fired through the window. Mrs Florence Adele Burden and her father W D Sloane seek an injunction in New York to stop Andrew Carnegie from selling adjoining real estate.
An testimonial from Mrs Amelia Hall of Norwich Conn says the tonic restored strength after grip and related wasting symptoms. She describes regained appetite, improved breath, reduced nervousness, and weight gain after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad promotes the pills as curing nervous disorders and building strength, with a mail address for a booklet.
The article surveys fakirs across India and other East countries as an immense class of devotees. It notes about 98 million adherents, with Hindu and Muslim followers. Tekir, Arabic for beggar, labels those who live apart from ordinary life to practice self mortification and religious observances.
Captain John B. Ely of the Seventeenth Ohio recounts chronic kidney trouble after the Civil War. He says using Deans Kidney Pills since 1901 eased pain, restored strength, and eliminated retention of urine, noting the treatment has kept him well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The wife awoke trembly and whispered that she heard someone in the basement. John, half awake, called down the furnace, scolding the intruder and instructing to push the upper damper rod after ensuring something is worth seeing, then went back to bed.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and touts Trall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for cases caused by catarrh. It asserts nine of ten deprivations come from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promises a hundred dollar reward for an incurable case. Sold by Druggists and includes Wall's Family Pills for constipation.
Sympathetic dialogue shows Miss Thuttyfore and Miss Chillicon discussing a fallout, with a remark that the biggest fish often escapes. The scene hints at personal loss and resignation in a small community context.
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder offered by Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Cures tired sweating hot swollen aching feet and eases tight shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Plus a note about San Francisco tex drivers earning varying weekly sums for horse team work.
The notice declares Allcock's as the original genuine porous plasters and condemns imitations described as trous plastera.
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