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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
3
Fragmented clippings describe a chaotic scene with a bank style robbery, gunfire, and a fatal shooting near Topeka. Mentioned are a businessman casualty, a 7 year old Miss Willard, and a gunman turning the west street on himself. Global steel production records and shipping updates follow.
Reports from New York allege a bribe paid for a Rose trolley fine amid a Delaware and Padson Road directors meeting. Other items note fisheries protection pleas rejected by the Newfoundand premier at the Imperial conference, and various local accidents and crimes across the nation.
A son was born Friday to the King and Queen of Spain. The baby Alfonso is heir to the throne. The city celebrated with bells, ignited fireworks, and public joy as business paused for feasts, parades, and speeches amid ancient ceremonies surrounding the christening.
The article describes a royal christening in the private chapel at the palace using a traditional era font. It notes the nurse will be a beauty from Asturias peasant stock and that the newborn son of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria will bear the title Prince of Asturias. It recalls Asturias cradle status and cites the May 1906 Madrid wedding of Victoria and Alfonso, marked by a bomb blast that killed many spectators.
A Montclair New Jersey domestic service concept proposes a central kitchen to supply all family meals three times daily and remove dirty dishes. The plan promises servant-problem solutions hotel quality service with home privacy and potential expansion to laundry, cleaning, lawn care, and gardening for households.
Dr Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute in New York acknowledges successful experiments with a serum in monkeys for spinal meningitis but says it has not been tried on humans and declines to discuss the reported discovery.
In Ada County Idaho Boise a crowded courtroom hosts opening of a murder case linked to the Western Federation of Miners leaders William D Seywood Charles Moyer and George A Pettibone The State asserts extraordinary measures to pursue what it calls a series of mine war crimes with Orchard admitting to the Caldwell murder and plans to indict the leaders as principals while defense seeks alibi and evidence of conspiracy by Mine Owners Association
The United States Circuit Court in Indiana issued a decree per se enjoining 92 defendants linked to the National Association of Retail Druggists and allied groups. The ruling bars combining and price fixing, blacklists, and restricted sales practices, declaring all related contracts void and ending the litigation with a government victory.
George M. Stratton of Johns Hopkins, an expert on railway statistics, proposes a night signaling reform in the May Century. He urges a luminous semaphore vane to replace color based signals, creating a continuous line of light visible from afar.
The State Department reports peace talks ending between Central American republics, a provisional Honduran government to run affairs until elections within about sixty days. Also notes Chinese minister Sir Chen to return to Pekin and potential successor Liang Tun-Yen.
Chicago Board of Trade sees July wheat at 85 to 87 cents and September and December contracts reach the dollar level. Traders report unprecedented volume in millions of bushels with foreigners buying amid fears of a world bread shortage. Seedings lag due to cold weather, threatening a spring wheat shortage across the northern plains.
A Shriners special train on the Southern Pacific coast line at Honda suffered a fatal wreck Saturday afternoon. Thirty-two died and many injured after the locomotive struck a defective switch at sixty miles an hour. The collision collapsed the engine and cars, with diners and Pullman cars crushed and steam scalding injuries reported. Conductor Jones signaled the dispatcher by tapping a telegraph wire, confirming the disaster to San Luis Obispo division officials.
A block of business houses and two dwellings burned at Rose Pine Louisiana, with losses of 25000. The Nat ional Stove Company plant in Lorain Ohio was destroyed, causing 201000 in damage insured. Peter Savage and Joseph Chonowsky sentenced to three years in eastern penitentiary Philadelphia and fined 500 with costs for dynamite wrecking of Welsh Congregational church Edwardsville Pennsylvania.
Patient reports ten years of kidney and bladder trouble improved after three months on Peruna and subsequent two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin. Letter-style endorsements praise Peruna as aiding kidney function and restoring health, claiming it cured long standing ailments and boosted wellbeing.
The fragment describes a jargon riddled remark about cold weather pitching, with references to Gugers and an outcurve. It captures a rough, humorous exchange between players and the umpire, noting the pitcher’s diction and the crowd’s reaction during a chilly game moment.
One hundred dollars reward offered for a case of catarra not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cheney & Co Toledo advertise Hall's Catarrh Cure as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
The chief Bethlehem industry is mother of pearl carving. Local artisans polish and carve shells from the Red Sea into rosaries and crosses, with a 500 year history. About 150 workers live on this craft, often using simple tools in dim shops to produce delicate frostlike designs. One large piece depicted Christ's birth and crucifixion and cost $160 to a wealthy American.
A testimonial claims Grape-Nuts food cured years of indigestion after a doctor recommended daily use. The writer says the predigested cereal supports nervous energy and digestion, suitable for children and adults, and notes the book The Road to Wellville.
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