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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
7
A journey from farmland to New York City through October fields and a sunset glow. The narrator motors at high speed then slows through city streets toward Central Park West, ending the run in under an hour.
A New York Post inspired reminiscence contrasts a brisk twenty mile dash in a touring car with Old West box sleigh journeys from Marmaroneck and Rye. It notes how proximity to Broadway transformed rural amusements as the night ride threads past Bronx tributaries and limned water.
The Erie Railroad equips car No 1099 with a complete fifty-foot hospital on rails for shift injuries, including an operating room, sterilizer, instruments, and a forty three foot ward area. It features ground glass windows, acetylene lighting, a gravity water system, and storage for crutches and tools.
A young Southern man entering a New York law firm was asked to give a written opinion. The elder James C. Carter warned him not to claim absolute certainty noting one should only state the preponderance of doubt in legal conclusions.
The Cleveland Vaindealer reports a jibe about Rooshee proposing to borrow 800 million dollars. A cartoonish exchange notes the impracticality and labor of counting such a sum, poking fun at the idea rather than a real loan deal.
A Baltimore American note reflects on social manners and kindness in daily life. It contrasts tough independence with the best traits of civility, advising gentle, considerate behavior over harsh treatment in human relations.
James Foster saved 14 year old Ross Wells from an interurban collision in Shelbyville but was struck by a Big Four train while returning from Herrell's drug store. He died thirty minutes later. The accident involved a two horse wagon and damaged horses after a car struck the wagon.
T M Keyes sues Robert and Elizabeth Wild claiming 166 beds made, 300 errands at 10 cents each, 100 nights of blankets at 7 events, a whisk broom loaned for 20 cents, pet damages, clock winding, cat release and other charges totaling 81 with interest to offset a $125 rent demand for repairs and sundry items.
Coroner Frank Bass of Shelby County concluded Mrs Laura Ayers died from a bullet wound in the right temporal region during a personal crisis while temporarily deranged. The verdict absolves her husband of suspicion in Shelbyville Tennessee.
Rev E L Semans announced that Mr and Mrs William Chopsin, both 70 and childless, offered $50,000 to establish a home for aged and indigent people under Methodist oversight in the Wabash district. The plan was approved by a called meeting of district ministers and will be presented to the conference for acceptance.
During Myrtle Earle’s funeral a second tragedy unfolds as her 11 year old brother Gordain dies from the same poisonous fungi. Their mother Mrs Robert Earle is critically ill after also eating the toadstools mistaken for mushrooms in Anderson.
Ex-Alderman Jenny Whitaker owner of a Hammond livery stable assaulted Thomas Linn after Linn ill treated a horse. Linn suffered a broken hip in the attack.
Mrs Ellen Barnes who eloped with Charles Day returned to her father near Terre Haute and was ordered to leave the community by district residents.
Reports from the Indiana W. C. T. U. in session at Portland show fifty four unions organized during the past year.
Kate Gfrover head of the kindergarten department at Terre Traute public schools was killed by cars at a street crossing.
Charles S. Reed and Herbert G. Oldridge, switchmen at Brightwood, were killed when a switch engine collided with a coal car.
18 year old Ofe Inman disappeared after leaving home to attend school. He was last seen at his Bedford residence before dawn, triggering a search by local authorities and family. Police request information from anyone who saw him near his home or en route to school.
Indiana broke a record with fourteen inches of snow at Stillwell halting trains and electric cars. In Evansville a wall crushed three men injuring Capt Jas Fitzwilliams Pipeman Frank Cecil and Charles Oden in a two story fire building causing $800 damage. Shelbyville coroner's inquest on the Ayers case ends after fifty witnesses subpanned seven examined. Coresecutor Bassett rejects witnesses who only repeat Mrs Ayers saying her husband threatened her life not in his presence. Coroner says Mrs Ayers died from a self inflicted gunshot. Public opinion cites a murder in the dark and a community call for remedy and punishment.
The White Stockings win the 1905 World Series title by defeating the Cubs 8 to 3 in Chicago, clinching the best season ever for the South Side club. Mordecai Brown struggled for the Cubs, while the Sox totaled fourteen hits and reclaimed the crown in thrilling fashion.
The Chicago market shows stronger conditions across manufacturing and construction due to colder weather and material shortages. Rail facilities lag and prices rise in pig iron, light rails, plates, and copper, while cotton, textiles, grains, and livestock react to market shifts. New building plans and a $20,000,000 passenger station spur optimism and iron and steel demand remains high.
A distinct women’s bank will operate under the Night and Day Bank, not just a separate room. Proposed by a bank employee, it aims to avoid lines for women depositors and withdrawals, with rugs, tapestries, and a male teller to impress female customers. It will offer a dressing room in the safety vault and stay open until 7 PM.
Yale alumni weekly reports Prof Irving Tischer and students tested mastication effects over four and a half months. No extra exercise. diet by choice with meats three times daily. After two months endurance rose 50 percent and by the end they doubled physical work. desire for meat waned, cereals fruits and nuts preferred, meat intake dropped to one sixth.
Interesting news item notes Upton Sinclair will portray a character on stage in a dramatization of his novel She Jungle. A fire on the transport Thomas at Manila was contained with no heavy losses. Colonel J Lusk of the U S Army Corps of Engineers killed himself at his daughter’s home in Sandy Hook New Jersey, after years of ill health.
A broad aggregation of prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Buffalo New York and Toledo for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Notable ranges include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.72 and cattle 4.00 to 7.30, New York wheat 77 to 70A, corn 48 to 49c, oats 32 to 40c, butter 18 to 25c, eggs 20 to 25c, and clover seed 8.15.
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