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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
8
Six Purdue University students were seriously harmed during an attack in Lafayette as they returned to campus from the city. A large crowd of locals and students responded, and several suspects were detained after the incident.
South Bend records the marriage of the youngest dispatcher in the country as Ptradn Wover weds. The ceremony occurs at an event described with garbled details but confirms a local civic figure, and mentions attendees tied to the PeW and Dav Cochar notices.
A disastrous blaze endangers homes and a hotel in a local town before volunteers from the North Wooster church and local rescue companies, aided by a hotel staffer, stem the flames. One child is injured, and the community praises responders who saved the main street.
Fragmentary text suggests a court hearing or separation case with mentions of divorce costs, custody, and related legal actions. Names, dates, and places are garbled, but the piece appears to describe proceedings, possible alimony or property issues, and a court response.
A New York Sun report details Cap’n Reub Harway and the stoneboat South Star a shore craft on Long Island. The article describes the twelve foot flat bottom vessel its mule skifflike rig and improvised gear highlighting Reub’s sea bearing and reluctance to anchor offshore.
The body of Piggeo S. Caos was found in a barn near Wicanotichi with a bullet hole through the temple. He was to marry Miss Anna Stone, who had visited him the night before. the horse was hitched to the buggy when found. The incident occurred at the Bethe nun church area, with authorities investigating the Cribe.
World attention surrounded Wellman’s planned North Pole voyage with an airship from Spitzbergen to the Pole, two companions, sled dogs, and 275 days of provisions. A severe trial forced abandoning the airship mid voyage and the expedition is halted for this year after the craft was wrecked in a strong northeasterly wind.
A preliminary report in the American Agriculturist says American farmers will earn 37 billion dollars more this year than in 1906 due to higher prices for farm products. It predicts a 1 percent drop in output from the bumper 1906 year, but notes farms are financially healthier with higher real estate values and greater assets while debt is reduced. The farmer seeks more breeding stock, implements, household goods, and merchandise.
Gov Hughes leads national officers in a parade through Saratoga for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. The one mile parade features a Grant bier float, national colors draped across the route, and a ceremony at Congress Hall with NY officials and department leaders.
An 1880s era report outlines massive coastal fortifications for the Atlantic and Pacific shores. It notes $20 million total outlay, Endicott and Hadicott boards guiding builds, with 26 ports fortified and plans extending to overseas sites.
The article surveys global labor topics from railway conductors in the United States and England to Canadian wage gains, Virginia wage work, and Carolina schedulers. It notes union actions in Oklahoma and Havana’s cigar industry, and reports on the Swiss canton of Tessin rejecting night bakery work repeal while sawmill workers in Sweden win a major strike. It mentions women in trades, printer and garment unions, and housing evictions tied to labor disputes.
Chicago health officials report many typhoid cases linked to outside travel and improper water use. They urge travelers to drink safe water and report illnesses promptly while stressing vacations can continue safely with precautions.
Missouri Pacific seeks federal court review challenging a Kansas Supreme Court writ that forced continuing car deliveries to Larrabee Milling Company over Santa Fe tracks at a two dollar yearly rate. The railroad argues state court jurisdiction is lacking and that interstate rail traffic is under the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Report says some favor uniting Arizona with Nevada if Congress withholds statehood for Arizona alone after rejecting the New Mexico union. Proponents include voters who opposed the New Mexico merger and seek a combined territorial solution pending federal action.
In the Ray Stannard Baker installment on the color question in The American Magazine, a reason is given for Black migration from the South to cities. It notes schooling for children and police protection as key factors influencing plantation owners to sell large farms to thrifty Black buyers.
Dispatches from Vienna report Prof Belar of Lalbach earthquake observatory conducted seismographic experiments during Ostend gunnery trials. He tested if earth vibrations can calculate location and direction of distant artillery fire. Experiments were satisfactory and will continue during autumn maneuvers in the Kaya Panken hills.
Washington announces the decision to name one of two battleships as New York while the other giant ship will be renamed Delaware. The cruiser with New York will be rechristened Saratoga to preserve the historic naval name.
A collage of media quips on politics, society, and tech from various papers. Topics include Taft presidency notes, Wall Street influence, marriage law changes, wireless telegraphy demand, and humorous asides on bears, plagues, and automobiles.
This item compiles concise curios from the period noting that London streets saw twenty two motors lifted last year. It asserts under eight thousand landowners hold all Great Britain. A steam service costs five dollars versus eight hundred by hand. The Bible counts two hundred million copies worldwide. England shows the highest per capita coal consumption among nations.
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