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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
2
The piece lauds school debating as practice for public speaking and thinking. It cites a New England teachers group urging organized schoolboy debate in upper grammar, high schools, and academies to replace aimless secret fraternities and satisfy youths’ desire to belong.
The navy seeks an efficient can-opening machine for ships. At sea a large crew must be served from canned goods with fewer than 750 cans opened per meal. Experiments aim to find a reliable device that speeds food service and serves the nation.
A debate emerges over whether prices for essentials have fallen. Bradstreet argues a drop from recent shopping, while diamond dealers dispute it. The dispute hinges on what counts as a necessity, with beans showing tiny declines and jewelry remaining out of reach for the average shopper.
Andover Massachusetts receives a $500 legacy for an annual old fashioned spelling match to be public. Competitors will be aged ten to eighteen. The note questions Patagonian bugs as a research focus. William Waldorf Astor adds to Oxford University endowment, pledging $100,000 once the fund reaches half a million. The fund stands at $375,000.
The article notes China will punish officials who pressed Japan to bow to Chinese laws and declares the incident closed. It warns Japan may soon face a nation unsatisfied with such handling. Also mentioned is a marble statue of George Washington moved from Independence Hall to Philadelphia City Hall rotunda as a gentle dedication gift from schoolchildren.
Albert 8S. Black a St Louis commission merchant paid fifty dollars to call Miss Ansie C Kerone a bookkeeper. The fragment notes an expenditure linked to a transaction or inquiry in the local trade scene.
A weekly briefing notes the banking and currency committee tabling the Aldrich financial bill and scheduling a hearing for Rep. Vreeland of New York. In the Senate the Overman bill limits injunctions against state laws to three federal judges, and John S. Leech is confirmed as public printer. The House passes the navy bill and rejects Roosevelt's four new battleships. Senate measures curb betting in D.C. and approve land purchases for government buildings, create a Montana bison range, and expand homesteads for non irrigable lands.
Portland candidate Henory M. Cake on the Republican ticket defeats incumbent Charles W. Fulton for U S Senate. Crow tribe appoints Senator Clapp of Minnesota as a chief for his work with Native Americans. Nathan Meyer of Wabash Indiana seeks receivership for his bat factory. Julia Marlowe suffers a nervous breakdown in New York forcing two weeks of engagements to be canceled. Eliza Hodge of Janesville Wisconsin has been unconscious due to church revival excitement. Michael Tsokas a labor contractor is sentenced to eight months in Sing Sing for sorting contract laborers from Macedonia and Bulgaria. Thomas B Wanamaker's will probates in Philadelphia bequeathing nearly all an estate valued around 20 million dollars to relatives.
Reports from across the nation describe multiple violent fatalities including John and William D Frank shot by city patrolmen in Columbus Ohio and F O Hawes who killed two city officials in Warrensburg Missouri. The piece also notes a Italian squadron preparing a demonstration in Turkish waters and the American fleet in Los Angeles harbors.
The article argues the living room should be a harmonious, durable space with solid alabaster walls rather than wallpaper. It notes light reflection differences, advising warm light colors for north rooms and darker shades for south and west rooms to improve lighting and reduce costs.
A Highlands landlord and a crofter tenant agree on reduced rent over three years due to poor crops, with the tenant eventually seeking rent relief. In the fourth year the tenant threatens to move if a barn is not built.
A German American specialist urges cleansing the blood to prevent summer illness. He prescribes a mixture of buchu, balm wort, and sarsaparilla to be taken after meals and at night to thin poisoned blood and regulate body functions.
Mrs Upmore laments to Verena that a public office keeps a husband away from home. An elderly servant recalls her own late husband as the grand imperial outside guard of a fictional order, noting his constant preoccupation with signs and grips.
A Southern newspaper essay argues that leaders have farm roots and urges men to move back to agriculture. It cites Canada’s land at 10 to 15 dollars per acre with good yields, notes recent bank panics, and mentions Canadian homestead grants of 160 acres with rail, market, and school access.
Henry Grimm recalls a German friend near death who improved and longed for Limburger cheese. His wife hid cheese in every room to grant cravings, prompting the doctor to arrive with the grim question of when the patient died.
A hired helper named Sandy takes long over a breakfast cheese. The farmer scolds him for dawdling, but Sandy explains the large cheese cannot be eaten quickly, and jokes about its size.
Bobby, son of a minister, has moved four times in eight years. An elder minister asked him about heaven and Bobby replied with weary humor that heaven is the last place they will move to.
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