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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
2
A historical critique warns about popular public displays that test life on stage and the crowd’s appetite for danger. It argues thrill seeking drives attention from looping loops to cave beasts, compares modern shock value to ancient gladiators, and notes societal push for excitement amid concerns of safety and propriety.
Police chief Morris of Springfield Jr is arrested on political tribute charges. Austin of Pacific Copper is jailed in Mexico City for kidnapping Lawrence Ross. Numerous accidents, rescues, and crimes are reported from Chicago to Philadelphia, with ships burned, miners entombed, and a Persian nationalist leader assassinated.
William Howard Taft formally accepted the Republican nomination in Cincinnati on July 29. The city honored the candidate with a day of civic pride, flag-raising, and a grand Eden Park pyrotechnic finale, as veterans and dignitaries joined a wide public tribute to the nominee.
Reports describe riots in multiple cities including Portland and Mason City, fires in state armories, a coal plant gas explosion, a dog bite outbreak among marines in Colon, drownings in the Omtonageen river, robberies in London, and lawsuits over lumber trusts. Notable figures tied to politics and industry are mentioned.
Oyster Bay August 4 President Roosevelt has taken no final action on the dismissal of eight United States Military Academy cadets for hazing. An informal statement via Rudolph Foster says no decision has been made and Secretary of War has not yet issued a final recommendation.
A second major amomobile accident within 45 hours in Burlingame claimed five lives and left two injured when a large vehicle carrying five women and two children plunged down a steep embankment. The dead include Mrs. Thomas A. McCormick and Miss Clara McCormick. The party had visited Prince Piniatowsky near Burlingame and were returning to San Mateo.
The west bound Golden State Limited of the Rock Island railroad wrecked near Hado forty miles west of Benson on Monday. Four persons were seriously hurt three slightly injured and many shaken. Passengers were in berths when the train toppled two sleepers and the observation car on their sides while the diner left the track. The wreck was caused by a broken rail.
More than 160 delegates representing every state and territory in the union and parts of Canada attended the 12th annual American Osteopathic Association convention in Kirksville Missouri opening Monday for a five day session.
The American Atlantic fleet reports position at 18.23 south, 175.54 west on Monday night, about 1,260 miles from Auckland. Wireless communication will be maintained nightly until Auckland is reached.
The bodies of Miss Elsie Green of Savannah Georgia and Porter B. Parish of Memphis Tennessee, who were drowned while boating on Lake Chautauqua, were recovered Monday near Sailors Light.
Three laboring men were walking on the tracks of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad at Pratt when they were struck and killed. Emergency crews investigated the scene in New Britain Connecticut on August 4.
Read What She Says: ISS Della Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin reports years of a run-down condition with sleepless nights and poor appetite. After six bottles she is completely cured and credits Peruna for improvement. Another testimonial from Evanston Illinois praises Peruna for restoring health and strength.
A George Washington University professor, described as rotund yet profound, discovers his children debating the meaning of absolute. The exchange asks if a man can be absolutely good or absolutely bad, then humorously questions if a man can be absolutely fat, prompting the father to react with amusement.
Mrs Lily Wedge of Camberwell Green England reports her son Owen suffered eczema from three months to fifteen years with raw skin and nightly torment. After four hospital admissions doctors deemed hopeless. Six months ago a Curtiura remedy set was used and the boy fully recovered, an astonishing cure.
A quirky exchange shows a patient offering to pay with items for medical help. The dentist skirts the barter and questions the patient’s purpose while references to elixirs and tonics hint at old time remedies like Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Allen's Foot-Rase.
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