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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
2
The article notes advances in article packing and exhibit presentation for shipment and display. It cites the Boston Herald on using fern leaves to decorate crates and preserve fruit, vegetables, and dairy, urging more green decorations in markets and stands to attract customers.
Camp meetings and Chautauqua gatherings spread across mountainside, lakeside, seaside, and riverside, blending culture with spiritual renewal. Thousands seek recreation and culture, creating summer jobs for college professors and offering a welcome change from classroom routine. The Baltimore American notes uncertain effects on educational standards, yet agrees the summer leaven quickens the masses in cultural life.
The proposal suggests joint policing by the United States and Mexico to end disorders in Central America. It argues most plans fail, warns against binding interference, and claims cooperation could ensure disinterested action and avoid Latin American objections while promoting continued peace and development.
Prof Huxley argues an acre of fish farming yields more food than best land over a year and describes a cod mountain 128 to 130 feet high moving along the Norwegian coast. The vast cod and herrings trade figures highlight exhausting sea harvests per week and yearly limits. Also notes Florence Kollock Crocker anniversary and rising windmill orders.
Civilized World information notes include George W. Fitzgerald arrested for a $173000 theft in Chicago subtreasury eighteen months prior. Also reported are a newborn son to Senator Beveridge and wife, the disappearance of A Alston of Stevenson Bank, Rockefeller gifting $50 to cousin Miss Gertrude Rockefeller, Annie Peck's safe return from Lima, Evans birthday celebration on retirement, Cotteringham’s embezzlement arrest in Ottawa, and Alfred Wimberly’s suicide in Des Moines with a farewell note.
The Springfield grand jury added six mob leaders to indictments while Abraham Raymer and Kate Howard were named as ringleaders. Private J Klein of Chicago was released on $800 bail in Kanakakee for Earl Nelson’s murder. Gov. Deneen recalled most state troops from Springfield. Widespread fear among Negroes followed renewed threats.
A lightning caused blast in a tunnel near Pottsville Pa killed two men and fatally injured another. The incident prompted investigations as rescuers searched the debris and authorities assessed the cause and safety measures.
Heidelberg Aug 25 The German ambassador Baron Speck Von Sternberg died at the Hotel Victoria after a noble struggle with a lupus and chronic lung inflammation. His wife Miss Lillian Langham of Louisville was with him. The baron planned to return to Washington and visit Emperor William in Berlin before resuming duties. Burial plans await arrangements, possibly in Dresden.
In New York a 45 year old unidentified woman was choked by two tall men who robbed her handbag and threw her in front of a speeding trolley on Amsterdam Avenue. Motorman Thomas Murphy stopped the car too late. the woman was killed instantly.
Alonzo Walters cashier of the Bank of Ella ville shot himself with a pistol at the Windsor hotel in Aesaericus Georgia after a failed settlement of an alleged $50 000 shortage. He was found dead in a chair with a gunshot wound to the forehead. A warrant reportedly was out for his arrest.
Panic struck Mrs. Mary Abruzzo on Monday when a gas stove exploded. Her three year old Joseph and her infant Charles were in a baby carriage. she hurled the baby from a third floor window then leaped after it. The boy perished inside the apartment. both she and the infant died from the fall.
Five year old Frank Giurell was accidentally killed at Fraser Station when an unloaded pistol misfired during a play with his cousin. The gun was believed unloaded, but the cousin pulled the trigger as the boys pretended to shoot.
Four persons were killed near Eugene Oregon on August 23 when a Southern Pacific train struck a bull on the track and the train derailed into a ditch. The incident occurred at night as the locomotive and cars piled up after the impact.
A man about 20 to 25 years old was found Monday in Colorado Springs in railroad yards atop a 20% ash heap. His flesh was badly roasted, and investigators sought ID clues to determine his identity.
A seeker consults a medium for healing and receives a prophecy about a special wine. The medium’s trance identifies a son, gives a swifter remedy, and a slip with his handwriting directs to Fulton Street Manhattan. The wine is bought from a merchant named Smithkins, confirming the eerie thread of the tale.
Rodrick asks Van Albert about a camping trip and cooking under the stars. Van Albert declines, saying he never enjoyed such trips and has never been on one.
Paris sees explosive growth in transport with 101,750 vehicles currently. The city operates 2,000 omnibuses and tram cars, up from 845 in 1891. Hackney coaches rise from 12,000 in 1900 to 18,250 now.
Government analyses show temperance beverages sold in England contain 2 to 12 3-10 percent alcohol. English liquor laws tax only drinks above 2 percent. Of 4,147 samples tested over four years, 3,698 exceeded the limit. Ginger beers and herb beers had the highest alcohol levels, some rivaling claret or Rhine wine.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for female ills. It cites decades of use and a testimonial from Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri detailing twelve years of suffering and relief after following Pinkham’s advice and using the product.
A conversational fragment shows a speaker defending the editor amid mixed opinions. The remark emphasizes loyalty and personal loyalty over public critique within a newsroom or literary circle. The tone reflects old friendship and solidarity.
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong itch that grew into red and white boils. After trying many medicines he used Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for about eight months and claims complete cure. Nelson R. Burnett of Tipton endorses the testimony as truthful.
A Nevada remark in the Western Christian Advocate suggests a twist on the saying Death loves a shining mark, replacing it with Death loves a missing shark. The line appears as a provocative observation in the publication.
A fragmented ad like notice touts a marine eye remedy said to cure eye ailments and relieve pain at no cost. It mixes medical claims with baseless health assurances and generic line about character.
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