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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
2
A National Magazine editor argues that happiness and virtue cannot be bought with money. He compares modern public sacrifice to Aztec rites and warns that sarcasm and revenge replace nobler aims. He cites Ruskin on enjoyment and urges moral steadfastness over wealth.
American women lag in adopting fireless stoves, a German invention that heats food in a double-walled box to seal in flavors. U.S. troops and men quickly used them, while an improved model now promises to fry and roast with a heated stone, aiding the servant problem.
A solitary east to west route remains for travelers across South America via Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres. The journey, done by rail in places and stage over passes, takes two days for 60 miles and carries risks. Planes for three railways across the Andes are forecast, including a transcontinental line and a link to Amazon steamers.
In Raume the heraldic commission revised titles and states a younger son of a count is a nobile dei Costi a noble of the counts. Count Sennicap thus uses Conte on visiting cards and his wife is styled Contessa or Nobile Denna dei Conti, with the crown of a count as courtesy.
The article laments the witness who gave sensational testimony in the Druce case in London fleeing due to accusations of truthfulness. It portrays the situation as a loss to public understanding and criticizes the reaction as an underappreciation of the testimony’s significance.
Margaret Delando Boston told a Twentieth Century club in Chicago that free love would be the ultimate fate of the United States if present divorce practices persist. She warned that society would unravel as marriages dissolve and moral standards erode under current methods of divorce.
Local report details a Connecticut resident involved in a clash with an eagle at a rocky site and facing legal actions. Authorities describe the encounter as a notable incident highlighting wildlife conflicts and safety concerns.
Brazilian police uncover a multistate conspiracy to strike part of the American battleship fleet in Rio de Janeiro. Chief conspirator Jean Fedder, based in Petropolis, fled toward Sao Paulo with involvement suspected from foreign anarchists in Minas Geraes. Police vow strict vigilance on land and sea as Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes police pursue arrests.
A Southern Railway westbound train from New Albany plunged 50 feet from a trestle near Corydon Junction Indiana. Three men were killed Clarence Dunham and W H Scott and Frank Carter. Conductor James W Pritchett and Clyde Stewart were injured. An Evansville passenger train had just crossed the trestle 20 minutes earlier.
District Attorney Langdon declares all immunity debates over and says Ruef will be tried on every bribery charge. He reveals a May contract offering Ruef broad immunity in exchange for testifying against others, except for the extortion case where Ruef pled guilty. Prosecution plans appeal to the Supreme Court.
Riot over eviction of tenants drew 2000 sympathizers in the Upper East Side as police called out reserves. Four women and several men were detained as demonstrators halted further dispossession warrants at that time.
Columbus Ohio Professor Alen Campbell Burrows English chair at Ohio State University died suddenly at his home after a week of grip illness. He was about 67, a Western Reserve University graduate of 1861 who taught at Phillips Academy Western Reserve and Iowa Agricultural College before joining Ohio State in 1894.
Hedley Shaw company mills in Kenora were burned early Wednesday. The Maple Leaf mills and an adjacent elevator storing over 300000 bushels of wheat were consumed. Estimated loss reaches 1 million dollars with insured coverage.
Three miners A. D. Bailey P. J. Brown and Fred McDonald were rescued from the Alpha shaft Giroux mine in Ety Nevada after 46 days entombed. They were weak but uninjured otherwise and the rescue ended a prolonged peril.
Vallejo California cruiser St Louis loses John Hart to wood alcohol poisoning. He is the third death in a week from the toxic drink, with two sailors now totally blind and five others possibly unfit for active duty. The supply came from linoleum cement.
In Rio de Janeiro the American fleet welcomed six torpedo boats that came from Pernambuco and joined the harbor alongside sixteen battleships, anchoring nearby Friday.
Gen. d Amade leads a French column to victory at Settat after a ten hour battle with Mulai Rachids Moors. Twenty French soldiers wounded. Arab forces suffer heavy losses. The clash follows a 25 hour march and ends with the French securing Kasbah fier Robid.
In New York Fudge Hough of the United States circuit court directs E D Harriman to answer all ICC questions except those about Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stock related to the August 1906 dividend. Judge Housh also orders Otto H L Kuhn of Kuhn Loeb & Co to answer ICC questions.
A blaze began Friday night in a six story structure at 19 to 23 Market street housing McNeil and Higgies wholesale groceries. The fire caused about 600000 dollars in damage, injured several firemen, and stirred alarm at a nearby hotel.
Guatemala City marks the inauguration of the Guatemala Northern railway the third major line in Latin America joining the Atlantic and Pacific. President Cabrera with government officials attended alongside an American delegation led by Maj. Gen. Co W. Davis at the ceremonial opening.
A fatal shooting occurred in Springfield involving individuals linked to the If-Donall Stevenson firm and salesmen for a mining company, with authorities investigating the incident.
A grand jury appoints a committee to investigate alleged illegal acts by individuals connected with financial institutions and public service corporations. District Attorney Jerome reports adequate staff and funding, urging informants to come forward and newspapers to aid in gathering evidence. A Provident Life case file and a Colorado commission report are noted in the inquiry.
In Omaha the Revins children Robert Gertrude and Daniel emaciated from neglect and disease were ordered placed in county hospital after a custody dispute. The family had moved from Sidney Ohio. mother allegedly took 250 belonging to the father and fled with the children. The father recovered the children and brought them back, while the mother pursued.
James W. Harper and Wiley T Smith were brought back from Vancouver and jailed in Jackson. They denied a local report claiming they were admitted to the First National Bank of Hattiesburg with the cashier’s help and given the bank’s combination.
Chicago news reports Stuyvesant Fish and others seek to block the vote on 287,951 shares. The Illinois Central Railway Co. annual meeting set for March 2 was extended to January 2 to file briefs in a Superior Court action.
Milan reports 21 dead and many injured after a collision between an express train and a freight train from Berisine near the city. A second Milan train then collided with the wreck, worsening the disaster. Lord Curzon wins a Dublin election vacancy after Lord Kilmaine’s death. Morris K Jessup in critical heart failure in New York after days of severe illness.
A claim that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is a superior laxative due to its cleansing, sweetening, and gentle internal action. It emphasizes natural, pleasant use, no harsh after effects, and physician approval. Advocates purchasing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
Mr. Woodson pledges to avoid wearing a high hat when snowballs are ripe, declaring the practice a resolved restraint. The lighthearted promise reads like a civic stance amid winter mischief, captured in a brief newspaper notice.
The piece recalls Evangelist Torrey failing to convert a skeptic in Chicago who retorts with a biblical line. A barber of stories follows with Taele Morton a former slave and Atlanta retainer, noted for wit and diplomacy as two young waitresses flirt. The final vignette paints Pasadena’s Echo mountain view after dinner.
A reader describes a longtime coffee habit harming health and headaches. After switching to properly prepared Postum, headaches faded and the household stopped coffee. A friend, shown how to make it correctly, then also switched.
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