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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
The piece argues that wasteful habits by individuals and a nation show inherent cheapness and inferiority. It condemns food spoilage, clothing misuse, and squandered resources while urging a conservation mindset amid national talks in Washington.
The Canadian government plans to sell 5 to 6 million dollars of land in British Columbia this year to attract settlers. Vancouver reports state a major railroad company will assist, an American manager oversees the deal, and aims include paved streets sewers water systems and landscaped surroundings to entice new homeseekers.
Road experts in both continents convene in Paris on October 15 to discuss saving macadam surfaces. The shift from iron-tired to pneumatic tires accelerates dust removal, leaving roads rough and uneven. Oil, coal tar, and calcium chloride have been tried but are not wholly satisfactory.
An experienced navigator emphasizes calm water techniques guiding a nervous 150 pound passenger aboard a canoe with Sam assisting the cargo. The focus is on safe handling and steady control during the evacuation maneuver.
The record notes that in 1908 there will be tent buildings connected with Princeton University and related expenditures approaching a substantial amount.
The Democratic National Convention in Denver nominated John Worth Kern for vice president and Bryan for president amid turmoil. The Republican committee vowed strict campaign finance publicity. Elsewhere, Obaldia elected president of Panama, a Sault Ste. Marie fire caused 100000 in damage, Honduran revolutionaries driven from Gracias, and other national and international updates including protests, rail incidents, and political reorganizations.
John L Sullivan faced a domestic dispute with wife Annie amid years of marriage in Boston. Walter Roseperty of Chicago elected president of the Illinois Chris Han Endeavor union at Urbana. Charles E Brown arrested on counterfeiting charges in Danville. James Sherman vows to retire from the Republican national committee chair. Yahamas Fe Watson confirmed as Populist presidential nominee at Atlanta mass meeting. Gov Sanders of Louisiana to appoint a permanent state arbitration board to handle labor troubles.
Four drowned after a 45 foot launch exploded off Marion Massachusetts. Rescues include A P Tarbell and Edward Pecher after twelve hours in the water. Olympic Games opened in Lon Bh with 2400 athletes from 20 countries. A Chicago woman drowned after a fall from a pier. Maine forest fires threaten towns. Fire losses near 200000 at Zehden’s in College Point. Rhine bridge collapse near Cologne kills over twenty workers. Salvadoran rebels seize Gracias Honduras, resist three days at Choluteca. Two dead and a dozen injured in a Boston tenement gas explosion. William M Ingraham Jr contests his father’s will in Brooklyn law case.
Miss Elizabeth Sherley, engaged to Marquis De Mores, survived a July accident when a car plunged through a Salt River bridge near Louisville. Six party members were injured, with Sherley and Shelby Bonnie among the injured. The Marquis’s dramatic western history is noted.
Washington reports confirm Honduran government forces captured Gracias and aim for Choluteca while facing northern border threats. Dispatches note Puerto Cortez attacked from a nearby island as Gen. Lee Christmas nears. Dodge confirms Honduras filed neutrality complaint against Guatemala and El Salvador at Cartago. Nicaragua accuses Guatemala and Salvador of aiding rebels.
Amos Polhamus attacked his wife and four children in Delmont before his eldest daughter Helen, a prestmistress, shot him as he pursued Sarah after a hatchet blow. The father aimed to kill the family and was wounded in the neck and abdomen during the confrontation.
A Barr Alsace laborer was arrested for whistling a tune deemed seditious. The gendarme claimed it was La Marseillaise, while the worker said it was the Brunswick Hussars march. At trial both demonstrated their tunes. the court found the man guilty yet lenient, sentencing him to three days. Sunday Magazine.
A humorous exchange about marriage motives and social vanity. Miss Afternoon Tea argues against tombstone badges for wives, preferring visiting cards with a new name. Clarice agrees, recalling Jane Smiley’s rush to marry to update her name on cards.
A Kansas gas man with decades in the business says natural gas is capricious and that even seasoned researchers despair when trying to explain its baffling behavior and the whys and wherefores behind its actions.
In Philadelphia on Monday afternoon a heat addled man terrorized shoppers at Wanamaker's department store. He was arrested after a clash with police. Dr. Wanamaker, peace surgeon at Central station, was injured by a kick and hospitalized. Sergt. Bauswine called for reinforcements as three men were said to have become crazed by the heat and threatened violence.
A single fruit company exported last year 40 million banana bunches to Europe and the United States from Central and South America and Jamaica. The trade underscores the size of the produce industry and the role of Caribbean and American markets in global fruit distribution.
Treasury figures show available cash of 224,420,996 dollars, gold coin and bullion at 43,360,520 dollars, and certificates at 31,135,968 dollars, excluding the 150 million dollar gold reserve.
A Monday night blaze leveled the Genesee Fruit Co plant in Rochester New York causing about 125000 dollars in damage. The fire occurred in the northwestern part of the city. Chicago Heat Fatalities rise with three more deaths reported Monday as part of a heat wave toll that also includes a total of thirteen deaths over the weekend.
In a tale cited by John D. Fearhake the deputy marshal pursues a bail jumper through Georgia and Alabama. He telegraphs the judge that the man will come, then ferries him back tied with a clothes line. The prisoner swam the Tallapoosa river and reached the Alabama town.
A boy recounts fighting with the Carter boy after a bet dispute. He confirms he was warned not to quarrel, but explains he thought the bet was off since his parent stopped speaking to the Carter family.
A terse exchange reveals a wife’s disbelief as an interlocutor notes her husband’s lies. The sketch hints at deceit and endurance amid a tense confrontation.
An appeal to women in lonely homes urging use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to address reproductive ailments. Claims thousands cured from displacement, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities, pain, and nervous exhaustion. invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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