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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
2
Duluth leaders back strict policy on cheap cinema amid fire risk crowding and obscene content fears. Editorial cites St Paul false alarm near catastrophe and Chicago sweeping out such venues as example.
The late King Carlos I devoted years to scientific research for Portugal. Starting 1896 he supervised oceanographic work aboard his yacht Amelia and collected specimens. He also studied birds and agriculture, planning a Birds of Portugal manual with 39 plates and publishing oceanography results in six volumes.
The American Lifesaving Society reports 573 people saved from drowning last year by its representatives and staff. It runs 250 Lifesaving stations along coasts and inland waters, staffed by 4715 men, with 165 stations in New York City and 26 on Long Island, plus others on the Hudson. The work relies on voluntary contributions and showcases solid public service.
Small banks in the Pittsburg district report a decline as many foreigners depart for Europe. The area risks reduced deposits and potential consolidation as emigration hits local finance.
Republican Chairman Hitchcock opens a two day Western states conference in Colorado Springs. Notes from across the world include a San Diego arrest in an extradition case, a manslaughter conviction in Troy New York, and plans for a US Army aeronautics budget. Olympic results feature Sheridan and Rose shining for America.
A summary of varied events from St Paul balloons failing to break records to a fatal auto train collision near Columbia City Indiana. Quebec tercentennial pageants opening and a Manila typhoon disaster follow. Other items note floods, fires, drownings, and political fund limits.
Capt. Martin E. Brown renowned Ohio river steamboat man died suddenly of heart failure at Gallipolis D Co. J. L. Meyer a former millionaire manufacturer from Fond du Lac Wis now in reduced circumstances died in Milwaukee of heart trouble.
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago is chosen for president and Ada, Ohio native Aaron S. Watkins for vice president by the Prohibition national convention in Columbus. Palmore contested early, Watkins won on acclamation after motions and debates. The party adopted a brief platform urging nationwide prohibition, state submission, taxation reform, direct Senate elections, and other measures, plus orders to Honduras for Marines deployment.
New York report says fifteen thousand United States Rubber Co workers across seventeen factories will receive back pay for losses since January after an official edict restores the previous wage rate. John J. Watson Jr notes the move follows improved business and aims to encourage broader trade revival.
Buffalo July 21 six unidentified foreign laborers found killed or dead within 200 feet in railroad yards at South Buffalo. Officials suggest hunger and threats of self harm may have caused their deaths. none identified, victims described as undernourished and in tattered clothing. A separate St Louis report notes a somnambulist, William Pohlmann, nearly slitting his throat. his grandmother restrained him and doctors treated the wound.
Despondent over ill health Mrs. Gussie Benson took her 4 year old son and 2 year old daughter for a walk on Wednesday and did not return. Their bodies were recovered Monday and authorities believe she leaped from a ferry with the children in her arms.
Electricity is increasingly used to power mining equipment in Britain with some mines now fully electric. No other workable power source is needed in those operations.
A fragmented note discusses literary architecture and expression. It suggests richness and expressiveness in Mit style while noting faults or gaps in the Gezie. The tone hints at a scholarly or reflective critique of writing craft.
A transferred clerk offers a piano for sale or delivery, asking if the recipient will take it or if it should be sent. The fragment implies a sale transaction involving a piano and a clerk tied to a national department.
A lawyer records Enpeck's will dictating all property to his wife on the condition she marries within a year. The testator explains he wants someone to be sorry that he died, prompting the question of the unusual stipulation.
Lichens abundant on Madeira stone pavements create slippery streets, enabling sleighs to be used year round as the seasonality of snow is not required for such transportation.
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