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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
2
The article warns that a city losing its public water supply faces severe fire danger and mass thirst. It notes risks from drinking polluted water and sanitation failures, including fecal matter and typhoid spread, citing past Allied and military camp experiences.
The author contrasts farming country life with big city indifference. Rural folks welcome strangers, value honest character, and trust in neighbors, while urban bustle promotes hurried isolation. The piece lauds rural openness as a fine human attribute worth accepting.
The Seismological Society of Japan says Chicago’s newer skyscrapers with deep bedrock foundations resist quakes better than older structures. Isolated foundations reduce surface shaking, similar to billiard ball dynamics, making mid soil layers less moved. Building near cliff edges is warned as risky.
Washington chatter features a high school boy who credits a red devil car with saving him from an exam flop after faltering on Latin declensions. Meanwhile Alfred Millard, Omaha bank cashier and humane leader, seeks the city dogcatcher post to redirect salary to his society and reform dog control practices.
A worldwide brief highlights Senate and House actions including a push for presidential authority over secret service events in Chattanooga, rate bill compromises, and confirmations. It notes the Knox indemnity bill, lighthouse bill, and railroad liability bill progress, plus a Jamaica-level mix of personal and local incidents and international developments.
The Newark steel plant, held by Receiver Miller for years, was sold by Master Commissioner Jones at public sale to Senator J. W. Lee of Pittsburg for 7170 dollars. Emperor William opened the Tellow canal linking Berlin suburbs to the sea via Haveli and Elbe canals. It cost 16 million dollars. President Roosevelt named Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes to study European denaturing methods, sailing July 1 with an expert chemist to England Germany and France. The Lake Mohonk arbitration conference urged The Hague to become a permanent congress with advisory power, a general arbitration treaty, and armament restrictions through international action.
An explosion near King Alfonso XIII and his bride Victoria Eugenie as they left the Church of San Jeronimo nearly killed the royal couple. Sixteen dead and many injured, with Manuel Duran named as suspected ringleader. The queen fainted but recovered, and the couple escaped to the palace amid public shock.
The secretary of war announced that President has appointed Col. Stephen P Joce lyn, senior colonel, to brigadier general to succeed Gen. Buchanan and Col. Walter T. Duggan to succeed Gen. Frank D. Baldwin. Both officers are Civil War veterans with excellent records.
The state convention of the Lincoln party nominated a ticket for Pennsylvania with Governor Lewis Emery Jr, lieutenant governor Rudolph Blankenburg, auditor general Major G W Merrick, and secretary of internal affairs E A Coray.
Washington D C Senate adjourned as Senator Scott called up the military academy appropriation bill totaling 1 669 427 with no objections to committee amendments.
In Clenfugos Cuba twelve people were injured when fireworks prematurely exploded during a celebration of King Alfonso and his wedding. A banquet followed in horror of the royal wedding.
Mrs. W. G. Davis of Groesbeck Texas reports back pain dizziness and headache due to irregular kidney action. After using Deans Kidney Pills she passed gravel stones and recovered fully with lasting health improvement. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Rosamond Johnson once worked as a bellboy at Young's hotel in Boston. He played Paderewski's Minuet for the pianist, who inadvertently caused his removal. When learning of the incident, Paderewski had the manager reinstate the boy. Later a streetcar conductor demonstrates courtesy in Detroit.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes a boy named Tommy on a country trip with his hostess, who draws his gaze to birds overhead. He responds with pity for the "poor little fellers" and wonders if they have cages, reflecting on freedom and captivity in a brief, gentle vignette.
The Detroit Free Press reports Mrs Nurich was held up and robbed. She felt fearfully mad, saying she only had five cents in her pocketbook and fears others will think she has no money.
A 78 year old ex-soldier recounts years of coffee related illness and repeated malarial relapse. After doctors urged quitting coffee for Postum he improved within days, now works hard again and praises Postum as a preferred beverage.
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