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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
2
The article lauds women succeeding in diverse roles from tax collector and sculptor to home producer, noting devotion, scientific and artistic study, and measured progress. It argues against 19th century gender constraints, praising practical, varied work and independence.
English dietary expert Professor Alexander Haig cautions New Yorkers against excessive dieting. He warns that reducing food intake below necessary albumen may impair heart health and cause insidious debility. He urges a minimum nine grains of albumen per day per pound of body weight to avoid danger.
A beauty doctor touts a $250 Paris mold for hip reduction using heat and pressure with an electric apparatus. He claims inches can drop in under an hour and offers similar devices for fat backs double chins and ankles. Also noted is Miss Lucy E. Ernst from Philadelphia awarded a Carnegie medal for saving a boy from a rattlesnake bite.
A broad roundup notes the U S senate and house actions on militia funding Panama Canal relations and statehood measures for Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico and nationwide banking amendments. It covers rail rates cuts by major lines, a Panama canal procurement debate, presidential commentary, and global unrest from Bialystok to Garfield Utah with labor, violence, and economic jitters.
The 32 insurers who rejected a 75-cent compromise gain two more, with Insurance Co of North America and Niagara of New York promising dollar for dollar losses. California officials warn against refusing full claims, pledging public exposure and state action. News from Guthrie Oklahoma celebrates statehood. Roosevelt signs the Oklahoma and Indian Territory state bill. Other items include a fatal Malay attack on Mindanao officials, a mine fire near Santa Eulalie with seven deaths, a New York Central yardman killed at Bellefontaine, a memorial effort for Carl Schurz, a damaged steamer Manchester on Lake Huron, and a deadly rail accident in Polk County Tennessee.
A compromise on meat inspection legislation reached at the White House between President Roosevelt and the House Agriculture Committee led to a near completion of the bill. It authorizes a 3 million dollar annual appropriations and omits a civil service waiver and a tax levy provision, aligning with the president’s recommendations. The proposal also removes a court review clause and a labeling date, while preserving inspector access to packing plants and avoiding a universal tax on livestock.
Reports describe a grim scene at a Jewish hospital in Bialystok where corpses lay on the grass outside, many wounded arriving, and bodies of Jews reported to be mangled or dismembered. Christians at district hospital suffered fewer gruesome injuries.
A federal grand jury indicted McAndrews & Forbes Co and John S. Young Co of Baltimore and their presidents Karl Jungbluth and Howard E. Young for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. The case stems from a tobacco trust probe begun in May 1905.
The class of 1907 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis will place a tombstone over the grave of James Branch who died from injuries after a fight at the academy with another cadet over a matter of honor.
Former acting Utah governor Edwin Higgins died in Washington Monday at age 62. Higgins served as a government clerk in the capital since 1885, a career spanning decades in public service.
A Pennsylvania man visits Vineland on a business errand and, after vague directions and a sighting of an old negro, learns that the target man may once have “ran for lawyer.” The exchange reveals uncertainty about the man’s profession and past.
A Washington Star quotation about political friends and favors follows a line on how friendship shapes influence. The piece also notes that more experienced parents are slower to give advice on child rearing.
A physician recounts years of coffee use with daily heart palpitations. After a severe heart episode he stopped coffee and tea, switched to Postum, and now experiences no palpitations except when trying coffee again. He advises friends and patients to quit coffee for Postum. the Postum Co. promotes the product and a booklet.
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