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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
The article urges women to avoid laziness and dress neatly for morning meals. It cites the New York Weekly on tidiness, hair arranged, and practical dress like a mop-cap, advocating work attire that stays clean for better performance and a more respectful impression at breakfast.
From the penal settlement on Lampadusa near Sicily a convict freed three years early from a larceny sentence enters a new life. He inherits a great fortune from an aunt and acquires more assets including a Como lake villa and a city flat with fine artworks. He marries the widow he hired as housekeeper and spends a honeymoon at Lampadusa. While imprisoned he donated a clock to a tower so the hours can be heard, easing timekeeping for fellow inmates.
A long standing rule forbids British officers in India from accepting gifts from native princes, with special viceroy permission required for any present after surgery. Without approval a high ranking officer risked resignation, a practice rooted in the East India Company era when presents often exceeded salaries.
Report states that a sweeping tax on sombreros, the large brimmed hats worn by workers, will be imposed as a license fee. The move aims to abolish the hat, creating an aristocracy of workers who keep the headgear versus those who relinquish it.
The island of Celebes now connects with Borneo and the American island of Guam, linking the eastern hemisphere through Borneo and the western hemisphere through Guam, bringing Celebes into closer touch with the rest of the world.
A farmer living within Greater New York nearly suffocated after a late night stay in the city. The article notes New York remains provincial and references declining market rates with advice on keeping up appearances in society.
Pekin dispatch reports no settlement yet as Japan and China argue over the Tatsu Maru seizure. Tokyo prepares for possible independent action while Saionji and Hayashi hold and broad naval activity continues at Sasebo. China promises to recall arms shipments and to answer the seizure cargo dispute.
The senate passed the army pay bill on Friday authorizing a graded pay raise from five percent for lieutenant generals to 25 percent for junior officers. The act also sets the average pay of enlisted men at 40 percent higher.
Kansas City socialite David Waldo, a famous horseman and former track owner, was killed in a runaway collision near Independence, Missouri. The incident ends a widely known eastern and national equestrian career.
Frank Taylor of Sylvania a conductor on the Toledo and Western Traction road was thrown from a tax car and killed at Frankling Junction Sunday.
District Attorney Jerome headed to Albany to submit his formal answer to a fee complaint filed with Governor Hughes. The case involves W. F. King, former Merchants' Association president.
In North Collinwood near Cleveland fire and smoke killed 167 students aged six to fifteen as panicked crowds jammed inward doors. The fire destroyed the school, with 165 bodies found in the morgue and many more injured or unaccounted for. The coroner blasted the design of the hallways and exits as a deadly trap.
In Laporte circuit court Judge Richter appointed George F. Mull of Indianapolis receiver for the Chicago New York Electric Air Line Company, the Co-Operative Construction Company, and the Goshen South Bend and Chicago Railway Company, representing stockholders with 2600 shares.
Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died in Washington after a week long illness. Diagnosed with grippe, it developed into pleurisy with pneumonic heart involvement. He was 76 years old.
Famous Confederate veteran and former assistant adjutant general, Congressman Adolph Meyer, died at his New Orleans home on Sunday. He served in the Confederate army and later entered politics. His death marks the loss of a notable veteran and public figure.
In Denver, Giuseppe Alla, the priest killer, stood trial in criminal court at ten am Monday. The Sunday shooting of Father Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth Catholic Church sparked national shock and debate over motive and insanity. Four Denver brain specialists testified Alla appeared sane, while the defense summoned alienists to counter. the prosecution called eight experts for insanity assessment.
Three life convicts dash for liberty at Deer Lodge Montana wounding Warden Frank Conley and killing assistant warden John Robinson. Robinson’s throat was cut and Conley was stabbed before he shot two attackers. Mayes and Rock were killed by Conley after he was wounded. another assailant unnamed. Warden expected to recover.
King Leopold agrees to abandon the crown domain and foundation to Belgium. Belgium will assume Congo obligations of 21 million dollars and continue the king's Congo revenues for his lifetime. Belgium must respect 1906 concessions granted to two American companies in which Thomas F Ryan was interested.
A wireless report from Point Loma, San Diego, notes Admiral Evans aboard the Connecticut sent a navy dispatch from Magdalena bay on February 29. The fleet could not be located due to indistinguishable signals and the message’s contents remain unknown. Also, Duma seeks clarity from Minister Kokovnov on an $83 million international loan approved without Duma sanction at end of January.
Travel notices describe reduced colonist rates to Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound points with daily tours in tourist sleeping cars on the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Double berth only seven dollars through from Chicago. Contact S A Hutchison manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago or nearest ticket agent. The passage also includes social commentary about excuses and a blurry note on headaches and a stray garbled line.
Historical notices proclaim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for female ailments. Letters claimed cures and testimonials circulated, crediting the product with restoring health and saving surgeries.
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