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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
A farmer daughter laments lacking beauty in life while a city friend shows fits of rich imagery. The piece argues beauty is essential, citing quotes from Youth's Companion and Mohammed about balancing material needs with soul food through art and nature.
A Long Island Sound steamer caught fire but caused no deaths thanks to swift crew action. Pilots steadied the ship, the captain battled the blaze, and guards transferred GUO passengers to another vessel. In New York a church fire alarm at a children's show sparked quick, orderly evacuation with no panic.
The piece notes plague and disease hazards in global tenements and housing. It cites tuberculosis blocks in New York, dangerous working class districts in Paris, cancer houses in Lincolnshire, a plague tenement in Bombay, and Amber abandoned due to leprosy. It argues Guavaqui treatment to replace such structures to save lives.
The law imposes a three year probation for admitted immigrants. If they become public charges commit misdemeanors or profess anarchy they may be deported. The Department of Commerce and Labor plans to apply this with police help to anarchists and others failing entrance exams.
The article lauds Lord Cromer's recent Egypt work comparing it to Grant and Caesar. It calls him The Great Prose Consul and notes the book's merit in enlivening history through plain language. It mentions two British youths to study at an American university and peers seeking advantageous matches for heirs.
Legislative roundup shows the senate substituting the Aldrich currency bill for the Vreeland bill, passing it by a large majority. The house approves military academy and public building appropriations. The $120 million sundry civil bill advances in the senate. Brownsville affair delayed until December 16. The motto In God We Trust returns to coins. naval and post office appropriation bills move toward the president.
Secretary of War Taft returns from the canal zone. Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan is named temporary chairman of the Republican national convention by the arrangements subcommittee. Taft is endorsed by Republican conventions in several states and Michigan and Idaho instruct their delegations for Taft.
The report notes the Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh suspending after cashier William Montgomery faces theft charges. It covers drownings in Ohio and assaults in Florida, riots in Cleveland, a Dayton soldier’s fatal fall, Wright brothers flights, Yangtze tidal wave casualties, a Hart McKee divorce in Paris, and weddings in Washington and London.
Three more names are added to victims linked to Mrs Bella Gunness in La Porte Indiana. Officials say Gunness had an accomplice aiding in luring victims to her farm. Dentists identify jawbone fragments as from her skull amid ruin at the farmhouse.
The Rev S A Coffman a 50 year old Methodist clergyman confessed after slaying his wife Elis 33 by cutting her throat at their Rosstown home near Fairmont West Virginia Coffman said he regained his senses after the act and surrendered He planned to kill his family and himself following revival services in which he had been gaining converts Reuters style report notes the couple argued after a midnight discussion about his revival results and Coffman used a poker before the fatal throat wound.
New York May 19 Miss Bertha Vanderbilt Princeton university assistant librarian found dead in the Raritan canal near Kingston N J two miles from Princeton Coroner jury verdict accidental drowning several relatives suspect foul play missing clothing parts noted no signs of foul play Rescue of train passengers at Shreveport La after wreck five days isolation Blalock killed fireman badly injured Harris swam to report condition of wreck
Memphis dated May 19 reports Mrs. Bessie Ellis Deeson alone with three children at home when she shot her husband Hardiman S. Deeson. An intoxicated Deeson fired from the yard into the house before Mrs Deeson fired one shot. he lay dying.
Helena Montana reports three earthquake shocks perceived in the county Sunday night. In Marysville dishes rattled on shelves and clocks struck during the tremor. Madrid saw cabled congratulations from President Roosevelt to King Alfonso on his 22nd birthday. Kron Prinze Wilhelm sails for Cherbourg and Bremen with 8.35 million dollars in gold, split between Germany and France.
Northampton Massachusetts reporter notes a runaway accident on Monday night involving Miss Ethel of Sommerville during graduation events in the eve of commencement.
Broadway Magazine profiles Detective William P. Sheridan of Mulberry Street famed as the “Man with the Camera Eyes” who can recall names and faces of as many as 100 000 soldiers or criminals. His memory is highlighted as superior to other detectives who capture criminals but cannot name them years later.
A business man recalls a typewritten letter bearing a familiar name yet with a rubber stamp note Dictated but not signed by Mr as he had left the office. He ties it to the rush of modern life where telegrams or calls demand instant attention and letters go unsigned.
A friend sends a turkey to Rev James W Lee at home. A youngster notes the drumsticks are large and jokes about the source. The exchange centers on Doctor Lee and the Self Interpreting Bible he edited, with a child insisting God did not write their family Bible.
The text argues that happiness is normal and essential, linking happiness to good habits and a spiritual state. It claims unhappy people are abnormal and failures, urging perseverance to come out on top in the long run.
A guest asks about wedding gifts and the host offers to escort the visitor with a detective. The exchange captures a tense moment in a social event as an unusual precaution is proposed. The line hints at concern and potential trouble surrounding the gift scene.
A brief Yonkers Statesman item records a quarrel between Mr Flatte and Mrs Flatte about a cold water leak from the janitor and lack of heat from the furnace. The exchange hints at household frustration with utilities and service.
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ills. Claims it cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities period pains backache and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
In The Interpreter in American Magazine a father from the pork packing world teaches his sons to honor the sources of wealth. He stops, salutes hogs, and instructs his children to remove hats when seeing hogs on the road to respect the industry behind prosperity.
A dialogue depicts an employer and an assistant recalling a caller who left the name ending with Shaw. The office boy struggles to recall the first part of the name, listing possibilities Grim Hawk Hen Brad Fan Ker or Rick, unable to decide.
A Cleveland grocer reports personal health gains after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. He describes prior coffee induced nerves and loss of appetite, and notes his nervousness disappeared after using Postum, advising others with nervous or stomach troubles to quit coffee.
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