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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
7
Indiana voters largely shunned the new primary system with less than half turning out. Prominent reformers criticize the process as cumbersome and insufficiently representative, while party bosses maintain control akin to conventions. The sixteenth primary saw over 160 names on the ticket and smooth operation across both parties.
A spate of seven deaths in Logansport linked to self harm or murder ends a grim week. Myndus Grace, five, died by his own hand after a tale of desertion and a wife's apparent suicide, closing a series that included a landlord shot by a tenant and a couple’s deaths by mutual violence.
Indiana Republican editors and wives plan a June 16 17 excursion visiting Jeffersonville Louisville and Cincinnati with no fewer than 100 editors expected. Indiana miners strike 16000 participants halt work awaiting wage talks. A toddler drowns after falling into a tub while mother narrowly escapes. Parrot Potty given funeral rites by an undertaker after dying in its cage. Building fire in Fort Wayne blamed on owner and inspectors. Railway commission warns public about railroad crossing and track dangers.
A Pennsylvania railroad passenger train fatally strikes a buggy carrying Township Trustee James L. Cripes, his wife, and their two year old daughter Ruth near Flore Indiana. A other child is fatally injured. The family tried to cross the track when the horse bolted, engine hits the buggy center mass.
In Goose Creek near Martinsville Indiana the Church of the First Born known as Unknown Tongues blocked burial of Mrs Geo Hailey. Deputies intervened and order was restored allowing the interment. The sect believes it can raise the dead and resented Frank Owens who they accuse of dynamiting their church.
The Brazil Brewing, Fairview County plant was sold at receiver’s sale to M W Peppard of Minneapolis for 8000. He assumes first mortgage bonds of 260.06, making the total about 23000. Indebtedness of the company runs around 386606. Peppard will hand the plant to Adolph Meyer of St Louis to convert it into a temperance brewery for temperance beer.
Ivanson Kiphart of Watson Indiana a Kentucky born former slave from Henry county Kentucky 1811 was granted a license to wed America Bradshaw who born in Anderson county Kentucky and now living in Watson both enslaved before emancipation and now preparing marriage plans.
Judge Rabb of the appellate court sustains the remonstrance in Frankfort First ward delaying liquor sale after February 3 1909. Frank Lancaster filed the suit leading to the decision.
W. R. Fish president and general manager of Sentinel Printing Co was arrested in Indianapolis on an indictment returned by the grand jury charging him with perjury.
Columbus Indiana farmer Samuel Dougherty hires Wr Nortman a former lieutenant colonel in the Boer War at 215 per month to study American farming methods for introduction to Transvasl. A Negro Jury in Petersburg Indiana serves for an assault case and acquits both defendants in a racially charged trial.
Henry Hardy a Big Four brakeman from Indianapolis killed himself with carbolic acid in Lebanon after separating from his wife who refused to return to him. He telephoned her before the act, ending a painful separation.
South Bend Indiana report says Julia Soulskeep 35 and Edward Onieski 17 were arrested while fleeing from Terre Coupe Indiana. The woman, already married, lived with her father and is alleged to have stolen $300 from him.
Phineas S. Wright a 79 year old Connecticut bachelor rich from detail oriented living prepares a granite monument in Putnam cemetery. He inscribes Going but know not where and Never beat by man but by woman. He stocks his tomb with whisky cigars and a silver cornet band to play at his funeral.
A traveler notes differences in headwear habits across nations. He argues Londoners wear hats firmly, especially bowler and derby styles, while Americans and southern Europeans wear hats more loosely. The moment is sealed when the man ahead reads the London Times, proving the traveler's point.
Miss Geraldine Farrar attended a Lenten luncheon in New York and urged debutantes to keep busy. She warned against degeneration and cited a parable of Mrs Rose of Melrose to emphasize how overwork and fatigue can affect marriage and health.
A renowned Parisian beauty created a sensation in Boulevard Haussmann with a tiny poodle wearing two pairs of diamond earrings. The diamonds glittered at the top and end of the dog's ears, drawing attention beyond the collar, fur coat, and tiny lace handkerchief.
Readers are urged to insist on the exact item asked for after encountering a paid advertisement. Do not let clerks substitute similar goods claiming they are “just as good,” as truthful advertising supported by the dealer should deliver the requested product.
A nurse explains that the young man she hires, detective Jimmie Hawkshaw, follows her for protection against kidnapping. The exchange hints at danger and local intrigue surrounding the nurse and her protector.
An 80 year old man describes bleeding piles, eczema sores, and self treatment with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. He credits the regimen for three months of daily care and later weekly use, noting prior medical advice urged hospital surgery. J. H. Henderson Hopkinton N Y Apr 26 1907.
A whimsical scene unfolds as a jogger passes a runabout and a talking owl asks what he sees. The ancient horse chuckles with a sly horse laugh and reveals its teeth while the narrator jokes about reading between the lines. The mood blends whimsy with allegory as cupid is busy and the owl ponders meaning.
An old printed advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case cured only by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It extols the product as reaching the blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and a contact at Kinnan Mazrin wholesale druggists Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Pills for constipation and lists price and availability.
Towne recalls a church discussion where the first three words spoken by the pastor were increase pastor salary. The exchange hints at church concerns, while other notes promote Tea benefits and self improvement ideas. A government service employment notice in Washington invites free information.
John A Enders of Robertson Avenue Pen Argyl Pennsylvania suffered six years of back pain headaches and dizziness. A specialist said his kidneys were fine though urine showed brick dust sediment. After using Deans Kidney Pills his kidneys began to act regularly and he passed gravel stones. He reports no kidney trouble since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents 2 boxes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a city court sentence day a man sentenced to two years for larceny sobs softly while a fellow prisoner bound for seven years for bigamy jokes about leaving his family. The scene captures raw emotion as the men face long terms.
Cures for foot trouble sold by druggists with Allen S Olmsted address in Roy Utah. Electric signs cited for bright remarks. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims teething relief for children. Quote about a lazy man preferring others' work.
The Well-Informed favor Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple pleasant laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co promotes an ethical, known-value remedy trusted by physicians for family use. Price fifty cents per bottle.
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