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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
2
The piece argues cheerfulness aids health and longevity while wealth does not guarantee happiness. It notes that spending rises in good times, debts grow after, and people often overextend before saving. A Tennessee editor’s claim about race and Adam’s first wife sparks satire, then Zurich faces church bell noise and a looming Kulturkampf.
Lisbon during voting turmoil left seven dead and about 100 wounded as soldiers fired on the crowd after polls closed. Guardsmen mistook infantrymen for mobs, sparking fierce street clashes around Pedro Square and St. Dominique church. Troops and police patrolled the city as districts resumed counting ballots Monday.
In the Mercantile Trust Co public banking room Michael J. Hogan was robbed as a hurried man grabbed a roll of $1000 from Hogan’s overcoat. The suspect fled toward the door but was captured by a crowd. the money was recovered and the man identified as Frank Sellick alias Kid Burke, a New York bookmaker. The grand jury indicted Sellick within hours of the act.
Mukden April 7 four Japanese entered the American consulate Monday and brutally attacked the native staff for a private spite. Consul General Straight made a requisition on the Chinese police and the Japanese were arrested and taken to the Japanese consulate. It is probable the matter will be a subject of diplomatic action.
Police reserves were called to quell a riot among Black residents in Augusta Georgia. Mack Fryers, a Black man, was fatally shot by police during the disturbance.
The army transport Sherman sailed Monday from San Francisco for Manila carrying a large number of cabin passengers, 100 enlisted men of the 25th coast artillery, and 130 recruits for the troops.
The National Bank of the Republic, a leading city financial institution, closed its doors on Monday. Its business and assets will be liquidated by the National Shawmut Bank.
A 1900s fashion note outlines three maternity gowns in firm woolen fabrics such as cashmere and serge, including a Watteau back gown with silk embroidery and a deep waistband. It details materials like seven yards of fabric and trimming, plus a tea gown in silver gray cloth with lace empire bodice and decorative sleeve insertion. A third loose cashmere gown features embroidered fronts and turquoise taffeta trims with a large center bow, listing seven and a half yards of cashmere and other trim needs.
A guide to reviving heirloom lace from dusted garret stores. It favors reuse over buying new, noting last generations’ lace is finer and worth renovating. It details gentle cornmeal cleaning for point lace, soap and warm water for Trish lace, and pressing tea-dyed yellow and tan lace while still damp.
The item describes a girl blouse made in matching material with a gathered round lace yoke beneath a velvet fold. It features kimono over-bodices of lace, velvet edging, and tight fitting lace lower section with velvet waterband. Requires 1 1 1/2 yards wide 46 inch material and 1 1/2 yards velvet.
In fashion notes the lace jabot is praised as a clever substitute for the mannish collar and tie. It can be crafted from small fragments since its fullness hides joins, keeping a soft, continuous look.
A readable pastiche describes a net waist with ecru net and half inch tucks, dotted strips, and color options. It suggests embroidery with mercerized cotton, back and front dot placements, and neckline to sleeve length. Also discussed are glycerin skin use, Panama cloth shirtwaist for schoolgirls, and a Chinese hair polishing method.
A two a m Friday fire on the fourth floor of the Corning Distilling company elevator building in Peoria caused 230000 dollars in damage to the six story brick structure and its contents. The blaze spread to the still house, igniting the beer tower roof which towered a hundred feet and produced a green torch effect as flames consumed timbers. The incident threatened nearby buildings and 3000 cattle, marking one of the city’s most spectacular fires in years.
The People's party convention in St. Louis nominated Thomas E. Watson of Georgia for president and Samuel Williams of Indiana for vice president after stormy sessions. Delegations from Nebraska and Minnesota, backing William J. Bryan, attempted to adjourn. Nebraska delegates withdrew as Jay W. Forest of Albany moved to nominate Watson.
Representative Thom as Heflin of Alabama is defendant in a district supreme court suit filed by Louis Lundy for 20000 damages. Lundy, a Negro, claims Heflin kicked him and slapped him on a street car on March 27, knocked him off, shot him, and caused a head wound with bruises after an objection to the man's drinking in the presence of women.
Henry McDonald found guilty of arson in Terre Haute circuit court. After verdict on dynamiting stores and a Sanford church, McDonald opened fire wounding Detective William E. Dwyer and several officers before being fatally wounded.
Lincoln Neb. Joseph E. Smith, a 19 year old junior student at Cotner University, Lincoln, has been chosen as Nebraska's Rhodes scholar for Oxford. He resides in Overton Neb.
Portsmouth England report states thirty six men including Lieut Middleton commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger died in a collision with the cruiser Berwick off the Isle of Wight. The incident occurred during a naval engagement or patrol near the coast. Names of the fallen and exact circumstances are reported in dispatches from the port.
Theodore Cox died in Rawhide after a ten day illness. He arrived from New York on February 1 where he was prominent for years in finance and political circles.
The General Demand for a safe gentle liquid laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co. with Syrup of fig and Elixir of Senna. This combination is promoted as wholesome effective and sanitary for family use. It is advised to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. at fifty cents per bottle.
The recluse poet Joaquin Miller visits San Francisco and attends a formal dinner where a hostess describes her Parisian gown. He quietly responds that he liked only part of it, the portion she wore, ending the conversation with dry humor.
A reader recalls a long battle with a skin breakout, aided by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after three doctors failed. He cites relief lasting years and credits Cure for leg outbreak after leg infection followed grippe and pneumonia. May 13 1907, Milan Missouri.
An Illustrated Sunday Magazine piece features a tongue in cheek dialogue where a confident anti-eugenics figure urges a new wife to “raise many children” while a rural husband jokes about spending time outside the kitchen to raise vegetables, poking at gender roles and rural life.
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