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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
A varied column from Ferdinand Indiana notes quick tips for staying cool, social commentary on Cuba and Americans, remarks on weather, safety, and public life. It touches on radium pricing, aviation risks, and a New Orleans inventor claiming a long-range wireless warship destruction device.
Judge Joseph R. Clarkson of Kenosha Wisconsin was found working in a pearl button factory in Sabula Iowa after disappearing July 14. President Taft arrives at Beverly Minnesota for the summer White House while his public itinerary continues. Notables include Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and family in Paris, Lord Kitchener named inspector general of Mediterranean forces, and the International Typographical Union meeting at St Joseph Missouri.
Eight members of a joint congressional commission sailed from New York to Europe for a two month inspection of continental waterways. Wisconsin’s Nicolet discovery celebrated at Green Bay with historic society events. Tank Cottage dedication marked in Union Park. Taft policy hints at bipartisan federal jobs sharing. Tragic drowning in Toledo. Sweden’s strike turmoil noted. Jeffries plans Europe fight. China-Japan railway tensions rise in Manchuria. Indiana Labor Federation prepares 25th anniversary in September. Pete Jackson’s dentures cause emergency surgery in Puxsutawney. Battle Creek tent collapse injures several. Paris beheading draws large crowd. Sunday closing laws repealed in Connecticut. Alabama prohibition measure passes by Montgomery.
Frank Nicolai assistant cashier at City National Bank Auburn Indiana returns after several days in the woods without food and is arrested on charges of embezzling five thousand dollars from the bank. He left notes for a friend his fiancee and “the boys” cautioning them not to repeat his actions and mentioning long suffering.
In Logansport Indiana a goat was forced into the feed pen of a 100 year old Royal Rajah python exhibitor Gus Lambrigger. The 27 foot long, 300 pound snake crushed the goat’s bones and began swallowing the body. A horn embedded in the snake’s throat severed an artery as it died in agony. The scene caused cages to be knocked down and monkeys liberated.
Indiana state board of tax commissioners ruled surplus funds are illegal assessing. Major case by Anderson Loan Co. involved $500,000 surplus. Great Western Pottery faced higher personal property assessment from $39,600 to $79,210 after plant inspection. Other appeals noted. Brazil Factory Promoting Club signs for a $100,000 bottle glass plant employing 240 by October, with more glass factories negotiating. State Normal School summer term ends with 1,141 enrollments. total for year 3,951. Tobacco Growers meet in Tennyson with 152 date gates. plan to pool 80 percent of this season’s crop. Upper Wabash conference to meet Aug 11 at Veedersburg with Bishop Matthews. Joseph Isaiah Little dies in Connersville. Lippincott Plane Co. to resume operations Sept 1 after summer repairs.
Grant county’s oldest resident Dr Isaac Carey dies at 87 in Marion Indiana. Howard County war veteran Capt Daniel Farley dies at 89 in Kokomo. Peru centennial boosters parade Tipton led by Third Regiment band. Indianapolis mayoral nominee Lew Shank wins Republican nomination. Connersville Democrats name slate for city offices. Mishawaka tragedy as Russell Earl dies in car train collision. Pink eye epidemic hits local livestock across several counties. Orville West Sr longtime turf figure dies in Jeffersonville. Green bottle glass workers learn AFL drop news in Terre Haute. Pink eye spreads to horses and cattle in Jefferson and Marion townships. Logansport marries chimpanzee Julia Kruger to Tony at Orrville banker owner. Vincennes crew killed in streetcar crash. others injured. John Okey Ayers commits suicide amid election tensions in Indianapolis. Ft Wayne officials assaulted over milk sale incident. New Albany tent wind storm causes panic. no injuries. Wabash fire destroys 10 buildings including post office. damage $35,000. Monroe county gas well delivers 7 million cu ft daily. Hammond druggists pled guilty to liquor law violations. fines set.
A quote from the Atchison Globe discusses the dead beat stereotype. It argues that while criminals are despised, the dead beat loses trust and social standing, endures constant moving, and faces a harsher fate than the honest man.
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin of Detroit reports her child Vivian suffered sixty boils from six months old, treated with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with complete cure. Recurrent eruptions behind the ears and scalp were healed after extended use and have not returned in two years. February 24 1908. Peter Drug & Chem Co Sole Trupa Boston
Terre Haute Indiana report notes Joseph Keller was elected president at the annual meeting of the Alliance of German Societies of Indiana. Herman Meckwitz George Ehrenhardt and others including Dr Keerl Helm Vich Steinmetz were named vice presidents with Armin Bohn as state treasurer and Jacob W Loeper as state secretary.
Robert Ashe of Richmond Ind has been granted a ten year franchise to install an electric lighting plant at New Paris Ohio six miles east. The town will have 25 lights. Ashe recently installed a plant at Liberty Ind.
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