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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
2
A college dean urges better behavior among female students, warning that bad manners can thwart the rise of women in higher education. The piece reflects concerns about conduct, refinement, and the public image of women scholars amid calls for improved manners and citizenship.
The Fran alla Scoot Key association urges subscriptions to save the property from demolition for a new business building. The piece reflects on early American explorers and Columbus, noting the absence of recognition for the first Indian visitor and ends with a critique of Oster and a doctor’s worthlessness remark.
Washington report notes congressional leaders at sea over fiscal policy with no clear plan beyond postponing major action until after the presidential election. Prospects include possible rate law amendments, stock sales taxation debates, anti trust talk, and early adjournment with emphasis on inland waterways and navy expansion. The president may urge deepened Mississippi channel to Keokuk and a broader waterways program.
In European Russia at Ufa police heightened alarm Thursday night after a report of an attempted attack on the train carrying Secretary Taft and his party toward St. Petersburg. About 50 soldiers were posted in the corridors and vestibules and kept guard until morning as the train moved cautiously through the night.
In Brownsville Pennsylvania a groom named George Bea, 38, left a wedding celebration with companions to persuade a nearby friend to join the festivity. As they walked, about six men believed to be rejected suitors of Bea’s bride sprang from hiding and struck Bea, killing him. The attackers fled the scene.
A blast at the Naomi mine of United Mine Coal in Fayette City Pennsylvania entombs between 50 and 60 miners after rock and coal collapsed blocking the entrance. A rescue effort follows as deadly gas pours from the airshaft and observers fear many lives are lost.
Trinidad Vasquez a Mexican government secret service officer and key witness in Magon Villa reala Rivera cases was poisoned Friday in Los Angeles. He had feared for his life since Monday after his arrival here. He was chatting with detective Thomas Furlong when he collapsed. Meanwhile W H S Wright, a leading Mason and former railroad official, died at 65 in St Paul after a long career with Western Wisconsin and the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha lines.
Adrian Michigan Dr Artemia O Wotring aged 40 was instantly killed and several others injured when a gas plant exploded at his home in Ogden Center on Saturday night.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky Melvin Powell aged 17 shot and instantly killed his sweetheart Lillian Humphreys aged 16 near the city Saturday night Friends of Powell say the pistol was accidentally fired.
Charles L. Fergue Jr. reportedly drowned in a bath tub at his Ossining residence early Sunday. The incident details and official findings are incomplete in the available report, with fragmented phrasing surrounding the event.
Escanaba Michigan reports Capt Frank E Bent of company I Twentieth Wisconsin National Guard was instantly killed in a Saturday night car crash near here. Four others injured including Sumner K Prescott vice president of Prescott Iron Works who may die. Isaac Stephenson Jr nephew of Senator Stephenson injured. Joseph Durberry and Albert Holquist also hurt. Vehicle failed on a steep incline. Bent’s neck broken as car flipped after losing control and wheels detached.
Beatrice jury found R. Meade Shumway guilty of murdering Mrs. Sarah Martin near Adams on September 3. The jury recommended the death penalty. Mrs. Martin, wife of Shumway’s employer, was left alone with him while her husband attended a primary election. The husband found her mutilated body upon returning to the farm. Shumway and about $200 were missing.
A Beatyville dispatch reports jurors found B Fulton French not guilty in the James B Marcum assassination case. Judge Hargis and former Jackson County Sheriff Edward Callahan were also acquitted, closing one of Kentucky mountains most noted feuds.
Flames crippled the Mullen brewing plant at Wallace and West Thirty-ninth streets and the Ernst Tosetti Brewing company at West Forty-first and Butter streets Thursday afternoon. Total loss estimated at 275000 dollars.
The congressman George W. Smith died suddenly Saturday night at his home in Murphysboro after a two week illness. He was in his twentieth year of service in Congress and his death occurred as he grew worse following a period of illness ending at mid evening.
Secretary Taft spent Sunday touring Moscow's kremlin palaces and churches opened for inspection by Governor General Guerschelmann. He attended a banquet in his honor hosted by the American colony, with President Roosevelt and Tahten Nicholas present.
Washington notes the opening of the 60th Congress with 160 newcomers amid gala scenes in the House and Senate. Joseph G Cannon resumes speakership, John Sharp Williams leads the Democrats, and William Jennings Bryan appears on the floor amid cheers. Rules clash at first, then are adopted by party vote as committees inform the president of Congress readiness. New members are sworn in and obituaries observed as sessions begin.
A Baltimore & Ohio express derailed at Shenandoah junction, killing W L F Hoffman and his daughter Nellie of Baltimore and an unidentified white man, with a dozen others injured none fatally. Serious injuries include Antonio Roscivo of Frostburg and Joseph Enhart of Brooklyn. The express was side swiped by a freight and then hit by another freight.
A two year old child in South Chicago died after allegedly finding his father’s pipe and lighting it with a match, catching his clothing on fire while the parents were away. In Alabama, an east bound Southern Railway passenger train derailed near Marton. engineer Frank Little died trapped under the engine and the fireman was seriously injured.
In Kananga City Mo on December 3 Frances Woods six year old sister in law of Justice David J Brower of the United States Supreme Court died from injuries after a fall. The incident occurred at a local residence and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
A widow and mother of six describes long suffering night sweats and loss of appetite. After four months on Peruna prescribed by Dr Hartman she reports full recovery and offers to share her experience with other women. She notes using five bottles in total and thanks Dr Hartman for her healing.
A clipped set of light anecdotes and misheard lines from Stray Stories and Just His Luck. A veteran adviser jokes about timing a jury speech to keep a burglar free. A deathbed aunt yields a will and a teased inheritance tale.
An early shift change at a restaurant sees a diner leave a five cent tip after a modest luncheon. The waiter, noting the gesture, thanks the customer and privately regards it as a sign of good fortune for the shift to begin, remarking, That's a start.
A young Texas teacher recounts starting coffee as a child and drinking Postum Food Coffee for about a month to end nervousness, improve complexion and digestion, and eliminate headaches. She notes no headaches after switching and mentions others unknowingly ceasing coffee when not properly prepared.
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