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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
7
Vincennes police sergeant Henry Nieters, 45, slipped on steps at city hall and discharged an automatic revolver in his overcoat pocket. The bullet shattered his jaw and lodged in his neck. a delicate operation saved his life but recovery remains unlikely amid heavy blood loss.
Wae Parsons killed himself at the Howl Edward by firing a bullet into his brain. In a coroner letter he asked burial with little expense and delay and blamed former Representative Dudley M. Shively of South Bend for his troubles. Parsons had sought money from his son and Mrs Bonds and later pressed Edgar T. Bonds for $500, citing family ties as motive.
In Warsaw Indiana the National Junior Betterment association forms with officers led by Judge Willis Brown as president and J C Elsom as vice president. The plan is to bring thousands of boys to a Winona Lake camp from late July to August. Directors include J M Studebaker and H J Heinz among others.
A 1907 readers note recalls a severe eczema case in Owen from age three months to fifteen years, treated hopelessly until Cuticura remedies cured him. Separate pieces mention Rev Dr Wallace in Cleveland, a Boston muff incident, and a John Salzer Seed Co mailing offer for seeds and catalog to gain customers, with various product prices and promotions.
A Massachusetts man recounts staying at a Vermont farmhouse where the wife toils endlessly while the husband ponders hiring help. The pale woman weakly smiles, saying she might feel better and stronger if she could rest, hinting at the strain of winter labor.
Navy department has become more lenient toward midshipmen marrying before graduation at Annapolis. Over the past three years several midshipmen left service for marriage, while many passed midshipmen seek permission to wed. Requests have increased, and the department has granted most, reflecting a liberal stance on Cupid.
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