Local residents and visitors travel through nearby towns
A long list of residents and guests from Mariah Hill Jasper Rockport Evansville Louisville and other towns visited over the weekend and early week. Notable mentions include Father Chatraud visiting Indianapolis clergy from St Pauls Cathedral and candidate Harry W Carpenter visiting for a planned speech March 14.
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Father Chatraud
Bishop Chatard
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Indianapolis
J. B. Schorno
Andy Renner
Huntingburg
New Farmer Store promotes laces and dress trimmings
Prop Henry Beckmann advertises a broad selection of laces embroideries dress trimmings and fancy buttons to shoppers seeking quality fabrics and accessories at the New Farmer Store.
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NEW Farmer Store
Henry Beckmann
Notice of land for sale between Ferdinand and St Meinrad
160 acres of land 650 acres in timber 85 acres bottom land the remainder rolling. Two orchards a fine vineyard new house and a good barn. Premises between Ferdinand and St Meinrad on the St Meinrad road fairly fenced. For details inquire Herman Jasper Ferdinand Mary Lindemann Troy or Henry Otto St Meinrad.
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Ferdinand
St. Meinrad
St. Meinrad Road
Herman Jasper
Mary Lindemann
Troy
Henry Otto
Southern to French Lick West Baden new passenger line
Southern Railway will operate regular passenger trains on the French Lick West Baden Extension starting Sunday January 5 1908. The health resorts will be easily reached with attractive round trip rates from all points. For rates and schedules contact any Southern Railway agent. J C Boam Jr Aggt G BP P A.
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Southern Railway
French Lick
West Baden
West Baden Springs
Southern Railway Company
New Line of Dress Goods Arrives for Spring and Summer
Notice announces a new line of dress goods including Cross Bar Ginghams Sheppard Checks Lawns and Colors and White Goods for Communion Dresses and Shirt Waisting. Customers are invited to call for a showing and to view the selections.
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Sheppard
NEW Farmer Store
Henry Beckmann
Use of the Metal Cap on Armor-Piercing Projectiles
A German scientist explains that a soft metal cap on armor-piercing projectiles cushions impact. The yielding mass prevents deformation of the projectile tip, distributing pressure over a wide area rather than concentrating it on a point. This preserves the tip to cut through the target.
Judicial Floggings in India Highlight Public Torture
A Reynold's Newspaper writer calls attention to widespread judicial floggings in India. In 1902, 25,186 adults were flogged for petty theft and similar crimes, publicly over the bare body with triangles outside courts. Sir Henry Cotton notes some victims died from the tortures.
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India
Reynold
Henry Cotton
M. P
E. C
Sir Henry
Petroleum Production Shifts Toward Gulf States and California
Production of crude petroleum in America rises yearly with most output now from new territories yielding heavy oils with little spirit. Traditional centers in the East are declining, while the gulf states and California claim a growing share. Recent mid continental work suggests potential upscaling of high grade oils.
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America
Gulf States
California
Midcontinental
Water Clock of Dackswoods Ticks with Geyser
A curious timepiece in American Dackswoods uses a geyser to drive a water clock. The geyser fires every 88 seconds, pushing a lever that advances the clock hands by 38 seconds each spout, with the timing precise to the tenth of a second.
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Dackswoods
London
Insomnia Club in Guadalajara Captivates Night Owls
In Guadalajara a unique social group called The Insomnia Club meets in a thick walled building in the city center. It counts 46 members who seldom sleep and pass the night with jasmine scent and nocturnal ambiance, enjoying chess billiards cards and bowling.
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Guadalajara
New World
Insomnia Club
Prison record: Greek confinement totals and life sentences
Consul General George Horton reports in Athens that on March 1, 1907 Greece confined 5,672 prisoners across its prisons. Among them 428 were serving life terms, 8,749 were sentenced to varying periods, and 1,496 faced dungeon confinement. Of the 428 life sentences, 130 had death penalties commuted by the King.
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Greece
George Horton
Athens
Baron Rosen Russian Ambassador and Pianist of Washington
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador to Washington, is noted as a premier local piano virtuoso. He trained in Paris under esteemed teachers and maintains a close friendship with Paderewski, united by their shared passion for the piano.
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Baron Rosen
Washington
Paris
Paderewski
New Berlin Plans McKinley Memorial in Public Square
Citizens of New Berlin Ohio seek funds to erect a monument to the late President McKinley in the village public square where he gave his first political speech on September 3 1997.
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McKinley
New Berlin
Ohio
Giving Him A Puff In The Good Old Days
An old newspaper man recalls journalism’s past with a humorous tale from the Arkansas Buzzer. A watermelon left for the editor leads to joking plans to honor a prominent citizen and prosperous agriculturist, referencing sensational clipping ideas.
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Arkansas
New York
Poor marksman’s pheasant hunt ends in farce at Shelburne
At Shelburne Farms in Vermont a visiting English brother-in-law shoots the headkeeper in the leg the first morning. His luck improves little next day as he fires repeatedly with no birds dropped. The underkeepers’ smiles reveal the cartridges are not his. they’re for another gentleman.
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Seward Webb
Shelburne Farms
Vermont
Amlice
Wasting Time by a Philadelphia Ledger Quote
A refined mother flags a daughter's encounter with young Mr. Jones. Anna recalls he claimed the maker of a hard to button glove deserved to be killed. The mother warns her daughter not to waste time on Mr. Jones.
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Anna
Mr. Jones
Philadelphia Ledger
It Takes Pluck in a Firehouse Tale
New York Fire Commissioner Lantry urged a roll of merit for firefighters. A rookie faced a dramatic first fire with a daunting ladder crawl and rescue task. The young man asked for pen and ink to resign rather than complete the perilous mission.
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Pluck
Lantry
New York
You Have Changed Says Wife in Quiet Domestic Scene
A fond wife laments changes in affection as her brutal husband dismisses her, recalling a past promise to attend a dentist visit together. He mutters from his paper that he would hold her hand now if she needed a tooth drawn, ending the brief domestic vignette.
Three-Wheeled Autos Stir Interest Amid Old-Fashioned Look
Three wheeled motor vehicles face slow adoption due to their odd appearance resembling a baby coach or wheelbarrow. Efforts to popularize them have occurred in the United States and later in England, with a German fire department adopting a steam pump powered three wheeler that drives both engine and pump, reported as a success.
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England
Nuremburg
Germany
What Mary Said in the Trial Reform Ruling
Judge Brewer highlights the risk of evasive testimony as a witness recalls Mary’s presence during a key conversation. The court bars the question, an appeal reverses, ordering a new trial. At the second trial the same inquiry yields a denial that Mary said nothing.
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Mary
Brewer
Victoria voters tied to dog tax for city elections
Victoria British Columbia grants municipal vote to anyone paying a $2 dog tax. Six women voted using one dog, and another used a china dog license on a mantle to qualify. Reform urgency grows as aldermen face doom.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Oldest Swiss Wochenblatt Unites Liberal and Socialist Pages
The Wochenblatt in Gronin gen Switzerland serves about 1200 residents as the town’s sole newspaper. Its four pages split by party: Liberals occupy pages one and two, Social Democrats pages three and four, with both sides trading accusations in lively, partisan exchanges.
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Wochenblatt
Groningen
Zurich
Switzerland
Glories of Iceland and German Sofa Etiquette
A travel note extols Iceland with snow clad mountains geysers waterfalls and Gullfoss as a Niagara scale spectacle while a London Chronicle piece recalls German seating custom where the sofa is the honor seat and a man must wait for an invitation to sit.
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Iceland
Alps
Gullfoss
Niagara
London Chronicle
England
Spiders that Fish: Gerg Reports Aquatic Hunter
In Buncos Aires Professor Gerg reports a spider that nets fish by weaving a two winged conical net between stones. It skims shallow water to capture small fish and tadpoles, leaving many shriveled prey skins in its web.
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Gerg
Buncos Aires
Mining concessions in Greece face 1906 tally
During 1906 the Greek Government granted 89 mining concessions. The range of deposits includes copper, lead, zinc, iron, manganese, cobalt, nickel, coal, antimony, iron pyrites, gypsum and asbestos, highlighting Greece's mineral wealth.
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Greece
Signatures of Declaration Signers Auctioned in New York
A complete set of the Declaration of Independence signers’ signatures sold in New York for 3850 dollars. A Portsmouth New Hampshire man owns a nearly complete set including Burton Gwinnett’s rare signature.
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New York
Portmouth
N. H
Burton Gwinnett
Molds Proposed For Prisoner Identification
Dr. Paul Prager, an army surgeon from Vienna, proposes making mouth molds of prisoners as a superior ID method since the palate allegedly remains unchanged throughout life, unlike fingerprints.
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Paul Prager
Vienna
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Andy Jochim
Arthur Spayd
Mariah Hill
Ferdinand Klueh
Herman Seng
Jasper
Joe Altmeyer
Rockport
Evansville
Joe Beckelhoff
Louisville
John G. Beckmann
Philip Durchholz
Our Town
Lhat
Misa Theresia Holzmann
Robt, Uebelher
Frank Tillmann
Mathias Olinger
Leonard Mueller
Frank Reckelhoff
Ike Senninger
Theodore Temple
Boniface Jacobs
Adgeville
Ed Duhme
Covington Ky
F. X. Rickelmann
Michael Olinger
Holland
Stendal
Ben Krampe
Anna Ehrmann
John Geepfrich
John Weasel
Child
Otto Durre
J. H. Beckmann
Joe Berger
Fulda
Mrs
Frank Petre
Andy Voges
St. Anthony
Jos. Mueller
Paul Jochim
Harry W. Carpenter
Orwell
Carpenter
Southern
J. C. Boam Jr
Agala’t' G
BP. P. A
The
Mal
Baby Coaches
J. A. Sondermann
Wade
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
L. Goode
Roth
Daunhauer
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