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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
5
A reflective piece contrasts personal illusions with real courage. It recalls a woman defending a worn carpet, a Mexican engineer named Jesus Garcia sacrificing himself to save others, and the valor of football scrubs. It notes newspapers praising humble bravery over grand display.
The Detroit Free Press cites Ernest Thompson-Seton returning after seven months in the Canadian northwest. It questions whether he ignored other global wheat regions and describes his view that the arctic south portion of the dominion is his "White Man's Last Opportunity." It mocks his fame and hints at distractive tales about musk oxen and distant lands.
President Roosevelt released two letters to Secretary Metcalf critiquing Rear Admiral Brownson's resignation over hospital ship command and urging restraint in naval criticism. He endorses medical officers commanding hospital ships and calls for consistent peacetime operations under civilian crew with a sailing master in charge.
The prosecution of Steunenberg murder suspects ends with George A. Pettibone acquitted. Charles H. Moyer, Western Federation of Miners president, is released and to return to Denver with Pettibone. Orchard’s case remains with Canyon county Prosecuting Attorney Vanduyn. In a separate note, the steamer Ibero sank in a December storm. only three passengers survived.
Two persons were killed and one perhaps fatally injured in a Sunday collision between a Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train and a Chicago Great Western freight train at East Dubuque Iowa.
Two boys and three men drowned while attempting to rescue others on Jamaica Bay ice on Sunday. Rescue efforts followed reports of dangerous, thin ice as locals warned skaters to stay off the water.
In Ludington Michigan Leonard Brown from Grand Rapids shot his wife and then wounded Robert Johnson before attempting suicide. Brown blamed Johnson for his lost home. In Easton Pat Frank Smith murdered his wife with a carving knife and then wounded himself. he blamed his wife for infidelity. Both men survived to recover according to physicians.
London court hears an annullment petition from the Countess of Yarmouth Alice Thaw daughter of Mrs William Thaw sister of Harry K Thaw amid secret in camera proceedings. The couple faced a failing marriage with public concerns over her support of her husband’s extravagances. In Collinsville Illinois a lamp explosion killed three children aged eight four and 18 days with the mother Mrs Mary Steger severely burned trying to save them.
An automobile containing Miss Bessie Turney aged 17 and her cousin A B Faris was crushed between two Hodiamont street cars Sunday afternoon. Turney suffered a broken ankle and possible internal injuries. Faris had both legs broken. No passengers injured.
Incipient clashes erupted Sunday on the East Side as landlords and striking tenants clashed over rent and flags. Police reserves intervened, injuring several and arresting five as decorations were torn down during a mass meeting.
Chicago notes the death of Dr. Nicholas Senn, famed “fighting doctor” born October 31, 1844 in St. Gall. A surgeon general in the Sixth Army Corps during the Spanish American War, he served in Cuba from May to September and later wrote several books. He chaired and participated in international medical conferences.
Washington reports Edward McGrath station agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway at Stowell Milwaukee received a railroad bravery medal. In August last year he warned six year old Emma Kummich on the station platform as gates closed and, stepping into danger, lifted her to safety from an approaching train.
Circuit Judge Wiest ruled that mixing cereal and water into sausage adulterates the product and brings it under the state pure food law prohibiting adulterations. The decision defines a standard of identity for sausage under the law and guides enforcement against misbranded meat products.
Rev. Dr. Alois Kaiser long served as cantor of Oheb Shalom temple in Baltimore. The noted Hebrew composer died Sunday from heart disease at age 68. His musical works are widely used worldwide.
A jury in Columbus Indiana found David Fox of Smithville and Jacob Kirk of Kirkville guilty of whitecapping. William L. Vanest of South Bethany is involved in the case. The date reads as June.
In Kentucky tensions rise as a Russellville raid sparks sheriff and citizens to heighten patrols while a state investigation begins into the night attack that left three men wounded and warehouses burned. Meanwhile a Burley tobacco marketing dispute with American Tobacco ends in a reduced offer and a 15 to 19 cent price dispute.
Judge Pritchard of the U S circuit court appointed receivers R Lancaster Williams of Richmond and S Davies Warfield of Baltimore for the Seaboard Air Line system. Bond set at 50000 each. System covers 2282 miles from Portsmouth Virginia to Tampa Florida with branches to coast points and to Atlanta Montgomery and Birmingham.
In Muncie Indiana Sunday service resumed with cars running all lines from dawn to dusk. A few stone-throwing incidents occurred on the outskirts but trains remained largely unmolested despite strike breakers and minimal guard. Maj. Gen. W J McKee praised the calm and predicted no further outbreaks beyond minor incidents by youths.
About 3000 suburban residents along the Western railroad line protest delays that cost them wages and jobs. Friday confrontations at the St Lazare terminus led to a police standoff, eventually quelled by fire department hoses. Officials blame cold weather for the disruption.
Charles Carroll Marsh, 27, son of the late Congressman Marsh, killed himself at his home near here Friday. Ill health and melancholia are given as contributing factors to the act.
Berlin editor of Die Zukunft, Harden, was sentenced Friday to four months in prison and ordered to pay all costs of the two trials in the Moltke libel case.
Miss Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio writes that Peruna cured her long standing catarrh after others failed. She describes relief from offensive breath bad stomach and headaches within a month and notes improved general health. She adds Peruna tablets and Manalin laxative as options and requests the free Peruna Almanac for 1908.
A youth named Dick confesses to his father that at sixteen he has kept a disdain for women but after dance lessons he seeks theater tickets for two. When asked which girl he will take he names Mabel and explains the motive is not affection but the experience he desires.
The dialogue presents a playful exchange where Ethel asks if Jimmy loves her and Jimmy replies affirmatively with enthusiasm. He boasts about keeping clean in honor of her and expresses strong affection in lighthearted terms.
A married couple describes severe coffee addiction with jaundiced illness and kidney trouble. After switching to Postum their headaches eased and complexion improved. the wife also gained weight and increased strength, though some still misjudge Postum as coffee.
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