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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
3
A column mix notes readers’ debates on noises disturbing sleep, Pu Yi’s nurses, a London portrait mystery, horse show optimism about horses’ future, a University of Illinois hazing speech, and a New York Episcopal diocese earnings minimums for clergy housing.
Reports from Messina and Reggio describe widespread aftershocks and a typhoid scare among quake survivors. The Bayern sails from Civita Vecchia with aid for Messina while relief work expands in Italy. United States ships establish stations and funds are raised in several American cities.
Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul special envoy to Venezuela arrives in Paris from Bordeaux to a warm welcome by Venezuelans residing there. Other brief items note Fred W. Richardson of Elmira arrested in Chicago for alleged large-scale larceny. Frederick Corby Pole surrenders in Cincinnati on a $25,000 Montreal warrant. Fred Van Meter jailed for life for wife murder. James Treadwell bankrupt in San Francisco. Edward D. Shurtleff elected Illinois House Speaker for the third time. Walter Zeller guilty of murdering his grandfather. former President Castro lapses and is in critical condition after surgery in Berlin.
News briefing notes a gas explosion at Zeigler colliery causing twenty five deaths. Admiral Sperry arrives on the Connecticut at Naples as ships Vermont Kansas and Minnesota head to Villefranche. A Swiss church collapse at Sion kills or injures most worshippers. Missouri governor inauguration and bank robbery confession emerge amid various crimes and fires.
A suit for breach of promise of marriage with $150,000 damages for wounded feelings has been filed in Cook County Superior Court by Dr. Kirke Stanley of New York against Mrs. Jeannette Deere Chapman of Moline Illinois and Pasadena California. The article notes her age and wealth. It also lists various international and state proceedings and political notes from Indiana, Kansas, and other locales.
State prison officials plan to ask the legislature for 101000 at the upcoming session to expand the institution. Warden James D. Reid from Michigan City is meeting with the visitation committee to discuss plans for a new callhouse and related improvements.
A Iowa State Register writer argues Western Canada provides better land at lower prices for a livelihood. He cites climate, grain potential in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta, legal stability, and growing settlement. Letters from American expatriates praise weather, natural resources, and government support as incentives for migration.
A tense domestic vignette shows Irma pestering her father as she bursts with questions about marriage and danger. The father dismisses the panic while Irma’s mood worsens amid the rain and family tension.
Governor Crothere pledges to end tollgates in Maryland before term ends, following Pennsylvania lead, hoping roads become free as Good Roads Commission work advances. The piece also notes Vienna horseman Emil Kiang praising Spohn’s Temper Compound and a skeptical remark from a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote reference.
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