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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
2
The piece notes American women taking up ballooning, imagining affordable travel and nerve testing via aerial homes. It discusses costs, a traveling airship concept, and the social push and limits set by churches and public figures toward new recreational and practical aerial ventures.
San Francisco district court of appeals sets aside Schmitz verdict and rules Abe Ruef’s acts were not crimes. Ruef and Schmitz entitled to bail but face lengthy timelines for rehearing and potential further appeals. Public reaction mixed as city absorbs ruling amid ongoing extortion charges.
Col William L Visscher the journalist and humorist shot Patrol Conductor Peter Dillon Saturday night while being taken to the police station after a disturbance charge. He had been arrested for intoxication and later arrested again attempting to board trains to return to Chicago.
Kansas City Missouri grand jury returned 169 indictments against mostly theatrical workers for violating the 1883 state law banning unnecessary Sunday labor. Many defendants are non residents and must return for trial or forfeit bonds of 200 dollars each.
Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal, the oldest U S Jewish theologian and founder of the reform movement among Chicago Jews, died Sunday night after ten days of illness. He was 86, born January 2, and known as a leading figure in reform Judaism and the Americanized synagogue.
Washington reports the White House will withdraw federal troops from Goldfield Nevada soon after the Nevada legislature begins its special session. The special investigation committee’s findings say the governor’s war rhetoric did not prove the need for troops and urge the state to assume primary responsibility for restoring order.
In Barnsley England a theater panic after a children's show led to 16 deaths and many injuries as crowds crushed each other while trying to exit. Officials said there was no danger or fire, only unexplainable panic and blocked egress.
Frank Purdy of Chicago a freshman in the College of Agriculture at the Wisconsin University was run down by an ice yacht while skating on Lake Mendota and died from the injuries sustained.
Peter Turner, a Black man, was hanged in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the murder of Minnie Scott last March. Saturday morning he made an unsuccessful attempt to take his own life.
The American fleet of 16 battleships reached Rio de Janeiro Sunday after a 3000 mile passage from Port of Spain Trinidad. They anchored after 4 PM and were greeted by Brazilian officials and thousands of spectators. The fleet will stay about ten days with elaborate entertainment planed by government municipality and civic groups.
The Brownson af fair was the chief topic of discussion in the senate Thursday. Senator Hale introduced the navy personnel bill and Tillman sought to have witnesses testify on the Brownson matter. House members also joined a room lottery for the new office building causing much confusion.
In Dewitt county circuit court Richard Snell, son of Col. Thomas Snell, seeks to break his father’s will claiming undue influence led to an annuity of 50 dollars and alleging Col. Snell spent 300000 on women over ten years. He cites letters showing society women extracted large sums. Maybelle Snell McNamara, now Mrs. James V. McNamara, is linked to 75000 given to her and other securities or lands totaling at least 25000. James McNamara, her husband, is deputy sheriff of Jackson county.
Four firemen were killed responding to a blaze that destroyed the Parker building, a 12 story Manhattan business block. Flames overwhelmed crews from engine No. 72 and fire patrol No. 3, as floors gave way trapping rescuers and forcing Florence hotel as a temporary hospital. Loss was estimated at 5 million dollars.
A natural gas blast in the Olivia apartment hotel basement in Joplin Missouri killed night clerk Marvin Reynolds twenty. Several others were seriously hurt and property damage reached eight thousand dollars. A five room suite occupied by John K Stevens a mine owner and his wife was wrecked with both occupants severely injured.
Saloonkeepers in Waukesha Wisconsin plan a Sunday bid to force church closings, arguing their right to operate on the Sabbath equals ministers salaries. Ministers dismiss the move as a joke and uneventful. One saloon stayed open Sunday to test the case.
Friends of author Jack London fear his boat the Snark is drifting near the Marquesas after leaving Hilo October 7 and failing to arrive early December. London, his wife Mrs London, two friends and a small crew sail with a gasoline engine powered vessel believed endangered by machinery damage.
The Bank of Adair in Macomb suffered a nitro glycerin blast early Friday. Thieves took 7700 in currency while locals mistook the explosion for a passing freight train. Entry was gained by crowbar, robbers fled on a hand car abandoned south of Bushnell. Two suspects were seen exiting the car with a satchel.
Edwin J. Collier of Cleveland who killed his blind son and then shot himself at his wife’s grave died Saturday in Ohio. Collier and the son will be buried beside Mrs. Collier.
Tokyo reports American telegrams show broad support for an exclusion act generating unease among politicians of all colors. They believe Americans do not want to discriminate against Japanese and would view Japanese government actions as showing not to embarrass the American government.
An article extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for women's ills rooted in traditional cures and Indian practices. It features Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri describing twelve years of illness and eleven doctors before recovery after following Mrs Pinkham's advice and the compound.
George returns from a week away to find Clara’s warm welcome tempered by a missing kiss in letter nine. He explains onions at dinner, a joke that dissolves the tension as love proves stronger than misread signals.
A damaged 17th century style page from Toledo shows Frank J. Cheney swearing to pay a hundred dollars for every cataract cured only by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The text blends testimonials, drug advertisements, and quack claims with references to Cheney Co. and other remedies for constipation and colds.
The Well Informed long for a simple pleasant liquid laxative of known value. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, gentle, and prompt solution trusted by physicians and families. Buy only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co product.
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