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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
2
A reflective piece on free municipal lecture courses replacing the old lyceum model. It notes New York Chicago and Boston offering free programs in public spaces to reach nonpaying audiences with a broad range of topics and specialists.
A broad summary of events: House rejects raising Julia Coghlan’s widow pension while approving the naval appropriations bill for 1910. Cabinet reshuffles loom as Ritter and O Laughlin noted successors. Senate considers presidential and vice presidential salary raises. Roosevelt urges California against anti Japanese moves. Violent incidents include Hood shooting in Kansas City and a Pittsburgh prison stabbing.
John Mitchell, former UMWA president, addresses 1,300 delegates at the union’s annual Indianapolis convention, prompting cheers and tears among attendees. John G. Robinson of Smithfield, West Virginia, is jailed on a charge of forging his wife's signature on a bail bond. J Pierpont Morgan purchased the sword worn by Washington at his resignation as commander in chief, while Rear Admiral Sperry arrives at Villefranche and is greeted with salutes and official hospitality.
The Republic lies at 45 fathoms off No Man's Land near Martha’s Vineyard after a fog collision with the Italian steamer Florida. Passengers and crew were saved by the revenue cutter Gresham, with many later transferred to the Baltic in New York. Two Atlantic passengers and four Florida crew were killed.
President Roosevelt presided as nearly 200 delegates gathered in the East Room to discuss keeping families intact under supportive conditions. The conference urged a progressive national goal to provide homes for children and remove them only when home supervision is impossible.
In Cumberland Maryland on January 26 a fog bound accident on a half mile incline near Franklin at Washington mine No 5 killed four men and injured about twelve. A loaded down car struck the upbound workers after a mislaid automatic switch caused a collision. several others escaped. Three girls perished in Montreal when a fire in W G Slack residence killed Beatrice Marguerite and Ruth Slack, aged 16 12 and 9, while Mrs Slack and two daughters Elizabeth and Gertrude were hospitalized with burns and shock.
On January 26 in Vienna Bulgarians announced mobilization of the Eighth division raising forces to 5 000 men amid anti Turkish demonstrations. A separate report from Bridgeton New Jersey notes Walter Zelier and two accomplices sentenced for murder, with impending electrocution and hard labor terms for the others.
Officers discuss lifeboat lowering time from 60 feet davits noting two minutes in calm weather. A rescuer saved a man who fell from the Romantic at 14 knots. rescue back to ship in 17 minutes is praised. Steamship momentum and lifeboat crew hard work in rescues noted by Boston Herald.
George Scott manager of the Alhambra in London faced a unique lodging problem when the hotel owner, slow to act, refused him a room after recognizing him as Levison the villain from East Lynne. A Blackpool run added to the cautionary tale of stage life and public perception.
A suburbanite argues against keeping chickens as pets explaining eggs are the only edible part. His partner questions cannibal parallels. The tale recalls how they killed and cooked a previous pet Mary Jane but could not eat her, recoiling at the memory.
The Ligue Nationale Aérienne received from Commandant Dolfusc a prize of 2000 dollars for the first French kite able to lift a man to 200 meters and sustain him for at least one hour. Attention returns to kites after the rise of aeroplane devices.
Minneapolis reader testimonials claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased a woman's weakness and restored health after months of suffering. The letter urges public sharing of patient experiences to guide other women seeking relief and notes Mrs. Pinkham offers confidential, free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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