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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
2
Grandview residents celebrate subsidy approval with a late night fireworks display as the traction line project moves toward surveys, grading, and rail delivery delays. Newtonville and Grandview precincts show mixed results while overall majority favors the subsidy.
The text argues party alignment and endorses a candidate while labeling Mr. Watterson as a lifelong Democrat. It contrasts Democratic unity with the Courier-Journal's support for the Republican ticket, signaling a decisive editorial stance.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mrs Babara Wagner and a moment of going to bed. Details are unclear due to damaged text and missing context.
The steamer San Pedro struck the passenger Columbia off Eureka causing the Columbia to sink in 11 minutes. About 200 passengers and 54 crew aboard. 106 passengers and 88 crew saved. George W. Elder towed San Pedro to port. lifeboats and survivors aided by Eureka citizens. One casualty is Mrs. Louis of Pasadena. her husband and children perished or were saved.
Frank H. Warner, enraged by a rejected suit, shot Esther Norlin in a New York haberdashery. He wounded Albert Spicer and a boy named Keller, mortally wounded his friend Foun C. Wilson, then fled. Truckman Jacet Rose killed Warner after a pursuit through Gresne and Waverly streets.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on July 23 Bridget Farley aged 63 who had traveled from Elizabeth New Jersey to attend her brother in law Joseph Wright funeral was struck and killed by a Pittsburg limited train on the Baltimore and Ohio line while en route to Sacred Heart church. The body was sent back to Elizabeth New Jersey for burial.
Detroit July 22 report puts dead at 31 with 109 injured from the collision between an excursion train and a freight near Salem. In Ionia 61 injured at homes and 42 hospitalised in Detroit. Mayor Bible says one in 50 of Ionia’s population affected as families mourn and relief efforts extend across the city.
In Fort Dodge Indiana on July 23 a burning cigarette stump tossed from a window ignited the hat of Miss Horace Endon daughter of Richard E Endon a wealthy farmer formerly of Monroe Ind The hat caught fire and she suffered severe burns to the face and neck with the outcome described as potentially fatal
Boaz in Richland county with about 400 residents is entirely submerged by the Wisconsin River flood. Several houses have been moved from their foundations and carried distances from 100 yards to a mile.
Miners at United States Steel Company plants in Hibbing Minnesota have been ordered to strike by the Western Federation of Miners. The majority of workers are Austrian and Italian immigrants, and many are leaving for Europe. No violence reported. Aeronautic balloon crew missing after sea pickup near Taarskoe Selo. Four officers aboard believed dead.
Governor Folk granted a 20 day respite to Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington who faced a July 25 hanging in Clayton for the murder of James P. McCann while awaiting consideration of a petition from State Supreme Judges Graves and Valliant for clemency. Brothers John and Annelick Brooks, also condemned for murder and due to be hanged July 25 in Ironton, received clemency and were commuted to life imprisonment.
Fire at the Turner Company plant in Boston caused about 15000 dollars in damage. Arthur B. Richards, at the elevator bay, led a safe evacuation, likely preventing serious injuries. In Des Moines the Rock Island shop workers have joined a strike, halting cleaning and icing of passenger cars. A San Francisco report notes the cod schooner John D Rockefeller chased by a Russian gunboat near the 39 line, with the Fremont possibly captured. Mt Carmel reports the steamer Belmont sinks nearby.
A boy hunting rabbits discovered a nude, headless woman’s body among dunes by the ocean near the south beach. Clothes lay about 200 yards away, torn and ragged, hinting at poverty. Police face a mystery that may remain unsolved.
In the Thames off Shearness the Atlantic Transport Liner Minnesota, capt Lavereck bound for Philadelphia, collided with the Zara of Hull. The Minnesota sustained damage and returned to Tilbury dock, while the Zara sustained no damage and continued its voyage.
Notice to Ferdinand citizens that a 21 year old male resident will apply to Dubois County Indiana officials at the next August term 1907 for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart in a 20 by 20 foot room on the ground floor of a two story building at the southeast corner of lot 123 on Ohio Street. He may run a luncheon and confection business in connection.
A male citizen of Ferdinand plans to apply to the Dubois County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the next August 1906 term for a license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year from license date. The premises is a 20 by 24 foot room on the southwest corner of lot 122, fronting Ohio and Indiana Streets, Ferdinand, to operate a luncheon and confection business under licensing act provisions.
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