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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
6
A collage of remarks on summer allergies, health quips, and social curiosities. References include a Dutch princess typo joke, jokes about hats, riding etiquette between motorists and cyclists, rising tobacco use, and a call for American engagement in China’s loan projects. It notes U S war department needs engineers for intracoastal work and cites an English airship development as a response to Zeppelin challenges.
Treasury head Mac Veagh to retire to Dublin New Hampshire after Congress adjourns Immigration down 20 percent in June versus May Taft signs urgency deficiency bill and hosts tariff conferees Aldrich Payne deadlock persists Herron family health and property moves Johnson sells St Peter home for St Paul purchase Sioux chief Deep Sky wed Adele Rowland Farman flies 40 miles in France Roosevelt mayor speculation Eliot foresees new religion Willoughby named census aide Huntington Wilson ill Taft to attend Denver congress Portugal royal engagement denied in London
The report surveys diverse events including the National Hay association opening in Cedar Point Ohio with President Maurice Niezer presiding, a joint North Dakota jewelers and opticians convention in Grand Forks, and suicides and accidents across several states. It notes a French aviator crossing the English Channel for prize money, bribery charges against Chicago police inspector Edward McCann, and Royal visits to Wrest Park. It also mentions naval militia summer cruises, Milwaukee’s population rise to 370246, and a fatal automobile crash in Indianapolis.
A long list of world events includes crop prospects near Pontiac and Kankakee, Union league reports on growth, Admiral Thompson's hospitalization, the General Biscuit Company formation, deadly cloudbursts in Colorado and Russia, high profile criminal trials in Memphis New York London and Kansas City, rail and insurance news, and international tensions with Mexico Argentina Bolivia and Cuba in a rapid-fire diary of 1909 era items.
Evansville officers rushed Swope the streetcar conductor who fatally shot Bert Keppler after a fight on his car. He was moved 28 miles to Jeffersonville prison to prevent a lynching, then caught an early train. Swope said Keppler and James Miller insulted him and he fired after Keppler reached for a possible weapon.
Indianapolis reports the state plans new contracts for convict labor at Michigan City state prison on October 1. About 1,200 inmates will be available, with roughly 800 rented to contractors under a five member commission appointed by the governor to craft a plan that avoids interference with outside labor and industry. The warden and the reformatory superintendent will serve on the commission.
Indianapolis ind the rules governing interurban road operation in Indiana are being revised under railroad commission supervision after the Chesterton wreck that killed 12 people. A committee will report soon and expected changes will be presented for approval by the commission.
The Indiana tuberculosis hospital commission learns Gov. Marshall will not finance opening and upkeep after Rockville facility completion. Construction near Rockville aims for April finish, but occupancy hinges on new legislative maintenance funds. In a separate incident, Oscar Lyman, a motorman for the Indianapolis Street Car Co., was injured when his car failed to brake, collided with a freight train, amid a broken thigh.
In Vincennes C C Gosnell Jr assistant manager at Lakewood Amusement Park attempted to eject Alva R Pickell a Monroe City stock buyer. Pickell drew a revolver and probably fatally shot Gosnell. The incident underscores rising tensions at the park.
The Commonwealth Newcastle Indiana and Emmett Ficher along with Mrs Emma Shutterly were arrested over an alleged blackmail plot againstNathan Payne a well to do farmer. In Boonville the city council granted a twenty year franchise to Southern Indiana Gas and Coal Co to pipe natural gas from Gentryville fields fourteen miles east. In Princeton an uproar at First Methodist church over a Sunday school social led to an expected full church investigation. In Seymour Theodore Groub wholesale grocer and family were badly injured when their auto overturned near Ft Ritner with Mr Groub likely to die. In Anderson Conductor Jerry Mahoney a veteran railroad worker of twenty years was killed by a fall under a freight car in the Pennsylvania yards.
In Terre Haute a woman identified as Mary Winters was murdered and Charles Gerhardt of Martinsville was beaten near Vandalia railroad. the man may recover. In Byvanaville Lionel C. Wolfe was named city passenger and ticket agent for Louisville and Nashville Railroad, replacing the late Col Leo Hurd. In Scottsburg a northbound Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Co car derailed entering Seymour, eight foot embankment, six injured. In Lafayette an automobile crash killed Wilbur Mereiths, 28, while George Blackwell was injured. driver Harry Styner lost control and the car fell 20 feet.
Lightning struck the Grand opera house and St Stanislaus Polish Catholic church in Michigan City Indiana along with three dwellings. The church was set on fire and losses were small. A heavy rainstorm caused washouts blocking several highways.
Newcastle arrests on charges of blackmail involving Ralph Duncan and his 17 year old girlfriend Jeanette Dinger. Evansville reports the death of Floyd Parker who was murdered in Clovis New Mexico. Garrett crowd strips strikebreaker Meyer from Ft Wayne. Richmond notes Frank R Adams leaves local business project. Anderson reports severe car crash injuring Wilcox and Sullivan and Drake. A severe storm at Indiana Silo Co warehouse causes injuries and property damage.
Evansville Indiana The shops of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway Company raised daily hours from eight to nine due to increasing traffic and higher demand for rolling stock.
A Minneapolis woman recounts relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy's benefits and invites others to write for confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Thousands of testimonials are cited to support its efficacy.
An At lantan editor recalls Joel Chandler Harris as a writer of comic editorials who mocked rivals. Simon Simpson of Mobile replied in anger over Harris’s jests, prompting Harris to respond with a sharp retort predicting Simpson’s expense in the next issue.
A Scotsman and wife sail from Leith to London when a Yorkshire sea storm endangers their voyage. The husband jokes that drowning would cost less to bury, a grim quip set beside the threat of foundering at sea.
A Kansas doctor reports trial of Grape-Nuts on his four year old son during pneumonia convalescence. The boy improved rapidly gaining weight and strength. An elderly patient with stomach trouble also recovered after using Grape-Nuts with milk and a pinch of sugar before expanding to other foods.
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