19 Mar 1909
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
1
Henry Haake writes on royal kindness from Queen Alexandra of England to Queen Marie of Roumania and Queen Victoria of Italy, praising their charitable work. A Boston Herald anecdote about a theater usher highlights vanity and public obsession with hair, ending with a boastful claim about personal hair.
The census bureau reports wood products and closely related materials show a vast output. Lumber reached 40,256,154,000 feet valued at 9666,641,367. lath 0,663,602,000 valued at 10,342,705. shingles 11,824,475,000 valued at 30,111,337. With 28,859 mills reporting, total lumber and related goods approached 750,000,000 dollars, as the building boom drives demand higher.
Immigrant arrival includes 300 healthy Wurtemberg maidens en route to Oregon to seek husbands among isolated sheep herders. The piece quips that native maidens should note the “invasion” to avoid eastern surplus driving westward marriage markets to foreign control.
Former ambassador in Washington Count Cassini plans to retire after nearly 64 years in the Russian diplomatic service. He may write an interesting book, though the censor in St Petersburg could object to its publication.
Congress vows to resist any coffee duty. A bust of President Fairbanks sits in the senate. A proposed constitutional amendment seeks to move inauguration to April 30. Espinoza of Nicaragua meets Secretary Knox with notable information. U S assassination costs 42517 in medical and related expenses. Taft engages with insurgents over House rules.
Former President Roosevelt faces a subpoena amid the Facts and Fancies scandal while P J Kieran from New York is indicted for embezzlement and larceny by bailee in Pittsboro. Washington editor Robert O Bailey becomes secretary to Treasury Secretary Veagh. Taft joins the Optimist Club. various other political and social shifts unfold nationwide.
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of 512 West Washington Street Moscow Idaho credits her kidney pills with relieving a long list of ailments. She says symptoms included nervousness poor vision bad circulation restless sleep irregular heart action and back pain. She praises Dean's Kidney Pills as freeing her from all these troubles and notes the product is sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A brief dialogue from a historical page features a character named Samson receiving instructions to deliver a box to the depot. The exchange centers on identity and assignment with concise, instructive wording.
The supreme court affirmed a judgment granting a saloon license to Park B. Rhoades of South Bend despite a remonstrance claiming liquor retailing is inherently wrong and dangerous to morals. County Auditor Sahm warns a local option election would cost 10 000 to 12 000 and if approved would deprive the county and city of 300 000 to 400 000 yearly. Youthful robbers Robert and James Baughman, formerly jailed here, were captured at Franklin after fleeing with a horse and buggy. Democrats stage a hot three cornered fight for precinct committeemen while the Taggart machine backs William F. Moore.
The supreme court issued a ruling affecting telephone companies stating that once connection is made between two parties, one cannot refuse business from the other, and declaring that a telephone functions as a common carrier of news. In Vincennes a centennial banquet left over a hundred prominent Masons violently ill from poisoned viands though no deaths occurred. In Slarion the Grant county council approved a $3,598.91 budget for local option election expenses after prior refusal. In Michigan City the mayor appointed three police commissioners under the metropolitan act repeal. no immediate police changes. In Franklin Leonard B Clare, fresh from a legislature term, has an offer from Russia of $4,000 yearly plus travel for three years as a crop specialist among Russian farmers.
Clinton Indiana police warned by Mayor C. BE Lowry to watch Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Co employees and arrest anyone who digs pavement or sets poles. City refused permission. Martinsville Indiana attacker blew up the porch of Attorney C. G. Renner’s home in an unsuccessful dynamite attempt. Front porch wrecked and about a dozen panes shattered. Renner active in temperance work, motive thought connected to that.
Elwood mayor appoints police commissioners D R B Carlton J R Elliott and J G Fields for one two and three years. Covington files an appeal in Fountain circuit court claiming local option election illegal. Allen Shaff of Indianapolis Brewing Co initiates suit. Richmond reports a Cuban disease outbreak and Home for Friendless Women closes to visitors. Lafayette notes eleven Indiana Soldiers' Home members deemed unsound mind. Owensville mentions upcoming Big Four railroad work near Mt Carm.
Bluffton reports first ice crop failure in history with a contract for thirty cars of ice from Remona Lake Michigan. Shipment for storage has begun under John Zimmerman. Other Indiana items note pension funds at State Soldiers' Home, labor harmony talks in Evansville area, and local option petitions in Kosciusko county.
Terre Haute merchants association demands removal of Secretary Albert Allen for buying chairs and bookcases from a Chicago mail order house without bidding locally. Hartford City widow Mrs. Joseph A. Painter, 50, commits suicide by carbolic acid, leaving a husband and two daughters.
Greenfield hosts the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church from March 30 with Reverend W. W. Martin and local committee arranging entertainment and lodging for attendees. Bicknell Milman, once thriving near Vandalia railroad, was removed from maps when its plat was recorded. the Tig Muddy Coal Co. mine area housed 200 residents before abandonment.
In Greensburg Indiana former Trustee Frank Deem paid 4772.11 dollars after experts found he owed the township from various funds during his term. This amount adds to 2111.57 dollars recently charged to former trustee C H Reed.
Mt. Vernon Indiana temperance representatives organize to push a local option election in Posey county. They expect to secure the required number of signatures within ten days.
J. W. Bale, head of the United Telephone Company in Upland Indiana, was removed from his post as the company reorganizes its local telephony operations amid changes in management and daily service.
The Dr May Laboratory in New York invites those suffering fits and nervousness to write for large trial battles valuable literature historical summaries and testimonials on epilepticide. Free materials will be mailed to interested parties at 548 Pearl Street NYC.
A Baltimore American mock dialogue portrays a worried wife and a young doctor amid a fatal cold. The wife fears her husband will die, while the doctor jokes about paying his bill.
A brief vintage advertisement urges careful inspection of CASTORIA bottles for the familiar signature and “The Kind You Have Always Bought” as a trusted remedy for infants and children for over three decades. London Opinion quotes a jest about an African trip, noting generous natives.
Advertisement for Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a back, urinary, bladder, and kidney remedy for women. Claims a safe, reliable herbal regulator. Offers product via druggists from Le Roy New York with sample package.
A terse exchange reveals the uncle’s will left only a faint recollection of the recipient. The dialogue hints at a distant memory and a sense of slight neglect in the bequest.
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