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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
4
The Nation's life study reports from 156 families showing average yearly food expense of 329.19 for a laborer family of six. Bread totals 29.20, meat 110.50, milk and eggs 38, coffee five, tea one, with religion charity tobacco and taxes consuming substantial shares. Bread and flour appear a small portion of overall food cost.
Charles Erskine Scott Wood extols virtue as life’s effort and happiness as a daily, universal good, alongside notes on science entering daily life. The piece cites Chihuahua Mexico enacting a sanitary seating law for public buildings to protect health, replacing old customs with modern knowledge amid a shifting era in warfare and naval testing.
Revolt in the Haitian republic leads to executions and foreign flag concerns. The United States orders the gunboat Eagle to Port au Prince from Guantanamo amid reports that France Germany and Great Britain ordered cruisers to the Haytian port.
Denver March 17 One thousand five hundred machinists boiler makers and related workers in the Denver and Rio Grande shops strike after manager Ridgeway refused concessions following a national union order. Leader MacQueeney predicts the walkout will spread to all Gould lines and beyond as talks fail.
Wesley Lee a 16 year old student at Chaddock Training School for Boys in St Charles U1 was killed during a sham battle in Quincy HL Monday evening in which 46 cadets participated. Coroners jury ruled accidental death unable to determine how a loaded cartridge mixed with blanks. Mile Starting Up. Pittsburg March 17 Ten of 20 hot mills of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co at South Sharon Pa were placed in operation Monday employing 800 men. The Sharon hoop mill will resume Tuesday employing 1 000 men. Whole Crew Drowned Valencia March 17 The Spanish steamer Villa Real has been wrecked according to reports received here via wire TR
Four men including John H. Sanderson former Capitol furnishings contractor William L. Mathues former State Treasurer James M. Shumaker and former Auditor General William P Snyder were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the state in furnishing the new Capitol. The verdict followed a seven week trial and is likely to lead to appeals or retrials, with bail continued as motions for new trials are decided. The case arose from immunized contracts that inflated costs to about 13 million dollars from an estimated 4 million.
Washington reports a high level conference at the White House on Sherman anti trust amendments. Changes are expected to follow Chicago civic federation ideas but no concrete results were reached. Further conferences are likely and the president desires a bill embodying any conclusions be sent to Congress this session.
Eugene E. Schmitz is released from jail after posting bonds totaling 150000 dollars. Extortion charges no longer pursued as the case is dismissed in superior court following a Supreme Court ruling. Judge Dunne ordered dismissal of the indictment Schmitz faced. Storms in the Oregon Mountains flood streams and trigger landslides blocking the Overland train route between Portland and the east, isolating Pendleton.
A street car collided with a police patrol wagon in Washington Friday night injuring five officers. The most seriously hurt was Private William H. Buckingham who suffered internal injuries.
Washington report notes a fiery speech arguing executive power oversteps constitutional bounds. The critic urges legislative restraint and highlights risks to democratic balance amid ongoing political debate.
Jere K. Cooke the deposed Hempstead pastor who eloped with Fioretta Whaley was found in San Francisco living comfortably in a Masonic avenue suite. In an interview he admitted telegraphing for aid and acknowledged he failed. He spoke of being shunned by the world and his realization that one cannot buck society. He said material comfort mattered little compared to the sense of being an outcast.
Washington officials seek 35000 dollars to fund 25 delegates representing the United States at the first Pan American Scientific Congress in Santiago Chile this December. Universities will participate independently while Roosevelts approval backs a plan to discuss American social problems and harmonize institutions across the continent. The program runs December 25 for ten days covering American civilization and international law.
Ori ental Limited was robbed early Sunday near Bonners Ferry Idaho. Mail clerks were bound and mail matter rifled but the safe was not blown. Loss not believed heavy. Also in Bismarck North Dakota Sheriff Beck killed convict Joseph Gassanell in a pistol duel after Alfred Woolens was captured nearby.
At 11 o'clock Sunday morning three Ochelata posse members surprised Tyre bank robbers on Candy Creek bank eight miles southwest of Ocheleta. The posse ordered surrender. the robbers complied and broke up their party. The scene was marked by haste as the confrontation concluded with arrests.
A method to distinguish genuine White Lead from adulterated paint uses the blow-pipe test. Pure White Lead resorbs to metallic lead under intense heat, while adulterated lead does not. The National Lead Company offers a free blow-pipe kit and booklet from New York City to perform the test before buying paint.
A Chicago dinner recollection contrasts the present shah with his predecessor and recalls Lady Drummond Wolfe touring the shah’s palace with a companion Miss Blank. The crude French remark and the harem visit are noted amid wider quips about leisure, mortality, and Styx dialogue from various period sources.
The text mocks money talking in the context of a ten dollar gold piece and a playful jab at symbols like the eagle in pajamas and the Shakespearean Indian. It contrasts true modesty with false, noting virtue guarded by one and betrayed by the other as Fenelon suggests.
A Michigan music student describes severe nerves disrupting daily practice then credits Postum with stabilizing nerves and enabling resumed study. He notes typical practice hours of seven to eight per day and Harmony study two hours, praising his father a physician for recommending the beverage.
A fragment of humorous dialogue contrasts felt slippers with other slippers as siblings discuss differences and funny observations. The excerpt also includes ad-like lines about cough remedies, friendship, and a public land opening notice, with mentions of irrigation, cheap payments, and a Chicago address.
A compact collection of sayings urges moderation and daily tea to purify blood aid digestion and maintain health. It contrasts roles with men building houses and women making homes, reflecting traditional gender views.
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