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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
6
A Fer dinand News s note warns that revolving turnstile doors pose public safety risks by hindering quick egress in fires. It cites Scientific American concerns about panic jams and narrow passages, referencing a New York hotel with only street exits through such doors.
The War Department awarded three contracts for heavier-than-air craft to the Wright Brothers of Dayton A M Herring of New York and J F Scott of Chicago. Wrights claim 15 miles flight at 30 mph while Red Wing 385 feet surface rose 400 feet and sailed 319 feet on Lake Keuka. Bell aids aeroplane effort as Selfridge designs key parts.
The piece notes Grover Cleveland’s 71st birthday as a private citizen, compares lifespans of ex presidents from Harrison to Adams, and observes the later rarity of multiple living ex leaders. It mentions an 83 year old Indiana man heading to Alaska for a 45th futile gold pilgrimage and a wife praising perseverance and the elusiveness of riches.
In Congress the Senate replaced the Vreeland currency bill with the Aldrich measure and approved it. The House moved military academy and public building bills, while the Vreeland currency bill advanced with insurgent GOP support. The sundry civil and naval appropriations passed. the motto In God We Trust returns to coins. Brownsville affair postponed. post office funds approved.
Secretary of War Taft ends trip to the canal zone. Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan named temporary chairman of the Republican national convention by the subcommittee on arrangements. Taft receives support from Republican conventions in several states. Socialists nominate Debs for president in Chicago.
The report covers the Allegheny National Bank suspension amid theft allegations against ex cashier William Montgomery, drownings during Annapolis graduation, a near-fatal rescue by Midshipmen Hibard and Lucas, Mayfield Kentucky fire losses, Cleveland streetcar strike riots and arbitration efforts, a Dayton soldiers home fatal fight, a Florida congressman caning, a Chicago wire tapping loss, the Wright brothers flying advances, Yangtze tidal disaster deaths, a Paris divorce ruling, a Washington capitol wedding, a London confirmation of a royal marriage, and a Waterloo incident involving a daughter-defending her mother.
Three more names added to the list of supposed Gunness victims near La Porte Indiana as evidence suggests an accomplice aided in luring victims. Other items note a buried Gunness victim A K Helgelein, jaw fragments identified as Mrs Gunness, and mass excursion attendance.
Fairmont West Virginia May 19 A 50 year old Methodist Episcopal minister Rev A B Coffman confessed he killed his wife by throat cutting during a revival he had been conducting. He claimed temporary insanity and said his aim was to murder his family and himself.
Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, Princeton librarian, body found in the Raritan Canal near Kingston New Jersey, with missing clothing fueling suspicions of murder despite coroner's verdict of accidental drowning. Family and relatives doubt self harm, while authorities note no definite signs of foul play.
Broadway Magazine profiles Detective William P Sheridan known as the Man with the Camera Eyes for supposedly memorizing names and faces of over 100000 soldiers from Napoleons Russian campaign and tracking criminals in New York where many hide their pasts.
A businessman recalls receiving a typewritten letter bearing an unfamiliar signature and a rubber stamp note reading dictated but not signed by Mr. It hints at the era’s haste and constant crises demanding attention, with acknowledgments of the need to manage many proofs.
A humorous scene centers on Reverend James W. Lee sending a turkey to an old time friend. A child jokes that the turkey comes from the Bible editor Dr. Lee. The exchange twists on the Self Interpreting Bible and a child’s defense that God wrote the Bible.
Be Happy. Be happy in spite of everything. When a person is not happy he is a failure in life. To be happy is to be normal, and the normal people come out on top in the long run. Nature and human nature detest abnormal things. Happiness is two things a good habit and a spiritual state.
A guest asks about wedding gifts and an escort is arranged. The host proposes bringing in a detective to guide the visitor through. The exchange preserves a cautious, formal tone in the Life section.
A humorous exchange records a janitor hosing down efforts and Mr Flatte complaining about the furnace at Yonkers locale. The brief note captures small household mishaps and neighborly banter in a domestic scene.
The advertisement credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with aiding women troubled by female illnesses such as displacements inflammation and backache. It cites Mrs. Ellsworth and Mrs. Boyd as grateful users and invites others to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The Interpreter in The American Magazine recalls a western father who, despite great fortune from pork packing, taught his children to salute hogs and honor the source of wealth by standing at attention and removing hats when seeing a drove of hogs.
An employer recalls a calling man asking for him but cannot remember the full name. The assistant offers possible first-name fragments Grim Hawk Hen Brad Fan Ker Rick, ending with the final syllable show, creating a comical memory lapse.
A Cleveland grocer reports many customers improved health by abandoning coffee for Postum Food Coffee. He shares his own two year experience, noting reduced nervousness and restored appetite after switching, and urges others with stomach or nerve troubles to try Postum.
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