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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
7
The writer argues popular taste in music is shaped by accessible tunes. He notes street musicians sing and whistle simple melodies like Mendelssohn and Beethoven, suggesting good music can spread when channels are open and people are exposed to it.
A column urges readers to curb harsh criticism in family life. It argues constructive feedback fuels growth, preserves hope, and strengthens spouses and children, emphasizing the impact on children and suggesting praising traits to guide behavior. It notes the law of suggestion shapes happiness and achievement.
A political manifesto argues that women have entered all life sectors and must have voting rights. It contends suffrage rests on taxpayers and citizens, not domestic roles, and rejects the idea of limiting politics by sex, urging equal participation in elections.
The article argues beef cattle production should yield profits for both producer and feeder. It stresses selecting high quality feeders, evaluating cattle conformation, head, neck, back, and capacity for feed. It notes early maturing steers bring quicker, higher value cuts and outlines two profit paths: producing feeders or finishing cattle, with market factors and costs shaping profitability.
Evansville chief of detectives John Davis wrung a confession from a hotel check forger via long distance telephone. The suspect, arrested in Danville Illinois, admitted guilt after intense questioning. Forged cheques were traced from New York to Evansville and drawn on the American National Bank in Indianapolis.
Marion county grand jury discharged David Frankel who faced murder charges over his wife’s death for insurance. His eight year old son joined to ask the foreman to save their papa as evidence reportedly lacked convincing force.
Evansville Indiana veteran freight conductor William Wene 50 lost his life when a Louisville and Nashville train struck the caboose in which he held his three year old grandson. He directed the child to safety then perished from injuries after remaining with the boy until the accident.
The Good Citizens League of French Lick filed 28 liquor and gaming prosecutions during this court term in Paoli Indiana. Each defendant pleaded guilty in one case with a $50 fine. remaining cases were dismissed.
Lord Unsound Horse case notes republican trustee nominee Geo McCutcheon and Harry Martin arrested in Jeffersonville on charges of selling a diseased horse at public sale to Charles Marshall. Police uncover gambling den in Wabash, Blair seized for running gambling house after Brice Blair accused of stealing $590 from John Hubbard.
An unnamed man who gave the name Harry Young arrived in Alexandria and, being ill, was taken to a sanitarium where he died. Letters on his person showed his home as Indianapolis. A son in that city was notified.
Joseph Hossler aged 71 of near Warsaw awoke his wife and described a strange dream and then collapsed dead from heart failure, the result of excitement in the moment.
Rain softened earth collapsed a gravel bank near Anderson Indiana trapping several workmen. John Atkinson aged six was killed instantly and several men had narrow escapes from death.
Marengo Indiana Mrs Mary Dunn 66 wife of Professor Temple Dunn principal of the local public schools died from burns received while Hehting on coal off stove Her husband is named Temple Dunn and the incident occurred in Marengo Indiana.
Richmond Indiana reports that Dick Cannon and his nephew of the Speaker of the House are involved in a case possibly violating state law. The fragment notes a legal issue tied to prominent political figures but provides limited details.
Walter and Milo Long of Wabash Indiana were found guilty of second degree murder for heading a mob that shot ranchman John A Hayes and his daughter at Culbertson Montana. Milo received 13 year term. Walter’s sentence awaits announcement.
Dr Alfred Kane of the Ft Wayne Medical Society presented a case of paramyelonus a rare nervous condition. The patient’s illness is described as among the rarest known and reportedly the third case in the United States and one of only about a dozen worldwide.
A boy started a bonfire to smoke a bumble bees' nest near Marion Indiana. The fire spread to grass and woods burning several acres and threatening Grant County fair grounds buildings. About a hundred residents fought the flames with boards until furrows were plowed to protect structures.
Ft Wayne Ind judge Heaton holds that OK written on the back of a money order with a signature underneath is an indorsement and binding. Case involves McBride Electric Co Chicago refusing payment for material supplied to a subcontractor building a municipal lighting plant.
Rev. Dennis J. Mulcahey of St Marys Catholic Church Anderson Indiana will receive the Doctor of Law degree from Mt St Marys College Emmittsburg Maryland on October 14 and 15 He is 47 the only priest and the youngest recipient of the LL D degree.
Governor Augustus Will son of Kentucky will address the Republicans of Evansville and Southern Indiana. He is expected to answer sensational charges by Congressman A. O. Stanley of Henderson, Kentucky, regarding any connection with the tobacco trust.
Jacob Mangold was killed by Charles Wolf during a quarrel on a new road west of Decatur Indiana. Mangold had instructed Wolf to unload stone as per rules when Wolf allegedly struck him with a scantling, causing death.
L. P. McCormick, 62, longtime state labor commissioner and local farm resident near Fisher's Station, died after a brief illness. He played a key role in settling numerous strikes across Indiana during his decade on the commission.
Evansville Indiana cotton mills will restart after a shutdown this month. The reopening will create employment for several hundred workers at the Evansville mills.
The Horsethief Detective association in Penn Indiana adjourned after naming Charles Spry of Logansport as president and Crawfordsville as the next meeting site. The event drew several hundred spectators for an Evansville river ball game with local teams. A gasoline explosion fatally injured David Ayers at a local hardware store in Evansville.
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