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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
7
Washington notes the presidential campaign as President Roosevelt returns to the capital to prepare for the November election. Senator Gorman is portrayed as a veteran power in the Democratic setup and a shrewd organizer allied to the party, while debates on army enlistment rules spark discussion about married soldiers and career prospects.
The article explains how flounders hatch upright with eyes on opposite sides and vertical bodies, then shift to horizontal swimming as one eye migrates to the other side. It covers right and left sided species, their asymmetry, and the eventual bottom-dwelling life. Also notes renewed spring collecting by nets and keeping specimens in salt water. The piece concludes with a brief, sensational claim about a swallow’s daily meal.
The article notes President Roosevelt backs Secretary Cortelyou to run the national campaign, praising his clear organizational talent and practical government experience. Critics warned of disaster, but Cortelyou’s leadership has impressed party veterans, while Democrats also field a structured operation led by Sen. Arthur Pue Gorman. Washington watches as two Maryland politicians contend for campaign direction.
A verse from Carolyn Bailey in Good Housekeeping describes a household after the mother leaves. Children cope with mischief and accidents, then await her return as the silken skirts enter the door.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune item describes transforming a cigar box into a toy steamship. It instructs making fore and after decks, masts from umbrella ribs, a paddle driven by a twisted rubber band, and adding waterproofing and cosmetic details like portholes, rigging strings, a tiny flag, and a donkey engine spool.
An elderly sailor recalls birds drinking rainwater during a tropical squall. Birds sense storms, voyage to rain, and drink raindrops to stay hydrated, a behavior observed thousands of miles from shore. The Portland Oregonian recounts this anecdote about sea birds and moisture sourcing.
Japanese ladies arrange floor boards beneath mats so walking causes chirping sounds like birds. The hidden mechanism uses movable floor segments that respond to footsteps, creating a melodic texture in private rooms and reflecting cultural love of sound and craft.
Marion Indiana October 1 a bloody riot at a Republican meeting in Landesville nine miles east of Marion injures twenty and leads to four arrests. The fight pits Vanburen hoodlums against Landesville youths sparked by a Marion colored glee club causing attacks on Negroes who flee on horseback. Police from Marion arrest four and seek more suspects as the crowd rebels against the meeting.
The Standiford family of eight in English Indiana were poisoned after drinking from a newly dug well. County Health Officer C D Luckett found high copperas levels in the water. The two oldest sons William and George are gravely ill, while Mrs Standiford, Mr Standiford, two other sons John and James, and two daughters Annie and May are not yet at a critical stage.
In Wabash Indiana on September 29 the school board ordered plain sewing taught in public schools for both girls and boys. Miss Laver oversees the program with students bringing cloth needle and thread each morning for a half hour of instruction amid tearful protests from boys assigned to sewing. Nearby Kokomo reports Greentown burned smoke and flames swept through Greentown damaging a livery barn machine shop and farm implement house with several residences affected.
In Indianapolis a 14 year old girl Pearl Irish had her scalp torn away when hair was pulled into a plant shaft at Haverkamp Bros. & Haverkamp. In Booneville a 12 year old, Ona Watson, died from lockjaw after a calf riding accident. Dan McCormick of Hartford City completed a deep pay sand oil well near Redkey for the Dunkirk and Redkey Oil Co.
Silas C Swallow the prohibition candidate for president opened his Indiana tour with an address in Kokomo Indiana at the Alhambra. He was accompanied by Volney Cushing of Maine and State Chairman Newlin. In Salem Ind Silas Radcliff was killed by his son Oliver following a quarrel, Oliver placed in jail.
In New Albany Indiana on October 1 James Dalton, a prosperous farmer, was shot dead in daylight near Fairdale in Harrison County. A long running feud with Samuel Jones, who had previously shot Dalton and was acquitted, culminates when Jones is arrested in Corydon on a warrant charging him with Dalton's murder. Dalton claimed self defense.
In Muncie Indiana on a Friday night Mrs Michael Gorman shot her husband twice in the head then turned the gun on herself firing two more bullets. Both were found on the sidewalk. Mrs Gorman is dying and her husband is in critical condition amid accusations of infidelity.
Wabash Indiana September 30 Lewis Signs assignee of the Bank of North Manchester reports that assets including J and J B Harters property total 60 000 with 30 percent doubtful. He estimates about 40 000 can be realized to pay depositors at 100 cents on the dollar. If more is realized, Harters who are nearly 80 may receive a share.
Lawrenceburg Indiana September 30 John Caldwell a 66 year old veteran soldier was probably fatally injured while cutting wood. The pole of his ax struck a clothes line and in descending came in contact with his head fracturing his skull and little hope is entertained of his recovery.
Evansville Sept 29 William R Thurgood 45 manager of a large flouring mill at Vincennes Ind dropped dead of heart disease while hunting in the Wabash river bottoms near Mt Carmel Ill Wednesday He was prominent in lodge circles and politics
John Par is, a Pulaski county prohibition candidate, was knocked insensible by hoodlums angered by his speech in Winamac. Prominent prohibitionists spoke to a large audience at Harrison township as the campaign opened. Indianapolis hosted the first Republican campaign meeting with an illustrated procession guiding Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Congressman Overstreet to Tomlinson Hall, crowded for the event.
In Indianapolis on October 1 the state board of pardons adjourned to reconvene in December to act on the petition for a full pardon for Rev. Wm. E. Hinshaw, who is serving a life sentence for wife murder. In Muncie the Democratic campaign in the Eighth district opened with Charles B. Hamlin of Boston, former assistant secretary of the treasury under Cleveland, addressing the gathering.
The Indiana yearly meeting of Friends at Richmond on October 1 announced steps toward supporting superannuated ministers, a initiative the society has not previously undertaken. Reports indicate membership slightly over 20,000.
Bluffton Ind Oct 1 The Bippus Oil Co Friday purchased from the Bippus estate 4000 acres of oil leases in Grant county containing 130 producing wells and yielding 350 barrels per day for 250000 dollars.
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