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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
6
The Tribune quotes a Francesville note on girls not attending school after age 15, mocks sororities in a poor country, cites a brain neuron count of 200 000 000, contrasts fears of Bright's disease with eventual insanity, and questions an Ohio boy's claim of a teacher whipping him with a red hot poker.
A London barmaid marries a rich American, a union the Milwaukee Sentinel notes shifts in financial balance in these international marriages.
A Massachusetts man who died recently left Clark University a $5000 fund to be used in hunting for ghosts. He asks that anyone who knows a ghost in need of hunting notify the university.
A reflective quote from Tom Lowell on wealth and friendship. He suggests riches can flee owners yet can also lure danger, emphasizing social risk beyond material value. No distinct incident or date is provided.
The Plain Dealer extols Cleveland as a vibrant community that prides itself on action and achievements. It notes London women reportedly carry about five tons of hair in switches and frizzes, using this as an example of collective effort.
The Boston Transcript notes a Providence ceremony uniting two of Rhode Island’s leading manufacturing families and two of the state’s three great fortunes, presenting the bride and groom as parts of a large industrial merger.
The American Cultivator argues that a first mortgage on another farm is the best investment for a farmer or his wife. It notes that while many common investments fell in value during the recent panic, a farm mortgage made with care remains worth one hundred cents on the dollar.
The Boston Post argues for reducing political hysteria and pauses in military bickering to focus on large projects. The Panama Canal report notes enough concrete to build over 22,000 eight room city houses, while only ten denatured alcohol stills exist nationwide. The piece stresses the long lead time to start new industries and connect producers with consumers.
The text describes a Dutch system with 5,000 acres split into six model farms for applicants of public relief. Beneficiaries learn agriculture before renting a small holding. It also mentions a compulsory labor colony where vagrants perform farm and other work regardless of preference.
The movement to safeguard public health has grown greatly in recent years with organized campaigns and systematic methods. The Louisville Courier Journal argues such earnest efforts must yield fruit and reduce the spread of germs across the land.
A collection of brief items reports Charles Fisher, 17, dying of heart disease linked to smoking in Bedford. William Larren choking on a chicken bone in Wabash. Richard W. Phillips, brother of four who died in Princeton, among a string of late week deaths. Also notes renewed natural gas activity in Muncie after years of decline. remonstrances by Brazil Good Citizens’ League push toward a two year dry period, surprising local saloon interests amid anti saloon organizing.
At Lake Station town hall a meeting decided to amalgamate Lake Station East Gary and Liverpool to form the community of East Gary.
In line with state peers, Earlham College Richmond will establish a two year journalism program this spring term. The announcement signals expanded offerings at the college and aligns with other institutions in the region.
Charley Cobb, an Evansville boy, threw a lit match into a powder can at a playmate’s request. The blast shattered an eye and caused severe injuries, prompting medical attention.
Daniel Day, son of a Rensselaer contractor, fired in a jealous rage and killed his sweetheart Miss Madaline Phillips. Day is under arrest.
Vast sections of rich bottom land along the Kankakee river remain unplowed as spring approaches due to high water. Hundreds of acres lie underwater for depths of twelve to sixteen inches, hindering cultivation.
Will H. Craig, editor of the Noblesville Ledger, assumed the management of the State Republican press bureau last week. He succeeds Geo. Lockwood, secretary to Vice-President Fairbanks.
The Standard Steel Car Company, Hammond’s largest industry, shut down completely after 600 men were laid off and 1,200 more discharged. The payroll before closure ran about $150,000 a month.
United States Senator James A. Hemenway of Boonville issued a statement denying a magazine claim that his daughter Lena M. Hemenway acts as clerk for the senate committee chaired by him. He refutes the allegation.
Congressman James E. Watson of Rushville Republican candidate for governor handed out 20,000 American Beauty roses at his Indianapolis headquarters before the convention last week.
Reverend William Stephens of the Garrett Baptist Church resigned after learning he had united in marriage a couple who had both been divorced. He believed he violated a scriptural law described in Jeremiah twenty third chapter.
Anti saloon forces in Valparai filed remonstrances in the First Second and Fourth Wards. If these stand 14 saloons could close by next November. Chris Bornholt a Second Ward saloon keeper signed the remonstrance just before filing.
Mrs. Fred Bell of Moran died from injuries after a coal oil stove fire at home. Flames damaged the house while a neighbor rescued her infant. The infant's father had been killed in a prior runaway accident.
Grace Joyce of Vevay wins a $2,000 judgment through her attorneys after a jury verdict held Hugh Brown, a local saloon keeper, liable for liquor sold to her husband James Joyce. Joyce became intoxicated and killed Jesse Harper. Joyce was convicted and is serving a life sentence.
Pastor F C McCormick of Hartford City Christian Church uses a five inch single column ad to promote revival meetings now in progress at his church.
Indiana and Purdue announced a reconciliation ending the three year feud and plan a football game this fall. Indiana athletic director Jimmy Sheldon said the two Hoosier schools will renew their series with a meeting at an unspecified site.
Rev. Joseph Carter was arrested in Columbus with Mrs. Jennie Jackson and Mrs. Lizzie Guess and jailed on intoxication charges. The three pleaded guilty and Carter paid the fines. For 29 years he has conducted evangelistic work for the United Brethren Church, active in preaching and organizing Sunday schools and churches across Southern Indiana.
The Indiana Railroad Commission ruled last week to cut interstate express rates in Indiana by 10 to 12 percent, totaling about 100000 dollars in annual company income. Firms have thirty days to implement the reduction, with potential court challenges if loopholes are found. The decision affects all companies operating in the state and is described as highly significant by commission members.
John Owen of Hazleton, about twenty one, inherits a Newark estate worth two million dollars. His father’s will allows no principal access until age sixty, granting four percent interest. At four percent, Owen’s income would exceed $80,000 annually, about $1,500 weekly. He is reportedly engaged to a Hazleton woman, though nuptials are not announced.
For years a circulating tale claims a treasure buried in the loop on Silver Creek east of New Albany. People have dug many holes seeking wealth said to be over 30 000 in old Spanish silver buried by a 19th century freebooter. No treasure has been confirmed.
A fragment from Harper's Weekly presents a dialogue on broken housekeeping and a poor, dear father going to board, reflecting domestic hardship in a humorous quip.
A playful exchange between Little Willie and his father about watering railway stocks and a pool, framed in a Chicago News style dialogue reflects a humorous domestic scene from the era.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote portrays a prison visitor prompting a convict who jokes he is in for a double life with two wives waiting outside. The anecdote highlights a darkly humorous glimpse of prison life and marriage.
A newlywed couple laments as the wife discovers the cook wearing a traveling gown in the kitchen, a comic moment captured in Harper's Weekly. The quarrel hints at domestic whimsy within a period paper.
A sweeping column surveys odd facts from science to history. It notes naphtha ink in Bank of England notes, Cromwell skull claims, yawning animals, labor trends in Prussia, and the oddities of birds, bees, and minerals. It hints at deserts of Africa, ships of gold, and ancient policing lore.
A Lafayette correspondent reports Purdue University plans a distinctive alumni ring, modeled after rings from Princeton and other eastern schools. Endorsements from alumni associations in Pittsburg New York Cleveland and Chicago support the plan. Murray Grant of Seattle suggests the ring include a Purdue seal emblem.
Detroit Free Press notes a verse advising that a flirtatious person who flees will end up flirting again, while one who stays to wed must keep vision forward and cautious.
A Sunday school text on John 11 32 to 45 detailing Mary’s sorrow and Jesus’s compassion and power. It outlines the events at Bethany the order to remove the stone the command Lazarus come forth and the belief sparked among onlookers. It adds teaching notes on Christ as Friend Master Prophet Priest and the future resurrection.
A witty man debates whether their friend's reputation as a husband is truly model or merely modeled. His wife enforces strict boundaries as the group weighs if he deviates from the ideal. The exchange turns on wordplay about clay and putty.
Dorothea sits on her father's knee as he stares out the window into the future. The child asks what he sees and he replies that he is looking into tomorrow. The moment captures a bemused misunderstanding of time and place.
A solemn citizen proclaims the time has come to face a crisis while a frivolous friend asks which magazine. The Louisville Courier Journal records the exchange as a reflective local moment.
The Pittsburg Post notes a shift in vaudeville where once outcast acts like whistling girls and crowing hens can now earn money on stage, signaling changing audience tastes and entertainment economics.
Walter W. Paglusch of Chicago credits Cuticura remedies with curing a yearlong eczema that covered his body and kept him sleepless at night. He bought Cuticura Soap a cake, Cuticura a box, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills for a total of $1.25 and says he is completely relieved.
A Chicago News item recalls Argus with a hundred eyes as a metaphor for vigilance. Jimmy speaks of the old man while Billy-Gee praises the idea of a sharp baseball umpire, framed in playful banter.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case uncured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason signs December 6, 1886. Claimed cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Senator Depew cites a Mrs Mary and Mr John exchange from Everybody's Magazine. A husband hides to surprise his wife as she adjusts false hair and she retorts by pointing to his shoes, asking why he wears skin from another calf.
The passage lists several regions praised as gardens of their areas. Kent and Worcestershire in England, Carlow in Leinster Ireland, Amboise in Indre-et-Loire France, Sicily in Italy, Andalusia in Spain, Ceylon and Burma in the east, Oude in India, Glamorganshire in south Wales, and the area west of the Mississippi are all described as gardens or garden regions of their respective places.
A gray headed man recalls a dining room scene where waiters tip each other after serving. He notes it as a customary practice among waiters and hints at collective support within the service class. He adds a proverb about choosing the harder but safer path.
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