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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
In a playful front page riff the item muses on wit and fashion while lampooning public figures and topics. It notes a Calcium light joke about theater stars and hints at cultural chatter from the Agricultural Department, ending with a nod to Clark University president G Stanley Hall suggesting a woman may love several men until one calls.
From Maine comes a note of a sea creature capture described as four feet long. The fragment suggests a maritime oddity but lacks full details or corroboration, leaving the event as a curious local tale.
A fragmented note reports Brazill denying any direct confrontation with Japan. The text mentions Hobson, a person, and hints at cost and strategy considerations while referencing Brazil and broader regional roles. The readable fragments suggest diplomatic tension without clear dates or outcomes.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a political prize or prize at a factory in Hosta. The readable parts offer little coherent context beyond a springtime setting and mentions of beauty and clemency.
The New York Herald notes a new dagger trend causing public unease though the weapon remains visible and does not provoke police interference. women adopting the style face no immediate legal trouble.
The Louisville Courier Journal urges using driver over chauffeur for clearer speech and confident pronunciation, advising correct articulation without doubt. The note champions accessibility in everyday language for broad readership.
The University of Chicago researchers describe finding a giant sea serpent skeleton in Kansas dating six million years old. The remark invites reflection on whether liquor debates existed in Kansas that far back or if the question is a modern curiosity.
In Oregon a candidate for public office is prohibited from asking a friend to vote for him, from treating a constituent on election day, from giving a campaign button to a friend, and from making untruthful statements about an opponent.
The Grooklyn Eagle issues a stark warning that two hundred million dollars in coal use is being wasted yearly and that Niagara will force a switch to electric heating as coal reserves dwindle. Buffalo is depicted as destined to become a global hub.
The Chicago Tribune argues that good butterine is superior to poor butter. The Pittsburg Dispatch counters that if butterine is better, sellers should price it honestly rather than claim it is inferior. The exchange frames consumer perceptions and fair labeling in a concise editorial debate.
A New York Tribune piece argues that dancing has long accompanied greatness from biblical times to classical philosophers. It cites David Socrates Plato Sally and Cardinal Richelieu to show that prominent figures did dance and questions the modern notion that dancing is undignified.
Carrington D. Holmes of Morocco remains active in country dances at eighty, as he did sixty years ago. William King, eighty two, is noted as father of a baby born to his wife, housed in Logansport county jail. Chicago authorities complain of Indiana milk shipments. Ida Sahm, sixteen, killed by lightning at a barn near Lawrenceburg. Irene Staller of Elkhart fined five dollars for kidnapping her lover Martin Goodhart, seventeen. Mrs. George Goodson of Owensville dies after drinking a poisonous liquid mistaken for chill medicine. James Webster’s widow digs into a dream of oil on a Jolietville farm, hoping to find substance in a newly sunk well.
Two men were badly burned and three others seriously hurt when a gasoline fire exploded in a running automobile near Lafayette. The seriously injured include Thomas Denman a wealthy farmer and Ralph Sear of Boswell. The blazing machine, driving at thirty miles an hour, left its occupants fleeing as the vehicle struck a fence and was consumed by fire.
Charles S. Hernly acting director general for a Republican rally announces a major Indiana gathering at Brook on George Ade’s farm. He says all the big guns will attend, and Ade will lend forty of his best beef cattle to feed the hungry crowd. The rally is set for September 30.
Firebugs burned the house of William McAfee in Pike County after ensuring the family was safe. The assailants then removed all stock before destroying the dwelling.
A formal proclamation from Governor Hants designates Monday September 7 as Labor Day as a legal holiday throughout Indiana, directing state observance and government offices to close.
Harry Kinney fishing at his camp below Columbus on White River hauled in a seventeen-pound white perch.
A Winona normal school domestic science class demonstrates that nine persons can feast on seventy cents worth of food in Indiana. The experiment shows frugal meal planning and budgeting for a household.
In Columbus the Theatorium phonograph playing in the vesti bul e draws protests from several business men who circulated a petition calling the machine a nuisance and asking for action.
George Mondie, a Black man, was attacked and stabbed by two white men near Evansville amid Springfield riot discussions. The assailants fled. Mondie’s prognosis is uncertain.
The government notifies Will F. Little and S. Herbert Morris of Shelbyville that it will soon consign 5,000 fish to streams across the county. The shipments will include smallmouth black bass and yellow perch.
Isaac B Woods of Summitville has built an unrivaled insect collection over forty five years. He possesses about 100000 specimens labeled with common and scientific names and can explain each insect’s food, habitat, breeding, and family history. The collection covers all insects indigenous to the Central States.
Figures from the Indiana Bureau of Statistics show March 1 horse on hand totals at 635 342, down slightly from 636 975 a year earlier. For the year ending March 11 1908 83 907 horses were sold, vs 104 197 the prior year, with leading counties listed by stock counts including Marion 15 295 and Montgomery 13 282.
A rumor from Brown county claims a nationally known artist is depicting Sunrise as a nude woman perched on a mountain crest. Each dawn before 4am he schemes to trap the sun’s changing light, painting rapidly as morning light shifts.
At an Indianapolis Gun Club meeting director Joe Michaelis proposes a plan for wholesale prosecution of the Jim Crow crow in Indiana. He advocates extermination by organized crow clubs and systematic crow hunts.
For three hours John Small of Shelbyville battled a vicious bulldog while bathing in the Blue River. The dog repeatedly drove him into deep water, making the situation perilous as he fought to prevent drowning and protect his clothes from the animal.
A strange brood described as pussy rab bits or bunny cats hops but does not walk. They have carnivorous teeth and a tendency to hunt mice. They spit like kittens, lack claws, and cannot climb. A supposed cat tail proves to be no tail at all.
Bedford Building Savings and Loan Association collapsed last week amid a reported overdraft of 474.11 dollars. Formed in 1878, it previously conducted about 188,900 dollars in annual business. The treasurer’s report shows no irregularities. poor bookkeeping is blamed for the crash.
Society circles in Muncie were surprised by a quiet marriage between Mars Willard, a young heiress, and Glen Harker, Ball Brothers glass factory superintendent. The groom is recently out of school and the engagement had not been suspected by close friends.
Tuesday September 8 marks old soldiers day and children’s day at the Indiana State Fair with free admission for all veterans and school children aged 7 to 12 under teacher supervision. Weber’s band the Indianapolis Military band and vaudeville acts will entertain while afternoon races begin at 1 o’clock, promising a record crowd and lively sports.
Frank Scott, a Rigdon blacksmith, is under consideration by Andrew Carnegie for a medal and allowance in recognition of his acts in saving nine lives in recent years as asserted by friends who claim knowledge of his heroism.
Anderson public schools Superintendent J B Pearcy announces enforcement of the law prohibiting high school fraternities, signaling a crackdown within the district.
A large turnout gathered in Marion for the Grant County Octogenarian Club, a group of residents aged 80 and over. The county is home to about 200 octogenarians.
In New York, Frank Townsend abducts Miss Annette Van Deveer to force a marriage. She resists at first but capitulates, and after a dramatic sequence they marry amid society's notice. Townsend remains patient, the couple reconciles, and the wedding is celebrated with New York's elite in attendance.
In a Harper’s Weekly exchange, the editor thanks the office boy for presenting drawings but declines to use them. The artist asks if that was the reason, and the boy honestly shares a paraphrased remark: the editor said, take them away, they make me sick.
A New York Tribune perspective notes smoking reveals traits like nervous tension frugality and extravagance. It contrasts pipe and cigarette users and links ash handling matches lighting and end-chewing to personality, taste, and temperament.
Major Throckmorton of Louisville drew fame in antebellum days for bold retorts and hotel ejectments. A well known exchange with a visitor escalated from insult over a horse to declarations of gentleman status and a Senate bid, each boasting rival claims and sharp comebacks.
Miss Lillian B. Hill, advertising expert, urged clothiers to advertise and print fashion images. She argued better dress educates boys, reduces mothers altering fathers’ clothes, and recalls a past where a brother complained of his beard being shaved and the red garment.
The New York American notes that Dr. Dubois found a skull thigh bone and two molar teeth on the Bengawan river in central Java. Scientists used these remains to construct an animal not human yet nearer to man than the ape. The link was named Pithecanthropus erectus.
In I Samuel 26 17 25 David spares Saul after sneaking into his camp Abishai helps retrieve Saul s spear Saul confesses he has erred calling David innocent and loyal to the Lord David trusts Jehovah to deliver him while Saul concedes David should prevail in time with right on his side
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