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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
Francesville Indiana notes mix of remarks about Standard Oil taxes a New York vogue for canes and a loan forgotten by the company. A Twain anecdote about losing money prompts wry reflection. A Canadian bagpipe tale defends wolves. A Langhorne beauty linked to Prince Francis of Teck surfaces amid financial talk. Rev Leavitt cites invisible agencies shaping sane and insane asylums and tippling minds.
A Atlantic City man faced a court order to kiss his wife or face jail. He chose jail instead, after a prior incident where he held her hands and kissed her despite her warning she would call for help.
The piece notes a Chicago incident and contrasts endurance with patriotism. It highlights the spread of wireless electrical communication as a major achievement, comparing past cable rates to present costs and predicting further reductions. It reflects on memory of early ocean cable skepticism and failures before success.
A Chicago widower with four young children posted a window placard offering to wed. He stayed home to meet callers and, according to the tale, expects to find a new wife who will also serve as mother to his brood.
A man who deserted the United States army long ago cannot be allowed to enlist again because the official records label him a deserter. He asked the War Department to expunge the record, but the request was denied, as the department will not alter proven facts. The Troy Times notes he bears lifelong branding as a deserter and cannot serve despite good intentions to make amends.
Charles Ross of Rushville, a motorman, died from an electric shock after receiving 3200 volts. The incident is reported amid the Indiana news briefs collected from the era.
Fred Asmus, a parolee from the State prison, killed himself at his Furnessville area home by consuming carbolic acid. Wayne County records show 51 violent deaths last year including one murder and eleven personal crisis reports.
In front of her husband and several children Elizabeth Bonnell wife of Squire Bonnell of Mt Vernon drank two ounces of carbolic acid and died within an hour leaving her family in shock and sorrow.
Rev. Ernest Sweeton, a Holiness minister, was egged and clubbed on Newburg streets after declaring in a sermon that all women who dance are questionable characters.
George H. Roseman, 23, a Garrett machinist, was converted during the last hour of the closing year and married within the first hour of the new year.
Simeon Ross a flour barrel cooper from Lawrenceburg finished a quail eating contest at the Indiana House after eating thirty two birds in thirty two consecutive days on a fifty dollar wager.
In 1907 Indianapolis recorded a death rate of 13.93 per 1000, a relatively low figure when compared with other similarly sized U S cities. The statistic suggests healthier conditions or reporting practices than many peer municipalities.
Relatives of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Means in Shelbyville uncovered $6,000 hidden in three cans while clearing the house. The money had been hoarded for years and was previously unknown to relatives.
After years of open gambling Lafayette authorities closed ten gambling houses. Officers closed all remaining venues and state gambling will never again be allowed in Lafayette.
The longest traction line in operation in Indiana is the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company at 252 miles. Next is Indiana Union Traction Company with 313 miles. Ft Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company ranks third at 146 miles. Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company operates 108 miles. Roads over 100 miles exist, while others range from 47 to 6 miles, except French Lick Road at 1.09 miles.
Deputy state factory inspector S Williamson and John Lee report that facilities closed during financial stringency are reopening. Bolt Glass Works of Muncie ready to open with 200 workers. Elwood Tinplate Works employing 1,800 will resume with 900. Arcade Fire Works at Anderson to resume this week with 500 workers.
The Indiana Baptist Mission Board at Indianapolis apportioned 7000 dollars among twenty Indiana churches needing support. The funds were raised by Indiana Baptist churches to aid weaker congregations.
Newton county now has three Democratic officials the highest number at any time since its organization The offices filed by Democrats are auditor treasurer and county superintendent The Republicans hold a county majority of nearly 500 votes
The Indiana Railroad Commission report for the governor's annual review records Indiana traction mileage as 1,538.93 miles on January 1, 1907. It notes thirty different companies operated traction lines in the state.
A jealous rival killed George Wildermuth to win a Logansport sweetheart. His decapitated body was found along the Pennsylvania tracks near Crownpoint, shifting the belief from an accidental death to murder.
The McNally Construction Company finished a $500000 contract to cut and grade three miles of track on the St. Louis division of the Big Four railroad along Danville. They move to Poughkeepsie to tunnel under the Hudson for the New York Central. The project doubles tracks, removes two grades and three curves, and a $90000 triple arch cement bridge is built. About 800000 cubic yards of dirt were moved.
The burning of Phillip Rock and associates stores near Bedford and prior violent incidents have Italians at Reed's station fearing Black Hand retribution. Rock, their leader and local banker, killed an Italian a year ago in self defense. the Italian victim had just arrived from Italy.
Playwright George Ade announces candidacy for delegate from the Tenth Congressional District. He endorses Vice President Fairbanks for the Republican nomination.
Rev. Harry B. Stevens pastor and D. E. Hirshberger church clerk deny reports that 200 converts at a recent Garrett Baptist revival were promised clothes or other earthly rewards. They say converts joined for faith, with only symbolic “golden lyres” and garments of light offered.
Antoni Cencelewski and Nickodem Wi tucki exchanged fire after a bluff wager near South Bend. Cencelewski was killed instantly. Wi tucki is believed to be dying as a crowd of observers watched. Henry Harris was arrested at Bedford for running a blind tiger connected to a sycamore tree by the White River near Ft Ritner.
The trial this week features Charles Behrens and J Herman Heitman of Huntingburg former cashier and assistant cashier at the People's State Bank of Huntingburg. A shortage between forty five thousand and seventy thousand dollars is reported. In South Bend a crime wave prompts the Board of Public Safety to hire ten extra policemen and plan five more.
The narrator recollects Ben Lilly, famed hunter, arriving on foot in a swamp camp after 24 hours without food or drink. Lilly, over 50, matches Cooper in woodcraft and endurance, hunts bears across treacherous canebrakes, and remains undaunted by weather. The article describes swamp terrain with canebrakes, alligators, garfish, snapping turtles, and venomous snakes along with detailed field observations and perilous wildlife encounters.
A large Irishwoman appeared in a New York court to press a case where her husband was accused of beating her. The man, small and stooped, seemed barely able to stand as the judge watched with amusement at the exchange.
An elderly Cleveland entrepreneur famed for his meticulous habits missed the train to his wedding after a crucial business matter. He sent a telegram to his bride with the line Dont marry till I come Howard, illustrating his habit of controlling every detail even on a personal occasion.
A dialogue reveals a young couple debating wealth and future support. The father questions the suitor, while the girl asserts the man has already sustained an automobile for six months, exceeding her father’s past support.
A damaged text fragment mentions an iron mask and safety r an aoe as healing progresses. Names, dates, places, and concrete facts are unreadable. no verifiable events or outcomes are present.
A man delivers a rapid, pompous lecture on census driven marriage odds and rising costs to plead his case for marriage to Mary. He cites excess unmarried women, shrinking chances after twenty five, and looming old maid institutions, then offers a ring as reassurance.
The article presents a step by step method to float in water. It advises staying upright with chest lifted and chin high while ears remain submerged. Inhale through the mouth exhale through the nose and practice a long quiet float lasting up to thirty minutes for lifesaving and endurance.
Baker City native Judge Sam White once hurled a five dollar hat through a skylight seventy five feet above ground as a Dixie tune rang out when a band started. The event is noted as a colorful local anecdote linked to Oregon’s political figure Tom Taggart.
A humorous exchange quoted by Flegende Blaetter features a wife explaining her husband’s three part concert promise as a trick to make him pleased when the performance ends sooner than expected. The wry remark captures social wit.
A playful exchange features a child denying the myth of Santa Claus while quickly naming a familiar figure as the real parent. The dialogue touches on belief and family roles with a hint of humor.
Fashion Editor in Indianapolis summarizes Paris pattern offerings for growing girls and younger children. Items include a blue red plaid cheviot dress with bias yoke, Copenhagen blue mohair one piece, bordeaux broadcloth coat with black velvet trim, jacqueminot red cotton crepe dress with Irish lace, and green shepherds plaid dress with guimpe. Five or four sizes listed per item. Enclosed is ten cents and Paris Pattern No. Size Name.
A collection of wry aphorisms and social observations on gender pride appearance quarrels and habits. The piece humorously contrasts expectations of men and women, manners bluntly critiquing vanity debt and culture with pointed one liners.
A new women's paper started in Barcelona named El Femin al with editor Carmen Karr Lascarte. It will be issued monthly to promote Spanish women's interests and equal suffrage, featuring poems and articles from prominent advocates worldwide.
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