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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
A Texas woman forfeits an estate worth 800000 to marry the man she loves who has no title. Justice Brewer notes that peace born of force cannot endure. The column highlights romance and legal echoes amid varied clippings.
A quirky editorial notes red-haired heroines dominate novels of the day, tracing fashion origins to a best selling work. A dispatch reports Prince Vladimir Sergeyeviteh Whutuzoff and wife Varwara Tranovkaja Kutuzoff of Russia journeying to Doukhobort sky.
A disease is described that targets only a portion of the vermiform appendix yet causes suspicion on the entire organ. Surgeons advise removing the entire appendix during operation to prevent spread.
In a collage of editorials and notes, auctioned Astor farm values spark heirs’ division at $8.25 million while critics doubt farming profits. Opinions urge immigrant checks, praise women janitors at Harvard over Yale, and celebrate art forgeries for cultural interest. Lipton lauds US safety for women. Egg and poultry crops hit $252 million. iron and steel output tops $905 million in 1906, with rising poultry value ahead of the next census.
Fort Wayne couple Mr and Mrs George W Brackenridge celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home. Robert Patterson of Milton sets a stave jointing record turning 60000 staves in a week. Roy Ligon shoots and kills Fred Koch at Terre Haute after taunts during religious fervor. Stinesville plans boom as United States Steel buys 361 acres for a 1500000 plant employing 500 workers. Mrs Sarah Beard of Frankfort dies by self inflicted hanging in woodshed. husband discovers body.
The cow of Charles Stewart in Terre Haute was found dead with a tin bucket fastened over its face. The bucket contained molasses which lured the animal. its head became caught and the cow died from strangulation.
Amid harvest, Wabash county farmers face labor shortages and pay higher wages than recent years. Offering two dollars a day and board, they note few men to hire as the hard times scare proves false locally.
In South Bend the Birdsall Clover Huller Manufacturing Company plant operates at full capacity. The surge in clover yield requires extended daily work, with staff pushed to thirteen hours a day to meet production needs.
Washington Cartwright, a farmer near Newcastle, tends seven acres of raspberries in Henry County. The crop yields about 300 bushels, gathered at thirty bushels per day, with an expected value around $1,200.
After Kitty Clark, 25, of Chicago was poisoned at a Gary resort, police raided the venue owned by John Petrovich and arrested 50 men and 10 women. Clark was seated at a table opposite a man who poured poison into her beer.
Harry Newman son of Mary A. Newman sues to set aside her will. He seeks to overturn a provision that would leave his sister Mrs Lincoln Guyan nearly all the estate. The dispute centers on the wealth and control of the Newman fortune in Wabash.
Commission men predict the cantaloupe crop in southern Indiana will break all records this year. They say prices will be about half of last year. Watermelons and peaches are also plentiful.
The directoire bathing suit appears at Logansport as Miss Georgia Packard, summering at Potawatomi Point, stands out as one of the resort’s best swimmers with notable long distance ability.
The Supreme Court holds state courts lack power to issue a writ of mandate to compel a church to restore a member. The Hatfield case, pending twelve years, concerned James M. Hatfield who was expelled and sought restoration through the courts.
The Marion County Board of Review finished its session last week and reported an increase of 2,449,475 in corporate property valuations over last year. This year’s total corporate property valuation reached 27,914,475 versus 25,465,000 the previous year.
Samuel Yoder of Goshen was fatally injured when a prong on a new combination hay rake and loading device pierced his thigh and abdomen. Fellow workers witnessed him lifted stunned into the air, suffering intolerable agony before his death.
The Terre Haute Ministerial Association called a meeting to curb pistol carrying with invitations sent to various civic groups. Four men remain jailed awaiting trial for murders since April 2, and organizers argue those crimes stem from the gun habit.
Harry M. Westcott of Richmond prepares a cross country automobile tour to California. The journey includes traveling on rail tracks after Denver, where rubber tires are replaced with steel tires for rail travel.
One of the county’s largest real estate transactions sees William B. Cooley transfer 1 087 acres to William H. Alvord for 55 000. The farm ranks among the best properties in the county.
An ironic quip notes that asking to pay a small bill prompts fuss, as time is money yet it does not settle debts. this witticism reflects a midcentury newspaper tone and moralizing humor.
Reports from Indiana show 594 saloons voted out of business since January 1. Cities joining the dry column in early 1908 include Montpelier Valparaiso Hartford City and Portland. The remonstrance law has put two thirds of Indiana in the dry column. In 1907 about 600 saloons were abolished, so the first five months of 1908 match the entire previous year.
Gov. Hanly named New Albany’s new police board John Darneal Isaiah Gordon and Dr FE A Seringhaus and urged strict enforcement to curb Louisville’s criminal element crossing the river. Louisville bookmakers had opened a poolroom on the Indiana side, betting on races barred in Kentucky, prompting fears of a lawless, growing New Albany.
The Post Office Department issued a fraud order against Webster's Detective Agency in Indianapolis after a lengthy hearing. Owner H. C. Webster advertised for agents to use detective literature and offered large rewards, subscriptions, and training fees. The department found no real detective work and said the business profited mainly from subscriptions and fees.
A. J. Bunnell of North Judson unveils an automobile mower on traction wheels aimed at swampy Kankakee marshes. Demonstrations show it cuts hay three inches under water and features an adjustable plow for marshy fields, addressing horse-drawn harvesting difficulties caused by mining.
Mrs Arden, estranged from her son Jack for a misalliance, learns of his life in G. and work at Wright Carter. A sermon on Mother Love prompts her to search him. She finds him, meets his wife Alice, and returns home to reunite the family in joy.
Miss Weery teases Mr Staylate with quips about long-winding questions. She remarks the best thing going is a man who has stayed too long. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times.
A judge describes a personal house project as he explains building to suit his ideas and preferences. The owner notes a nearby neighbors' proximity as part of stepping around the corner to view the house under construction.
A Sunday School study on First Samuel chapters ten. Samuel leads Israel to Mizpeh for a public choosing of Saul by lots, amid Samuel’s protest that the people reject God by asking for a king. Saul’s selection and appearance lead to the nation’s praise, despite unease among some.
Fashion notes list several child and girls dresses with patterns and sizes. Designs include a low necked dress with short sleeves, an envelope dress, a jumper with guimpe, a Russian dress, and an empire dress in pink white or French batiste. Patterns are offered in multiple sizes and fabrics.
A collection of wry maxims on happiness fate and gender roles. Observations on ambition wealth weddings parental esteem and social pretenses reflect a folksy, ironic tone about modern manners and personal folly. The piece contrasts appearances with substance and pokes at ideals in a playful proverb style.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip recalls a neighbor who squeaks like a starving pig and a bottle of labeled machine oil left on the doormat. The twist ends with the oil being used on the neighbor’s hair, delivering a humorous outcome.
A violent note threatens to shoot if money is not handed over. The writing mocks intelligence and warns that a man can survive New York without brains but not without money.
The New York Sun reports a puzzling note about humane treatment or conduct involving ACME and Knicker-Is Jones, with a humorous aside about someone fishing with a camera.
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