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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
2
The Tribune notes Japan will eliminate small warships reflecting lessons from Russia. It argues Wall Street is a costly necessity, cites Hobson’s naval stance, and mocks various opinions on finance, pensions, phonographs, and dress in a collage of cultural and political quips.
Princeton plans a sanitary sewerage system costing 70000 dollars. In Boonville, 22 year old Lee Weller died after being knocked into a stream by a falling tree. An Indianapolis amateur theater event for the unemployed raised 1700 dollars. Jerome Richardson of Hammond killed himself after his wife remarried.
Arrett Fletcher a farmer near Farmland shot himself following a visit to his mother in law Mrs Sheridan Helms. No motive or cause is known.
A secret meeting in Evansville by First District saloonmen passed resolutions pledging to back no candidate this fall who does not hold liberal liquor views.
The attempted suicide of Mrs. Will Wagner of Gettysburg east of Richmond failed due to poor powder quality. The cartridge did not penetrate her undershirt and the act did not cause her death.
Warren Keene gazing into his friend's open grave directed the diggers when John W Shaffer a noted farmer and Civil War veteran near Muncie sank to the ground and died as laborers fled the grave in alarm
Mrs. Caroline Davis aged 45 near Columbus ended her life by setting her clothing on fire with kerosene. She had retired with her daughter, then rose at midnight and lit a match in a cornfield, burning to death.
Creditors' Committee of the Indianapolis Newcastle and Toledo Electric Railway Company and promoters of the lime reached a plan to issue Receiver's certificates sufficient to complete the road. An estimated $400,000 is required to finish construction.
Swedish nurse Hilda Magnusson age 21 was carrying 1 year old Thomas Meemer Riley when she fell down stairs at the Riley home in Goshen. The child died from a broken neck as the nurse clung to him. both were injured and sought medical aid.
Louis Lauby, janitor at Bloomington courthouse, proved his right to a $30,000 estate left by his brother in Buck Switzerland using his passport dating from his departure and photographs of his mother and brother.
State Factory Inspector W E Blakely says a bill regulating moving picture machines and fire protection for patrons will likely be pushed in the next legislature. He notes Indiana lags behind other states in this area.
Michael J. Witt, a wealthy Union County resident and Eastern Indiana figure, aged 81, was burned to death on his home farm after a brush pile fire. He lived alone. Witt's wealth was estimated at $500,000. Years earlier two of his daughters died in a similar incident when clothing caught fire from a brush pile.
Mrs J L Peetz wife of the Monon News editor launches a two column appeal across Indiana to back her husband for the Republican nomination as State Statistician. She praises him as free from tobacco profanity and intoxicating liquor and claims he is clear minded morally and politically.
Herbert L. Brown of Indianapolis faced Greensburg players in a simultaneous chess display. Brown played all 96 games, winning 90, losing 1, and drawing 5, delivering a sweeping backset to the local competitors.
Charles E Walk of Galveston is added to the Indiana list as a novelist. He has written The Silver Blade, to be published next week by A C McClurg & Co.
In Indianapolis, hunters organize a hunting club with the aim of leasing preserves and enjoying duck shooting in Indiana marshes.
The teacher asks for ox plural and Nellie answers oxen. Then Robbie jokes that fox plural is foxen, highlighting a child’s playful misstep in a classroom exchange about irregular plurals.
Penny tells Lysses how she unraveled the shroup in Ithaca. He interrupts to note the missing shirt buttons before she returns home to mother on the next train.
A judge voices frustration that panic effects on farmers are overblown and urges attention to those abandoned by hardship. The remark highlights social strains as families falter and communities confront economic stress.
The Marion County grand jury has begun an inquiry into the 1906 purchase of 130 voting machines for 97000 dollars, noting that three other machines were offered at lower prices.
Fred A. Hunter of Bloomington petitions for legal separation claiming his wife pesters him at work and he will lose his position if not granted a divorce. Leap Year has produced thirty divorce suits in the county with men filing half, reversing the usual pattern. County Clerk Harve Leffler notes women initiate the proposals now, so men seek the splits.
Elijah Meyer city treasurer of Michigan City was acquitted by a jury in Laporte Circuit Court of misappropriating $35.82 after a ten day trial. Auditors alleged a shortfall over $10,000 in his accounts. three more indictments remain, two for embezzlement.
In Crothersville residents report a dynamite flare and a field flooded a few feet deep with geysers arising from shale gas. W. S. Blatchley, state geologist, explains the phenomena are caused by gas released from shale deposits.
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad plans with English capital to develop Indiana shale deposits from Delphi to New Albany across several counties including Marion Johnson Bartholomew Boone Hendricks Clinton Jennings and Scott. State Geologist Blatchley says oil separation may be profitable later as shale may yield long term oil supply. Scottish example cited with 64 million gallons oil yearly from shale and 8.5 pounds shale yielding 45 gallons gas via distillation.
Rev Daniel Hawkins marries his fifth wife, former Mrs Josephine Smith, aged 60, in Shelbyville. The groom is 68.
A two year old boy at a farm near Shoals gained a bottle of kerosene while parents were away and poured it on his seven week old sister, causing her death. Police reported the fatal accident involving Harry Bennell’s family and the local farm community.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly describes a man keeping a thread tied around his finger. The thread is not for memory but to prompt his wife to ask if he forgot something she told him to remember.
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio describes ten years of backache with exhaustion nervousness dizziness and headaches. After using Deans Kidney Pills she reports quick relief and a permanent cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
The Spring Term opens March 30 to April 6 with branches in Lafayette Logansport Kokomo Anderson Marion Muncie Richmond Columbus and Indianapolis. The Indianapolis campus, Central Business College, is in the Century Building. Students may request the free College Beacon and contact General Manager Charles Co Cring.
The excerpt presents a dramatic insistence on closeness and devotion with intense imagery of fiery passion. It contrasts the speaker’s service to a beloved master as a furnace of burning emotion and an urgent, intimate embrace.
An army officer in a South African native district gives a native boy a pair of heavy nailed army boots. The boy dons them proudly for days, then wears them as a necked bundle after discovering they are too bulky to walk in, saying they are best kept for bed.
A Michigan music student describes severe nervousness in practice, then reports improvement after switching from coffee to Postum. With daily hours of study, the writer notes regained focus, steady nerves, and resumed full music training by November, praising Postum as a valuable health beverage endorsed by a physician father. There's a Reason.
A church study guide outlines a three year span from 26 to 29 AD with lessons centered on John and Jesus. It lists January February and March topics including The Word Made Flesh, Jesus as Saviour, the Bread of Life, and healing miracles with question prompts for study and teaching.
A humorous line from the Chicago Tribune features a mosquito character praising surgical practice and billing during operations, reflecting a playful editorial voice rather than a news event. The quote satirically connects medical themes with cost awareness.
A humorous dialogue shows Bishop asking about the many merry young ladies in the guild room and a curate confirming they all hope to marry him, revealing a shared yet comic romantic bond in the scene.
A Tit-Bits line quotes a merchant and an office boy at the eleventh hour admitting they forgot stamps. The boy exclaims they are a couple of blunder-headed idiots, highlighting a moment of comical oversight.
Tom confesses six months of a delusion while Jack questions marriage as a solution in a Chicago News dialogue style exchange. The brief reflects domestic sentiment and the social pressure to wed.
An odd note offers a $100 reward and comments on yellow streaks, contrasting Mongolians with other groups while hinting at a broader curiosity or challenge.
An item highlights a laxative product Bromo Quinine claimed to cure a cold in one day with signature of E. W. Grove. Mentioned price 28 cents and text promotes Mrs. Austins Buckwheat flour for cakes. The ad contrasts character judgments of men and praises some while blackening others.
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