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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
6
The Tribune recounts a mysterious light in England, jokes about Edward wearing a million dollar diamond, and a string of wide ranging items. It notes an Eastern scientist on noble soul through long fingers, ships with home comforts, a Newark man fined for laughing at a policeman, and other anecdotes.
Twenty five people in Noblesville were poisoned by canned dried beef. Mansfield Jeffries of Wayne county was killed while felling timber. Rochester and Fulton residents consider entering the barber business. James Craig of Thayer, dubbed the Newton county big man, weighs 468 pounds at age forty six, having weighed 247 at sixteen.
Joel Howell of Jasonville taught his thirteen year old daughter to raise two chicks two years ago. She now has more than 100 chickens and saves with $72 in the bank.
The Rev. E. R. Edwards of Kokomo denounces the bridge as the bridge to perdition during a revival service calling society gambling mad and says the soul is staked on a parlor card throw.
Gustav Mina, a florist at the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane near Logansport, announces a deep yellow fragrant carnation after two years of labor. He claims it is not a freak and plans to grow thousands next year.
To establish an independent daily paper in Newcastle a stock company is being formed and solicitors are inviting business men farmers and others to purchase stock.
Mrs. Sarah Daitle and Theodore Kitze both aged 73, connected by long neighborly distance, married in Evansville after years of admiring each other from across the yards.
Henry Ogden of near Elizabethtown reports a Buff Cochin hen that he believed was laying two eggs daily. He tracked the bird closely and now admits she is only laying one egg each morning and another after noon.
A bundle of switches was left at the door of Julian J. Behr editor in chief of the Daily Student at Indiana University Bloomington. A note warned him to resign for his criticism of the recent college minstrel show. Behr had published a column harshly criticizing the show.
At Indianapolis the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking drainage of Brandywine Creek in Hancock county. The case involved the Old Swimmmin Hole celebrated in James Whitcomb Riley's poem. The ruling ends the drainage effort.
A. BR. Miller of Evansville, a tree trimmer, was found unconscious in a nearly 100 foot high tree after being stricken with paralysis. Rescuers from an aerial truck company retrieved him after about an hour perched in the branches.
Goshen Mayor Kohler purchases the historic Lowell mansion facing Court Square to prevent acquisition by the city for a city hall. The council had voted the previous night to exercise an option on the premises for city hall purposes.
Isabelle Gray of Gary, a society figure, is defendant in a suit over ownership of sixty lots in the new Gary addition. The property valued at $50,000 was of little value when Miss Gray acquired it.
The Fair Coed cast for Purdue University’s Harlequin Club, written by George Ade, has been chosen after weeks of tryouts and will be produced next month.
John Watten age 11 and his brother age 10 admitted to Evansville police that they carried out about a dozen burglaries in the city. They said the stage play Raffles they saw inspired them to start burglary activity.
The February report from the State Board of Health notes worse health than the previous year. Deaths totaled 3 356 in February 1908 versus 3 273 in February 1907, with state death rate 15.8, city 16.6, and rural 15.3.
The Marion County Commissioners move to abolish the long standing practice of paying 40 cents per day for prisoner meals regardless of meals served. They will no longer pay for meals not actually served, stopping the prior record abuse of counting any jail stay as a full day with three meals.
Peter Coble of Celestine Ind seeks the democratic nomination for representative on a free whisky platform. He argues whisky should be as free as water and recalls a past era when liquor cost 10 cents a gallon. He claims revenue absence then correlated with less drunkenness.
Jonathan S. White of Glenwgpa known as Stant per White, a wealthy Rush county farmer, was allegedly trapped by two neighbors in a confidence scheme guided by a gang from Indianapolis. White is said to have drawn large sums from a Rushville bank and bought counterfeit money to circulate nationwide.
Local hunters report the Kankakee marshes hold a vast duck population but high water keeps birds beyond shooting range. Mallards pintails canvasbacks redheads and widgeons stay on open water as season ends April 1.
A fourteen mile Buck Creek ditch costing eighteen thousand dollars will soon begin in southern Henry county. The project has been long needed but delayed by high cost. Upon completion it will drain flooded land and render more farms usable for crops.
The Rhea Reid rose, a seedling of the American Beauty, grown by EB. G. Hill of Richmond, has entered the market. It is expected to become a strong commercial rival to the well known variety.
Following the conference of Mormon elders in Indianapolis the Indiana district teams scatter to Evansville Jeffersonville Madison Seymour and Newcastle to start new work. The Indianapolis and northern teams stay. Meetings will be held in smaller towns all summer and fall. The force will rise from thirty two to forty eight in April with recruits from headquarters. Elders will travel on foot through rural districts distributing literature and hold weekly public meetings in larger towns.
Five hundred uniformed marchers led by a 100 member drum and bugle corps travel by special train from Indianapolis to Chicago next June to promote Vice President Fairbanks. The group includes many Shelbyville area Republicans. Juicy Order From Government follows: Conrey-Birely Table Company of Shelbyville lands government order for 2,500 center tables.
A new democratic newspaper is proposed for Greensburg with a stock company set to run the plant and $10,000 in capital subscribed. The venture indicates local media diversification and civic engagement ahead of publication.
A Peach reports Younger praises a new typewriter girl while Elders mock the stylistic flaws. The exchange notes the letters reveal spelling issues, but not the writer's hair or eyes, highlighting a humorous, era style exchange.
Society notes criticize a young man for rudeness while praising a fair maiden’s complexion in a write-up of a reception. The tale hints at gendered codes and social judgments of manners and appearance.
A prison visitor questions a man about his fate and the inmate replies that he faces a double life because he has two wives waiting outside. The exchange is reported by the Philadelphia Ledger in a darkly humorous anecdote.
An Oversight, Gompers notes the Supreme Court reversal and remarks that the court appears unaware of the change. He dismisses congratulations with a casual tone and ponders the significance of the event. The Philadelphia Ledger records his airily reflective quote.
The speaker recalls Mibbs as a failed retail grocer and contends he now knows exactly where he erred and what actions would have made the venture profitable.
A father defines a diplomat for his son as someone who does not reveal what he truly means and avoids showing his real intentions through words and actions.
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St Red Bank New Jersey after forty years of kidney trouble reports relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. He endured back pain nightly awakenings and heavy sediment in secretions but now cites complete relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Duffalo NY.
Harper's Weekly reports the Indian government allowed women to be telegraph operators. Candidates aged 13 to 30 must be unmarried or widows and complete a 12 month training earning 6.65 dollars monthly, equal to male learners. After training they enter a one year probation with salaries from 10 to 26.65 dollars and pensions, with compulsory resignation on marriage.
A Dutch captain described price regulation in the Netherlands where apothecaries set fixed charges. He was shocked that a Rotterdam druggist could charge far more than the cost of ingredients for the same medicines. He contrasted with American practices and warned against patent medicine push.
An old age health claim extols Grape-Nuts as gentle nourishment for aging digestion. Testimonies from seniors praise regularity, strength, and mental clarity, noting brain and nerve support from wheat and barley nutrients. The ad promotes Postum and references The Road to Wellville as related reading.
Edward Wovell of Fort Crook Nebraska describes fifteen years of severe eczema on hands arms and legs with intense itching and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for about six days the itching ceased and sores disappeared, leaving him feeling better than ever.
A Baltimore American reflection argues that modern articles mislead about existence. It questions society’s idea of a simple life and contrasts it with life inside institutions.
Aims to humor readers with contrasts among women and their private secrets. It notes housekeeping skills like breadmaking jelly testing and coffee, and vanity secrets such as flawless makeup and sunburn remover lotion, concluding with a playful defense that women can keep secrets.
A leading lady proclaims her charm while stroking her imported pug as a tall comedian jokes about luck. The exchange turns on fortunes and a manager's remark that she is two-faced, in quick stage banter reflecting backstage humor.
Clocks may halt during electric storms and resume normal function after varying intervals. The disruption can last moments or years, with devices regaining accuracy later, seemingly at random.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from Wapping Kinxon and Marvin, wholesale druggists in Toledo, confirm F J Cheney's honesty and ability. Cure taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, testimonials free, sold by all drogerists. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article discusses the desire of many American women in lonely homes to conceive and be able to utter hopeful words, noting an organic derangement that denies happiness. It advocates for preparation for healthy maternity through a proposed method or treatment.
Letters from Mrs. Maggie Gilmer and Mrs. Josephine Hall praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and enabling motherhood. The ad claims the remedy has treated female displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pains, backache, and nervous prostration for thirty years. Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
A quoted Attchison Globe opines that wives persist in kissing even when husbands tire, claiming such kisses prove a wife’s lovely character while men avoid admitting weariness, calling men cowards for not confessing discomfort.
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