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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
3
The speaker praises Laura's beauty and virtue, asking which part of heaven inspired her features and where nature drew such perfection. He notes her radiant eyes and sweet sighs, sighs, converse, and smile as the cure for love's wounds yet its lingering sting.
An heir confronts his aunt in a dying uncle's house and learns she is the heiress. She explains she resisted his belated advances to respect the old man's will and fate tests their trust as the truth of the inheritance emerges and vows are exchanged.
A speaker pleads for life and love as a woman considers his plea in a moment shadowed by death. She consents with soft irony and lifelong affection, and they share a tender kiss, ignoring the solemn presence of mortality. Translated from French for the San Francisco Argonaut.
The Senate approved the conference report on the railroad bill by a 50 to 11 vote. The House adopted a new rule to recall bills from committees at any time and place them on the calendar, aiming to curb pigeonholing. Other actions included activity on postal savings bank bills, Arizona and New Mexico statehood, and various defense and public works measures.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt returns to New York amid a massive public demonstration. Tens of thousands greet him along the Battery to 59th Street as parades and receptions unfold with delegates from Mayor Gaynor, Taft cabinet members, and state governors present.
An article explains hydrophobia rabies and the lack of a cure. It urges immediate Pasteur treatment after a bite, cauterization is only useful on surface wounds, and stresses prevention. It notes dogs may be infectious without visible madness and cites state and county funding for Pasteur therapy and sanitation efforts.
The Pathfinder reports aluminum, once $40 a pound, now around 20 cents due to new extraction methods. It is used in textiles for evening cloaks and costumes, giving a silvered look to the figure. The metal is drawn into fine threads for woven yarns, strings, belts, hats, and more including shoe laces.
A Washington Star excerpt recounts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle advising a woman about mysterious thefts at her house. She lists items stolen, including a motor horn and dictionary, and Doyle concludes the culprit is a goat, asserting the case is clear.
From a Harper's Bazaar line a playful domestic scene where a man arrives to collect on a purchase made on installment. The widow mistress questions whether the item is the encyclopedia phonograph brass bed piano or sewing machine in a brisk humorous exchange.
A pithy aphorism notes that blaming hoodoo is simpler than admitting or addressing one’s own mistakes, reflecting on personal accountability and error.
Ruben S. Crohn, former public administrator at Kansas City, shot himself when exposure of alleged thefts of $50,000 surfaced. He died amid wage increases at the Cincinnati Traction Company where streetcar workers gain more, with over 2,000 men affected and compensation acts forcing employers to insure.
The steamship Boothic sails from South Boston carrying trin kets and gumdrops for an Igloo hunting expedition chartered by Harry Whitney of New Haven and Paul J. Rainey of New York.
R. G. Dun confirms mixed signals in Chicago trade with lighter bank payments but improved retail demand and early season reductions in apparel stocks. Grain hides and factory output rise while textile price direction remains uncertain. Bank rates steady, money easier, deposits up. bank clearings at $269.5 million, down 4.4 percent from 1909. Failures total 19 in Chicago, with 3 liabilities over $5,000.
New York reports irregular and quiet trade with clearer signs of improved western distribution. Warmer weather boosts crop and trade prospects in the West Northwest and Southwest, while East regions face lingering trade barriers from cool, moist Atlantic coast conditions. Bradstreet's notes 178 U.S. business failures for the week ending June 16, with Canada at 27, down from prior weeks.
Regional quotes for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and more. Grain prices include wheat corn oats rye barley and specialty items with ranges and notable values for futures and shipping markets.
Joseph A. Young former general superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railway in San Francisco was elected president of the Northwestern Commercial Companies and of the Alaska Steamship Company. He now leads Morgan Guggenheim interests in Alaska and Puget Sound.
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