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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
7
The weather bureau notes a notably cold April with averages near 48 degrees last year and 55 the year before. The highest reading reached 76 and the lowest 25, reflecting an unusual temperature dip across the month.
D John Alevant and son Jake of Sardinia visited Tuesday for business and stopped by the doctor’s later, with Mowe Nan Riley noting the familiar offerings of a well known remedy.
Mae Wood sues for absolute divorce naming her former spouse Thomas C. Platt. The case outlines complications of a modern marriage ending amid uncertain details and public scrutiny.
Abbi Leon Magnes a noted Jew of New York preaches sermon Ageinet Intermarriage. The congregation president whose daughter wed a German nobleman resigns. Magnes is to speak in Cheinnatt. County Clerk Jenkins grants a marriage license to Charles T Phillips 18 and Jane Phillips 18 daughter of Joseph Tote.
The Indianapolis Star condemns whiskey as a force that preserves only decay while ruining lives and politics. J Frank Hanly denounces the liquor trade, urging strong laws, and cites its social and constitutional harms and its impact on workers, families, and public order.
John Wallace, an 83 year old farmer in Saitcreek township Decatur County, owns a 40 acre improved farm worth about 1600 dollars but cannot sell due to a life estate held by his daughter Mrs Lillian B Spencer. Mortgage settlement left him unable to farm or raise cash, forcing talk of legality and tenancy while the county edge looms.
Voters in Cairo vote wet by a 3352 majority in a total 4670. A Greensburg tale follows about a servant girl watching a delivery boy, then changing routines after a kiss on the back steps, reflecting social mores of the time.
A reader asks how to stop the strong pull of politics causing sleeplessness and loss of appetite. The answer advises, in a witty tone, to run for office as a cure for political hankering.
County commissioners awarded multiple contracts on Contract Day including a lightning rod job for the Dew barn at the poor farm to Letta Hardware Co for 200 per foot. Bridges and related work received bids from Moody & Son and others, with Moody & Son awarded several items despite remaining competitive bids.
A New Albany Indiana incident reports a marshal attempting to eject a tramp from a Southern Railway train. The tramp was shot and seeks 10000 damages from the railway company claiming to protect its property.
The Big Four announces round trip excursion tickets to Boston Richmond Dayton Chicago Peoria Philadelphia and California Mexico and the Pacific coast with sales on specified May and June dates. Major routes include Richmond and return Dayton Chicago Peoria Philadelphia and Louisville with May and June sale windows. Applications for fares and details available from local Big Four agents or H J Rabin General Passenger Agent.
The World to publish a Twenty Fifth Anniversary Number on Sunday May 10th. The special edition will be largest and most attractive in its history with about two hundred full size pages and a cost near 100000 dollars to print and distribute. Each copy priced around ten cents. Color sections planned for sutermvile muais real stare rations offsite and New York the Wonder City. Also usual weekly come and apeezyne. No extra charge for enlarged issue. Kirba Bros sorrel team member reportedly struck by a wave and left with a cave of rockjaw. After days with no improvement the hurke was halted.
The piece argues women cannot claim reform progress without voting. It claims states like Wyoming and Colorado ignore temperance laws at night, while saloonkeepers close doors on Sundays only by accident. It suggests women and officers both bear responsibility for vice suppression.
Miss Amy Bellville serves as official time keeper for London's leading jewelers and watchmakers, with Greenwich Observatory certification. Her father held the role before her, and she earns $2,000 annually by working one day a week.
A contributor urges readers to subscribe to The Cincinnati Post for a special campaign offer, pairing the daily Post with The Epitomist and a farm paper. The notice warns voters not to laugh at intoxicated individuals and to consider their votes as backing liquor sale interests during the presidential campaign.
Martha J. Keller, prenologist, weighs four women as mistress candidates for the White House. She favors Mrs. William J. Bryan for leadership and public interest, while Mrs. Patt is seen as a rival with aristocratic bearing.
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