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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
A nostalgic survey of Indiana Christmas travel shows crowds pouring through stations with shoppers, families, and workers rushing to reunite at holiday firesides. Officials note last year’s interurban and Union Station traffic reached about 15,000 travelers on a peak day as trains brim with homegoers.
Indianapolis records the peak Christmas traffic with about 9 000 people counted daily. Statewide figures in proportion suggest thousands more across Indiana during the holidays as colleges close for the vacation leaving about 9 000 students at home in the region.
The Shelbyville burial honors Capt John Flinn of the Fifty first Indiana Infantry. The article recounts his wartime capture and execution threats at Libby prison, his later memorial grave adorned with flowers, and mentions other Indiana soldiers in the Libby prison episode and an early Civil War death.
In New York City a meeting of leading American brewers discussed joining temperance reformers to abolish the saloon and the drunkard. They argued reform would reduce dive influence and open a path to removing their products from taverns. Adolphus Busch of St. Louis was quoted supporting the stance.
A newspaper interview cites Mr. Busen favoring local option and Sunday closing as a solution to saloon issues. He proposes closing from midnight Saturday to two p.m. Sunday to allow church attendance. Mr. Busch warns that prohibition spreads, noting Oklahoma’s adoption and a million dollar cost.
The Republicans of Decatur county will meet in their townships on Friday January 10 1908 at 2 00 pm to elect precinct committeemen and delegates to the district convention to be held January 14 1908 at Cambridge City Indiana. Delegates and alternates are planned from Washington Greensburg Fugit Carmel Clinton Sandusky Adams Clay Jackson Sandcreek Marion Saltcreek and Letts townships with specific delegate allocations. John P Thomson chair urges all Republicans to attend and uphold fair proceedings.
A doctor orders sleeping powders for Mrs. Bellingham to give to her husband while he sleeps. She agrees yet wonders at the request. The box later reveals the powder is meant for Mrs. Bellingham, and the husband awakens to realize he had been dreaming.
Keighley Snowden explains in Fortnightly Review that the time table governs an express engine driver’s work. Time discipline affects employment, fines, and job security, with strict checks from signals, time sheets, and guards. Each engine’s quirks shape a driver’s skill, making them bound to the machine till a formal break.
A York shire man saves a boy who fell from a boat while fishing. Onlookers debate the need for the Humane Society medal. The rescuer declines praise, noting the boy carried all the bait in his pockets and would have been saved by anyone.
A south side church janitor raises a few chickens in a small yard and sells the eggs to church members. A customer asks for a dozen eggs in the next two or three days. He promises to deliver tomorrow, but the housewife declines due to Sunday. He notes the hens do not care about the day.
A quoted character asserts satisfaction with a quiet flat and good neighbors, then bystanders quickly restrain him as an ambulance is called from an insane asylum, suggesting a disturbing scene in a Bohemian setting.
Mrs Schoppen argues with a friend about frugality in shopping. The exchange reflects a claim of excessive spending countered by pride in always seeking bargains. The Philadelphia Press quotes a light domestic humor moment.
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