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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
5
Fragmentary verse from Harper's Woolly parodies a cannibal king on a coral coast, imagining devouring civilized man. It references a bog, a streetcar hog, and a bold character named Willy, with playful, surreal imagery and mock diplomacy.
Letty travels from Boone to Albion to see Dan Johnson but learns he is not in and encounters cold apathy from his associate. She recalls their betrothed plan, confronts his neglect, and tears fill her eyes as she realizes his rising success has altered their future. Letty walks away sorrowful, muttering blame toward a rival and the town.
Mrs Johnson recovers from rheumatic fever with Letty's devoted nursing. Dan returns home from Greeley's, admitting he was conceited and unworthy. Letty forgives him, and they confess love, as Letty vows to love through everything. based on the Boston Sunday Post.
A historical note describes printing silhouettes on apples tomatoes and pumpkins by light sensitivity. Leaves block light creating green images on red or yellow skins. Methods include placing initials under leaf shadows using egg white as adhesive and masking with light blocking bags to form prints and negatives.
The term halcyon derives from hals the sea and kue to brood on. Ancient belief placed kingfishers on nests for fourteen days before the summer solstice, during which seas remained calm. The phrase now denotes days of happiness and peace.
Excerpt from Concepts of Childhood by Constance Sydney in the New York Telegram argues that children learn most from life and loving guidance rather than strict discipline. It stresses imagination, natural imitation, honest answers to questions, and the value of open air, music, poetry, and play in shaping character.
A Japanese woman named Tora nicknamed the Serpent headed a four woman gang and robbed nearly a hundred houses. Arrested by Kojimachi police at Hachiman Temple, Fukagawa, she had a colorful past as nurse and adventurer, using charm to gain access to wealthy households including Count Matsudaira’s.
A Washington Star fragment recalls Lady Duff-Gordon recounting a Chinatown visit guided by Chuck Connors. She found the language and customs puzzling while noting a Yorkshire visitor barred from London’s British Museum on a close day. The museum keeper explains a mummy burial schedule as the reason.
The Morocco correspondence in the Indianapolis News notes Sunday has five sons and Day five daughters near Martinton. Three Sunday boys have already married Day girls, while the rest of the brothers court the remaining sisters, creating a playful prospect that every Day may become Sunday.
Indianapolls News recounts a fall tale of a young woman from Huggins Pike who moves to town seeking wealth and marriage. She finds office life and a canning factory, endures hardship on seven flights of stairs, and longs to return to the old life on Huggins Pike as Tim Robert Tones meets his fate.
A collage of pithy quips and banter culled from multiple papers. Jests on poetry, cars, cottage life, politics, love and manners leap across voices from Baltimore to Philadelphia to Chicago. Snappy one-liners and repartee showcase era humor and newspaper wit without graphic detail.
Allan, a three year old, is told of his blue blood heritage by his aristocratic grandmother. He suffers a minor finger cut and explains he cries not from pain but from shame at having red blood, revealing the family's rigid class prejudice. The scene dramatizes racial and social color lines within a privileged home, as told in the Philadelphia Ledger.
Westminster College in New Wilmington fills faculty posts including B W Bridgman from Wisconsin as associate professor of physics and mathematics Miss Alta Aileen Robinson of Iowa as assistant English professor Miss Bertha Muller native of Switzerland as assistant French and German professor Lucy M Manley appointed director of art Mabel Henderson and Norma Yautis join Westminster College of Music staff Mona Downs to teach vocal culture.
Secretary George R Beeches issues invitations to survivors of F Company Forty sixth Pennsylvania Infantry for a gathering at Comrade N A Frederick East Liverpool on Saturday August 8. The event marks the forty sixth anniversary of Cedar Mountain battle. Captain Ben W Morgan recruited the company and died within the last year. During four years service 197 enlisted. 17 killed in action 52 wounded 45 captured 4 died in prison and seven died in hospital in camp.
Referee in Bankruptcy J D Daugherty in Kittanning is notifying about 2000 creditors of Leechburg Banking Company of a creditors meeting at the court house on Friday August 7. A trustee will be chosen and receivers reports will be presented plus other business. The bank's schedules show about 1700 depositors including churches and Sunday schools.
Bessemer and Lake Erie resumes work on the abandoned north of Mercer junction double track and plans to rush completion to Conneaut harbor this year. Ore and coal traffic on the Bessemer has risen markedly in the past month.
The Pittsburg Buffalo Company paid a record $234 per acre for 4 acres owned by Isaac Gayman, located across the road from the new tipple on the Fulton farm and adjoining Pittsburg Buffalo lands. Company houses are planned for the property.
Constable John Pyle of Coal Center arrested John Walso at Lucyville on suspicion of robbing Mrs. Susan Withrow of 1400 dollars a year ago. Withrow withdrew money from a Coal Center bank fearing a bank collapse and was attacked and robbed as she carried the cash home.
Announcement at the First United Presbyterian Church in Carnegie says Rev J M McQuil kin of Chicago will accept the second call and begin work in October. Robberies strike B B Littie store in Minleyville for 80 dollars and merchandise, and T B Horn and Go at Pancake loses clothing, 2 dollars, a shotgun and a rifle.
The Knob mine works near Brownsville operated at full turn to exhaust remaining coal in two years due to a new government lock and dam project. The dam will raise water levels 12 to 17 feet above current low water, likely hindering shipping facilities at the mine.
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