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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
3
Franklin Sansom reports that on December 19 manufacturers of neutral spirits protested to Secretary Wilson against a tentative ruling under the pure food and drug act. They argue that blending neutral spirits with Bourbon and rye and adding colors or flavorings should still be branded whisky. No decision yet as officials review with other whisky interests.
State Treasurer Berry cites Attorney General Carson about furnishings of the new State Capitol. John W. Sanderson of Philadelphia received a contract for two glass mosaic frieze bands at 18.40 per square foot totaling 24,711.20 for 1,843 square feet but was paid 28,769.20. He sublet for far less than 4.00 per square foot, suggesting an 18,000 overpayment. An allowance to Payne & Co covered omitting the frieze and substituting plaster and paint at 8.00 per foot totaling 14,584.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes the new Legislature meets on New Year’s Day mirroring 1901’s era of reform. It warns past pledges failed and urges vigilance as registration and primary reform moves unfold. Public will watch for tampering with reform laws during amendments and modifications.
In Sheepshead Bay Billy Newton, nine, suffered burns from an incident on Thanksgiving Day. He refused to name the boy who set him aflame. On Friday the guilty boy Sandy McMain confessed to Billy’s mother, and a frail reunion followed as Billy’s condition improved and the two boys spent an evening together in reconciliation.
Representative Murdock of Kansas Republican called in the house for changing the system that pays railroads for carrying the mails. He said the current scheme uses worn out laws to enrich the railroads and has become a heavy burden on the government.
The New York American alleged Leopold the king of Belgium runs a Washington lobby to sway U S action on the Congo Free State. It named Senator Morgan's private secretary as involved, and the secretary has since lost his job.
Senator Burrows accuses Republican leaders of misrepresenting party aims in dealings with the Mormon Church. He cites Taft's Idaho support and criticizes ministerial tactics to influence parishioners, including a Bluffton Indiana pastor tolling a bell to signal a non-existent death.
Editors and public men lament New York misrepresentation in the US Senate while a frank note recalls past tolerances of Hughes Depew and Platt. The piece asserts the shame lies in longstanding neglect of accountability and public trust, tracing it to era of Platt and Depew.
The New York World urges blocking Clearge B. Cortelyou from becoming secretary of the Treasury. It calls the appointment indefensible for a national party chair to head the Treasury, given Cortelyou’s fundraising ties and potential conflict with regulating campaign donors. The piece warns it would weaken public trust and embarrass the administration.
San Francisco dispatch reports Commissioner of Immigration Frank P. Sargent returning from Honolulu aboard the Nippon Maru. He says Japanese are displacing shopkeepers and tradesmen in Hawaii while the Japanese population declines due to a rush to the Pacific coast. Hundreds of brown men reach Honolulu monthly, but move toward the mainland, and he praises Portuguese immigrants welcomed by plantation owners.
Senator Hale, a member of the naval affairs committee, condemned the growing militarism of the United States. He noted two thirds of national revenue supports military power and urged resistance to rising demands for more guns ships men and officers amid peacetime. He appealed for fellow senators to join in halting the expansion of the war establishment.
Mrs Kate McIntire of Blairsville testifies that Doans Kidney Pills relieved her sons kidney and back pains after several weeks and two boxes. She recalls a prior 1897 testimonial of two sons benefiting, with one case cured in less than a box and the other more severe cured after two boxes.
An old advertisement promotes Grandfather's Choice whiskey at 81.00 per full quart and 82 per gallon, listing brands such as Whiskles and Gibson. It claims 3 years old and offers prepaid express charges on mail orders over five dollars, from Wholesale Dealers In Wines and Liquors at No. 14 Smithfield Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Three engineers from New York Boston and Maine share fate when a crumpled letter to a girl named Minnis Morse surfaces. May and three suitors John Lane Paul Clyne and Harry Chace face a ruse of love and ambition. The trio decides to send the letter to Mr Jones, their rival, without comment.
A rule bars all convicts in English prisons from seeing a mirror during incarceration. The prohibition applies to both male and female inmates, affecting daily routines and self-image. Authorities justify it as security or disciplinary measure while critics call it demeaning and counterproductive.
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