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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
3
Mrs B E K Henson of Brazil fled her home during a severe snowstorm in the middle of the night. Barefoot in only a night dress she wandered through freezing woods for hours with her infant, her husband later finding her near Knightsville almost dead from exposure. The child remained unharmed and she later recovered but had no memory of the events.
Despondent Mrs. A. A. Albright, 42, wife of a prominent inventor and head of the Albright Wind Sign Company, swallowed carbolic acid and morphine to die, unable to break a habit of morphine use and drinking patent medicine containing liquor. Her husband is best known for wind sign inventions used across the U.S. and abroad.
Gas ignited by a night pumper in the Clover Leaf coal mine at Linton owned by Shirley Hill Coal Company. Dense smoke keeps miners out as the fire rages all night with about 250 idle workers. damage and total loss not yet known.
Reports from Rushville say six men charged with whitewashing John B Tribbey on August 5 were acquitted. Tribbey was beaten by masked assailants with a rail-studded board and tarred and feathered. His wife was among the accused. George Corppy, 11, of New Richmond suffers from lumpy jaw. Harlan J. Marshall, state manager for Remington Typewriter, hanged himself in Irvington as his wife shopped and children attended school. Pearl Morand, 18, left St Marys of the Woods to marry John Lidy to avoid suitors, with her stepfather arranging the move to a convent.
The annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission shows 43,007 workers on last year’s payroll with appropriations of 120.964 million and expenditures of 84.573 million. It notes dam and lock challenges at Gatun and Sosa Corosal, with ground movement and underground water affecting sites. Cwebra cut work removed 12.1 million cubic yards by 59 steam shovels, while large excavations occurred at Empire City and Pedro Miguel. Sanitation in the canal area improved markedly.
The passage catalogs global labor details from 1.5 million French union members to 150 California measures, noting Shanghai schooling for fishermen’s sons, New York’s 14 year age street vending ban, and a 1796 Philadelphia shoe workers strike. It also mentions emigration grants to Brazilian railroads and European wage trends.
A census study shows railroads own over a quarter of express company stocks while express firms hold over $22 million in railroad shares. Six leading firms control about 88 percent of mileage and 90 percent of receipts, with Texas leading in express mileage and Alaska relying on steamboat routes.
A table lists topics with word counts showing how President Roosevelt prioritized national issues. Subjects include Corporations, Labor, Education, Public Health, Foreign Affairs, Navy, and others, with figures varying from about 60 to 792 words.
The Journal of Commerce reports October fire losses at 22,722,850 across the United States and Canada. The ten month total shows a sharp rise over 1907, with 394 October fires each exceeding 10,000 in loss and eighteen fires at 200,000 or more.
The House adopted a resolution requesting the President to supply evidence supporting his annual message about Congress and secret service funding. The special committee led by Mr. Perkins and John Sharp Williams will review any evidence during Christmas holidays. A division on the preamble was attempted but withdrawn. 270-14 supported the preamble interpretation.
The 1909 U.S. apple harvest, as reported to Spokane via 15,000 growers, could yield 25 million barrels or 62.5 million bushels. If processed into pies, bakers would produce 6.25 billion pies, enough to line 975,000 miles. Total pastry weight estimates stand at 9,210,000 pounds, with 6,125,000,000 pounds of ingredients and 154,166 cars needed for transport. Prices rise year over year, but domestic supply remains tight due to strong export demand impacting a harvest comparable to 1907.
In a recent interview Dr Landone, promoting Burbank plant theories, argues emotions shape the body. He claims anger and sorrow poison bodily fluids while love and happiness act as eliminators of fatigue and emetical poisons.
Professors urge shifting focus from beating rivals to chasing records in athletics. A Cornell farm train marks NY State College of Agriculture outreach with lectures at homes and boards of trade. Ghent neurologists call treating refractory children as sick, not punished, and urge developing psychic faculties. Harvard Library receives Weld Memorial gift of 11 880 volumes and rare early prints. Wesleyan names Arnald Shanklin as next president. A New York City branch forms to promote industrial education and trade schools under a recent permissive act.
An car with three men plunged into Milwaukee’s Oneida street bridge draw at 1 am. The vessel sank in the river, killing Oscar Bartlett and Albert Kunz, with A. Solliday rescued and R. Kunz missing as a rescue attempted by the tow boat’s crew.
Angry crowds gathered as Citizens State Bank posted an assignment notice. Dr. D Donovan named assignee and President Heller confined in a Minnesota hospital. Alleged overloans by Cashier Groil to Judge Michael Donnelly, president of Ohio German Fire Insurance Co., caused the collapse. Bank capital $71 000, surplus $21 090, deposits $835 090. Directors chose assignment to protect creditors.
A snowslide at the Yom Moore mine near Aureka Coto killed foreman Willum Mondell aged 53 and wrecked a large mine boarding horse. Reports say slides damaged Precious Metals property at Chittanooga and the Shenandoah at Lowardsyde. Numerous slides are active across the San Juan country.
Freight and passenger trains collided near Limores France causing fifteen deaths and thirty injuries. Fire followed the crash. most victims including the passenger train’s engineer were burned.
Three year old Andrew Salatus of Chicago allegedly started a clothing fire at home when his mother was away at a store. The child died in county hospital. Separate report notes poison death of Ona and Edith Metroom as analyzed by Dr Krauss. In Arkansas a man is held at Jonesboro after a hunting accident involving a companion.
Dun's Review of Trade notes gains in bank payments and steadier manufacturing conditions. inventories and repairs rise as hiring increases. retail lines improve with Christmas goods and luxuries selling. breadstuffs provisions and live stock move up with lower prices. Chicago steam roads recover. mercantile collections slow but country settlements are prompt. Failures in Chicago district: 41.
Retail and holiday trade show strength but wholesale and jobbing slow as year-end distribution and inventories loom. Warmer demand helps industrial orders, yet higher raw material prices bite. Business failures total 298 in the U S for the week ending Dec 10, with Canada at 60. Bradstreet's.
Market notes list cattle hogs and sheep values across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee regions with prices for wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and pork. The report also mentions the New York Aerial Navigation Company planning an Boston to New York airship service with landings on Commonwealth Avenue and near the Ridge and an expected May 1 first flight.
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