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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
3
Riots erupt amid failed home rule talks as nationalists reject compromise. Sinn Fein attracts young activists. large tracts of land remain in landlord hands, forcing farmers to strike for bare survival. Land raids, cattle mutilations, and beatings rise while police and courts struggle to respond.
In 1905 fourteen members of the United States Army hold the title of general. They will gradually disappear from the rank until 1929 when Gen. Fred M. Funston remains the sole surviving general.
The Kansas free employment bureau calls for 19 578 men and 3 400 teams from outside the state to aid the grain harvest now officially estimated. Harvest hand rate of 1 cent a mile is used by the bureau where it has representatives. Isaac Greenbaum was killed and his wife and 19 year old daughter severely injured in a Philadelphia fire. J J Reynolds a Black man is arrested on arson charge.
The principal witness Edwin Hermes linked with Frederick Peckham and Roses Haas of New York testifies in a conspiracy case over advance cotton reports. Secretary of Sericulture Wilson identifies a letter to the President denying the charges, admitting Homes wrote part of it and noting press exposure of his personal responsibility.
The Kansas supreme court grants judgment ousting the Anheuser Based Brewing Association from the state. Receivers remain in office to execute the judgment, with no confiscation of property beyond paying costs. As a test case this ruling could apply to other brewing companies with state agencies and warehouses involved.
The Treasury Department orders the return by July 10 of 30 million dollars of public deposits received by national banks since September 27, 1906. The move aims to stabilize the money market and maintain liquidity.
Medical Director Robert A. Marmion U.S. XII retired died at an emergency hospital in Washington D C from a stroke suffered while walking along Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury.
A Chicago inventor unveils a bent metal frame wringer for mops. The device uses paired rotating rollers and a foot pedal to squeeze water from the mop while a bucket sits inside the frame. When activated the rollers press together, expelling water as the mop passes over them.
Howard Gould and actress Katherine Clemmons continue a public marital dispute as Mrs Gould seeks legal separation on grounds of incompatibility and alleged mail tampering. She requests alimony of 250000 dollars annually, arguing it aligns with the couple’s wealthy status.
The article describes a large modern liner using electric stoves arranged in rows like a typewriter keyboard. Each stove handles meat fish vegetables soup and dessert while an automatic egg boiler ejects eggs when done. The piece praises cleanliness and suggests hotels adopt similar electric culinary devices.
Instructions describe removing lobster meat reserving coral then stewing with mustard cayenne and salt to a smooth sauce. Add vinegar thin with water and stir into the pan. Dressings prepared before meat goes on fire, boil once then add coral and butter. Retrieve promptly to avoid toughening flesh.
A recipe for chowder using cold boiled fish and potatoes. Flake two cups of fish and dice four large potatoes. Prepare two cups white sauce with onion and piars ley, layer in a buttered dish with fish and potatoes, top with sauce breadcrumbs and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. Season with salt and pepper.
A quick Sunday night dish uses thick bread slices hollowed centers. Cheese grated with salt paprika and milk fills each, then an egg is gently placed yolk intact on top. Dot with butter and bake about ten minutes.
Short suggestions cover cleaning white paint with warm water and whiting, adding white sauce to mashed potatoes, drying damp rooms with air bricks and lime, preventing wool shrinkage with borax soap suds, and a two day method to clean a rusty grate with black lead and polish. These tips aim at practical home care and maintenance.
FE Meyer city treasurer of Michigan City faces four Laporte Circuit Court indictments for embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds. He posted $500 bonds per count. Grand jury found shortages tied to street assessments and license fees from over a year long inquiry.
Frank Howland was found guilty of intent to murder in Elkhart circuit court and faces a term of two to twenty-one years. The victim, Charles B. Carroll of Marcellus, was wounded with three bullets and deemed unlikely to survive a year. testimony cited a dispute over Howland's wife. Judge Dodge instructed jurors not to consider unwritten law.
The heavy sluggish mood fades with brighter weather and retail activity gains momentum. Manufacturing remains strong, wholesale and bank payments outpace last year, and purchasing power in the West is high with solid fall orders and better collections though some failures are noted in Chicago.
Weather across the nation turns more favorable with higher temperatures in the Northwest central West and parts of the South boosting summer buying and crop optimism. Retail inventories are ample, with widespread reductions and fewer shipments in transit. Wheat and cotton shipments show changes as fall trade outlooks strengthen while some reports cite business cancellations and payment extensions. Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes weekly US and Canadian failures and grain export totals for June 13 with year over year comparisons.
Coroner reports Carl Schuster a German resident of Indianapolis died after a massive meal caused his stomach to rupture. Autopsy showed no disease, only a ruptured stomach from overeating, with the coroner ruling the cause as the meal’s excess.
A group of youths returning from a singing school near Lovett were startled by a daring challenge from a girl who dared Charles Dawson and Fred Ochs to stay on the tracks longer than she. Dawson was killed and Ochs fatally injured as a train approached. The girl escaped with a torn dress.
Gould seeks Separation citing wife’s intoxication, extravagance, and bad temper making cohabitation impossible. He will contest alimony beyond sixty thousand dollars annually.
Princeton University receives 1.2 million dollars from unnamed donors to fund two laboratories. Dartmouth President William Jewett Tucker resigns due to heart trouble. Pennsylvania Governor signs a bill enabling city school boards to fund public school retirement plans. Freiburg opens a municipal school dental clinic with free treatment for needy children. New York Mayor vetoes a salary-equality bill for male and female high school teachers, with Legislature overriding the veto.
Mrs. Samuel Vickery, alone in Evansville, surprised a burglar in her house at night. She ordered him to drop a purse or she would kill him, then locked him in a room and alerted the police.
Market notes show varied bids across major cities. Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.00, hogs 4.00 to 6.17, sheep 3.00 to 6.00. wheat 38 to 92 cents. corn around 51 to 58 cents. oats 42 to 48 cents. rye 50 to 88 cents. hay prices 9 to 22 dollars. butter 18 to 23 cents. eggs 12 to 14 cents. potatoes 85 to 93 cents per bushel. Indianapolis bids cattle 3.00 to 6.30, hogs 4.00 to 6.10, sheep 5.25 to 8.00. wheat 39 to 90 cents. corn 52 to 58. oats 43 to 47. St Louis cattle 4.50 to 6.60, hogs 4.00 to 6.15. Detroit corn 58 to 55 cents and oats 46 to 47. Milwaukee grain and pork prices listed. Buffalo cattle 4.00 to 6.50, hogs 4.00 to 6.45. New York cattle 4.00 to 6.45, butter 22 to 24 cents, eggs 13 to 16. Toledo wheat 90 to 91 cents, corn 55 to 56, oats 45 to 46, rye 78 to 80. clover seed 9.30.
Charles Douglas, a drunk game warden, wearing a disguise, roamed an 800 resident Mexican town near Peru firing both revolvers. After forty shots and breaking many windows he was arrested, sending residents fleeing to safety.
Robert Jolly aged 45 in Indianapolis killed his daughter Gladys aged 9 by forcing carbolic acid down her throat. The child's screams attracted housekeeper Anna Peters who witnessed the act. Jolly escaped.
A boiler explosion at Andrews Novelty Works sawmill in Wabash killed William Mote and seriously injured Henry Mote William Gift Lee Burson and Philo Willis.
Alleged cattle thief known as Oak Compton, reputedly wanted in Columbia Missouri for jail escape and stolen cattle, was arrested in South Bend. He reportedly broke jail there and fled with a stolen team before his capture.
George Cuppy, nephew and namesake of the former National League pitcher, was drowned in the Wabash river at Logansport.
Mrs Yetta E App dies in Evansville from heat effects and Mrs William Mehne of Du Bois county killed by lightning. United Mine Workers of America eleventh district issues strike order affecting about 5000 miners. Purdue University graduates hear a baccalaureate sermon by Rev John H Boyd. Orwen Burner 21 of South Bend, a college graduate, commits suicide after losing his right arm.
The Roman Catholic church of the Sacred Heart in Ottawa Ontario burned down with losses estimated at 200000 and insurance at 80000. In Leesville Louisiana 22 year old B F Cain was shot and killed for insulting women. the killer was freed on justifiable homicide plea. In Leavenworth Kansas a federal court denied postponement of hearings to discharge the Uncle Sam Oil Company receiver.
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