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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
3
Six Purdue University students were seriously injured and fifteen others detained after a riot with city toughs in Lafayette as they returned from a city dance. A student fled to West Lafayette to raise the alarm and a large crowd gathered at Jevee. Five assailants were arrested following the clash.
Youngest dispatcher in the country elopes and marries in South Bend. Miss Violet I Morgan, daughter of an officer, left Buchanan Michigan to wed firefighter Oliver T Ther at a Presbyterian church. He is 21 years old and noted as the youngest train watcher in Michiean City.
In Louis Crossing, six year old Shank and year old Harriet Gephardt were bitten by a mad dog owned by a father. Marietta medstone treated Shank’s wounds and clung for hours. The dog vanished. In North Webster, Rev Dr P Heil and volunteers saved the big summer hotel of Abner Warner from fire, with townspeople donating 200 to aid rebuilding. A Kokomo court divorce case reveals Anna McMahon seeks seventh divorce after six prior marriages.
La Porte authorities report Ineane Bell Teeter attacked her mother inside the latter’s home. The mother sustained serious injuries and remains under care as Teeter faces legal action and possible penalties.
A fragmented report notes a man tied death by his own action amid confusion and fear of the reasons behind the death. The text references Joe and Miss Anna Stone in unclear roles and mentions a plan for assistance.
A severe storm struck a barn in Spencer County, heavily damaging the structure. The property is associated with United States Senator James Hemenway and Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, with the barn described as destroyed and its foundation compromised.
A freight train wreck on a railroad near Treaste Town killed a conductor and injured several others. The incident involved a Pennsylvanian company freight car derailing into a field, with responders on scene and investigators reviewing the wreckage.
A damaged report mentions a May move to Montpellier related to a DTH project. The text references repairs and a planned relocation or installation noted with unclear names and places. Further readable details indicate a potential site change to Jaelinia.
Fragment mentions a person named Thomas J. Vrey el Moechier and Evansville with a gun involved. Details are incomplete, but the text implies a shooting incident and death. Further readable context is needed to form a complete summary.
Dr Edward Giasco is dead and his young wife slightly wounded after a July drive between Brazil and Terre Haute. The couple had traveled to discuss alimony. shots were fired as they returned, killing the husband and wounding the wife. Mrs. Giasco, a prominent family member, was arrested after the incident.
Walter Wellman reached Tromsø Norway aboard the dirigible ru ithjer from Splitbereen and announced the abort of the year’s North Pole expedition. He planned a Spitsbergen to North Pole flight of about 61 miles with two companions and a 115 foot steel car, carrying meteorological gear, navigation instruments and twenty nine Alaskan sled dogs.
In a polar expedition plan from Spitsbergen the party faced favorable or adverse winds deciding to abandon the America for sledges. They calculated travel times to the pole and back to various destinations with distances ranging from 1,500 to 2,440 sea miles. The airship sailed Sept 2 in a northeasterly wind, drove southeast over land, and a balloon was cut adrift then recovered after two days.
A Wisconsin inventor creates a broom attachment with a reservoir above the broom head and inclined discharge nozzles embedded in the broom fibers. The liquid is released slowly to dampen the floor as the broom sweeps, and stops when the broom is not in use.
Instructions describe saving pineapple parings and pulp, combining with water and sugar, then fermenting in crocks or vats in the sun. After fermentation is complete, strain the liquid and bottle it. The resulting vinegar is noted for its color and flavor.
The recipe instructs beating sugar with lard and molasses, then adding cinnamon vanilla cream of tartar soda salt and water. Fold in flour until soft and smooth and mix in a dessert spoon of vinegar to finish for a light batter.
The recipe instructs boiling the pig head ears and tongue until tender, stripping and mincing the meat, seasoning with salt pepper sage marjoram cloves and vinegar, packing into molds, weighting, and refrigerating for at least two days before serving cold as thin sticks.
A historical recipe describes making cookies with butter sugar eggs lemon juice and peel cream of tartar soda flour and an egg white frosting. It also details ham graham muffins with butter chopped ham egg and alternating graham and white flour using baking powder and milk baked twenty five minutes in a buttered muffin pan.
Returns from Oklahoma and Indian Territory show large majorities adopting the new state constitution and its prohibition clause. The Democratic ticket led by C. O. Haskell won over Republican incumbent Frank Frantz as joint statehood took effect after passage in Congress and President Roosevelt's signature.
Chicago voters rejected the proposed new charter by over two to one, carried by strong showings in several wards. About fifty percent of registered electors voted. taxes, Sunday closing laws, and personal liberty arguments shaped the outcome. A move to craft a new instrument with favored features began days after the defeat.
The nation plans extensive coast defenses from Atlantic to Pacific with a total outlay over 200 million. Endicott and Taft boards guided expansions, listing 26 defended ports and overseas sites, with current manpower far short of needs and new coast artillery regiments to add about 13 000 men.
Bank clearings rise in Chicago district by 1 percent over 1906 as wholesale activity strengthens with steady payments through banks. Grain and livestock movements at port high. lumber receipts up while some metals fall. Failures in Chicago district tally 23, versus 17 last week and 25 a year ago.
Fall business in dry goods and wearing apparel shows expansion as crop prospects firm and prices rise while large shipments appear from the cotton season. North West reports orders released from holdback, southern trade improves, and collections rise.Bradstreet notes US weekly failures total 172 for Sept 12, with 22 in Canada, comparing prior weeks and years.
Testimony in New York reveals Standard Oil's total seven year profits at about 490 million dollars, averaging over 71 million annually. Clarence G Fay admits 1890 profits near 50 million instead of 100 thousand, with subsidiary omissions cited to boost parent earnings.
The Order of Railway Conductors fixes its biennial at Boston while England trains workers toil up to fifteen hours daily. South Carolina mills plan a sixty hour week from 1908. Canada reports 27 percent wage growth in five years. Virginia cotton mills employed 1,047,739 dollars yearly. Chicago barbers win a wage and condition agreement. Oklahoma ponders a labor federation for about 145,000 workers. British Engineers withdraw from the Trades Union Congress for four years. American Carpet Workers association organizes about 20 000 workers. Savana cigar makers gain payments in US money as Cuban factories reopen. Newburgh farmers seek Central Labor Union affiliation with garden truck labels. Women participate in male-dominated unions across several trades. Tessin council votes to ban night bakeries work, foreseeing masters reintroducing it. Sweden’s Sawmill Workers beat a major employer after a long fight displacing families.
A preliminary report in the American Agriculturist finds U S farmers earned 31 billion dollars more this year than last, driven by higher prices though overall production falls about 10 percent from 1906. Farmers are described as financially stronger, with rising real estate and lower debt, seeking improved breeding stock and farm gear.
Missouri Pacific appeals a Kansas Supreme Court writ requiring continued car deliveries to Larrabee Milling Co at $2 yearly on Santa Fe tracks. Three-fifths of mill business is interstate. Railroad argues state court lacks jurisdiction and that ICC controls the road.
The text suggests Arizona may seek statehood through a union with Nevada if Congress withholds statehood from Arizona alone. It notes supporters of a NevadaArizona union would include many who opposed merging with New Mexico.
Dispatches from Vienna report Prof. Belar of the Lalbach earthquake observatory conducted seismographic trials during Ostend gunnery tests. The goal was to determine if earthquake vibrations could pinpoint location and direction of distant artillery fire. Experiments were satisfactory and to be continued during autumn maneuvers in the Karankhen hills.
The text lists recipes and cooking steps: cookies with sugar and molasses spices, a lamb or mutton dish cooked with water and bay leaves and optional rice, currant and raspberry jam with sugar, baked peaches with butter and water, and optional chopped nuts served cold. It preserves period kitchen guidance and methods.
Instructions for preserving beets describing peeling, slicing, packing into glass jars, boiling vinegar with sugar and salt, filling jars to overflow, sealing, and storing in a dark place. The directions emphasize immediate processing and proper sealing for shelf stability.
The advice suggests placing asbestos paper on the grate over the tin to protect the top if the oven is hot, and shielding the bottom by putting a sheet under the tin when there is a risk of bottom burning.
Twenty seven crewmen died and many injured on the Japanese battleship Kashima after a powder explosion during target practice near Kure. The blast occurred inside the shield of the starboard ten inch gun as unrecovered powder ignited from breech gas. The ship itself remained largely intact as Captain Koizumi ordered treatment at Kure hospital and investigators review the incident.
The report lists livestock and grain quotes from multiple cities including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and Toledo. It covers cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and related items with price ranges per unit and grade notes such as No. 2 or white.
The typewriter era expands women’s work above one million. Cuba’s provisional government orders civilians to testify before army generals courts martial with fines and imprisonment for noncompliance. Ex mayor Alonzo J. Whiteman moved from Auburn prison to Dannemora where he taught prisoners to bank rob surreptitiously.
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