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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
1
Yard wide percales in dark colors and ginghams offered at bargain basement price per yard. Rubber hose sold by the foot with low quality noted, advertised as 106? per foot. Regular ten cent quality items promoted to attract buyers.
Paris reports a high official warns the present crisis could involve much of Europe and the United States. He cites Germany’s push to break Anglo French entente and a possible Franco American convergence as dangerous, with France facing choices between England and Germany. Resignation of a minister supposedly eased strain but new complications loom. The same dispatch notes optimism about Mitchell trial timing in Washington.
New York June 8 directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society adopted resolutions urging radical reforms in management. The measures aim to curb general expenses and affect many department heads, signaling broad changes to policy and administration without detailing specific outcomes.
President Roosevelt may act as a friendly channel of communication while preliminary peace negotiations between Russia and Japan appear under way. Officials report no definite offer yet, and Tokyo and Petrograd seek clear terms as diplomacy proceeds. Tanaka Takahira and Count Cassini urge balanced, impartial mediation to safeguard Japan's interests.
Diplomatic omens from St. Petersburg suggest hope for peace talks as Ambassador Meyers delivers the emperor's message to Resasva. Washington waits for decisive instruction while Paris reports cautious optimism about Russia and Japan moving toward peace, amid ongoing naval tensions at Viadivostok.
Vienna reports Russia will seek peace directly with Japan when ready and not rely on foreign mediation. Meanwhile Rear Admiral Jessen had no knowledge of Russian plans, hindering coordination. A Manila cablegram from St. Petersburg orders continued readiness and repairs.
In June near Ten Mile, Mrs Dunn found her baby menaced by a large black snake coiled around the child after going outdoors. She drove off the reptile, then a neighbor killed it when it returned. The snake, said to measure feet in length and three inches thick, had bitten the child on the hand and arm and oozed secretion as it attacked.
Justin Goedtner, 20, son of a Mendota banker, ascended a windmill tower at White's sanitarium near Round Lake in Wakegan. While perched in an upright stance he suffered an epileptic seizure and plunged to the ground, breaking his skull and dying hours later. He had repeatedly sought permission to climb the tower, which was denied due to his illness and fear of a possible recurrence.
New York actress Maude Adams recently underwent an appendicitis operation at a private city hospital. She hovered between life and death for several days but her vitality aided a rally. She has been moved to her Lake Ronkonkoma home in L. I. where she is out of danger and rapidly convalescing.
National League results include Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 4 Chicago 14 Boston 2 Pittsburg 3 New York 5 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 4 American League games show Boston 2 St Louis 1 Philadelphia 9 Chicago New York rain Washington Detroit rain American Association ties Louisville 4 Columbus 4 Milwaukee 2 St Paul 4 Kansas City Minnesota Toledo Indianapolis 3.
National Editorial association in session at Guthrie Oklahoma reelected General Capriano Castro as president of Venegusta. A dissolution of the Sweden Norway union was declared by Norway. Mrs Charles Poston of Parmyise Prairie Virginia killed her former husband Joseph West in a family dispute. Indiana records show 37240 deaths last year up 6000 from 1906 with a death rate of 14018 per 100000 and 4978 tuberculosis deaths up about 16 percent.
In Washington the Russian ambassador Count Cassini and the Japanese minister Kogoro Takuhira ride in their cars and do not collide. The captions note the war tensions and compare their machines with a lighter car in the upper picture and a larger train-like vehicle in the lower cut.
The Storthing’s move to dissolve the long-standing union with Sweden triggers a push for Norway’s full independence. King Oscar II may relinquish the throne as Crown Prince Gustaf is discussed. Public displays of loyalty follow in Stockholm as Europe weighs potential repercussions. Negotiations in Chicago fail to avert escalation amid a major strike in Saginaw.
Indiana counties face borrowing to fund annual drain cleaning as mandated by the recent legislature. The county surveyor must clean established drains yearly starting this year, with reimbursement via assessments on property along the drains. Wells County Council plans to authorize an $8,000 issue to cover cleaning costs, with other counties likely to follow.
Madison trustees form thirteen township group to buy fuel, school supplies, and road equipment in bulk. They seek public bids, aim to standardize worker tools, and save costs, with profits shared to aid needy districts and public accountability.
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