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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
6
The body found in a Chicago rooming house is identified as Mrs. Fannie Thompson formerly of Fargo North Dakota. Oak Park residents who employed her provided testimony. Her husband, a western city schoolteacher, reportedly sought her return but she declined and left with a companion whose description remains unclear.
The will of Grover Cleveland has been filed with the Surrogate of Mercer County New Jersey and will be probated within ten days. Mrs Cleveland will travel from Tamworth New Hampshire to Princeton to attend as executor and widow receive the bulk of the estate which is said to be larger than previously believed and will provide for her and the children.
A third arson blaze in three days razed the Vandalia Mine No. 5 complex at Linton, including the blacksmith shop, supply room, oil house, manlway, props, and timber. Several oil barrels exploded as crews fought the flames, but the tipple and engine room were saved. Loss estimated at $5,000.
A Missouri Pacific California Special from St. Louis collided with the St. Louis Special from Kansas City two miles east of Knoaknoster. Five aboard the Kansas City train were killed and at least thirty six injured, eight of them on the Missouri Pacific train.
Murat Halstead a leading journalist and magazine writer died at his Cincinnati home in his seventy ninth year. His wife son Robert and daughter Mrs Arthur Stem were at his bedside. He had been weakening for months.
News reaches Victoria BC from the Empress of China reporting a deadly storm causing a boat disaster at Batavia. Overloaded vessels overturned in the harbor with passengers left to drown as rescue was impossible.
8S. C. Powell of Stern Bros. & Co. in the Columbus Memorial building on State Street Chicago reports he lost or was robbed of a sack containing $35,000 worth of unset diamonds.
A heavy rainstorm drenches Kansas with widespread floods. Towns affected include St Marys Rossville Valley Falls Meriden Ozawkie and Topeka. Pawnee County reports twelve inches of rain and extensive wheat destruction.
Os borne town marshal Matthew Ford killed an unidentified robber after finding two men inside a hardware store. The exchange of shots ended with Ford’s fatal wound.
The Court of Cassation in Caracas confirms Civil Courts ruling against the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company ordering a 5 million dollar fine to the Venezuelan government. A gas explosion in the Rikovsky mine at Yuzovae Russia leaves at least 100 workers dead or missing.
The Dun & Co weekly review notes banks bid freely for discounts and money supply remains ample. It highlights improved production and transportation, rising orders for iron and steel, and a brighter agricultural outlook with a stronger grain and livestock movement. Comparisons show grain receipts and bank clearings below 1907 levels, with 32 failures in Chicago district.
New York trade features warm weather boosting retail and widespread sales while fall purchasing stays cautious. Leather and steel lines show activity, but overall major industries run below normal with summer shutdowns rising. business failures total 258 in the week ending June 25 in the United States, plus 31 in Canada, per Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with grains and hay values. Prices show wide ranges by market and grade including wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes.
Walter, striving as a book agent, makes two sales at a small shop and endures cold rain while walking toward Bolton. He finds shelter in a rough cabin, where a stern hostess offers scant comfort and a bare, poor interior, prompting reflections on Lem and his fortunes.
Walter travels far from home and stays in a rough woods cabin where he pays a dollar to thewoman host. The scene hints at tension as she eyes his remaining money, raising Walter's unease while he remains curious about his surprising adventure.
A Mecklenberg tale recounts a royal party led by the king of Wurtemburg and the grand duke helping a farmer and his wife reattach a fallen horse. The scene, watched calmly by the couple, ends with a monetary reward and a boast about the royal rescue.
An Interior Department official recounts an incident at a government Indian school. A Cincinnati visitor watches a Sioux girl hand sewing. The visitor asks if the Indian girl is civilized. The girl looks up and answers No, are you civilized.
A local figure described as fond of long-winded storytelling gains attention for his unwavering presence and distinctive commanding voice, as residents note his habit of repeating anecdotes.
An advertisement extols a trusted health product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a widely accepted family laxative endorsed by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version through leading druggists.
A long serving cook observes ministers are the latest risers among professions, with physicians following. She notes ministers rise late, lack fixed mornings, and manage no early appointments or clerks. She counts forty seven workplaces, eleven with ministers, praising their generosity and disposition but wishing they rose earlier.
Advertisement for Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy New York offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder to dissolve foot discomfort in shoes. Claims relief for tired sweating hot and swollen feet and helps with corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A fiery orator in a hall declares peace and prosperity will return as citizens rise to crush the trust microbe. A spectacled man objects calling it a boa constrictor. A bouncer ejects the rude participant and the speech resumes.
Marie-Dick asks for an imminent marriage to him while Grazella advises yielding, noting his tendency to change plans within ten days. A separate ad urges whitening clothing with Red Cross Ball Blue and mentions grocery prices for large 2os.
Eph faces the high court over a chicken theft claim that turns into a duck misidentification with biblical Baptists invoked. The exchange shows community humor as the judge presses the offender to explain why ducks counted as family poultry. A late ad for Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup lists teething relief at 325 cents a bottle.
The Austrian army under Francis Joseph offers notably low pay. A second lieutenant starts at 350 dollars yearly, rising to 420 after seven years. a captain of the second class earns 500, a colonel 1,500, and a major general 2,375. Austria limits marriages for officers unless private incomes exist. In the United States, West Point graduates begin higher with 1,400 to 1,500 dollars, progressing to 3,500 for colonels and a 40 percent cap on increases within twenty years.
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