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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
6
Peter Sobeski aged 22 was sentenced to life imprisonment under Indiana law for habitual criminal after a sensational Laporte raid. He previously served two robberies and plotted to murder the sheriff while escaping.
Four Belmon t Hotel guests fled from second and third floor windows as a four story brick building at West Jackson boulevard Chicago burned part of its structure. One fireman was overcome by smoke. C W Carr of Chalmers Indiana broke an ankle and two hotel guests suffered broken limbs. Mrs George Murray and Mrs Hurt of Oakland City Indiana were thrown from a buggy in a separate incident. Mrs Murray injured seriously and the child thrown into mud survived unharmed.
John Maxey, a black man, shot B. C. Bowers, a circus performer, then was taken from Frankfort jail by a mob and lynched at the St. Clair street bridge. Bowers remains in critical condition at Kings Daughters Hospital.
Six firemen were injured at a blaze in New Castle Indiana that damaged Paul Jamison’s large livery and sale barn by 2500 dollars. Three firefighters were overcome by smoke two were cut by falling glass and one was shocked by a live wire. Volunteers helped during the crisis.
The Arkansas river eroded a neck to form a new channel near Douglas leaving the town three miles inland. The new channel measures 340 feet in width.
George Englert an English coal miner died in Washington Pennsylvania from wounds inflicted by a mob of about 250 women who drove him from Manifold three miles north. Englert had slandered women and girls and defied warnings to desist. Town officials rescued him from the mob and placed him on a street car. His wife, just released from hospital after an operation, fainted on news of the affair and remains unconscious with little hope of recovery.
Morris Donovan, a Clyde New York farmer, was killed by his neighbor Beckwith Tremper at Tremper’s home. Tremper and Donovan, with employee Fred Hart, spent the night in the Tremper barn drinking cider before the quarrel that led to the killing.
Pearman learns Grenville Rose sent a telegram from Xminster to Mrs Hudson claiming return home for dinner. The message seems simple but his fear is that it masks a larger scheme regarding the Coriander horse and the Two Thousand race. Grenville Rose travels with Pearman and both are shrouded in suspicion as Coriander again opens as favorite.
Pearman and Grenville Rose parley over the mortgage release and heriot claim with Maude arranging parallel motions. Pearman agrees to sign the release while Maude’s telegram hints at further schemes as he hurries to the station to dispatch messages.
Mrs. Hudson reads a telegram while Silky Dallison hurries to Plyatt and the Two Thousand race at Knightsbridge. Coriander rises from long odds to first favorite as backers flood the Ring and Pearman’s agent joins in, amid mounting excitement.
Granville Bess influences Harold Denison toward accepting Maude Pearman as a fiancée while Harold resents the pressure to marry for money or rank. The nephew’s clever maneuvering over a £10,000 debt has unsettled family dynamics, leaving Uncle Denison both grateful and wary. The scene ends with a promise to continue in a future installment.
The piece argues that the U S farmer collectively wields a vast fortune and annual income rivaling big industrial trusts. By census data farm capital reached twenty billion dollars with seven billion in annual farm output, and 735 percent of manufacturing depends on farm raw products.
An Englishman visits a New York liveryman hoping for the fastest trotter. The horse’s speed is only shown at night, prompting a dawn meeting in Claremont and Yonkers. The Briton rushes back, saying he won’t have the horse, doubting its usefulness at two in the morning.
The music lesson maid alarms of a burglar in the parlor after a piano is bumped. James responds calmly and vows to assist the intruder, while his wife pleads for restraint as the scene unfolds in the Harlem setting reported by the New York Herald.
A brief comic exchange notes a wife’s laughter at her husband’s stories. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quote reflects humor about prompt laughter versus being told the tale again. The fragmentary text includes a playful remark on gratitude and affection.
A playful tale from the Kansas City Times recounts twins Kate and Duplicate and an Arkansas mother's wish to name the girl after Kate. After debate a boy's name Lubricate was chosen as a compliment to the moonshiner father. The piece notes the story is fiction though presented as true.
A testimonial ad touts Duan's Kidney Pills as relief for back pain linked to kidney issues. Mrs. L. Spicer of De Kalb Illinois reports relief from dull side and back pain with improved headaches after use. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Mark Twain jokes at the Authors' Club in New York recalling Squash, a poorly chilled town. He describes arriving at Temperance Hall for a lecture and asks about evening entertainment, only to hear the storekeeper busy with eggs and mackerel.
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