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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a choice laxative for cleansing and relief without debility or dosage increase. It claims physician approval, natural action, and urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
A New Hampshire mother recalls her son’s severe eczema starting at four months and spreading over his body. After using Cuticura Remedies for two months, he improved and was well after six months, with the witness dated October 24, 1905.
A collage of jokes and quips from Chicago Tribune and other papers features a pop bottle incident at an umpire, a comic exchange about curves, pie making lines from Our Pie by D Zerta, and light captions about eye salves and Red Cross Ball Blue. Names and places span Philadelphia and Buffalo.
The Montpelier Herald published by Herald Publishing Co. serves as a local newspaper edition covering community news, notices, and public information for Montpelier and surrounding areas.
The body of Mrs Minnie Grunert was found in a closet in Appleton Wisconsin with a cord around her neck attached to a hat rack, suggesting murder. District Attorney Rooney suspects homicide. Ex-husband Paul Krause, jailed on arson charges, is tied to the case after his bail was revoked and his wife’s body was found two hours later.
Dr. Wilfred Grenfel, famed missionary physician, endured forty hours battling a pack of hunger driven dogs on an ice floe near Labrador in ten below zero. He defended himself with a knife as Captain W. Bartlett of the Strathcona recounts the perilous escape, aboard after voyaging with Commander Peary.
Mrs. Mary Dohrman and her three children died from gas poisoning after a stove line detached. Neighbors found the bodies after a party honoring the eldest daughter's birthday. A rubber tube delivering gas to the stove was found detached, likely slipping off during the night.
A father’s weekday outing ended in tragedy as 13 year old Else Miller and 8 year old Robert Miller drowned off Leeper Park near South Bend. The children apparently fell into the St. Joseph River while the father searched the mainland for the bodies.
Major Alfred Dreyfus was shot twice by M Gregori during Emile Zola's Panthéon burial ceremonies in Paris. The would be assassin was beaten by the crowd as gendarmes loaded him for police custody. Dreyfus was not seriously hurt his bullets pierced his right arm while President Fallieres and others tried to calm the mob.
News from Victoria BC via the Hner Manu ka reports a typhoon off Western Australia destroying a pearling fleet near Thursday Island. About 270 lives lost including twenty whites. twenty Australian pearlers perished. Survivors endured exhaustion, sharks circling wrecks, and some bodies found ashore near Broome. The relief steamer Parro aided rescues and recovered wreckage along the shore.
The White Wing tetrahedron aeroplane developed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and FE W Baldwin conducted trials at Hammondsport New York. First flight reached 275 feet aloft in three seconds with controlled handling. A second test ended in a crash when steering lost control and the ship struck the ground breaking the rudder wheel. The 60 horsepower Curtis engine powered the aircraft amid rainfall and officials expected a longer flight soon.
The piece notes Michigan Democrats electing Bryan delegates to Denver and J C Burrows serving as temporary Republican convention chair. It mentions Taft delegate instructions from Michigan Washington Oregon Montana and Alaska, Gov Johnson denying a presidential bid, Capt B P Snider entering Minnesota governor race, Gompers attacking Congress, North Carolina pro prohibition results, Luke Wright rumored for war portfolio, and New York race-track gambling votes and possible extra session.
The Sixtieth Congress closed amid a burst of activity just before midnight with the currency reform and the public buildings bill signed into law. President Roosevelt’s message greeted a display of applause as members celebrated, sang, and waved flags while key measures including workers compensation, pensions, and military pay were enacted.
Recap of actions and inaction in the U S Congress noting a December 1907 meeting date and a May 1908 adjournment. It lists appropriations a filibuster length minutes and words, failed or passed bills including postal savings, colored troops reinstatement, child labor, prohibition enforcement, and scientific and foreign policy measures.
In Mazomanie William Royston a carpenter died from injuries after being crushed in a falling building during a tornado. Two other carpenters were injured. In Beresford Peter Baker an 80 year old pioneer shot himself after a long journey from Sioux City in poor health and discouragement.
Washington reports detail the Sixtieth Congress ending sine die after the Aldrich Vree land emergency currency bill cleared both houses. Senators La Follette Stone and Gore led a record filibuster, with La Follette speaking 18 hours 43 minutes. President Roosevelt signed the currency bill after cabinet members and Cortelyou reviewed it.
Dr. W N Chalfant who proposed a link between measles and buttercup poison now extends the indictment to cancer and other diseases. He asserts the buttercup contains active poisons that can be lethal if ingested.
A Manning Iowa woman writes that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured long standing female ailments after years of doctor visits and costly medicines. She urges other sick women to try it and notes Pinkham invites letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Pennsylvania reports a plan to abolish child labor by using mechanical slate pickers. At Wilkes-Barre’s Delaware and Hudson Coal Company plant the device replaces twelve of the 300 boy workers, showing success and potential rollout to other mines.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital ended with discharge as incurable and a six month life expectancy. He credits Deans Kidney Pills for restoring health, saying they addressed the kidney and heart issues and restored his strength. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a bar Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A dialogue sketches class gulf as a speaker laments being a mere infinitesimal fraction of the submerged tenth. He reveals his job stoking on an ocean steamer, portraying pride in survival and social distance.
A bold stranger enters a wealthy household asking who the lady is and what she seeks. He explains he is merely slumming in the homes of the rich, prompting a tense moment.
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