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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Detroit and Detroit River routes, steamboat operations, and fare terms. References include a Detroit address for a steamboat company on Wayne Street. Details are incomplete and partially unreadable.
A wedding trip via the D. and C Coast Line to Mackinac is advertised as affordable and secluded. Steamers are elegantly furnished with advance reservations for staterooms or parlors, and an illustrated pamphlet can be requested by sending a two cent stamp to the D. and C Navigation Co in Detroit.
Louisville and Bloomington excursion dates listed with June travel windows. Home seekers tickets offered monthly on the first and third Tuesdays to western and southern points. Summer tourist rates cover Fremont Lake George Winona Rome City and western destinations with specific 15 day limits and season fares. Fort Wayne round trips available Sundays.
A fragment from a June Philadelphia report notes the Interstate Commerce Commission suspending its inquiry into rock rotated interests until a return day. The text is garbled but references official action and city conditions tied to the inquiry.
The piece describes unveiling ceremonies in Louisville and Frankfort tied to a famous project with Miss Eniel Yandell modeling a piotere. Daniel Beene will preside on the third day. Governor Beckham and former governors attend the Kentucky day cornerstone event as counties hold homecomings in a statewide sequence.
Eastbound CP trains are tied up at Medicine Hat due to washouts at Walsh and Kincorth. Bridges were carried away at Kincorth and hundreds of yards of track flooded at Walsh, cutting railway communication since Thursday.
In Ernest Indiana County Pennsylvania a clash between a state constabulary detail and striking coal miners on the Hatfield Rochester Pittsburg railroad left eight miners wounded, three fatally, with Ernest five miles from the town of Constabulary Sheet Miners.
Marshal John Abernathy, once advertised to capture live wolves with his hands at the Newkirk Oklahoma Fourth of July celebration, will not appear after following President Roosevelt’s guidance.
Market summary shows Wheat No 2 red and Corn No 2 prices, oats and hay values, hogs and sheep bids, lamb quotes, and receipts. Regional notes include Chicago and New York price levels for cattle hogs sheep and lambs, with scattered figures for Toledo and Buffalo markets.
A San Francisco sub-committee travels to Washington after telegraphic talks with President Roosevelt to obtain his views on Congress endorsing a $200,000,000 long-term bond issue. Franklin K. Lane reports Wall Street financiers will back the issue if U.S. endorsement is granted. Funds would aid rehabilitation and reconstruction of San Francisco.
National League results show Philadelphia 2 Cimainnath at Droohkion and St Louis 3 New York 0 while Chicago 19 beats no opponent listed. American League games include St Louis 4 New York 6 and Detroit 7 Washington 7 tied. Additional scores cover Cleveland Boston 0 and Chicago chain events. American Association results include Indianapolis 1 Minneapolis 4 and Derby matches Toledo 8 Kansas City 11 with Columbus 4 Milwaukee 2 and Louisville 1 St Paul 9.
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