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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
Telegraphic dispatch reports a riot at the Grand Theater in Bloomington Indiana when over 100 Indiana University students rushed the door to enter without paying. Police fired water from fire hoses and after the disturbance fifteen students were identified for court action.
Dr Charles Franklin Rand the first Union Army volunteer after Lincoln's call and first Medal of Honor recipient to die at his Washington DC home at age 70 Born in Batavia New York he spent three months in Libby prison
With the placing into commission of the electric block signal system between Pine Ind and Indiana Harbor the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern covers the full 540 miles of its line from Buffalo to Chicago. The system cost over 31 600 000 and took nearly two years to build.
A large blaze in Bisbee Arizona burned for three hours causing over 500000 damage. Fire crews used dynamite to blow up buildings along the flames path to spare the city from total destruction. Insurance coverage totals 160000.
Thieves stole a Grand Rapids mail pouch from a truck at Kendallville Indiana union station while awaiting transfer to the Lake Shore to Grand Rapids and Indiana line. It was taken into woods west of the city looted and partially burned.
A major blaze at the Fort Wayne Outfitters Co. on Berry and Clifton streets completely destroyed the firm’s large stock of furniture. Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to the building and nearby stores.
Four people died and two were seriously injured in a railroad accident near Schaghticoke New York. Six persons were in a wagon traveling from Schaghticoke to Melrose when the collision occurred.
A lengthy Indiana teletype notes multiple local items including divorces then quick remarriage in Akron, saloon closings in New Castle and Waterloo, a West South Bend naval veteran's retirement, teachers and farmers, a large fish catch by a city councilman, ducks in Pike County, and school and road projects in Muncie and Huntington.
A year of massive fires in Michigan up to a million acres burned, costing around 10 million dollars in timber loss and property damage. Forester Prof. Roth notes extensive destruction across northern districts, with hundreds of lives and thousands displaced in past decades. current blazes leave soil damaged and future growth uncertain.
A jumble of fragmented quips on politics and society. The piece muses on election mood, the electoral college, campaign finance, and public interest topics with dated sensational flair.
The lesson explores forgiveness as justification by faith, noting Psalm 32:1 as a key pillar. It discusses sin blotting, imputation, and sanctification, contrasting justification with sanctification, and urges confession, repentance, and trust in the Lord for happiness founded on holiness.
A city man and a country farmer trade lines about board, with one claiming to be $40 ahead of the landlady. A witty letter asks what table to set, the farmer replies quarter-oak extension, and a humorous exchange ends with a pastry joke about a wife and husband.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese ambassador, humbly downplays honors at a Newport dinner. A Woonsocket stock show awarded a 1,290 pound fat hog to farmer Hiram Y. Doolittle, who demands reporters get his name right while a veteran reporter urges the pedigree behind the prize.
An American woman in Constantinople mistakenly gave a beggar a gold piece. The man left his post but a colleague directed her to his home. A servant said the master would be down soon, and the beggar reappeared in fine dress to return the gold. The episode is recounted as a cautionary tale from Charities and Commons.
An advertisement from Olmsted Le Roy New York offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. The copy claims it cures tired sweating hot swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes feel easy. It says a cure for corns and bunions and notes it sells for 25 cents at all druggists and shoe stores.
Two granddaughters of Dr. S Weir Mitchell show a governess a tiny grave behind a box hedge. A white board marks the spot with the line Here Iie our Hobins, one a week old, one only an egg.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup for teething children, claiming it softens gums reduces inflammation and relieves pain with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
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