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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
On August 6 history marks the birth of Daniel O Connell the Irish orator and patriot in 1775 and Alfred Tennyson the poet laureate in 1809. It notes Lord North dying in 1792 and his role in colonial strife and a 1907 landing near Casablanca amid shelling by French and Spanish forces.
The record lists moonset at 12 08 p m and moonrise at 4 58 with a 7 06 sunset. It notes the moon’s age as 10 days and that three fifths of the leap year have passed with 2 24 today.
Medical text notes prefer modern sounding term oxaluria over nervous prostration, suggesting doctors may bill accordingly. The passage mocks clinician language and billing implications.
Public sentiment favors both sides as a muck raking campaign is avoided. Race tracks report no betting while attendees continue wagering despite laws. The Quebec races of 1758 are recalled as Champlain's Voyageurs descendants pledge loyalty to the flag under a French premier leading Dominion administration with broad respect.
The article weighs apple production amid hundreds of millions of trees, noting per year yields of about three and a half bushels per tree and the impact of census driven tree growth. It discusses orchard management, varieties, and the shift from home growing to market farming, plus cold storage extending year round fruit availability and bakers seeking color rich apples.
The essay argues for a unified nationwide policing system with rural police to cover the country. It critiques city rivalries, warns that criminals slip away, and urges vigilant networks and coordinated patrols to create an overarching net that prevents escape.
London Tit-Hits lists giants of literature with heights. Thackeray clocks six feet three inches, Conan Doyle six feet two, Hyne six feet three, Prichard a shade taller, Keble Howard six feet one and a half, and R. B. Warren Bell nearly six feet five.
Aldermen were first appointed for London in 1242. John Milton's autograph on a 1428 marriage contract sold for £822. Temperance drinks in England reportedly contain 2 to 12.8 percent alcohol. Of England’s forty four county chief constables only three rose from the ranks. thirty three were ex army officers and one ex navy officer. A lunatic Bedlington who died at Morpeth asylum believed himself a gun and ignited gunpowder with a match.
An old tip sheet offers simple cures and routines for common woes. Foot baths ease headaches, vinegar with butter and sugar soothes hoarseness, salt in burning refuse removes odors. Daily care suggests cold cream on hands, gloves while cleaning, and two tablespoons water when boiling milk to prevent scorching.
In Paris elephants serve as sandwich men advertising a Champs Elysees music hall while Lyons sees workers limited to three days a week since December. France expands snail farming with 2,500,000 pounds consumed yearly as a national delicacy.
An 1886 notarized oath from Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Ongary & Co. in Toledo, promises one hundred dollars for every cataract case not cured by Hall's Cataract Cure. The ad urges readers to send for testimonials and mentions Druggists and Mall's Family Pills.
Special correspondence from Fort Wayne outlines how Adams and Allen counties, a solid Democratic stronghold, face a brewing industry driven bid for a state senate seat by Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne. Fleming leads the brewery and trust-linked business network, while Democratic dissension grows over brewery influence and saloon politics in the district.
In Africa the hunter carries 50 000 to 60 000 pounds of ivory back to camp on native carriers. No railroads or wheels exist, so the journey is perilous with hostile tribes, ambushes, and deadly insects along the brutal homeward march.
An archbishop of Bordeaux notes a young ecclesiastic who wrote sermons in a sleepwalking state. He read and corrected pages without eye use, even with a pasteboard under the chin. Negretti carried a lighted candle in sleep, while a substitute bottle went unseen, and another somnambulist dressed and drew wine in darkness.
Homeseekers tickets go on sale August 4 and 18 September 1 and 16. Travel regions include Arizona Arkansas Mexico Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming. For information call Monon or the station. Dr. Rallies, Agent.
An incident in a uptown drug store involves actress Josephine Cohan whose hat flames were extinguished with an ice cream soda poured over her by a clerk who then demanded a dime for the drink. Cohan complains of ruined hat costs and vows to pursue the matter as she retreats in comic alarm to the sidewalk.
A. R. Webb of St. Louis urges travelers on steam railroads to save newspapers for tollers along the road instead of discarding them. He notes working men crave news and praises western dailies for printing notices requesting passengers to donate papers to the tolling laborers.
A witty exchange between lovers is recorded with a playful question about marriage. The suitor asks a bold question while the beloved replies with a decisive, independent stance choosing to do as she pleases. The dialogue captures a spirited, modern tone.
A poem laments the public hunger for intimate personal details about political figures. It lists questions about breakfast habits, finances, pets, routines, childhood incidents, and voting behavior to critique the invasive nature of media scrutiny in elections.
A brief dialogue explores hypothetical vote selling with two speakers debating how much they'd accept or offer. The exchange centers on moral persuasion and market value of influence.
A brief dialogue pits a question about an umbrella against a boastful claim. The exchange hints at casual humor and a self-styled title, with a comic tone emerging from the delivery. The line suggests a character equating ownership with status and leadership.
A dialogue explores matching material and artistic aims in a household. One partner suggests two rooms and a small store reflect lifestyle, while the other questions how heavy biscuits relate to light housekeeping and the broader scheme. The exchange centers on balancing practical and aesthetic elements in domestic life.
A troubled artist attempted a dramatic public display by painting bright carmine on a town wall. After the stunt ended in disaster, the scene turned somber as onlookers learned the creator had harmed himself, leaving the celebration in blue distress.
A dialogue reveals mutual sarcasm about unconventionality and a judge on the bench. One character notes the other’s amusement, while plans to coax the judge into buying drinks appear as a light running gag.
A terse duel of dialogue unfolds with phrases about sight and refusal. The speakers claim lack of voluntary control in their actions, framing the discussion around inevitability and perception. The exchange ends with a lingering sense of unresolved intention.
This fragment offers broad aphorisms on work, health, and social life, including musings on just judgments, marital absence, spending, and contentment. It shifts to a medical ad about preventing appendicitis and promoting a laxative product by O. D. Kneefel, noting benefits and pleasant use.
A Batesville Indiana man Mr A S Nusbaum reports years of summer hay fever like symptoms that disrupted his business. He tried several medicines but none helped until Foley's Honey and Tar, which quickly cured him. His wife later used it with the same success disclosed by Knoefel.
A new D O Line publication titled Their Suitcases tells a travel love story enacted aboard a steamship en route to Mackinac. Decorated suitcases with satin ribbons figure in the plot, offered by the D O Navigation Co. for two cents postage.
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