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Newspaper

New Albany Evening Tribune

Location

New Albany, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1908

Page

2

Astronomical Notes on Sun Moon Rise and Age

The sun sets at 6 41 p m and rises at 5 16 a m. The moon rises at 8 48 a m with an age of 28 days. This brief notes celestial timings and moon phase details for current observers.

War airships face weight limits to win battles

The text notes that victory in war may require heavy airships and weight to carry lethal power. It highlights experiments in Europe about vegetable paper preserving fish freshness as a clue for ice trust dynamics. It also references Bryan’s platform, Harriman controlling seventeen railroads, and Noah’s age when shaping global transport.

Europe Ice Trust

Heavier Than Air Dream Yields to Gas Bag Flights

Most authorities say heavier than air machines hold aerial promise yet records are being set by gas bags in actual flights. The article contrasts theoretical expectations with practical achievements in lighter than air travel and notes pioneering attempts and early milestones.

City of Marfun Faces Loss From Saloons

Marfun has forty one saloons. Last year the city collected about $11,000 in license fees but spent $16,000 on police protection. The saloon trade is described as a major drain on public funds.

Marfun

War party controls new ministry in Japanese dispatches

Dispatches report the war faction holds the new ministry while in this country they operate only within select newspaper offices creating a mild disturbance without causing real harm.

Americans Pursue Roaring Lions for Palace Car Tour

Two women tour the jungle around Roosevelt country aboard palace cars and steamboats to tell of wild expeditions to central Africa. A lioness lunges near the train as hunters scramble for ammo while one author catalogs zebras giraffes and hyenas and compares a lion shot to Roosevelts bear feats.

Roosevelt Derring Do Louisiana

Trade In Deadly Drugs Ushering In Stronger Pure Food Law

The piece argues for tightening the pure food law amid rising opium and cocaine use. It cites a 250 percent import rise over 30 years, 10 white opium smokers per Celestial, and 25 percent legitimate opium uses. It cites dangerous increases in use by nervous individuals and accuses some physicians of fostering cocaine habits. It calls for stricter retailer surveillance and cautions against misleading drug habit antidotes.

New York Medical Society

The Popping Stone at Gilsland and Scott’s Proposal Spot

The popping stone marks where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss Carpenter to marry him in the Irthing valley at Gilsland near Carlisle. It draws thousands in summer and is near Mumps Ha immortalized by Guy Mannering, with Roman wall remains also visible to visitors.

Sir Walter Scott Miss Carpenter Irthing Gilsland Carlisle Scott Guy Mannering Roman Wall Lanercost Prtery London Chronicle

Weeping brides seek luck in wedding drenches

A Breton bride embraces a wet wedding to shed tears and ensure happiness. Similar rites occur in Simbirsk, the Neilgherries, and among Greek tribes, where days or ceremonies involve pouring water or weeping to banish mourning and invite joy in marriage.

British Isles Erza Simbirsk Badagas

Eastern Question Quip Echoes In Tribune Chat

A humorous exchange contrasts a veteran’s year in New York with the cartoonish notion of the eastern question. The joke lands on the punch line about wealth rather than geopolitics, reflecting light, urban wit in the Chicago Tribune's pages.

Paw New York City Tom

Mourning Rituals in Queensland Grief Practices

The piece notes a local custom near the Tully river in Queensland where mourners cluster for hours with hands on each other’s shoulders. It emphasizes their aim to demonstrate longtime friendship with the deceased rather than praising the person’s virtues to the public.

Tully River Queensland Wide World Magazine

Cheney firm offers hundred dollar payout for incurable catarrh

Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The firm will pay $100 for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 1886. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Buy Hall's pills from druggists.

Frank J. Cheney Cenior F. J. Onzrry & Co Toledo Hall

Campaign of Defamation in Indiana Gubernatorial Fight

A Democratic campaign appeals for issue driven politics while opponents accuse brewery aligned agents of surreptitious libel. James E. Watson is portrayed as a beacon of integrity amid slander from liquor interests and temperance factions in a heated race.

Marion James Corbett Mr. Watson Corbett Jim Watson Brewery Alliance James E. Watson Watson

Costs Sometimes and a Clever Exchange

A brief comic exchange from the Cleveland Leader questions the cost of fit and chronic disease. One speaker claims no expense, while another confesses kleptomania as their trouble, delivering a dry, ironic jab on economic burden.

Kleptomania Cleveland

Brimble’s Wealth Outshines Brains in Family Gloom

A terse exchange hints at Brimble’s fortune inherited from his father, suggesting the money dwarfs intellect. The dialogue implies tensions over wealth and merit within the family circle.

Brimble Dea

How to Avoid Appendicitis and Readiness for Constipation

The article warns that most appendicitis victims are constipated. It endorses Foley's Orina Laxative to stimulate the liver and restore natural bowel action without nausea or griping and says substitutes should be refused.

Foley O. D. Knoefel

Distinguishing Invention From Mechanical Skill in Patents

The test for patentability hinges on whether a device results from invention rather than mere mechanical skill. If a craftsman would not reproduce the device without specialized knowledge, it signifies invention. The powder example shows knowledge plus skill can establish a patentable invention.

Servants Use Sign Language to Signal Tips Across Europe

The Philadelphia Ledger describes a hotel and domestic service sign language used by servants in Paris and other cities. Signs on back doors indicate master moods, meal quality, and workload, guiding tips and expectations for new hires and delivery staff.

Europe Paris Italy Switzerland France Philadelphia Ledger

Findings Not Keeping: On Found Items and Obligations

The Chicago Record-Herald explains that locating a lost item on public transit or in the street requires effort. If valuable, owners deserve recovery. only after attempts through company found departments and newspaper ads fail may ownership transfer.

Chicago Record-Herald

Language missteps amuse as Parisian travel memories unfold

A narrator recalls travel in Paris and jokes about American mispronunciations. A New York tourist at the Chatham misuses phrases trying to order food, claiming to be hungry and later declaring himself a woman, prompting amused reactions from a waiter as reported by the New York Press.

Paris New York Chatham New Yorker New York Press

Homeseekers Excursion via Monon route

Homeseekers tokete to be sold on August 4 and 18 September 1 and 15 across many states and territories including Arizona Arkansas Mexico Missouri New Mexico Ohlo home Texas Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Call at Monon passenger station for information H Kalies Agent

Monon Homeseekers Arizona Arkansas Mexico Missouri New Mexico Ohlo Home Texas Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Kansas Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota South Dakota Oregon Utah Washington Wisconsin Wyoming H. Kalies

Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim

An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary problems. It claims nearly all diseases start with kidney disorders and urges readers to request a free sample bottle and pamphlet via Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.

Miail Free Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton N.Y Dr. Kilmer Binghamton, N. Y

Bristow for Senator from Kansas in GOP bid

Joseph Bristow, noted postal fraud investigator and former postmaster general aide, has been chosen as the Republican candidate for U S Senate from Kansas to succeed Ches ter L Long after a bitter state primary. Bristow, 58, is praised for honesty and long public service including newspaper work in Salina and Ottawa.

United States Kansas Chester L Bristow Cuba Neely and Rathbone Hanna Washington McKinley Post Office Department Roosevelt Hoosevelt Salina Ottawa Kan Kentucky

The French Are Good Travelers

Miss Betham-Edwards notes in the London Chronicle that the French on travels are unfailingly amiable, never grumbling, and adept at turning discomforts into pleasure, whether with young or old companions in remote places.

Dialogue on ignorance and contentment between youth and elder

A talkative youth and an old gentleman discuss ignorance and bilas. The youth asks what accounts for it and the elder replies that contented and happy people are typically satisfied in life.

Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold Reported in Batesville

A. A. Nasbaum of Batesville Indiana credits Foley's Honey and Tar for curing a severe summer cold and hay fever after other medicines and a doctor's prescription failed. He notes the remedy quickly relieved symptoms and his wife later used the same product.

Nasbaum Batesville Indiana Foley Sinde C.D. Kneefel

President Lewis Wins Return of Indiana Miners to Work

Indiana miners resume shaft work after weeks long strike in a complete victory for Thomas L. Lewis president of the miners organization. He announced all men should return to work under terms he set on Aug 19 with possible exceptions at the Hudson mine.

Indianapolis Indiana Thomas L. Lewis Miners’ Organization Lewis Hudson the Hudson Mr. Lewis The

Indiana coal receivers named for Two Companies

Judge Frances E. Baker granted a receiver for the Indiana Southern Coal Company and the Southern Indiana Coal Company. John K. Stefert of Terre Haute named receiver. Bonds faltered about three years ago with no interest since October 1907. All properties lie in Indiana and bondholders sought separate settlement from railroads.

Goshen Ind Frances E. Baker United States Circuit Court Indiana Southern Coal Company Southern Indiana Coal Company First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago John K. Stefert Terre Haute Indiana Walsh Southern Indiana Railway

Pioneer Caught on the Track

David Youndt aged eighty five died after being struck by a Vandalia passenger train near Moran eight miles north of Frankfort Indiana. He attempted to cross the tracks to bid farewell to friends and was warned of danger but persisted. He was described as a pioneer of the county.

Frankfort Ind David Youndt Moran

Norwegian Disaster at Sea Wrecks Folge Fonden Near Skoneviks

The steamer Folge Fonden of Bergen bound for Haugesund wrecked near Skoneviks on the Norwegian west coast and sank in three minutes. Forty of the seventy passengers are believed drowned. fifteen bodies recovered. captain among the survivors.

Bergen Norway Folge Fonden Haugesund Skoneviks

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