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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
1
Gov Fort threatened to send troops to enforce liquor laws and on August 31 Atlantic City saw 220 saloons and hotel bars shut for a dry day. Police bulletin said no troops and no saloons open, marking one of four drinkless Sundays in the resort's 54-year history.
Aug 31 Hardin report says a skiff with five people was cut in two by the yacht Mayflower on the Mississippi river. Mrs. May Appleman of Alton drowned after being knocked unconscious. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Combs of St. Louis were swept away. Mrs. Combs sank and was rescued by her husband who also saved Miss Kate Lamar. He then saved Walker Stillwell who could not swim.
Military maneuvers at Fort Harrison near Indianapolis drew the Third Battalion, Twenty third infantry, from Fort Snelling by a special train. About 4,500 Ohio National Guard troops will arrive across eight or ten trains. National guardsmen are expected to reach the camp by Thursday.
Rear Admiral Sperry and officers express gratitude for Australian welcomes in Sydney and Melbourne. A grand review Thursday is anticipated with cavalry trains arriving, mass at St Patrick's Cathedral, and abundant private entertainments. Sailors enjoy shore leave, church services, and city tours aided by the Melbourne Automobile Club.
The flood situation throughout South Carolina shows considerable improvement. The speaking campaign throughout the entire country will open about Sept. 16.
Advertisement lists John K Phelps as distributor for Wiedemann products with a contact phone number 76.
Atlantic City authorities pursue the shooting of Charlies B. Roberts of Baltimore on the board walk. Chief Malcolm Woodruff says Baltimore police withhold assistance and inquiries into a relative of Mrs. W. 8. Williams are not pursued. Roberts lies in the city hospital with an abdominal wound as investigators await his condition and possible explanations.
An advertisement from O. D. Knoefel promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy as curative for kidney and bladder issues within medical reach, asserting no medicine can do more.
The decomposed body of Mrs. Alice L. Donahue of 1266 Second Street Oakland, missing since June 1, was found under a barn near her home. Gus Allsted was arrested by police on a murder charge.
Miss Mattie Hensler and two companions return by skiff from a Kentucky side dance when an unknown shooter on the Kentucky shore fatally fires, killing Hensler in midstream as they travel toward Madison Indiana authorities pursue leads.
New York Aug 31 Thomas L. tin gen and John Temple Graves will be informed tonight of the convention action naming them as presidential and vice presidential nominees of the Independence party.
Leater M. Nelson of Naples Maine praises Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung relief saying it saved his life after forty years at the head of throat and lung remedies. The medicine sold with guarantee at Chas D Knoefels drug store with prices 500 and 1000 and a trial bottle free.
A string of brief items notes Vermont’s first state election on the 1st, plus events across the country. Frederick C. Hewitt dies in Oswego New York leaving an estate valued at 20 million dollars. Taft to attend Grand Army reunion in Toledo Wednesday. Fire in New Orleans causes over a million dollars loss. Diaz and Diaz era in San Luis Potosi politics. An ultimatum to the shah from Tabritz revolutionists due within five days. Indiana Independence League convention set in Indianapolis Thursday with J Hisgen and William Roulharst listed. J W Rice arrested in Lexington for embezzling 18 thousand from Morehead bank. Frank Houteweack leaves New York for Chicago to discuss the Western campaign. Orville Wright to fly the aeroplane built for the US government. Foley’s Kidney Remedy touted for kidney and bladder trouble. O D Knoefel.
National League games in Cincinnati Boston 0 Chicago 2 New York 1 St Louis 0 Brooklyn 2. American League Detroit 1 Cleveland 9. American Association Louisville 8 Columbus 1. second Louisville 8 Columbus 4. Toledo 1 Indianapolis 3. Milwaukee 10 Minneapolis 0. second Milwaukee 3 Minneapolis 8. Kansas City 4 St Paul 1.
Mrs John Joslyn of Hezekiah Griffiths farm Petersville near Columbus suffered blood poisoning after a rat bite. Two weeks earlier she caught a large rat in a trap the rodent sprang and bit her hand causing a deep wound.
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist party presidential candidate, started a Western tour today from Chicago aboard a special train, heading into the campaign.
Mr Frank Conlan of 486 Houston Street New York praises Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver troubles. He says it helps regulate digestion purify the blood and renew vigor for the weak and debilitated. Sold under guarantee at the drug store.
The Madison County total petitions for free travel roads under the new law reaches eighty nine with more in contemplation. About 200 miles of roads expected to improve at an average cost of 2000 dollars per mile, with most funds paid to nearby farmers. The program aims to raise farm property values as road quality improves.
A Poseyville construction firm imported fifty Black laborers to repair rock roads amid local shortages. Early resistance included threats to dynamite lodgings and attacks linked to a recent arson targeting a Black resident’s home. Town guards were posted to protect workers and property as officials pledge protection for orderly actions.
South Bend police, citing frequent burglaries, arrest many suspicious characters and detain them at the station. Likely evidence suspects will go to the county jail. vagabonds face expulsion within five hours of release as two trunk rail lines have drawn hundreds of tramps to the city.
Goshen ind August 31 Hiram Goodspeed longtime postmaster at Ligonier attempted suicide three times He shot at himself planned to stand before a train and was about to jump from a third story window Each act was thwarted by others The pressure of unseen tax seizures totaling several thousand dollars weighed heavily on his mind.
E Bullis of the Chicago advertising firm Lord and Thomas and his ten year old son with Mrs Cresmer were injured when Bullis drove an automobile into an Erie Limited train south of Hammond Indiana. Bullis sustained an injured spine the boy internal injuries and Mrs Cresmer knee injuries all not fatal.
Huntington Ind Aug 31 The next reunion of the Forty seventh Indiana Regiment of Volunteers will be held at Bluffton E Y Sturgia of Bluffton was named president More than two hundred veterans who fought under General James R Slack met here The program ended with all soldiers being given an excursion over the city in automobiles
Oakland City Ind Aug 31 The prediction that Oakland City would become the gas and oil center of the state proves true with prospects bright in the local field There are fifty gas and oil companies in the field and land is being leased for miles in all directions from the town
Evansville Indiana August 21 Claude Gardner while dreaming he was fishing landed a five pound black bass and then fell from his bed rolling out a two story window sustaining injuries likely to prove fatal police report notes the incident occurred in a two story building with Gardner hospitalized in critical condition
Augusto Boyd, chairman of the national jury on elections, delivered the final count making Jose Domingo de Obaldia the constitutional successor to President Manuel Amador. A banquet honored Obaldia with Panamanian and foreign guests as the national assembly planned to convene. No political trouble was anticipated on the Isthmus.
Cardinal Vannutelli leaves Rome for London to represent the pope as legate at the Eucharistic congress opening in September. He will address the gathering urging England to rejoin Catholic unity and will send respectful homages to the king as a wise ruler.
Biloxi Miss August 31 Lieutenant General Alexander P Stewart one of the last surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederacy is dead He was born in Tennessee and spent most of his life there but moved to Biloxi where the gulf coast climate aided his health He died in his 87th year two Confederate leaders remain identifiable General Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky and previously Stephen D Lee died four months ago
In Toledo on August 31 the forty second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opens with a public reception at Memorial hall and a river spectacle by the naval militia. The program includes a civic parade and Fort Meigs monument dedication, a parade day, and election of officers.
Vermont votes tomorrow for governor congressmen and state legislators with Lt Gov George H Prouty as the Republican standard bearer facing Democrat James E Burke. Analysts link gubernatorial plurality to national trends and note Vermont's Republican loyalty amid this fall contest.
President Roosevelt welcomes the American Olympic team at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay after their London Games voyage. James E. Sullivan introduces each athlete before the president's brief address to the honored group.
In Chicago on Sunday five year old William A. Dockery Jr., son of Memphis planter William A. Dockery, fell from the Vendome hotel eighth floor after pushing a screen from the window. He was dead on the pavement.
A portrait of Martin Littleton of New York, a famed lawyer from a nineteen child family, born into poverty. A childhood incident in Texas where he nearly drowned is recounted by family members, highlighting humble beginnings and resilience.
In this Ohio State Journal note the speaker asks who the ordinary looking woman is with Mrs Meek and identifies Mrs Meek as the plain figure while noting her companion as Mrs Meek's hired girl.
A New York Times report notes fern leaves' strong preservative power in packing food and meat. Ferns keep vegetables, butter, potatoes, and fresh fish longer than straw, with salt-like effects and odor deterring larvae.
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