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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
5
White hog weighing about 240 pounds reported by Schuler and Enalinger with a reward offered for information leading to recovery or identification of the animal.
City council meets tonight while New Albany Lodge and Knights of Pythias schedule social and initiation events. Firemen plan a banquet next month. DePauw Masons conferred Master Mason degree. County board opens December term with contracts. Inspectors warn against snared rabbits. school reopens after diphtheria. Turkey oyster supper planned December 19. Ischea bazar and supper on December (continued)
The will of August 19 1898 is probated for Bub renawed as executor witnessed by James M Andrew G W Harrison and Earl E Gwin. Survivors include wife and two sons George F and William J Goodbub. James G Scheller of Louisville, missing since last Wednesday, may be despondent though hoped found. Clifton Scheller travels to Corydon and DePauw. Mrs Louiea Bland dies at 79 at daughter Louisaa Schang home. leaves daughter Miss Frederica Woerthiey and son George Woerthiey. Baptist Tabernacle member. Funeral not yet set. Charles O Smith of Floyd County dies of pneumonia aged 45. leaves wife and six children. siblings listed. funeral 9:30 am tomorrow at residence with burial at Wolfe's cemetery Georgetown Township.
Misses Myrtie and Claudie Wiley of Edinburg visit Mrs R C Eihe on Thirteenth Street. Mr and Mrs Edward Montgomery leave for Brandenburg and New Amsterdam to visit relatives. Mr Joseph Hicke, visiting Bowling Green Ky, is critically ill with pneumonia. Dr Alice Maas is ill with typhoid fever and moved to her parents’ home. Miss Lula Hublar, long a Corydon Pike resident, taken to St Edward’s Hospital for intestinal surgery.
Mary F. Neely and Dr. Isane L. Neely of Corydon settled their divorce suit through compromise. Mrs Neely receives a decree and alimony totaling 800 dollars, after alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. She had left her husband months ago and later worked as an attendant at the eastern hospital for the insane in Richmond. Attorney W H Roose represented the case.
The state continues the case against George Davis the absconding grocer charged with grand larceny to the January term. In Jeffersonville the Thomas L. Fesa vs American Car and Foundry Co damages suit proceeds with Fees in jury and Hester Weathers for the plaintiff and Stanvard for the defendant.
The Knight Templar Choral Society will not meet again until the second Monday in January due to the temple being occupied by Masonic bodies. Tonight New Albany Royal Arch Chapter, No 17, holds its annual meeting for officers and reports. DePauw Lodge, No. 338, and Jefferson Lodge, No. 14 meet bi monthly. New Albany Commandery, No. 5 KT, convenes in a special conclave for work in the Order of the Temple and Knight of Malta.
Subscribers to the New Albany News who fail to receive their paper regularly are asked to notify the Tribune Company. The notice mentions East Paces and Cumberland area as the contact region.
New Albany Presbytery called meeting set for tomorrow at 1 30 p m at Second Presbyterian church with three Presbyterial conferences and institutes to follow. Rev R F Souder moves to Madison and Rev I F Simmons to Vers. D O Simpson of Veron presides. Institutes at Llbadock and Corydon discuss church finances and missions with delegates from thirteen counties.
Indianapolis dispatch notes John W. Kern leads the Indiana Republican Senate caucus with a strong position. A rumored poker scandal involving a senator-elect is kept quiet, while Woodrow Wilson plans a January European trip and party reorganization proceeds.
New Albany Lodge 270 B P O E held annual memorial services at Second Presbyterian Church. Members lost this year include Edward D Mitchell, Clarence E Dunham, Benjamin Reynolds, John L Aviman, Chester Grosheider, and George J Goodbach. Program featured organ, odes, solos, and a benediction.
The Falls Cities League fixtures feature the Keystones lineup Hammer Hendricke Scott Pentrich Wilman or Yoang Herter Tsre as the most anticipated frat game of the season in this city. Louisville Y M C A brings Lehman and Harding, former New Albany players, adding extra interest. A men’s meeting at Maenvercher Hall drew a good crowd despite rain with Dr Tom Hawes delivering The Rullet The Wied and the Whirl wind. A series of men’s meetings is projected to be the best yet with Hon H M Dowlhog of Indianapolia set to speak next Sunday.
Excerpts from Balles Universal Etymological Dictionary show odd definitions such as Thunder a noise known by persons not deaf and Eye an instrument of death. The samples include Balloon as a football and Medlar as a fruit rotten before ripe, with other terse entries.
The twenty fifth anniversary of the YMCA reorganization in the city will be celebrated December 10 to 13 with services at Central Christian church, musical interludes, and a history read by Secretary Paigs. Notables include Elmer R. Bryan of Franklin College and Hon. H M Dowling of Indianapolis. A reception and old members reunion follow, with programs, basketball, and refreshments. Public invitation extended no fundraising at services.
The December National features Affairs at Washington as a premier department edited by Jos Mitchell Chapple. It reflects the lively social and political reawakening in Washington ahead of the new congressional session, with a tone of wit and animation.
A brief excerpt from the Catholic Standard and Times features a banter between a crusty old man and a dirty urchin about why there would be no soap boxes for bonfires. The dialogue hints at scarcity or humor around everyday items in a rough neighborhood.
The readable lines show garbled dialogue and stray phrases about athletics and reading, attributed to a Washington Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch context. The items appear as incomplete quotes with no clear event or people to anchor a cohesive news item.
The article cites Nietzsche on music’s harmful influence, notes Tschaikowsky’s Sixth Symphony linked to suicides, and urges polite, patient banking interactions. It argues against suspicion of depositors, recommending courtesy to reduce friction and improve business relations.
Shopper asks why prices are high and the clerk cites a duty. The clerk clarifies the goods are domestic but the proprietor uses this to raise profits, increasing the store’s bank balance.
A humorous Detroit Tribune quote shows a seven year old opposing a parent’s punishment as a preferred creditor. The ad promotes Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh claiming quick relief with no cocaine, available 750 per bottle plus a speaking table, from Ely Bros. in New York.
A terse New York Press item notes that Howell drew about three hundred men to a dog fight last Sunday while fewer than fifty attended church, and a Powell quip links the trend to a country going to the dogs.
A short quoted line appears in the Svening Tribune featuring Hardy’s counsel to listen to a friend’s voice but pursue personal guidance only once. The fragment suggests a literary or editorial item rather than a full article.
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