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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
2
The Evening Tribune may be delivered every Saturday unless another delivery day is arranged. Readers may obtain it by giving their name to a carrier boy, ordering through the mail, or leaving a note at the post office.
The sun rises at 7 16, sets at 4 31 with daylight proceeding. The moon rises at 2 56 A M as night phases shift through dawn.
A fragmentary report notes Parisians pushing reform amid efforts to repulse Castro and sever his financial ties. The text alludes to New Year resolutions facing delays and a recurring refrain of “the day after.”
The piece argues depicting Santa in cars is a mistake for artists. It notes Santa travels on foot due to his large sack and bulging pockets that prevent him from using vehicles.
The article praises Heltitet for allowing Castro to flee, arguing punishment would create a martyr and that exile will remove him from the scene, drawing global approval for his disappearance.
The J. P. Morgan library is estimated to be worth between 6 million and 40 million dollars. Some believe the higher figure would buy all printed books and secure future best sellers for a century.
The article mocks Barnum imitators and questions John W Gates plans to create Gates Greatest circus empire. It warns anti trust enforcement could spark a riot if one person owns all. It suggests public reaction and political pressure may shape the venture.
Washington dispatch notes growing sentiment for larger river and harbor improvements. Speakers and senators debate canal ambitions, naval plans, and internal revenue funding as Tobson, Hobson, Cannon, Hale, La Follette and Cummins shape the debate ahead of holidays.
A local church formed a committee to raise subscriptions for a chime of bells. They met nearly all the congregation and visited a poor member who offered whatever he could. He quipped that it would be cheaper to put a whistle in. Francisco Argonaut.
The Chicago Portland special was held up nine miles east of Portland by four masked robbers who dynamited the express car. They forced the messenger to open the safe. it contained only a few small packages of small value. The strong box was untouched and the robbers escaped.
President elect William H. Taft will travel to Panama aboard two U.S. Navy cruisers. The voyage will begin from Charleston on January 25. The move follows a precaution due to no legal provision for a successor if a president elect dies before inauguration.
In Kingston New York on December 18 a supreme court jury awarded Mrs Mary S Roper one thousand dollars after an August 29 1906 aero nautical exhibition at Ellenville left her entangled in a dangling rope and involuntarily ascended. She had sued Ulster County Agricultural Society for twenty five thousand dollars.
The London Chronicle cites Tolstoy's anecdote of a Moscow hangman who avoids portraiture and recalls Ramsay reminiscences. A Stirling laird repays a minister with the hangman as intermediary, proving the minister equal to the occasion by producing a curious receipt from the Hangman of Stirling.
A bold medical claim offers PAZO Ointment as a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding types within six to fourteen days or a refund. The ad emphasizes quick relief and money back assurance.
A boy named Marcid longs for items he cannot obtain but is told he can become what he wishes. He expresses a desire to be two little dogs so he can play with himself, reflecting a child’s imaginative longing in a motherly exchange.
Mrs M McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi writes she suffered three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble. After two doctors failed, two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy restored her health and prompted her to urge other women to try it.
A young actress in a theater foyer laments two words she wishes to remove from English led by Indy. The stage manager urges her to forget rehearsal and remember her future, and she briefly smiles again.
The text claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. It touts Ayer's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the sole constitutional cure, dosed 10 drops to a teaspoon, with a $1000 test for cures, and urges readers to seek the circle and testimonials.
Washington reports a flurry in diplomatic circles over claims Venezuela declared war on Holland. Officials distinguish war from defense as Venezuela cites defense after Holland seized a coast guard vessel. No confirmation of revolution or German mediation. Castro’s government remains unsettled on the Venezuela dispute.
Mary Kelleher of Somerville Massachusetts is jailed in Cambridge while District Attorney ffipeins orders an inquiry into the deaths of six relatives over three years. Authorities focus on arson as the alleged crime with life insurance payouts to Kelleher from victims including her husband son two daughters and two sisters in law. The fire is linked to the home of Andrew J Lovell where she worked as a domestic.
Chicago reports Dow a Chi nese interpreter who aided police in Philadelphia New York and Boston in solving murders is sentenced to death by a secret society. He alleges Chinese society members there agreed to pay $2000 for his murder and Dow has given police what he calls evidence.
President elect Taft and his party meet with President Roosevelt at the White House for a two hour conference. The delegation includes Mrs Taft Horace Taft and Charles Taft. The meeting occurred in Washington on Dec 18.
The chamber of deputies approved the budget for the new ministry of the colonies including Congo credits. Socialists voiced strong opposition, denouncing the plan as based on exploitation of negroes and forced labor.
An eastbound Big Four railroad passenger train and a westbound train collided head-on between Liffey and Woodruff. Engineers Webb and Thatcher were seriously injured. No passengers were harmed.
A comical exchange shows an insurance agent questioning health as the applicant boasts perfect wellness and hints at taking a hazardous undertaking. The applicant then reveals plans to marry next Wednesday, adding a twist to the policy discussion.
Edward Hale Brush notes how New York has evolved into a city famed for its nighttime illumination. From the Pan-American exposition to Broadway’s glow, the skyline, bridges, and the Singer Tower showcase electric display, making the metropolis beloved for beauty after dark.
An advertiser urges readers to try Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. The note claims forty years of cures and warns against unknown preparations that may contain harmful drugs. Signed O D Knosfel.
A humorous exchange from Chicago News features a Sunday School lesson. A teacher asks for the meekest man Moses as the answer, then asks for the meekest woman, only to hear a child reply that there was never a meekest woman.
A large fire destroyed Rostov on Don city center with several fatalities. In other items a hanging in New Westminster BC, a mine strike in Paint Creek West Virginia, a fatal shooting in Dudley NC, and various political and health notes fill the day’s dispatches.
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