Obscure Medieval Leader Odoacer Dies in Italy
Odoacer, chief of the Heruli who deposed Rome’s last emperor and ruled Italy, has died. The report notes his rise to kingship after deposing the emperor and his later burial in the region.
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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
2
Odoacer, chief of the Heruli who deposed Rome’s last emperor and ruled Italy, has died. The report notes his rise to kingship after deposing the emperor and his later burial in the region.
The column notes tonight and tomorrow morning with moon Mars conjunction at 9 43 p m and details on moonset and rise times. It reflects on work, valentine excess, West Point graduates and Spain’s growing South American trade activity.
The sixteen ships parade signals U S resolve to uphold the Monroe Doctrine amid Latin American interest. The visit exchanges with South American cities reveal shifting ties as Germany increases trade and influence in Chile Argentina and Brazil while U S reps engage locally.
The supreme court upholds laws restricting women factory hours to ten per day, framing such limits as essential to health and the welfare of the race. The ruling contrasts with a New York appeals court decision, which struck ten hour limits as discriminatory against contract rights.
An article notes Dr Weir Mitchell’s new Century Magazine romance The Red City set in Washingtons second era and following a Frenchman fleeing Jacobin murder in the French Revolution. It also highlights Mitchells age and his work linking medical science with Christian faith in Boston.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News quotes a traveler asking about meals at a boarding house. The reply pithily contrasts “the first tong and the latter short,” playing on words about table manners and portions.
A newspaper notice claims deafness is incurable by local treatments and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh related deafness not cured by the remedy.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma delivers a lengthy maiden speech on the Aldrich financial bill praising relief measures for business. He emphasizes banking expertise and proposes amendments while urging action this session to aid U.S. economies.
Relief for women promises aid for back pain and urinary, bladder, or kidney troubles. The advertisement touts Mother Gray's Aus for women as pleasant and genteel, claiming it provides certain relief without harsh effects.
A drenched young woman Helen Merrill loses a purse in rain near Broadway. Detective-hero Clayton Marshall finds it, returns it at a Bayville home, and reveals his long pursuit to win her. They plot to tell Uncle John the truth and pursue love, despite comic honesty.
Mr Comrox answers he approves to some extent and notes relief that family quarrels are conducted in a language he does not understand. Washington Star quotes the remark as a lighthearted aside about cross cultural tensions within a family.
Spiegel of 12904 N Virginia Avenue Evansville writes of a five year struggle with kidney and bladder troubles that left him weak and unable to work. He claims pain relief and improved condition after using an unnamed remedy.
A fragmentary dialogue about gold as the root of evil. It mentions someone going around in trouble and a plan to kill a man after Jones proposes him for vice president. The scene hints at a murder motive and reveals a tense interaction with a cigar remark.
A terse exchange opens with a grim retort about advice and usefulness. The verse dwells on aging, vitality, and the shift from winter to summer as nature’s chorus, with birds, lilies, bees, and weather declaring the coming of warmer times and a world reborn.
A man injured in a wreck with a railroad company described the outcome as fair. He said he received nearly enough to cover his lawyer and expenses, with a settlement that matched his expectations given the circumstances.
A humorous exchange notes that laughter is welcome when a full house is achieved and there is no compensation owed. The banter contrasts sneers with a confident, jokey line about entertainment value and fairness.
A columnist offers pithy maxims on virtue and vice noting that miserliness pride and ambition shape human behavior. It remarks on self serving politics and the limits of benevolence while highlighting how couples interact and how honesty can be compromised by social pretensions.
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