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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary report covers astronomical timings and a Jupiter moon grouping, plus scattered political and wartime topics. Mention of Cuba peace, a native army, and fleet fuel estimates amid garbled text and misread lines.
The Frankfort News notes Mr. Fred Feick, knocked down by a machine in the Twelfth Indiana district, had little influence at the Democratic congressional convention where Angola banker Perkins received weaker support than wage earners expected. The piece critiques Bryan and claims of a Denver convention purchase plot, framing it as an insult to Democratic integrity.
The piece notes that American plays such as The College Widow fail in London due to British tastes preferring tradition and ideals, while genuine American life on stage is broadly misunderstood. It also recounts Landseer on an early Scotland trip, viewing dogs sketched by him later misread as tax notes by a local excise officer, leading to punitive measures for owners.
An advertorial claim promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for catarrh as a blood or constitutional disease solution. It states the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces, descr ibed as a regular prescription from a top physician, combining tonics and blood purifiers for claimed dramatic results.
Washington May 15 Special As the session nears end labor unions across the nation push to amend the Sherman act to prevent unions from being declared labor trusts by the Supreme Court. Petitions flood Congress as senators weigh action while election worries loom over reform bills.
An advertisement promotes kidney and bladder cure under Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer and Co. It claims kidney trouble affects both sexes, lowers vigor and beauty, and describes symptoms like frequent urination and bed wetting in children. The ad urges mail order samples and pamphlets, with address in Binghamton New York.
A blind boy asks how his mother looks and learns from a surgeon that true beauty lies in the soul. His father admits their son’s blindness cannot be cured, and the boy chooses to return to his mother, whom he now sees as beautiful beyond appearance.
A tale from St. Petersburg describes Peter the Great challenging princes to a wrestling match. A young dragoon stepped forward, accepting the terms. The dragoon threw the czar with his left arm and held him from falling with his right. The czar offered a reward, and the soldier claimed free drinks for life in crown inns. The rest of his fate is not recorded.
In a Philadelphia scene a visitor asks about a curious sound in an apartment house. One guess points to a neighbor extracting a tooth on a lower floor, but the noise apparently comes from the floor above. The exchange mentions the Popleys' baby teething, framing a light domestic vignette.
A fragmented collection of quotes and fragments references age, romance, and literary lines from Ovid and a St. Louis Republic excerpt. It mentions Foley's Kidney Cure and Mr Alvin H Stimpson of Willimachic Cone as a testimonial amid garbled text about a femme and a mint.
Mrs 8 Joyce of Claremont writes that about a year ago she bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Care. It cured a severe long standing kidney trouble and she calls it a grand good medicine she heartily recommends. D Knoefel
A British naval mishap features Captain Passow steering the St Paul during a collision with the Gladiator, with about thirty six lives lost. The report praises discipline and calm aboard as snow and fog hampered visibility near land. It also mentions Taft family notes and biographical sketches, including Robert Taft and Rev C W Gordon.
A Canadian writer inspired by miners ranchers and lumbermen created Black Rock after a Toronto editor urged an appeal for funds. Known works include The Sky Pilot The Man From Glengarry and Glengarry School Days. Lincoln Steffens discusses a Pittsburg contractor whose door to success bears a Push label and a Pull door labels the opposite. Alfred Austin’s Sacred and Profane Love is described as an allegory contrasting worldly ambition with spiritual aspiration. Herbert L Bridgman a Peary ally is named American delegate to the international polar congress.
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