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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
2
A Honolulu operator read a wireless message from Puget Sound and anticipates a bigger achievement. When the Flondulu station can exchange wireless messages with the far end of the Sandwich Islands, hourly exchanges all day will be possible, signaling a major advance in long distance communication.
Quote from James R Garfield on reform in the oil, beef and steel trades promising equal treatment for small and large shippers after a discovery of facts. He asserts the government will stop rebates and end favoritism in commerce.
Canada advances the Trent canal project with $5,000,000 spent and $2,000,000 more anticipated to finish. The canal links western lakes to the ocean via Ontario and the St Lawrence, boosting westward commerce and canal traffic and highlighting Canada as a future waterway rival.
An open letter discusses the Berlin treaty of 1878 and Balkan tensions with Bulgaria and Ferdinand, urging balance against Turkish power, and notes Bulgaria’s push for independence. A separate Indiana Republican statement denounces personal slander against James E. Watson amid temperance faction clashes.
The London Globe notes multiple beauty types across Teutonic regions. Swedish women are unanimated but well molded, Austrian ladies show composite beauty from several races with stately harmony, Tyrolese maidens blend Latin and Germanic traits with captivating face and manner.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by West Truax and Kinnan Marvin of Toledo. Cure taken internally. price 75 cents per bottle. Also recommended Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A fragmented note asks if the product LAXALTY BROMO Quinine Tabdiete is present in the golden box. The readable text is unclear about origin and purpose, indicating a packaging or inventory question.
The article surveys Thomas A. Edison ambitioning air navigation with helicopter concepts, predicting Atlantic crossing in eighteen hours and world circumnavigation in a week. It links Edison to broader science interests and notes his plans to study chemistry, while touching on agriculture and practical uses for gasoline engines in farming.
A well dressed woman disrupted a political speaker by continuous coughing. The ad suggests Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for the cough and cold, noting the product contains no opiates and features a yellow package. O. D. Knopfel.
Elihu Root states a record of honesty, capability, efficiency, and patriotic public service justifies keeping the current party in power. He asks Americans to evaluate whether recent administrations meet fundamental requisites of good government and set a high standard for national politics.
John Mitchell former United Mine Workers president issued a denial at Indianapolis claiming he sent no posters bearing his image to advise union men on voting. He rejected a Buffalo dispatch as forged and urged citizens to study candidates, assess policies, and vote by conscience.
A local notice states a married man may not allow family to take any remedy except Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. It emphasizes the product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package. O. D. Knoefel is named.
Claude Speppason seeks re election as Floyd county sheriff. Charles W Long runs as Democratic trustee candidate for New Albany township. Walter W Bulliet stands as Democratic prosecuting attorney candidate for Floyd county. All on the November ballot pending voter decision.
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