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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney disease kidney failure and bladder issues claiming quick cure and overall health benefits It offers free sample bottle and book by mail address at Binghamton New York with a reminder to mention the newspaper note.
A highly garbled OCR of a NE Albany Tribune page fragment includes ad rates, subscription terms, stray political notes, and disjointed references to theater and public figures. The text mixes rates for one year and six months with unrelated commentary about actors and taxes.
The jurors awarded the wife one cent in damages for alienation of affections and appear to have left little for the other woman. Mrs. Humphry Ward, the English novelist turned critic, is cited as the custodian of the secret of the habitat of American peasants in a pointed remark.
The text notes that the battleship fleet will influence policy across Asia with Tokyo Pekin and Seoul expected to consider its presence. American sailors in Chinese ports are described as bold in opening doors and maintaining access, marking a shift in regional influence.
The Philadelphia Press urges raising the Maine wreck to Plavaon harbor to recover sixty three sailors entombed in the hold for proper burial. The move could also reveal the true cause of the ship's explosion a decade ago.
Sentiment in far east ports dominated by English residents favors avoiding entanglements with Japan. The text suggests a sizeable British presence at home shares disapproval of policies that could provoke clashes between white and yellow races, inferred from debates over the US approach to the Manchurian incident.
A fragmented rhetoric argues that society bars liberty at every turn and asserts strict limits on free speech and press. It condemns violence and wrongdoing in the name of liberty while claiming government has no right to suppress abuses that threaten public trust.
The temperance movement grows from the Gulf to the Lakes and coast to coast, banishing saloons in vast areas. Proponents cite business efficiency, moral injury from alcohol, and patriotic concerns about voting integrity as driving forces behind prohibition advances in the South and North. The Republican party is portrayed as supporting practical temperance reforms and enacting key laws in several states.
Tom Taggart and coworkers sidetracked the party with a mislead prank on the temperance question. Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute endorses the Democratic plank while the Anti-Saloon League backs the Republican plank. Temperance supporters are urged to choose between brewers and saloons or the ALI.
Indianapolis April 28 representatives of railroads told the state tax board of a business downturn since last October. Pennsylvanian lines report 37 percent idle equipment and a sharp drop in net earnings in early 1908. The Lake Erie and Western cites losses to traction fines and reduced earnings per mile. Louisville Louisville New Albany bridge costs and Indiana investment are also discussed.
Armed men halted guards carrying 18009 dollars from Welch to Dary to pay the employer of United States Coal and Coke. The money was shipped by McDowell County National Bank in Welch. No clue to the robbers.
Mrs Stryter recounts an enjoyable tea at Mrs Dun tere’s tale with count and Thebes dead depel warning. Fragments mention a party and a Friday event with a wink and a faded date.
Washington April 30 Special reports indicate no financial legislation will pass this session. Deep divisions among Senate and House members hinder any Aldrich or Fowler bill, with opposition broadening from large financial centers to smaller western and southern cities. Senator Knox pushes a Germantown monument bill while Roosevelt’s hopes for four battleships fade. Bucket shop rules advance in District of Columbia.
Indianapolis April 30 A split in the local Democratic party widens as District Chairman Bernard Korbly refuses to change the congress call set for Saturday. County Chairman Fogarty claims his organization was overlooked. Korbly says his action is within authority. Taggart backs Korbly but won’t intervene in primaries. Taft prospects and Harrison ties surface as reporters note temperance questions and a possible new Tammany-style machine rumored by locals.
A reader cites Mr Alvis Sampeon of Willimantic Connecticut who nearly gave up after many cures failed but says Boles Sydney Cure restored his health. He reports complete recovery and freedom from kidney pain after four bottles.
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