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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
2
An advertorial notes that kidney and bladder troubles affect both women and men, claiming Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer cures and prevents symptoms. It promotes sample bottles and a pamphlet from Kilmer and Company in Binghamton New York, urging readers to mention the newspaper when ordering.
The fragment states the Albany Tribune and Tribune Company was established in 183 by Gen Jasper Pacbard. It lists subscription terms for various advance periods and club rates for multiple copies, with postage payment methods and delivery notes.
A scattered, era-tinged collection notes Prohibition debates in Indiana, shifts in naval policy, and the oddities of public figures. It mentions Roosevelt’s tastes, Nogi’s nephew studying dairying, and Japan turning toward peace, while hinting at economic fears and political wagers amid a noisy national discourse.
A garbled report suggests a native group proposes increased labor and cooperation to reduce living expenses. The text mentions farmers, economy, and a call to work together to lower prices, though specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR. No clear names or dates are recoverable from the fragment.
The readable fragments describe friends and uncertain plans about someone named Bryan and a "wooden" issue. It hints at a choice involving a man and a possible realization of achievement if certain actions are taken, but details are unclear.
The piece riffs on marital cruelty and female resilience with a philosopher’s quip about logic and a wife's devotion. It notes a European chef touring America to showcase egg preparation methods and jokes about how to judge eggs without tasting. It also mocks Mr. Bryan and Democratic party rules, and comments on a misfit thirteen star coin.
A Waida manuscript lay in a London publisher’s pigeonholes for a year while the author suffered poverty and illness, underscoring the precarious fate of literary authors. Experts estimate the Jamestown Exposition totals would cause the national treasury to lose over 1 million dollars. Congress lent money on gate receipts that fell short, leaving the government a nonpreferred creditor with property still in corporate hands.
In a congress address the president notes public demand for immediate tariff revision. Vice President Fairbanks urges action by the present congress, praised by leading journals though the author seeks the Republican nomination. Roosevelt proposes a tariff commission for swift action before next fall’s elections.
A discussion argues for new field crops to boost American farming by expanding imports from Italy and other nations. It notes rising American demand for Martin vegetables and notes a 1907 trade value of two thousand dollars in this class of goods, suggesting domestic producers, not farmers, could meet demand.
A May 14 overview notes that congressional caucuses no longer bind members, with splits among Eastern and Western Democrats and unsettled currency legislation. It details a record of Senate deaths in eleven years, highlights ambitions met by persistence, and covers immigration control and Penrose resuming work after illness.
Washington dispatch reports Representative James Watson, Republican candidate for Indiana governor, open to a series of joint debates with Democratic rival Thomas R. Marshall. He envisions thirteen debates across congressional districts but prefers not to engage in joint forums. Indiana Republicans and the Civic League mix with politics as nominations near by primary vote next Friday.
General Oliver announced the War Department approved white granite for the Tippecanoe battlefield monument in Indiana commemorating Harrison’s 1811 victory over French and Indian forces. Indiana Governor Holcomb chairs the commission. A state inquiry found Indianapolis soldiers’ and sailors’ monument deteriorating under weather.
Local notices describe unresolved tensions between groups in Wee Paatte with references to Primeea and Bison factions. Citizens seek calm, while authorities urge restraint and dialogue amid rumors of planned demonstrations in late spring.
Myron E. Stanley and Lizzie L. Stanley seek legal separation in Harrison circuit court at Corydon after a contentious suit begun last week. Witnesses from New Albans testified to alleged misconduct as the couple, who wed in this city on February 28 1906, traded accusations and a prior cash gift of 1000 dollars is discussed.
The Rev. Edmund A. Neville rector of St. Pauls Episcopal, leaves May 25 for London as Indiana delegate to the Pan Anglican Church Conference at Westminster Abbey in June. He survived fifteen months among cannibals on New Guinea, later studied at Oxford, and served parishes across the Mississippi Valley before coming to Sedalia, Missouri.
A string of obituaries from the region notes deaths of John P. Foote at his Arandail home and Gilbert Harmon at age fourteen in Galena. Other bereavements include Mattie Scott in Division Street, Catherine Buechler’s infant in Georgetown, and David Driscoll, 81, at St Edward's in Ohio City. Funeral details and burial sites are listed for multiple individuals.
David Detrick of Elizabeth Harrison county marked his 101st birthday at home with family. He is the father of Mrs Ellen Burton and grandfather of Charles and Thomas Burton. In good health he recovered from a February grip, refused medicine, and plans to outlive Methuselah’s record.
A fragmented notice to heirs and interested persons references Vidliwinis and indicates proceedings involving heirs. The text is garbled with multiple unclear phrases and missing names, locations, dates, and specific actions, leaving the exact court and deadlines unreadable.
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