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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
3
A Delphi smallpox epidemic grows with about a dozen cases and daily new infections. Superintendent Townsley orders students to take home notices urging vaccination, and a physician will vaccinate children at the school daily at no cost, leading to widespread immunization.
Joseph Mahoyski was sentenced to jail for murder after a razor attack and fatal stabbings. Lawrence Ryan received eight years in the penitentiary under the indeterminate act. Pearl Robertson of Terre Haute testified about a wife desertion linked to a newborn girl.
Principal Leonard Young says students will be suspended as long as needed to remove tobacco smell from clothes. The report notes a student’s odor issue at Evansville High School and the strict discipline stance.
Floyd Ouster aged 18 was arrested in Princeton for passing forged checks at numerous stores. He has confessed most of the acts. He is the son of Prof. L. R. Ouster of Patoka, an instructor in the county school.
Mrs. J R Heath searched for her 2 year old son in her Anderson kitchen when he fell into a tub of scalding water. He struggled in the hot water and was rescued but is expected to die.
A blaze destroyed five buildings at the Indiana State reformatory and nearly the entire Indiana Manufacturing Company plant in Jeffersonville. Total loss estimated around 250000 dollars.
In Wabash Mrs Flora Fox was awarded 1500 damages against Willina Chavis for breach of promise. His children objected and he refused to carry out the proposed marriage.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lubin in South Bend arrived Friday, born on the seventh, marking the family’s thirteenth child.
Forest fires along the Ohio River between Fivansville and Cairo TL have caused farmers and lumbermen losses topping $100,000. The blaze affected fields and timber, damaging crops and valuable timberlands amid dry conditions.
Andrew Lokmiller aged 81 years living near Borden was burned to death. He was found by neighbors and lived only a few minutes after discovery.
Frank Lampa, 37, of Rochelle Tr was killed when a trench cave-in buried him. He was employed as a gas worker in LaPorte.
In Evansville a pressman Albert Daugherty died from injuries after a football game in Henderson Kentucky. Bedford resident John Brown 57 died of heart disease at dinner. Clara Herrick fell nine stories to death in Indianapolis. Peru woman Mrs Skinner killed by accidental rifle discharge. Moroco men Recher and Rogers report catching a giant pickerel. Mrs Unger 0 suffered fatal skull fracture in Wabash after a buggy accident. Frank Cooper was badly hurt.
Two tornadoes swept western Arkansas late Monday destroying Piney and neighboring towns. Death toll likely nine to twenty with hundreds of thousands in property damage. Counties hit include Lafayette Columbian Miller Pike and Yell among others as Berryville Cravens reporting injuries and deaths.
The Creek Indians allegedly trick Congress into a $7.9 million windfall in treaty terms. New-born children inflating the rolls push allocations high, with about 20 000 Creeks set to gain roughly $250 each as final settlement nears this winter.
Record notes Gatun dam in Panama shows sinking earth on its crest due to exceptionally heavy rainfall over the last three weeks. Crews monitor the embankment for possible breach risks as water levels rise.
A. G. Holt and wife were injured in a home incident. Dispatches indicate Barr village four miles away was wrecked. In nearby Mulberry about five people reportedly died, and at Lodi the Methodist church and several other buildings were destroyed.
Postmaster George M. Stewart of Seattle is removed for soliciting campaign funds. Elihu Root is urged as U S Senator to succeed Platt. Republicans hold both houses but with a reduced House majority. Cannon wins the Speakership amid labor and progressive opposition. several GOP lawmakers lose seats. Panama dam projects and Gatun area see settlements and landslides affecting rail lines and river control.
IT Ws Simmen of Los Angeles has developed an Automatic Train Protection device to prevent railroad collisions. In operation on a Santa Fe section in Southern California, the system records entry and exit times in dispatchers’ offices and signals engineers to stop or proceed. It interlocks switches to prevent unsafe signals, triggers automatic stops when a train or defect is detected, and records time and location of danger signals. An official test is planned.
The Boston Herald ends its Sunday comic supplement, arguing a great paper no longer needs a clown. It says the supplements are vulgar in design tawdry in color and devoid of art or ideas.
A Paris case centers on Mme Steinheil facing murder charges in the death of President Felix Faure and the artist Adolphe Steinheil. Reports say Faure met Steinheil in 1899, later died at the Elysee under suspicious circumstances, fueling political uproar and conspiracy speculation.
Belgium suffers deep deficits in state rail operation with last year’s shortfall rising above 2 million dollars. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul orders 7 500 cars boosting steel demand. Northern Pacific Brainerd shops extend hours as railway activity expands. Arkansas Rail Commission moves to curb 3 cent passenger rates while Judge Tricker blocks 2 cent tariffs. Pullman unveils new rate sheet promising annual tens of thousands more in revenue for chair cars every ten miles.
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Facts for Farmers notes that demand for farm implements is rising again and manufacturers anticipate a return to normal conditions next year. It cites the American Society of Equity organizing a Tri State Grain Growers department for Minnesota and both Dakotas and mentions Jifford Pinchot urging farmers to save water power from monopolies as electricity usage grows. It also reports Southern planters controlling cotton prices to raise wealth and records Ole Swanson claim of husking 141 bushels in eleven hours on a farm near Lake City Iowa.
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