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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
Secretary Taft states the United States will withdraw completely from Cuba in spring 1909. He notes census delays push local elections to June and the presidential turnover to December, aligning with the promise made when temporary control began. Governor Magoon's report is described as encouraging.
Fire destroyed the Union station annex on Union avenue in Kansas City early Monday. The Union station proper and key offices were saved by firefighters after a hard fight. The burned building housed Adams Wells-Fargo and Lucille Express offices, a post office mailing room, Fred Turvey Eating House, Pullman Palace Car linen room, and Railway Y M C A rooms. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars due to fire started near 4 oclock from crossed electric light wires over the registry department of the mailing room.
Henry K E Sullivan a Namcoki Club member in New York leaves a will directing his executors to fashion circular buttons from his bones or one-half to one inch in diameter a tan his skin into purses and fashion violin strings from suitable parts of his body and attach them to the violin.
Judge Page Morris in St. Paul dismissed the case against the Woods brothers, alleged officers of the Wisconsin Stock and Grain Company, after the US District Attorney filed affidavits claiming jute had been tempered with. Sherman Saith of Minneapolis and jurors B E Benedict and Lyman Batchellor were cited to explain why they should not be punished for contempt of court.
A 16 year old Walter Jones died in Jellico Tennessee after climbing an electric light pole. His clothing snagged on an iron step and he was left hanging head downward as bystanders feared live current. The crowd hesitated to aid him to avoid electrocution risks.
Sir Thomas Lipton stated in a Monday interview that he has definitely decided to send another challenge for the America's Cup in September this year. He hopes for intimation that the challenge will be accepted and plans to begin building the challenger yacht immediately.
A large Berlin protest for manhood suffrage gathered about 70 000 participants. Police with drawn swords charged the demonstrators causing numerous injuries including women among the crowd.
Tangier dispatch reports two native passenger boats foundered near El Araish Morocco with forty dead. Among the victims are several Europeans. Casualties include local crews and passengers in a maritime disaster.
A Sunday school program at a Boyertown theater ends in tragedy as a fire kills about 100 people, many women and children, trapping attendees inside the venue.
In New York the state rests its case in the Thaw trial and the defense begins arguments aimed at saving the prisoner's life. The courtroom focus shifts to mitigating evidence and legal strategy as the defense questions the record and pursues life-saving alternatives.
J. F. Selby, mayor of Hillsboro North Dakota, collapsed and died in the Midway cafe in Moorhead. He was a prominent attorney and Mason and served as a member of the constitutional convention.
Mrs Theodore P Shonts announces the engagement and confirms February 15 as the date for Miss Theodora Shonts to marry the Duke de Chaulnes. The Duke has acknowledged the announcement.
A granite shaft monument to the Bennington disaster victims was unveiled at San Diego National Cemetery atop Point Loma. Admiral Goodrich gave the principal address as officers, sailors, and San Diego citizens witnessed the ceremony and the flag was raised after the unveiling.
Thousands in Lansing Michigan were struck by a mysterious illness during the night causing extreme nausea and acute intestinal trouble. Physicians cited atmospheric conditions, with widespread effects across families, schools, and businesses as calls to doctors surged from midnight onward. Two boys were found ill in the street and many teachers and pupils were absent.
The West Virginia Mining Association appeals for federal action to determine causes of recent mine explosions and apply remedies. Operators will contribute 28 to 10 thousand dollars annually for private research.
Hamburg American and North German Lloyd end seven year speed rivalry after a four year trade accord. Hamburg American renounces Far East passenger traffic and gains a larger share of American second class and immigrant traffic from North German Lloyd. White Star strengthens routes to compete with German lines.
George Tennyson and Terace Trosper are jailed as investigators close in on the death of David Tennyson, a Kansas farmer killed on Feb 27, 1906. A deathbed note from Flora Tennyson reveals she caused their father’s death, and names George as the killer. Flora’s confession aimed to shield Trosper, with whom she was in love, amid marriage objections.
Miss Mlizabeth Tristram a school teacher riding from Lorain to Cleveland on a Take Shore car found a mouse trapped inside her waist. She shrieked and clutched her side as the creature crawled inside her dress. Companions offered no help until the car reached Cleveland where the mouse was nearly dead from squeezing.
A blaze at the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern roundhouses in Elkhart Indiana destroyed eighteen stalls and damaged the big machine shop and oil house. William Shamburger aged 11 lost his life after escaping the oil room as paint explosion started the fire. Loss estimated at 140000 dollars.
Harry Iurst of John F E Hurst & Co. calmly entertained a Black Hand man who demanded $10,000 by mail at his Baltimore home. The caller, arrested, claimed to be Thomas Sessums, 22, a Coast Artillery bugler, after the police were summoned.
Charles Goodland a 15 year old night watchman at the Beacon Light Hotel Worcester Mass admits starting a fire that almost leveled the building and caused the death of Dennis Driscoll with about a hundred lodgers escaping. Police say he had previous but unsuccessful arson attempts and his sanity will be tested.
The battered body of Mrs. Mary Welsch, 70, was found bound with her head beaten in in Detroit. Police have detained more than a dozen suspects, none tied to the crime. Thomas Welsch, a cook said to be her brother in law, is in custody but denies involvement.
Joseph H. Sheppard of Millville New Jersey died by suicide after expressing inability to support his growing family. He paced the floor overnight and shot himself following the addition of a seventh child in recent days.
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company in Ontario closed its plant after workers, 75 percent local, demanded a 15 percent wage increase. With no return to work, directors chose to shut down the facility leaving 450 men unemployed.
Frank Purdy a Chicago resident and first year student in the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin was struck by an ice yacht while skating on Lake Mendota and died from his injuries.
Judge Windes of Chicago quashed the indictment against George Williams former building commissioner in the Iroquois theater fire case. The ruling rests on technical grounds and ends the last related case. None of the indicted individuals were ever convicted in the fire.
A collision on the Alabama and Mississippi railroad from Vinegar Bend Alabama to Leaksville Mississippi leaves multiple fatalities as reports confirm several killed and incidents under investigation.
The Battery tunnel in New York opened carrying about 140 000 people with little visible impact on the adjacent Brooklyn Bridge as crowds moved through the new route.
Paul Bowers aged 14 fatally wounds a burglar in his father home at Alverton Pennsylvania. Awakened by noise he waited with a safety item and fired as the intruder moved up the stairs. Police identified the burglar as a Black male.
Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews has submitted his resignation to the regents amid rumors it stemmed from defending Rockefeller, a claim officials deny. The move ends his long tenure at the University of Nebraska.
Thomas Holder of Green Grove Pennsylvania owes his life to a feather pillow he carried home to his wife after being thrown over a forty foot embankment by a fractious horse.
Reporting from Lincoln Nebraska indicates KE says Benjamin Andrews will resign as chancellor of the University of Nebraska. The development centers on the elevated leadership change and timing.
Captain Robert Dew paymaster for the Southern Railway at Pinners Point Virginia was run over by an engine and killed instantly.
Pennsylvania mine experts concur with West Virginia investigators that the Monongah disaster occurred due to a dust explosion triggered by a blowout shot in the mine at Monongah, Virginia.
The announcement confirms Baron Takahira as ambassador designate to the United States, succeeding Viscount Aoki in the post. The selection underscores Japan's diplomatic alignment with Washington as relations develop.
Ellis Island immigration station, with about 500 government employees, handles far fewer arrivals now. The commissioner notes a likely reduction in staff if the downtrend continues from the typical 5000 daily entrants to under 500, easing processing but signaling reduced activity.
A powder blast destroyed Du Pont mills two and a half miles from Edgemont Illinois at 10 30 p m Friday night. No fatalities occurred but many were injured as twenty five workers were inside or nearby. The shock extended to St Louis and Alton causing shattered glass and a theater rush for exits. Motorman Claude Barnes of Belleville was knocked unconscious ten feet from his post.
Fargo, North Dakota enjoys a remarkable winter with only a few inches of snow. Builders work as in summer as a mild climate persists in the Red River valley. Farmers prosper from bumper crops and residents report broad contentment and prosperity.
A railroad wreck years earlier saved Toward Koehl from murder conviction in Columbus. Several ribs broke, heart shifted under the skin, beating visibly to jurors. Koehl claimed his life hinged on stopping his attacker and that any exertion could be fatal, yet he shot and killed his victim and was acquitted.
A message from Norfolk reports a schooner from Long Point Maine to Charleston South Carolina stranded on Diamond Shoals. Five of seven crew perished, including the captain, with two survivors. Vessel’s name not given and cargo noted as fish scrap.
Mrs. Georgiana Dickinson alias Charlotte McDonald, 27, sought by Harrison New Jersey police over the murder of Mrs. Helena Whitmore whose body lay in Lampblack swamp, was captured in Cambridge Massachusetts. She said she is glad it is over and will return to provide information.
In Cincinnati the schedule committee fixed April 14 as opening and October 7 as closing dates for the season. Each league will play 134 championship games. Immediately after the regular season, the world championship series will begin.
Representative William Sulzer of New York's Tenth District married Miss Clara Podelheim of Philadelphia, a nurse who had attended the well known orator and Democrat, on Tuesday in Atlantic City.
A. B. Stickney's Chicago Great Western line has fallen to receivers after failing to meet obligations.
Stev James R. Kaye pastor of the First Congregational Church of Wheaton Illinois is sentenced to seven years in Leavenworth prison for counterfeiting.
Edwin J. Collier of Cleveland who killed his blind son and shot himself at his wife’s grave died from exposure. He was despondent over his wife’s death and his son’s affection.
Senate and House action outlines urged finance committee review of curr entcy bill and noted votes on prohibition resolution. Debates covered civil rights penalties and state versus federal powers, with lawmakers debating labor unions exemptions and jury qualifications amid ongoing codification efforts.
National Capital notes report Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to limit employers liability to corporations engaged in commerce Congress can regulate. Representative Waldo of New York urged the House foreign affairs committee to study asking the President to press Russia for the release of recently convicted members of the duma.
Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion Dakota relates a decade of intense itching and widespread scaly eruptions that resisted top doctors and remedies. After using Cuticura Ointment and Soap, he was completely cured and his hair restored, following a costly, fruitless search for relief. August 18, 1906.
A weary man steps from a train and struggles up to the waiting room resting along the way. An elderly gentleman offers help while the traveler insists he is not ill just exhausted from holidays and will recover in a week or two. He asks a passerby to call a transom and accepts help with his bag. He says he will be all right soon.
Mrs Frank M Roseboom of Moscow Idaho says inherited kidney trouble worsened to sleepless nerves with dizziness and back ache. After using Cosma's Kidney Pills the alarming symptoms disappeared. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Yester Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Detroit Free Press notes a shift in urban ailments from appendicitis to injuries from reckless driving. It describes how people talk of being struck by touring cars and pinned to crank hangers, signaling a growing concern over automobile accidents in the era.
A testimonial promotes Sloan's Liniment as a powerful sedative for nerves and fast relief from neuralgia and sciatica. J. P. Hubbard of Marietta S C credits it with curing years of head and jaw neuralgia after using a 25 cent bottle and plans to keep it on hand. He also cites use for insect bites and sore throat.
Fragment from a dialogue about a baby handling a fountain pen and a first folio. Mr Vellum reassures the incident enhances the book value and offers to dispose of it as an autograph copy.
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A mother watches her baby stumble through learning to walk and jokes that the infant waddles like a tiny version of the big fat papa. The scene captures a tender family moment with affectionate humor.
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