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Newspaper
North Judson News
Location
North Judson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
2
The Treasury Department warns of a fiscal year ending June 30 1908 deficit near 10 million dollars, with receipts at 599 million and expenditures at 659 million. Customs and internal revenue lag reduce income by 65 million overall, while Panama Canal spending climbs to 38 million.
A Saturday tornado in Clinton Minnesota left 200 residents homeless. Thirty three houses were destroyed and twenty five damaged. Seven people died and sixty were injured eleven seriously. Doctors from Graceville and Ortonville treated victims for a full day as officials seek state aid and clothing.
Fire in a three story frame building on New ark avenue caused $100,490 in property loss. A defective electric light wire is blamed. Two Jersey City firemen, William Brannigan and John Rolen, suffered broken legs when a wall collapsed. Building owned by John Mullins and occupied by Gilmore E. O'Keefe.
Raymond Chapin Wells son of Robert M Wells vice president of Bankers National Bank Chicago died after falling from a fourth story window in a Jackson boulevard tailor shop. Passers by were startled as he toppled through a low filled window onto the sidewalk in the fatal accident.
A Milwaukee plant of the Winding & Geselschap Roofing Company burned with a deadly toll. Mrs Minnie Krueger 37 and children Julia 4 Gilbert 2 Eleanor 1 died. Julius Krueger 38 and Edward Krueger 8 were injured. The father and a son survived badly burned.
Recount of 1905 New York mayoral ballots completes with McClellan still mayor. Hearst gains a small net amount from Richmond boxes totaling 869, reducing his lead to 2 00 while McClellan’s official plurality sits at 3 834. Democratic Vermont delegates back Bryan by 198 to 37 in Burlington.
United States troops have been dispatched to towns along the Mexican border to prevent rebels from crossing and to block aid entering the United States.
A 13 year old negro girl won the championship of the American public schools in the educational contest held in Cleveland.
Albert Brown 23, black, executed after conviction months ago for killing his younger brother Harvey in a quarrel. The incident ends with a hanging noted in the report.
Immigration officials move to investigate why arrivals have fallen sharply from May this year to May of the previous years. The report shows large drops from Russia Italy and Austria Hungary while China and Mexico show small gains. Officials will study overseas methods possibly misrepresenting conditions to deter U S migration.
Anthony Comstock, secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, argues that divorces rise because many marriages start for status or money rather than love. He cites nagging and pressure at home as drivers, saying men seek peace outside the home and women bear responsibility for unhappy marriages.
Rev Valentine Strauss was shot and killed during a failed arrest at Stolper. His wife organized the posse to capture him as he fired from the fortified parsonage. The attack spurred fear and the village alerted authorities.
A large merger forms the American Piano Company in New Jersey with 6 million dollars of preferred stock and 6 million dollars of common stock. Initial members include Krueber & Co., Chickering, and the Foster Armstrong Company. The merged output is estimated at 18,000 pianos per year.
Grover Cleveland, twice elected president and the nation’s only surviving ex president, died suddenly at his Princeton New Jersey home Wednesday morning after three months of illness including rheumatic gout and acute indigestion. He had long suffered gout and diabetes with early 1914 indigestion from diabetes.
A fragmented account traces Stephen Grover Cleveland born in 1837 in Caldwell New Jersey through his career from clerk in a country store to educator and attorney. It records roles in Erie County politics Buffalo mayor governor president and later life including marriage to Frances Folsom and post presidency moves.
The article recounts Grover Cleveland’s health struggles and recovery, outlines his rise from clerk to mayor, governor, and president, and notes his two-term presidency. It also highlights Frances Folsom Cleveland as the White House bride, born July 21, 1864, and daughter of Oscar Folsom, tying her to Cleveland’s public life.
President Roosevelt orders national flags to half mast for thirty days after the death of Grover Cleveland at his Princeton home. The proclamation honors Cleveland as a long public career leader and announces suitable military and naval honors at his funeral.
A collection of quotes honoring Grover Cleveland after his death. Public figures including Taft Fairbanks Cortelyou Dewey Stevenson Harmon Carlisle Johnson Bryan praise his public service, courage, patriotism, and lasting place in history.
Public office is a public trust and laws long dormant are brought forth. The speaker urges vigilance in honesty and patriotic thought, noting politics as a condition to face, not theory, and stresses thoughtful, not intoxicated, civic duty. The duck hunter metaphor ends with a call for fair dealing.
A Johns Hopkins University initiative in Baltimore creates a new psychiatric clinic. Henry of Pittsburg has provided $500,000 to fund the project, intended as the first of its kind with adequate equipment in connection with four large universities.
The weekly Dun report notes moderate bank shrinkage ahead of dividends with ample money supply and easier credit. It cites stronger trade circles, steady recovery in textiles and metals, rising grain and livestock movements, and higher agricultural prospects along with stable prices.
New York retail and jobbing reports show warm weather lifting some sectors while fall buying remains cautious. Activity centers on feather and staple worsted wools, agricultural implements, and some steel products, with overall industry pacing below normal. June 25 U.S. failures total 150, Canada 34, against prior weeks and 1905 figures per Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.
Market notes from Chicago through New York show livestock and grain prices by city. Cattle range 4.00 to 8.00 per hundredweight, hogs 3.50 to 6.50, sheep 2.50 to 7.70, wheat No.2 about 80 to 90 cents, corn 60 to 83 cents, oats 40 to 60 cents, with regional variations and quality terms. Some entries include timothy hay 8 to 12.50, butter creamery 14 to 22 cents, and rye around 60 to 76 cents.
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