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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
4
An Albanian man recalls a horse linked to a foot bridge that was swept away by floods. The animal reportedly rode the current and later tugged the bridge back toward the bank, astonishing onlookers with its stubborn persistence.
Mrs. Lizzie B. Sledge of 540 Jones Ave Selma Alabama reports four years of widespread itchy black spots on face and body diagnosed as skin eczema. After two doctors failed the Cuticura Remedies stopped the outbreaks within six months and no symptoms returned for three years since October 28, 1906.
An incident on a rail journey reports a German passenger refusing the 35 cent regulation fare and paying 25 cents. The conductor stops the train and ejects him, prompting the traveler to walk along the track while the engine whistles. The episode is noted in the Rehoboth Herald.
Northwest news lists John Sunderland named Nevada Democratic committeeman replacing the late John H. Dennis. Port land shooting victim W F Dupee dies at hospital. murder charge against John Wynne. Various bank openings, court actions, railroad and arson cases, and local incidents across Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, with multiple named officials and locations.
Andrew Carnegie adds two million dollars to the ten million endowment fund of the Carnegie. Sousa recovers from ptomaine poisoning. Fire at Charles Gilbe residence in Watertown, N C destroys home. two children die. Western Union declares a quarterly dividend of 1 4 percent in stock. Topeka bans Sunday sales to essentials only. A Sugar Refining acting president elected. Ohio Brewers push saloon reform. A New York man kills himself after quarrel with wife of two months. Pittsburgh riot ties to black hand. Oklahoma elects its first two U S senators Robert Owen and Thomas Gore. Swiss president Brenner elected for 1908. Fanning and Washington islands sold to Father Broughton for 125000. Indian affairs report timber losses on reservations. Omaha janitor Colby murders wife with razor. fails to recover. Italian emigrants repatriation surges. Amalgamated Window Glass Workers win 12 percent wage rise. Actor George Best pleads guilty to bigamy. Nashville convict Park Mackey ends life after short term. Dalzell introduces bill punishing false national bank statements. Clayton proposes restraining federal injunctions against state laws. Nominations include Thom as Aikins and William Pope. Night riders shot near Mayfield Kentucky. infernal machine damages Danville Ills home. Sioux City woman enlists for Philippines service. Canadian debate over Japanese treaty. Hempstead man electrocuted after wire theft attempt. Canadian subsidy for Australia steamship Asia debated. subsidy expire next August.
A Lake City reader claims severe kidney trouble caused back pain dizziness nerves and eye strain. The testimonial says Dean's Kidney Pills cured the condition and notes the product sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Mullen Co of Buffalo New York.
A comic rural vignette recalls Uncle George, an old man struggling with impulse to steal, recently stealing a pig and kneeling in prayer afterward as his wife questions him. The piece shifts to a medical ad crediting Fiat's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio touting constitutional treatment and a druggist endorsement.
A father questions his son after church about a line from a male bonding phrase. He instructs him to open the Bible and find the chapter containing the phrase for future reference.
The note praises CASTORIA as a safe remedy trusted for over 30 years. It mentions a shop advert and mentions a man seeking work to chop wood and care for garden and animals. A humorous aside hints at matrimonial ads and fashion questions. The fragmentary text crosses product, employment, and social jokes in a single page item.
In St Louis, J Conway of the Retail Clerks' International union urged equal pay for women clerks who perform the same work as men. A tale from Paint Rock contrasts gender roles with a husband who refuses to help. Nevada’s George Smith has built a private church on a hilltop near Tonopah, near two major roads, with his settlement’s solitude nearby.
Arrangements place baseball in sunny Arizona with six games weekly through the winter season.
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