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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
10
Discussion outlines proposed social measures to protect wage earners and raise living standards. It cites unemployment, accidents, sickness, and old age as risks, comparing US needs to European systems and urging insurance, savings, training, and regulated work conditions to ensure widespread opportunity and safer, healthier workplaces.
The piece argues play is essential for healthy growth, asserting children need free outdoor exercise to build body and mind. It cites playgrounds and gymnasiums, contrasting Greek ideals with modern schooling to warn against neglecting physical activity.
The speaker argues that commercial fluctuations in the United States and Canada are inevitable and do not signal a deterioration in real prosperity. He maintains that industrials and commerce remain stable and prosperous, buoyed by vast resources, energetic people, and expanding trade across the continent.
Lieutenant Shackleton leads a British party aboard the Endurance seeking the South Pole. The expedition uses a motor car for early travel and a Siberian pony for the final dash, with 28 men aboard the renamed Nimrod. They plan depots within 750 geographical miles of the pole and aim to plant the Union Jack on reaching the pole. Shackleton previously joined Captain Scott's 1902 dash, endured snow blindness, and earned the Victorian Order.
Dr Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago argues that John D Rockefeller uses his wealth for humanity by funding universities and research. The longtime academic leader, born in 1849 and a Grover Cleveland nephew, notes Judson’s own rise from teacher to university president and lists his publications and German commendation.
A profile of Victor J Dowling, Supreme Court justice and Thaw trial judge, notes his brisk rulings and intolerance for stray legal debates. It cites his rapid 40 minute verdicts, early career under Fitzgerald, academic honors at the University of New York, and service in the state senate and Tammany leadership.
The new Oklahoma district representative Charles D. Carter, a Chickasaw and Cherokee descendant, recounts his ancestry and early life. Born in a log cabin near Baggy Depot, he grew through Chickasaw Nation schools, worked as a cowhand, then rose from auditor to superintendent of schools and mining treaties before entering Congress.
Dr H W Wiley told the House Agriculture Committee that common preservatives such as borax benzoic acid benzoate of soda copper sulphate sulphur dioxide formaldehyde and salicylic acid in foods can harm health kidney disease is blamed on constant exposure and salt curing may replace sulphur in fruit preserving whiteness and dryness while reducing harm.
A man or woman in the dressmaking trade faces nervous prostration and economic hardship. The account cites Anne Bannerman Sedgwick Hitt 38 seeking any job to escape the exhausting pressure of the apparel industry. The excerpt describes long hours, social sacrifice, and a plea for better support for dressmakers.
Patrick Prendergast lived above a beehive hidden between floors of a 100 year old Abington home along Old York road. When the house was moved for remodeling, workmen uncovered more than 200 pounds of honey which was given to new owner John Lambert Jr. after title transfer. A Field Marshal quote from Sir Evelyn Wood closes the note with a school remark.
Carson Nevada report says after adjournment a caucus of legislature and Mine Owners association pressed to abolish the card system used in Gold Field mines. Lawmakers said police bill would not be considered until the card system is scrapped, citing its requirement for workers to renounce union allegiance. The move reflects tensions around Southern Camp conditions and the potential new police measure.
In Bakru Trans-Caucasia a mob of workers cornered the engine after an accidental rail yard death. The engineer escaped by fleeing the crowd and driving the locomotive through it, killing six men and wounding many more.
Washington state reports Mrs Daisy M L Wagner found shot in head near Soo park after tense marriage. Her husband Howard G Wagner, an auto dealer agent, threatened suicide after learning of her death. In Tacoma Aj W Thornely, 60, a Mexican vice consul and broker, was killed by highwaymen near the Northern Pacific wharf. a $1000 reward is offered for the killer’s capture.
The steamer Amsterdam collided with the Axminster Tuesday night and sustained damage. All passengers and crew left in boats and were rescued. twenty eight remained aboard the Amsterdam but were later taken by the Norwegian steamer Songa.
A man notes rats correlate with wood, cellars, walls and floors, suggesting cities with no wooden buildings would have fewer rats. A Savage Landor travel excerpt recounts Africa travel where a Somali servant uses a colored label as a medicine, sparking barter with a Carayu woman. Another short line has Jack preferring currants to fish.
Opinion excerpt contrasts gender norms noting that a plain woman is more handicapped than a brainy man. The piece aligns with 19th or early 20th century magazine rhetoric from Ladies' Field and critiques societal ideals of female attractiveness.
The text discusses ivy growth over a wall and its cooling effect in summer and warming in winter. It notes ivy can protect the wall but is destructive to woodwork and mentions a fragment about a Korps and Jolrita-sipart dated 28.
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