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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
2
In RussiaVille a lawyer named Sex hurled an ink bottle at an opponent injuring a bystander. The report notes prejudice against a new $20 gold piece but says it isn’t strong enough to stop its acceptance when presented.
A philosophical musing questions how mental lines shape female appearances, noting it is remarkable that more women do not resemble the interrogation point. The text uses metaphor to explore identity and perception without concrete events or figures.
An Australian physician claims sour milk is the sole real elixir of life. He asserts it suits those inclined to favor such a remedy and may appeal to certain dispositions.
The statement warns that a crowbar entry leads toward a battering ram, implying the escalation of home invasion crimes and the need for vigilance and protection measures.
A man in South Norwalk has just returned home from the Civil War, and his wife suspects he may have paused somewhere along the way.
Inventor touts a vehicle capable of operating on land or water and notes the greater need is a model that can move through mud. The remark highlights the challenges of mud traversal and potential future development.
The New York Sun recounts a burglar shot through a door, an action described as an effective way to expose daylight on the intruder. The incident underscores a dramatic, streetwise defense tactic in urban crime narratives of the era.
A note predicts Loredon will reach a population of 16 000 000 in 1969 as plans discuss expanding an island bloom.
Sixty eight ministers have preached trial sermons in a Butler Pennsylvania pulpit and all have been rejected. The congregation’s need is not nerve but discernment in selecting a pastor.
An Atlantic City man went to jail rather than kiss his wife. The report notes that if it were another man’s wife there would have been no question of imprisonment.
The speaker mocks Americans as villagers and notes the shame of remaining unaware of this trait. He urges recognition of a communal mindset seen in everyday life and public behavior.
American girl Miss Mary Money applies for a jockey license in France. If the saying money makes the mare go holds, she may find success in her racing pursuit.
The judge advises engaged couples to study the law of courtship while noting such study does not settle who lights the morning fire six months after marriage.
The remark suggests the eagle could be mistaken for a turkey in the design and quips that the turkey, if wiser in some matters, would fit as a national symbol as well as the eagle.
The remark notes King Edward's choice of a nurse as the first woman to receive the Order of Merit and calls it a distinct slap at the profession of a lady novelist. It questions whether Miss Corelli will remain quiet.
New York scientists or writers promote a sensational theory that the nation as a whole has stronger temptations toward vice than the city. The idea plays on old minstrel era stereotypes likening temptations to tiny creatures, a beetle beating and a bee producing.
A New York Weekly portrait of ideal brides who combine household skill, amiability, neat dress, adaptability, unselfishness, and thoughtful conversation. The article frames sug gestions as guidance for finding a suitable wife through enduring, practical charms.
A town in Oklahoma is named after Warren Sayre of Wabash. A Christian man from Evansville was scalded to death at Blount Plow Works when a steam pipe burst. Also noted are Connersville daily newspaper start, a new Courier Newspaper Company, Gas City Commercial Club formation, and Indiana school data for 1907: 16 841 teachers, 149 new schoolhouses, total annual school cost about 12 060 000 dollars.
One hundred Vermillion county residents gathered at Clinton last week to organize a company to build an inter urban line from Clinton to Danville Illinois.
Noblesville blacksmith James Wood receives a patent for a mail catching device used on trains. The invention can pick up mail at stations where trains stop and also drop mail at non stopping points. The device is reported as successful.
The Indiana Democratic Club will hold a Prean banquet at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis on February 17 with W. J. Bryan as a guest. No accommodations will be provided for TOQ guests.
Samuel I. Twigg and James M. Twigg, who sold the Pennville Record to Walter E. K. Great, have purchased the New Era plant at Cicero and plan to revive the newspaper.
After a fifteen year search Ruta Warahkelan, a young Histish girl now in Poston Mass, locates her father in Ander son. The reunion marks a long awaited family renewal.
James Merriweather of Port Wayne, chief clerk of the Grand Rapids and Indiana, was burned to death during a monthly winter trip at a furmer cottage in Rome City.
John Millikan aged ninety four and a longtime newspaper publisher died at Crownpoint. He was the oldest Odd Fellow in Indiana and served sixty one years as a member of Lafayette lodge.
George Smith of Fransville was fined 25 dollars and costs in the Police Court for throwing snuff in the theater to make women and children sneeze.
About 100 men women and children raided the South Bend railroad yards driven off by police after carrying away 15 tons of coal using baskets and sacks amid unemployment distress.
A major blaze nearly wiped King's Station four miles south of Princeton from the map. The total loss is estimated at 75000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
About 25 Indiana city mayors met in Indianapolis and a majority said they were not in hearty sympathy with a law forbidding them to succeed themselves in office. They urged reconsideration of term limits for mayors and other officials.
Men backing the Frankfort Delphi Northern Traction Company plan an accelerated stretch to complete the line early. They anticipate extending the route to Chicago in a subsequent phase.
Divorces granted in Marion county totaled 625 in 1907 up from 583 the previous year. Cruel treatment was the most frequent ground cited in petitions.
Announcement states Laporte Fish and Game Association has secured 3,000 acres for a game preserve with plans to add thousands more, aiming for a 5,000 acre area making it one of the state’s largest reserves.
A doll's arm detached from a toy and caused the death of Chris Baur's six month old baby in Orwell. The infant, playing with two siblings, swallowed the arm and died after hours of agony.
Randolph County grand jury indicts Ira Porter of New Pittsburg for murder in the first degree after his wife was killed by a shotgun discharge. Porter says the gun went off accidentally as she brought it to him.
Mrs. John Jack, 68, despondent after her husband’s sudden death from apoplexy, drowned herself in the farm watering tank near Wabash. The tragedy occurred on the couple’s property, with local authorities reporting the incident as a suicide.
In an annual address to the Retail Merchants' Association of Indiana in Terre Haute, President Clark urged the 11,000 members to enter politics and back legislators who will enact merchants’ policies. He also called for united opposition to parcels post and postal savings bank proposals.
On the farm of William Thomas near Logansport a well emits roaring sounds both day and night. The noises seem earthbound and locals avoid the area after dark. Many residents even prefer passing a cemetery at night to traveling by the well at the same hour. The cause remains a mystery.
After a fight with his brother in law Joseph Ballenger, Albert Teeple collapsed and died on his mother's Walkerton farm. Ballenger, aged 30, was arrested but released by the coroner. Autopsy showed Teeple's heart was about one third larger than normal.
State Senator Chumor Pelzer received twenty partridges from State Fish and Game Commissioner T. Sweeney for distribution among reliable farmers in southern Indiana. Warrick county gained $500 from hunting licenses last season, with one third used to replace game. Partridges, German breed resembling prairie chickens, are given with a promise landowners will restrict hunting and care for the birds. The birds act as insect destroyers and benefit farmers, while hunters often object to licenses yet help replenish game.
William K. Blakely Indiana factory inspector said a general inspection of 150 to 200 theaters statewide would start immediately. He noted smaller city theaters may need stricter scrutiny than large city houses and stressed safety devices to prevent possible disasters.
Charles Worken of Logansport stored ice fourteen inches thick in a cement basin after testing water depths and temperatures. He added water nightly, freezing layers to create solid ice, then cut and stored it in a house he built and is expanding.
Southern Indiana fruit and berry growers praise the chill as one of the nation’s most extensive sections. Springlike weather in winter failed to bring blooming, with buds swelling and strawberry vines showing early growth signs, threatening premature blossoms.
A hampered tutorial note outlines the Nicodemus meeting with Jesus from John 3, detailing born again doctrine and Jesus dialogue. It frames preliminary connections, time, places, and expository points about Nicodemus his status as a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin, plus the meaning of being born of water and the Spirit.
Two sisters and another girl report eczema relief from Cuticura products. A testimonial sings praise for Cuticura Soap and Ointment and notes a sister’s head eczema cleared. An additional sister uses Cuticura Resolvent as a tonic, with a closing remark about inner purity.
Moravian BEnarley and Spelta cereals aid hog and cattle growth across Dakotas and western states. Salter’s Billion Dollar Grass and Haywonder Teosinte claim top fodder yields, with Emperor William Oat prodigy and other seeds offered. Send 10 cents in stamps to La Crosse Wisconsin for the catalog and seed samples. Carrying a Bible does not prevent carrying poison.
A newspaper note argues many so called cures fail for chronic rheumatism neuralgia and related diseases. It claims St Jacobs Oil offers special qualities suited to long standing cases that resisted other treatments and physician prescriptions.
A reflective line suggests that those lacking love possess abundant sorrow they dispense to others, implying emotional restraint and social judgment in interpersonal relations.
A vintage advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists J J Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from WaLpina Kirnan & Marve, with claims of reliability. Also notes the product is taken internally and sold by druggists with testimonials available.
A reflective regional saying notes the difficulty of trust when a neighbor cannot be honest with himself. The line underscores ethical tension within close communities and personal integrity.
An advertised remedy promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days. Money back guarantee offered if no cure. The copy also contains unrelated religious musing about kindness.
An ad notes Kre Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children claims to soften gums reduce inflammation and ease pain at 25 cents a bottle. The rest summarizes moral adage quotes and a line about baking by Mrs Austins and a Cervantes maxim.
The General Demand for a simple pleasant and efficient laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Trusted by physicians for family use its known wholesome components provide gentle prompt relief. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product only at leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle.
Thousands of American women in homes sacrifice life to duty. They overdo to keep the home neat and children well dressed. Women suffer in silence from pains and aches, often worse, seeking help to overcome daily burdens.
A testimonial notes Mrs. F. Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs. W P Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania report improved health and renewed work capacity after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims thirty years of use aiding displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and related symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A Washington boy, Harry, tells a visitor he may run for president only after aging past his pitching days, illustrating a wry comic view of ambition and practicality. The remark appears in the Philadelphia Ledger through a lighthearted exchange.
A terse Pittsburgh Post snippet shows a skeptical wife demanding action as an expert is sought. The line hints at a cellar task to test a furnace, implying a local investigation or home repair scenario.
A new monthly publication named El Feminal is launching in Barcelona with editor Carmen Karr Lascarte. The paper aims to advance Spanish women and will feature letters poems and articles from prominent suffrage advocates in America England and elsewhere.
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