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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
2
The Mauretania achieves a rare feat by breaking a propeller blade and setting a world record on the same voyage. Alfred G. Vanderbilt notes his income has fallen to 800000 dollars annually but stays optimistic.
A man who maintained a double life on a salary of sixteen dollars a week would appear a wizard to men struggling to live on double that amount.
Bernard Shaw's new comedy treats marriage as a joke and draws sharp opposition from men who have married but fail to see the humor. The satire targets marital norms and the male perspective on domestic life.
A claim suggests women's feet are growing larger while arguing a shoe size reflects fit rather than actual foot size. The statement asserts a woman's foot is the correct size regardless of shoe size worn.
A New Yorker served a year and a half for forgery due to mistaken identity. He reflects on having a clear conscience during the period of his incarceration.
Announcement states war has been declared against house flies. It notes grandmothers once fought them from morning until night and implies continued vigilance.
After the country's standing timber is exhausted by waste, the Missouri river will provide an almost inexhaustible supply of snags for the wood pulp trust to use.
A professor claims English will be a dead language in 4,000 years. The remark follows remarks on how quickly baseball slang could spread worldwide.
Ida Tarbell told a women audience that the common enemy is man, a remark praised as reasonable and elevating the discussion to a higher plane. The speech framed gender bias as a shared issue requiring attention and reform.
George W. Kidd of Monroe City Mo ate thirty six bananas sixty oranges and a pound of candy in one sitting. He later blamed the pancakes his wife made for breakfast for his indigestion.
A Texas pair walked ten miles through rain and mud to a wedding, a tale that prompts optimism about marriage. The piece also notes a London magazine criticizing Britain’s rail costs and pricing of butter and meat from various regions.
A local remark from an arid region notes water abundance on the Staked Plain after a valuable colt drowned. The comment frames the loss as a bright side, saying it is a fine thing to have water enough to drown a horse.
The passage argues that prevailing youth behavior stems from a lack of discipline and that the notion of effeminizing the American schoolboy captures this rise in insolence and defiance toward authority.
The passage argues that city dwellers are inherently hay seeds at heart who grow restless as nature returns in spring. It emphasizes a longing for open spaces, flowing waters, and freedom in the wild, noting both men and women feel this pull.
New York State buys nine hundred fifty thousand seedling trees from German nurseries for Adirondack reforestation. Three year old trees are planted in treeless districts while the two year old batch will be grown in nurseries a year longer. Germans sell three year olds at four for a cent, influencing the import.
Clement Studebaker will build a $200,000 residence in the suburbs of South Bend. South Bend business men plan to push for better roads radiating from the city as a business priority. Copious rains ease drought in southern Indiana, benefiting farmers.
In a dispute over pipe smoking at Francisco Bud Jackson, Lafe Bushrod was shot and killed. The incident centers on who had the right to smoke the pipe when the fatal shot was fired.
The Socialists of Venderburg county nominated a county slate. State representative candidate William Maxburg, a bartender, was selected for the ticket.
Cyrus Sampson of Owensville fell from a water wagon that follows threshing machines and suffered two broken ribs along with additional injuries.
Chester Pettus, fourteen, was injured at Bloomington while showing a crowd of boys how to ignite a dynamite stick. He had both hands shot off in the blast, a tragic accident prompting warnings about handling explosives.
Katherine Daniels, four year old daughter of Albert Daniels, died in New Albany after a bonfire attempt with matches in an alley. The tragedy underscores dangers of child access to fire and local hazardous conditions.
Ed Scots, a farm hand for Mrs. Mary Shammond near Hazel wood, was burned to death when lightning struck the barn where he worked. The incident occurred while he toiled in the barn during a storm.
Aaron Davis a 60 year old farmer was arrested at Shoals and jailed on suspicion of attempting to kill Delbert Evans by placing strychnine in Evans water jug.
Formal remonstrances lead to Tipton county becoming dry after September 24. No saloons exist outside Tipton city, and only three remain inside the city limits.
Evansville business leader T. M. Eliott head of a Bible class was charged with attempting to assault Laura Steinbach age 15 and is held to the Circuit Court for trial.
After a State Board of Finance meeting in Indianapolis Governor Hanly announced the state earns 33000 dollars yearly interest from funds under the public depository law enacted by the last Legislature.
A new company capitalized at 900000 has been organized in Mishawaka to reclaim old rubber. In the coming days work will begin on a large plant, and upon completion the facility will provide jobs for about 300 men in one of the Wests largest projects.
Wellman Smts of Wabash died of consumption and on his death bed dictated a warning to his friends urging them to quit smoking cigarettes and drinking. The note emphasizes quitting tobacco to avoid a similar fate.
Arthur Hight an 18 year old from Valparaiso confessed to Akron police that his conscience would not allow him to continue stealing. He admitted being a thief and stated he was wanted in Indiana for grand larceny. Indiana authorities have been notified.
John W. Emison Jr of Vincennes was fatally injured when he cranked a touring car owned by William H. Glover while the engine was idle. The vehicle moved forward, pinning him against an iron fence before it could be stopped.
The Republican State Central Committee announced three speaking appointments for President Roosevelt in Indiana during the campaign. One likely venue is Michigan City, with Terre Haute Evansville Indianapolis South Bend and Hammond as other candidate cities.
Mrs. Sarah Collis of Princeton hosts seventy seventh birthday supper for her children from near and far. She suffers a coughing spell at the table and dies shortly after.
The Busy Hoosier Hon reports by Mary Stubbs Moore show Indiana produced 62,648,508 dozen eggs last year, up from 62,410,103 dozen the prior year.
A forfeited franchise grants Linton a place in the Eastern Illinois Baseball League. The move secures Linton’s spot and reshapes league alignment for the season.
A gas well west of Sullivan is producing about 1 300 000 cubic feet of gas daily. In a separate incident near Greenfield, David Bennett Hill aged 18 and Ernest Hopper aged 19 were struck and killed by a Pennsylvania passenger train at the Leonard crossing while driving.
Gertrude Wilkinson of Warsaw sues Paul Byrer for 5000 dollars alleging he pulled a chair from under her as she prepared to sit, causing a fall that damaged her spine permanently.
In Big Lick creek Hart ford City a new profitable industry has emerged as mussel hunting and pearl digging expand. Last week a jeweler purchased about fifty pearls varying from pinhead to pea size, signaling growing local interest and trade.
A state census shows on March 1, 1908 there were 501 495 head of beef cattle, up from 445 010 the prior year. Beef cattle sold reached 386 770 versus 432 664 last year. dairy cattle on hand were 545 043, compared with 70 543. Fulton led in dairy and beef cattle. top beef counties included Montgomery Clinton Hendricks Boone Putnam Fulton Wabash Parke Delaware and Fountain.
Reports from the Indiana Bureau of Statistics show 1907 wheat sown acreage at 2,059,615 compared with 2,391,478 in 1906. The 1907 crop totaled 934,874,726 bushels with an average 14.58 bushels per acre. Posey leads 66,926 acres, Gibson 59,628, Shelby 58,477, Rush 53,007, all heavy in 1906 as well.
Democratic vice presidential nominee John W. Kern was greeted by neighbors in Indianapolis after returning from the Denver convention. Charles W. Fairbanks delivered the leading address at the event. Kern and Fairbanks, longtime friends, live nearby with wives who share club memberships, and the welcome was non partisan along the railroad corridor after passing the Indiana line.
Walter C. Burbank former Purdue student and Lafayette native elopes with Alice Kemp Satterlee daughter of a London merchant. Their engagement sparked a chase across the Atlantic and her father reportedly forgave the couple after detaining them in New York. Burbank twenty four and once befriended by Chicago society women before moving to New York two years ago.
The Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company of Brazil has received a contract for 5,000,000 paving bricks to be used in St. Louis streets. The move follows experiments indicating Brazil clays are the finest for such bricks.
The county auditor apportions a total of 26383 dollars and 43 cents from liquor licenses to the schools of Indianapolis and Marion County. The funds will support educational programs and operations in the district.
Paris Pattern No. lists multiple Ladies shirt waist designs with options in shirtings, colors, and sleeves. Sizes range from 32 to 42, with additional options for 52 to 42 in some entries. Also notes a ten cent price for each pattern and a pond lily center piece pattern with Wallachian stitch details. Fashion editor at 400 Century Building Indianapolis invites orders.
The article recounts Samuel rebuking Saul for sparing Amalekites and spoils against God’s command to utterly destroy. It notes Saul’s insistence on obedience mixed with self interest, and Samuel’s denial of reconciliation, declaring the Lord has rejected Saul from being king.
A Philadelphia Press quip recalls a husband noting his wife’s sharp sarcasm after marriage while she counters his past behavior as a suitor. The exchange highlights evolving marital dynamics with humor and irony.
The New York Sun quotes the confession of the masked man stating he let his wife cut his hair and expresses solemn sympathy for the troubled figure in a restrained historic note.
In a brief dialogue Eddie Motorby equates sixty minutes to sixty miles in a humorous exchange with a classmate. The fragment suggests a playful lesson in measurement using time and distance.
This collection notes assorted antiquated curiosities and anecdotes such as whales never in the Gulf Stream and Holland dikes towering up to forty feet. It mentions Paris cork sellers, Gainsboroughs deep artesian well, and claims about baked potatoes. It also recounts a Cincinnati ghost prank, drunken Indians near Sapulpa, Paris theater hat enforcement, and a Treasury clerical bias favoring brunettes with a disguise fail by a blonde applicant.
A Kansas City Star note recounts a bank president and depositor discussing the weight of currency. He asserts twenty six new one dollar bills balance a twenty dollar gold piece while twenty seven new bills match it, suggesting worn bills gain weight via dirt.
Mme X seeks a new butler or carver. The applicant asserts skill in table service and carving. He notes ten years as a surgeon's servant in a dissecting room as proof of his competence.
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange, a speaker favors meeting Miss Dingleberry noted as well informed, but another prefers the baby faced girl with blue ruffles. The light dialogue contrasts two social introductions.
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a visitor remarking on hard prison beds and the warden replying they are more comfortable than summer cottage bunks. The exchange underscores stark prison conditions and inmate hardship.
A Philadelphia Press quote frames a discussion on character, noting a man’s potential while suggesting blunt intervention to force change. The exchange highlights tension between perceived laziness and future promise.
Washington physician reports years plagued by headaches memory trouble sleeplessness and irritability improved after switching from coffee to Postum brewed correctly with cream and sugar. He claims he gained 20 pounds and feels reborn with clearer mind steadier hands and renewed energy. The letter, promoted by Postum Co., cites testimonials and urges others to try Postum.
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