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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
10
A long tale from The Christian Register recounts an old woman living beside the sea whose friendship with a king in distress transforms a nation. A stranger enters during a winter storm, finds shelter, and through her faith and courage the king learns contentment and enacts reforms. Her quiet kindness sparks vast change.
A Tammany figure recalls a Troy caucus where Michael Mulcahy was named to a ward ticket. Inquiries about the man with the same name lead Tom Mulcahy to joke that the new arrival has just sailed and will arrive in time for the election. The anecdote illustrates Celtics in civic life and immigration timing.
Dr Hurlimann reports two serious hay fever cases resistant to other treatments recovered using hot dry air from a six lamp red light apparatus. Patients inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth about twenty five to thirty breaths per session. He notes uncertainty whether the red light color itself helps and hopes further experiments will clarify the mechanism.
Governor Smith offers rewards of 100 dollars for each arrest and conviction in the ongoing barn burnings in Oglethorpe County. The report covers pension totals in Georgia through 1907, Governor’s death sentence clemency delay for Arthur Glover, federal wage questions at Fort Oglethorpe, and upcoming Georgia Cotton Association meeting. Also notes a 3,000 mile agricultural train start February 10 and fertilizer tag sales trends for 1908.
Announcement by the Wesley Memorial Enterprises building committee notes plans to erect a church hospital and later a girls dormitory in Atlanta. The project began June 1907 with substantial subscriptions and aims to serve rural Georgians visiting the city, offering moral religious life and care for the young and sick.
The Kentucky senatorial deadlock persisted with no near vote shift. Senator Campbell received Blackburn's telegraph praising his stance against Beckham. Veterans who supported Blackburn in 1896 say Panama's governor's congratulations for the same act look ironic.
A New York canvass of 12 trades and trade journals reveals optimism for 1908 with dry goods leading the way. Retailers report best Christmas trade on record across San Francisco to Tacoma and Atlanta to San Antonio, while depleted stocks prompt renewed orders and improving collections as interior banks release money. European producers plan price protection by curtailing exports rather than lowering prices to aid American importers.
Justice John M. Harlan warned of an eventual conflict between the yellow and white races, speaking at a Navy League event. He urged a large navy, arguing the Constitution supports Navy funding, and urged fortifying seaports and Pacific and Atlantic defenses to deter or prepare for war. He warned war could come suddenly and urged readiness.
In Chicago J H Harrington a Western Union lineman died after touching a 44 000 volt wire while a dispute over wire clearance began near the Drainage Canal powerline at Rockwell Street Harrington climbed the pole to inspect the distance between lines and was instantly burned.
Extra cots have been sent to Blackwell's Island to make room for the largest prison population in New York history. The Workhouse is full as long term vagrants are moved to Blackwell's Island Penitentiary and Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn to make space for daily arrivals of up to 100 prisoners. Over 700 women and nearly 900 men are in the metropolis Workhouse.
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