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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
8
A veteran railroad conductor admitted stealing fares over twenty years by slipping a silver dollar from students and pocketing the extra. He resigned in October 1904 and sent a full confession via a $24,000 check. Officials chose not to prosecute and instead raised his salary.
Excavation of ancient Memphis will start soon under Professor Petrie of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. Mitrahineh villagers must be relocated and compensated before work proceeds, with an estimated $15,000 yearly for fifteen years to excavate temple sites and the city.
The Stockton California Arbor Club starts a campaign to fund watering for fourteen miles of trees along four roads leaving Stockton. Drought makes watering essential and more funds are needed to care for trees grown through the summer. The group plans to extend planting on these roads and dream of shaded lanes in coming years.
Budapest reports the death of General Stephen Turr a veteran who served in the Austrian army the Hungarian revolutionary government Garibaldi Omar Pasha and the British transport service. Captured in Budapest in 1855 he was sentenced to death for desertion but commuted to banishment after protests from Britain and France. He later settled in Paris.
A playful exchange from the New York Press features Hewitt and Jewitt. Hewitt asks why the person called by telephone was not heard. Jewitt replies it was his wife he called.
Sheridan Lodge K of P No 176 adopts resolutions expressing deepest sympathy to the widow of brother James Murry and draping the lodge charter in mourning for sixty days. The document notes publication, records entry, and widow’s copy. Also Missionary workers Band announces a meeting next Sunday at Wesleyan Church with invitation to all.
The Noblesville board opened two bids for concrete road work of 10th street with crushed stone. W Ewing Shields offered 24 566 62 and H M Seearce 25 350. The award went to Shields. Other road bids followed with several amounts. Receivers for United Boxboard and Paper company were appointed with Thomas F Raymond and Sidney Mitchell overseeing plans to reorganize and consolidate assets.
Federal Judge Kohlsaat in Chicago ruled newspapers could not trade advertising for railroad mileage. The government stopped a contract between Monon Railroad and Munsey's Magazine. The suit will go to the U S Supreme Court.
The item lists land transfers including 3o Washington Glass Co. to Fred Gintert in Cicero and multiple others in Jackson Atlanta Noblesville and Indianapolis. It also notes ongoing cases Indiana Bottle and Glass Co. vs Arcadia High Pressure Bottle Works and Earl Woody vs Central Union Telephone Co with damages claims and venue changes. All hot weather records for the locality were broken as temperatures peaked 95 to 100 degrees with no fatalities but congestion cases reported. The column ends with a notice from J N Fausset requesting patrons pay monthly due to other business demands.
An optimistic note says hard times ease labor demand as farmers and families may now find temporary help during harvest in fields and homes, easing the burden of extra work.
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