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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
6
A compact digest of home and foreign items compiled from all quarters of the civilized world for the busy reader. Brief summaries cover key events and developments across regions, with concise notes on politics, economy, and society.
The senate adopted resolutions seeking full information on the discharge of colored soldiers from the Twenty-fifth regiment. The house defeated the Littlefield pilotage bill removing bias against American vessels in the coasting trade. Treasury Secretary Shaw urged restricted credit currency and warned against panic. Taft defenses on Brownsville discharge and other war dept actions were outlined in annual reports.
The report lists a string of calamities and legal actions including the burning of Cornell Chi Psi chapter house with four students and three townsmen killed, indictments against Union Pacific and other rail firms for coal land frauds, execution of Johnny and Ibapah for murder in Nevada, a Florence Colorado mill fire, Alaska coal mine closures, fatal train crash near Elm Grove Wisconsin, death of social figure Miss Adeline Thomson, conviction in the Grace Brown murder case, and various natural and wireless communication events with no injuries reported.
A deadly streetcar shooting near Jackson leaves one dead two mortally injured and several hurt. Elmer McNeal fired on passengers including Prof J E B Kinnison and Harry White as Conductor Ed Cameron and Motorman Celum Stiles fought the gunman and dumped him from the car. McNeal, a 40 year old Wellston coal miner, had prior insanity hospital stays and amid heavy drinking may not survive.
President Roosevelt responds to a pamphlet by Bellamy Storer accusing him of aiding a plot to make Archbishop Ireland a cardinal. He labels the charges dishonorable and untrue, questions Storer’s gentlemanliness for publicizing private papers, and recalls Storer’s dismissal for entangling the administration in church affairs while governor of New York. He notes prior talk with President McKinley about the plan.
Paris reports the pope rejects the government proposal allowing Catholic worship under common law, keeping parish priests in churches until force removes them. Despondent mother shoots herself after learning her child’s condition. Colorado River finds a new channel around Hind dam endangering 1,000 homes.
Charles Marshall Graves, a key organizer of Richmond Virginia's Edgar Allan Poe monument project, reports a letter of commendation from President Roosevelt expressing support for the undertaking.
G Norman Meachen described how varied melodies aid healing in treating certain diseases during a London lecture on music therapy. The talk highlighted music as a potential therapeutic tool and discussed its applications in medical contexts.
Fenner street resident James R. Keeler recalls fifteen years of back and kidney pain before using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports relief from the first box and full recovery after two boxes, noting his wife and friends also benefited. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, N Y.
Lord Ronaldshay at thirty has traveled more than most men his age. He is said to know more about the Himalayas and Persia than any living person and has explored Kashmir Baluchistan Ladak Thibet and the Persian Gulf plus Ceylon.
A bemused author writes a piece he sends to editors. Rejected then accepted the tale unfolds with a playful twist as the manuscript survives a mock doom and finds its audience. The judge’s name appears in a sly conclusion.
The red billed weaver bird is a constant companion of the giraffe. It perches on the giraffe and flies slong when the host takes to flight. Giraffes defend with powerful kicks and are swift. Hunters sometimes ride at full speed to approach, and fat giraffes may be blown. The giraffe has keen hearing and smell.
An advertisement discusses causes of stomach and bowel trouble from overeating starchy and greasy foods and promotes Grape-Nuts as a remedy. It includes a user testimonial from a Battle Creek reader who recovered after starting Grape-Nuts, and references Postum and the book The Road to Wellville.
The Buffalo Express notes 4 174 homestead entries in July, with 1 212 Americans among settlers, mainly from Dakota and nearby states, drawn by Canada West farming prospects. Canadians praise practical American farming knowledge and readiness to invest, contrasting Western settlers with Maritime Ontario farmers. The article asserts broad welcome for Western U S settlers seeking prairie homesteads.
In a Granite State farming community, a proposed 500 dollar appropriation for a new schoolhouse sparked strong turnout. A veteran farmer derided the education push, calling it a distraction, and the skeptical crowd carried the day, defeating the measure.
A sailor from Newark New Jersey recounts a three year history of a leg humor that resisted medical remedies. After using Cuticura Soap daily and applying Cuticura Ointment six or seven boxes, the leg healed in three weeks and has remained clear since. The man notes he uses no other soap.
A misdirected anecdote cited by Gen Frederick D Grant at a Washington dinner recounts Maj Green asking his servant to repair boots and posing a joke about paying with leftover pay while a corporal had bought them for a small sum, reflecting wartime humor and dialogue.
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