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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1906
Page
2
A condensed week notes American Cuban intervention moves toward provisional governorship as rebels threaten Havana. Washington's forces prepare, Palma resigns, and storms lash Mobile and Pensacola with up to 200 lives lost and $12 million in damage.
Washington reports Maj. Jefferson Kean will lead sanitary regulation in Havana as yellow fever spreads there. Taft orders swift action. mobilization plans include about 5,000 troops, with a second force ready, while coastal quarantine may slow troop movements from Gulf ports.
Reports from New Orleans describe a hurricane flooding the Mississippi river delta with 18 inches of water over hundreds of square miles. The inundated area stretches 50 to 70 miles below New Orleans, affecting mainly fishermen and oystermen. Several people were missing as messages from villages reached the city. The tug Volt rescued 18 refugees overnight as water rose inland from the gulf, forcing people to dodge between trees.
Washington editors denounce the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that only money can pay for transportation. Publishers argue railroads may exchange ad space for transportation without violating law, claiming the decision is unconstitutional and harms newspapers while not affecting public rates or rail profits. The debate draws letters and congressional protest citing no intent to curb newspaper advertising.
At Saratoga the Republican state convention nominated Charles E. Hughes for governor after adopting a platform and adjourning. Hughes was nominated amid strong enthusiasm with support from Job B. Hedges and Senator Tully backing the ticket. In Indianapolis, two switchmen, Charles S. Reed and Herbert G. Oldridge, were killed in a collision between a switch engine and a coal car at the Big Four railroad yard.
Secretary Taft will deliver the Wisconsin speech to open the Republican campaign in Milwaukee, likely replacing Madison as the location during the first week of October. The event aims to rally support in the state for the party ahead of the campaigns.
Mine shaft at Rutland near Dixon Alabama caught fire Thursday morning. The flames spread to coal chutes near the Illinois Central railroad station and the blaze burned for several hours.
A newspaper ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female blues and related symptoms. It cites Rosa Adams of Louisville Kentucky praising restored health and renewed energy after using the remedy and invites readers to write for advice.
A discussion of water’s role in disease from the Revue Scientifique notes experiments from 1885 onward on Eberth’s bacillus typhus and other pathogens. It shows the bacillus persists longer in sterilized water than other organisms, implying water can harbor germs and trigger epidemics rather than merely transmit them.
A Mo physician testifies Postum improved his long standing nervous heart trouble after stopping coffee. He notes benefits for patients with heart nerves or stomach issues and says Postum is a better tasting vital sustainer and will be prescribed more widely.
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