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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
2
Greenville Journal reports alarming U S coal mine dangers during 1900 with nearly seven thousand killed or injured nationwide. Lack of enforceable mine laws and insufficient explosive safety, plus gas and dust hazards, drive high fatal and nonfatal incidents. European precedents show stricter explosives limits and government inspections as remedies.
A long disjointed discussion on eye diseases links fatigue and rest to eye health, noting effects of diet, tobacco, and reading in trains. It cites New York Weeks on eye strain, mentions glasses, light exposure, and the need broader library access while warning against overuse. It also references editorials debating city life versus rural life and a western editor’s farming gender solution.
A Boson man was arrested after whistleing on the street and imagining Philadelphia as the scene, fearing he would burst his linge if he spoke and awakened more than echoes.
A massive blaze swept Chelsea Massachusetts destroying hundreds of dwellings and public buildings. The fire caused by a gale raged over twelve hours, with at least forty to fifty people injured and many missing. Officials estimated losses around eleven million dollars as responders battled the flames and saved scattered properties.
Fragmented reports describe a case where a mother and daughter, with the daughter’s lover, are linked to multiple thefts and a confession from a suspect. The scene involves a bourgeois neighborhood, a protestant preacher, and alleged sexual misconduct. Local authorities report arrests and ongoing investigations as details remain unclear in the garbled dispatch.
A carload of strike breakers from St Louis arrived in Pensacola provoking a violent clash with union sympathizers. Police dispersed the mob after bricks bottles and missiles were used for over an hour. Five workers were injured and many others sought shelter as crowds filled streets and saloons closed under a protective proclamation. Benjamin Commons urged workers to stay calm while deputies were sworn in to restore order.
A flood across the Southwest damages rail lines and stations. River overflows flood streets near St Louis and San Fernando, delaying trains. Several drownings reported as streams surge and water authorities warn of ongoing hazards at Carthaca and nearby towns.
Canadian coast guard officer Matflerbert Wright stationed at Emerson Mun was arrested at Noyes Mint after being disarmed by a United States immigrant officer near a care facility. May French, previously denied admission ten weeks ago, implicated in the incident. Wright is the son of Emerson's mayor, fueling tensions between the two governments.
Mrs. William Adkins and her two children drowned when their riverbank home slipped into the Guyandotte River at Dink, Huntington, West Virginia. The family residence had been weakened by recent floods and storm damage.
Two mail sacks containing eastern states mail were stolen from a depot platform in Janesville Wisconsin Thursday night. The sacks were found ripped open with part of the contents missing. Mrs Russell Sage provides 250000 for Princeton dormitory and freshmen led gift announcement. Jewelry store robbed by two women in Salt Lake City Boyd Park store on Main Street of diamonds worth 6000 dollars.
In a Richmond trial Friday Thomas McGonnigle and Mrs. Burnett faced charges over the murder plot against Mrs. Margaret McGonnigle. Witness Batley testified that in 1907 McGonnigle offered 3150 to kill Mrs. McGonnigle, promising severe harm if he ever spoke. Fannie Davis testified the pair offered $50 to kill Mrs. McGonnigle and plotted staged killings with a bottle of wine laced with poison and a revolver left at the home. Jane Burnett claimed she would kill Mrs. McGonnigle, according to statements relayed by Davis.
Detroit judge Phelan denounces the Bowin murder case as a grave miscarriage of justice. Percy Bowin of Woodville Ontario confessed to killing Mrs Cornelia Welch owner of a disreputable Congress Street East establishment and stealing items. Bowin later recanted, alleging Captain McDonnell pressured him with a pardon threat. officers deny the claim. The proceedings centered on the confession and accompanying evidence.
Dr Janes Shapard Cabanne aged 62 founder of Cabanne place died at St Vincent s hospital after a life split between wealth and poverty and a scandal ridden marriage. His second wife Dela Doherty and his four children lived in the Norris North St Louis home. An Aurora Chicago electric car ran a carriage two miles west of Maywood killing four women and injuring another man who died later.
Mrs Rachael Isenberger of Nieta I died at 87 at her daughter’s home in Burlington She leaves 14 children and 201 descendants. Victim of Husband's Rage Dies in Pueblo a society woman Sherman T Camback was shot by her husband in jealousy and killed himself. Floyd Grounds 14 and Frank Wilburn 18 smothered in a wheat bin at Dunkle. New president of Butler College Thomas C Howe dean of faculty elected president by trustees May afternoon.
Washington report notes Senate unanimously passed the employers liability bill with no changes, extending to railroad common carriers. President to approve pending. Also details on Roosevelt’s message against anarchism and ongoing House actions, including filibuster, quorum games, and conference on various appropriation bills.
Paso Robles California Rear Admiral Evans will not rejoin the fleet at San Diego nor partake in southern California port celebrations. Doctor P F McDonald, surgeon on the Connecticut, advised against his joining the fleet. Evans will defer to medical judgment, despite personal disappointment.
Wednesday's Lense session marks a milestone with adoption of new rules to curb the Democratic filibuster and the passage of two House-introduced measures aimed at the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce and Labor for information on the social paper trust. The naval appropriation bill was reported to the house.
Charlea A. Murphey prominent lawyer and real estate dealer shot himself in an Astor house room Thursday night, with financial troubles cited as the cause. Freight rates cuts ordered by South Dakota board from Sioux Falls range 10 to 43 percent for western region.
A well conducted fire drill at Fleming school in South Denver saved 100 pupils from death or injury when an overheated furnace caused a blaze on Thursday.
Doukhobors resumed a naked street procession in Fort William on Thursday. About 40 sketched off, but only 15 actually paraded. police arrested them.
Navy officials discuss creating home villages for sailors with purchasable lots near fleet ports. Plans include Atlantic and Pacific coast sites, possibly Staten Island near New York and near Puget Sound, to boost enlistments and provide regular port calls. Admirals Burwell and others advocate the project to keep trained sailors in service.
United States court of appeals in St. Louis orders Omaha to buy the Omaha Water Works system for 6.263 million dollars. Appraisers set the value. case remanded to district court for final judgment. Judge Hock writes the opinion with Judges Adams and Garland concurring.
Great Lakes shipowners approve an open shop approach for this season affecting over 40 000 men. The plan, unanimously agreed at the Lake Carriers Association annual meeting in Cleveland, aims to operate without mandatory union labor. Unclear if unions will oppose the decision. representatives were present at the meeting.
Dr B C Spinney of Chicago must repay 37800 to the Iron Chain Minnesota organization. The Nebraska supreme court ruled the purchase of the Minnesota society invalid. Spinney heads the Bankers Union fraternal society which took over the Tron Chain in 1901 with Omaha as its home office. The ruling stems from the invalid sale conducted in Lincoln Nebraska.
A 4 negro man Albert Fields was arrested after confessing to an assault attempt on May Morris, a 12 year old white girl in Longview. He was hanged in the courthouse yard by a rope looped around his neck as a mob carried out the act. Separately in Kenora Ontario a rock struck a Canadian Pacific passenger train, derailing four coaches and killing engineer Love.
Rev. Father Joseph A. Graham rector of the Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament shot himself twice in the heart Friday afternoon in his study. He died almost instantly.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elisir of Senta as a trustworthy family laxative. It says the product cleanses and relieves internal organs pleasantly without debility or increasing dosage, and notes physicians approve its safe ingredients.
A collage of mock ads and humor sketches including Allen's Foot-Ease promotion for sore feet and ingrowing nails, a quip about Cin out and overbaccer, plus brief satirical exchanges on blasphemy, etiquette, and domestic mishaps. Notable items: a punchy dialogue in Ally Sloper style, a Chinese laundry joke, and a domestic quarrel translation to plain speech.
A rich young lady details six years of nervous dyspepsia and $300 in failed treatments from pastry and pork. She says switching to Grape Nuts brought immediate improvement, with a four pound weekly gain, and urges publication to help other sufferers. Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan supplied the letter.
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