This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
A discussion on the impact of modern hospitals from ancient care to antiseptic advances, praising nurses and women benefactors, with notes on London hospitals, public health progress, and the broader Christian duty to alleviate suffering. includes occasional commentary on social conditions and medicine.
A brief roundup reports on congressional passage of the Aldrich financial bill in the House, a Senate Overman bill, and nominations including John Leich for public printer. It notes Roosevelt veto threats, Navy budget items, and a proposed policy on dam and stream rights with bids and construction considerations.
A chaotic mash of names, places, and events outlines a volatile period. Notable items include Syiator Chip of Mua Heaoks named as a Cher of the Mrmy ithe, Nathan Meyer in a commerce note, and Marlowe’s nervous breakdown in New York affecting two weeks of engagements. Also listed are a will dispute over a Philadelphia estate valued at a slated figure, Cardinal Logue’s attendance at an Ireland rail, and multiple violent incidents, political shifts, and legal actions across Detroit, Canton, Chelsea, and New York with suicides, arrests, and crimes amid unrest. The report also mentions a secretive push to expunge aliens, a fire death toll in Chelsea, the sale of a President’s home in Canton, and an array of natural disasters and financial upheavals.
Reports state operators and misers in the central competitive field reached an agreement to recall 200,000 idle workers at once, adopting the old rate of 90 cents per ton. Amid conflicts, Russian troops defeated Kurdish raiders in Persia, destroying three villages, while Algerian tribesmen clashed with French forces with heavy losses. A rash of accidents and crimes are noted across cities including Chester, St Louis, and Indianapolis, with fires, demolitions, and court actions reported.
Judge David R Mixdman, 74, prominent lawyer and jurist, dies in Horne Indiana after burst blood vessel. Hugh McDonald, Wisconsin Christian Science leader, resident of Green Bay, dies in Brookline Massachusetts. John H Mandigo, 20 years head of the New York Sun sports department, dies at 50. Herbert H E Hey dies in Philadelphia after accused ambush of $12,000 from Franklin Institute.
A Rome report states Adm F Grene will lead a squadron of eleven warships carrying about 7,400 men and 400 guns to Asia Minor for a Turkish water demonstration. The fleet includes the Regina Elena under the Duke of Auirazel. The action follows Turkish refusal to allow post offices in Turkish territory, provoking international tensions.
Three men die and a fourth is mortally wounded after an attempted arrest on a Sunday night. Hawes, 22, a Missouri train passenger, drew a pistol as officers confronted him aboard the train at Portersport. Marshal Ryan was killed, another man Bishan died, and Pollock suffered a mortal abdomen wound before Hawes and the porter are shot.
April 20 report states the American government will take part in an international pole congress in Brussels next month. Brooklyn resident Wertert J. Bridgmi is named as the American delegate to unite nations in planning a practical scheme to reach the north pole. In Colchester a major blaze on April 1 destroyed 21 buildings in the business section. outside assistance subdued the fire with no loss of life.
Srazon inundated, Waco, Tex, April 50. The Brazos river here is 25 feet deep, seven inches higher that ever recorded. Vows huundred city blocks are intun dated. About 100 families have had to move.
Gov Broward Sunday night ordered all state troops to be sent to the city to maintain order during the upheaval as authorities seek to control the unrest surrounding the local railway company. Troops were to return to their homes after the situation stabilized.
Roy Stering sludelila stole one of Maya Bloy s pet policemen Sunday night and carried him a half block from the promenade before he wan reacted by a squad in Atlantic City New Jersey April 20. The incident involved a local boardwalk mascot policeman and drew a police response.
An essay urges youths to embrace responsibility and confidence to rise in business and arts, noting age is less decisive than brains and energy. It cautions against weak character and arrogance, warns of penitent failures, and stresses integrity as key to lasting success. It also critiques premium and lottery schemes, advocating education or government prohibition to protect consumers.
A St Louis investment scam collapsed after defrauding patrons of over 200000 dollars. Hundreds invested up to 1500 dollars each, believing quick profits. The operator handed funds to a successor running another similar scheme, then the post office department shut it down. Avoid homegrown schemes promising extraordinary returns.
Close estimates indicate a twenty percent increase in advertising in country newspapers over the past five years. Merchants are urged to invest in broad, well crafted ads, using consistent type and good ideas, with printers helping shape effective copy and timing to capture spring and summer spending.
The piece denounces new organizations claiming to reform business by backing abroad interests. It warns of a South Dakota style plan with Standard Oil funds to create supply houses and a monopoly. It urges educating locals via printer's ink and home newspapers to protect farmers and workers.
Dirty show windows reflect thrift indifference and neglect though proper care takes little time. With effort, clerks learn window display skills, and inventive staff can become strong assets. One clerk’s pork product display even led to a traveling sales role for a leading customer. Careless windows risk losses but careful, attractive displays attract business.
Merchants should consider all phases of any proposition that will eventually work to their detriment. The after year conditions are changing. The retailer finds the screws tightening. A resection is likely. Rebates and railroad rates are being aired by the government. Time is near when consumer and retailer interests will be better protected. Strigent action is necessary to curb bad systems for two people in general.
A front building sign at Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts proclaims openness to public inspection of laboratory methods and statements in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The notice challenges skeptics to verify letters and cures and invites women to come and see the evidence and process.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Footspace as a cure for hot sweaty feet and calluses, sold by Dragutts with a note to pre accept substitutes. The text mentions Pranavkine ct and addresses in Le Roy New York, urging action by those who wish to move the work.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.