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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
2
In a Greenville Journal editorial, Otwell argues that the well to do will increase families as material amusements fade. He predicts a shift toward higher education and refined standards, criticizing luxury and vanity while praising deliberate differentiation of roles and the pursuit of culture rather than mere wealth.
An 1914-era discussion envisions rapid airship development led by Prof. Bell and Prof. Hall. It forecasts transatlantic flight within two decades and air passenger service by 1914, with speeds near 200 miles per hour and London to New York in about 16 hours. It notes rising American interest in athletics among women and international contests, including British competitors joining American events.
A report notes Russia advancing in Mberality amid revolutionary influence. Count Turstal’s son acquitted of high treason for publishing his father’s writings banned by the empire. Siberian punishment looms if actions failed, while Western regions suffer winter famine and cattle neglect. American Humane Association seeks protest for livestock care. Yale’s Hadley will travel to Berlin after a Yale meeting to discuss the Theodore Roosevelt professorship.
A reader notes the $25,000,000 road fund parallels broader state spending on neglect and waste. The piece derides wartime anxieties about rail and naval futures while urging practical needs like double tracks and large artillery, and questions Pittsburgh’s stance on public painting and domestic reform.
Boise June 19 The prosecution in the Steubenville murder case offered four letters to show Haywood’s involvement in a plan to deceive Orchard’s wife about her husband. Orchard testified that Haywood discussed obtaining information from Mrs Orchard and that he drafted letters dated San Francisco and Nome to mislead. The letters, including one from Denver, were admitted despite defense protests, and Orchard identified the letters as part of the federation scheme.
In Lynchburg Virginia a matron detained a revolver wielding assailant after he assaulted sleeping girls in a Van Dyke Street home. A mob gathered at City Hall demanding custody of a suspect, but officers dispersed the crowd. Nearby a separate incident saw convicts holed up in a cabin in Chesterfield County, with authorities preparing to press men into service.
In Chicago and across the nations, telegraphers threaten a strike called by International President S J Small. Six small towns voted to strike, as the union seeks wage concessions and talks with Postal Telegraph and Western Union officials.
Paris reports chaos in the Midi with riots in Narbonne Perpignan Montpellier and other towns. Premier Clemenceau defends government actions and says troops will fire only as a last resort while resisting calls for interpellation. The turmoil sparks rumors that Marcella Albert may be en route to Paris in disguise to address deputies.
Lying clasped in a death embrace on Triangle lake shore near Belleville, the bodies of James Bullock aged 23 and Cora Miller aged 22 were found. Each had a bullet in the forehead and a revolver nearby. notes indicate a doomed romance and shared plan to die. Miss Miller wore a red dress with a red rose in her hair, Bullock reportedly killed her then killed himself.
A jealous husband, W A Barton of Jasper Florida shot his wife and three children and then killed himself. One child survived with critical injuries as neighbors reported hearing shots and discovering the grim scene on the porches.
The Mary NewJin, a 5 year old, was buried in the yard of Irwin A. Lewis, her stepfather, near Avoniale Pennsylvania. Lewis was arrested after authorities believe he murdered the child with a tarred rope and placed the body in a grave, with a burlap bag over her head. The district attorney pressed charges as Lewis stood beside the grave.
Madison report states Benjamin Walters, a local merchant, killed himself after family strife. His wife Amanda Dela plain allegedly influenced the household, while Walters urged the cook to stay on. the cook left after overhearing the quarrel. In Chicago, two Pontius sisters ages 10 and 12 are missing amid suspected drownings in Lincoln Park.
Judge O Sullivan sentenced Ignacio De Leonardo and Pietro Pampinella to 14 years and 10 months in Sing Sing for abducting Salvatore Slatta from his home last January. The judge called the crime an affront to parents’ peace, noting the child's peril and the criminals' actions.
Walter Lamana, a kidnapped boy aged between seven and nine, was found headless in a swamp near New Orleans two weeks after his abduction and ransom demand. Police and Deputies guard Orleans Parish Prison as five suspects, including two women, are held for murder. A suspect, Jonathan Campigclany, confessed after being taken from St Rose, naming four others as accomplices.
Eight workmen were killed and 35 injured when a New Haven passenger train crashed into a work team backing into the city from New Britain in the Highland Division. Engineers and passengers were shaken, with some cut by flying glass. one man trapped under debris was freed after a rescue effort. The cause of the wreck was not determined, and engineer Wilkow narrowly escaped harm.
In St Louis on June 24 Fred Adler, 15, attempted to rescue his 24-year-old brother August from the Mississippi current near Smilth’s bay on the Illinois side. Both youths were swept away and drowned.
In Salmon River meadows Hisho cow punchers hired by a traveling wild west show agree to dangerous stunt work. Riders practice as one loosens, asks about risk, and the rep insists salaries will continue regardless of danger.
A mother recounts her three month old infant suffering severe Cuban Itch with sores and relentless itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the baby slept and sores dried up. Within two weeks the child was entirely well and now is five years old. Mrs. Zana Miller of Union City BR, Branch Co., Mich speaks in May 1906.
A quip relays how Senator Knute Nelson learned the value of strong language in moving mules while in a logging camp. Various tongues failed until an Irishman employed blunt expletives, proving the mules respond to a language all males understand.
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