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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
2
A Greenville Journal piece echoes a New York Weekly warning to youths about idleness and reliance on luck. It urges diligence from the start, stressing daily duties and steady effort as the path to eventual success and leadership.
Fragmented excerpts discuss women voters and a push to lead women away from saloons, with references to New York civic leaders and a mayoral context. The text also cites hotel policies restricting dining and entertainment for women after six, and a Boston lecturer condemning luxury amid financial strain.
The American battleship fleet, led to visit Japan, with possible China stop, after an invitation politely extended by Baron Takahira. Secretary Root to accept. Roosevelt and cabinet praised prompt acceptance. Officials expect further invitations and a May 1 deadline for any remaining schedule changes. Tokyo welcomed the gesture as a sign of strong U S friendship and courtesy.
Reported duel between Lieyt and Gan Fock near Port Avtar leaves both men wounded. A monor memorandum by Gen Smirnoff is cited, detailing pistol exchanges at twenty yards and subsequent injuries. Separately, a bogus telegram panic triggers a hospital collapse for Cinejnitont etating hie wits.
Mrs Elizabeth G Koken heiress of Koken Iron Works and Koken Barber Supply was found dead at her sister's home on Thursday after using carbonic acid. No motive given. Senator Penrose severely ill at home in Philadelphia from unspecified illness.
Port Huron Michigan Supreme Secretary William Wilton of the United Home Protectors fraternity is accused of embezzling about 75000. An investigation by the state banking commissioner finds funds diverted into private use for years. The fraternal group, with 2600 members and 100 subordinate lodges, faces insolvency and a receiver may be appointed. Wilton pleads not guilty. examination set.
Maryland statesman William Pinckney Whyte died in Baltimore after a decline in health that began in Washington last week. Born in 1824 in Baltimore, he served in the Maryland legislature and held multiple offices, shaping state politics for decades.
A Japanese fisherman named Kale aboard a lone craft battled a giant crab in Shimiden harbor after a February haul. The crustacean swam after the boat, stretching a long arm over the side, threatening to overturn it. Kale fought hard, the crab was captured, with arms over a foot long and a five foot shell, weight about 160 pounds.
George Witlonstyby, manager of We Jewett & Sherman millers, killed his wife Florence Willoughby at their Prospect avenue home and wounded himself. He told police a long account of domestic unhappiness, jealousy, and an affair that led to his plan to end his life and marriage with chloroform and self-inflicted gunshots. The confession details years of strain, a divorce, and his support of the wife and children living in Chicago.
Washington reports Admiral Evans will relinquish fleet command on reaching San Francisco and retire in August. Rear Admiral Thomas will succeed him, with Sperry guiding the homeward voyage via the Suez and retiring plans for Evans. The reshuffle promotes Seaton, Schroeder and Wright to fill vacancies. Speaker Cannon predicts passage of an employees' liability act after a labor delegation meeting.
Emergency officials report a sudden easing of the flood threat after a critical phase, but vast damage persists. Homes are flooded, valuables lost, and families remain trapped as rescue and relief efforts continue amid the night. New congressional messages follow amid antitrust and legislative discussions.
Rev Charles H Fowler bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church dies at his home in NewYork City aged 31 death attributed to heart failure from complications of disease Milwaukee supervisor Joseph J Galewski pleads guilty to conspiracy in county coal contract charge taken this Friday afternoon during an indictment proceeding
Ex president Grover Cleveland spent his seventy first birthday with his wife and children at a Lakewood hotel on Wednesday. He was in good health and appeared cheerful amid friends and family in the New Jersey resort town.
Navy reports an old warship named Mononzabela burned to water ashore at Guantanamo Bay. No injuries or casualties are recorded.
Supreme court commuted the death sentence of John G. Hamblin of Grand Island to life imprisonment for the killing of Rachel Engel over a year ago in Lincoln Nebraska. In Washington the state department was advised that Mexico has granted the extradition of William F Walker the Connecticut banker who absconded months ago.
Caldwell, Walto Harry Orchard sentenced to death for a murder series but seeks mercy after conversion in prison. Judge Wool recommends commuting to penitentiary. Trials included Haywood and Pettibone cases linked to ex Gov Steunenberg murder. Meanwhile other regional items appear: Chicago hotel fire, Stoesel imprisonment, Williams College student death, and a minister's obscenity case in Scranton and Dickinson.
Oklahoma and Guilin move on dispensary plans under emergency clause. Per day dispensaries will open in every town at 2000 ort and IM in each county seat. Frank H. Hosford, noted Washington journalist and former reading clerk of the U S House, died by his own hand.
Des Moines faces a coal shortage as all state mines close on April 1, with no definite reopen date. Dealers expect about a month of shutdown. coal stores surge as manufacturers and consumers brace for reduced supply.
In Kolomea the Jewish community interred ashes from 11 burned Torah scrolls in the cemetery after a synagogue fire. Each scroll ash was sealed in earth envelopes and placed in urns then in a coffin with a buck and prayer book, carried to the grave with a large crowd.
In a Parisian school show, 132 boys and 72 girls discussed toy preferences. Boys favored railway trains, tin soldiers, steam engines, bricks, and toy typewriters with mechanical horses, while 40 girls preferred dolls. The piece notes diabolo popularity as rare among children. The Standard Oil Company launches a long ocean hinge service using large steel barges towed by oil steamers, warning of navigational danger in rough seas.
A fragmentary note records Unete Allen quoting a speaker and musing on an old water unit and its failure to yield results while criticizing shameless curiosity and complacent idiocy in society. The passage references Yellow Fever literature and a critique by Henry van Dyke.
A brief exchange shows Mrs Smallpurse pressuring her husband to invent money making ideas. He claims a patent for a warbed-wire safety pocket, hinting at future fortune, while other historical snippets mention a Scottish judge and a humorous domestic quip. The text closes with a stray device and a judge pun.
An advertorial promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration and invites wealthy women to write for advice referencing decades of use.
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