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Newspaper
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
8
Observer Vossler notes three very warm days this year with a maximum near 91 degrees on Friday, while latest readings show 89 degrees. Residents sought shade in parks like Glen Miller and enjoyed the Beason concert as a city cools at night with breezes easing the heat.
The three months old daughter Hilda of Mr. and Mrs. Will Pitts of Fort Wayne will be brought to Hagerstown for services at the home of Mrs. Isaac Pitts. Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning with interment in West Lawn cemetery. The infant died from whooping cough.
Miss Aston Clapp spent yesterday at Fountain City. Judge Converse and son Blair were guests at Lynn yesterday. Mrs. Thomas J. Graham, who has been ill, is reported better today. Miss Laura Johnson has returned from Indianapolis after attending E. M. Johnson’s funeral. Mrs. H. H. Miller and daughter Helen have visited relatives in Chambersburg Pa and Hagerstown Md. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Rogers of Cleves Ohio are the parents of a baby boy. Mrs. Rogers was formerly Norma Weatling of this city.
Indianapolis dispatch notes strong ties between William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern, with Kern's name rising as a potential vice presidential candidate after Fairbanks loss. Kern, active in Indianapolis, backs Bryan's cause and is portrayed as cautiously opinionated yet popular amid national political maneuvering.
A worker warns against striking matches on mail boxes near a prison, noting defacing government property could bring inspector scrutiny and a possible day in jail. Also titled How the Great Penguin Hatches, describing a penguin incubating eggs on its feet under feathers with the warm body heat.
A colonial note describes a British soldier named Tommy who adores pets and eyeing neighbors' animals especially dogs and mongOOSEs. Parrots are his passion with six birds per Tommy in service. He is said to teach them to speak but often behaves emotionally, giving them musical education with hymns and songs.
Rev H Wickemeyer founder of Trinity Lutheran church in Richmond is honored at its dedication. He led St Pauls and St Johns Lutheran churches here and later served in Michigan City Indiana. His long ministry touched many, with visits to St Pauls Sunday school and addresses to Trinity worshippers. He departs for Michigan City that evening.
Edward Kain superintendent of construction for Liberty Telephone company sustained a severe eye injury while wiring a nickelodeon ceiling in the J. C. Norris block. A screwdriver slipped and penetrated the eye socket near the nose, threatening his sight. Local physicians treated him and he was moved to Richmond for specialist help.
Boston June 22 thousands of club women from across the United States arrive for the General Federation of Women's Clubs ninth biennial. Over 800000 delegates expected, with 2500 committee volunteers and 3000 delegates and alternates. The event opens in Symphony Hall Tuesday and continues to June 30 with overflow meetings at Chickering Hall and Vendome Hotel as official headquarters.
An inquest convened at Squire Abbott's office this afternoon at 3 o'clock to determine the sanity of Wayne Matthews, who spent last week hidden in the riverbank weeds near Riverdale.
An 1890s Chicago News item recounts Sir Henry Rosco and William Summers meeting Alfred Lord Tennyson at lunch. Tennyson praised Summers, then dismissed the visitors, noting he would sleep after a cigarette. A contrasting humorous dialect fragment follows about Sister Snowball and Parson Flatfoot.
A portrait of the Frenchman who prioritizes dining and social pleasure over dress. He dines late at nine, enjoys highly seasoned food with wine, music from an orchestra, and late coffee with a cigarette, embracing gay Parisian nights as London sleeps and Baltimore watches.
A mystery man seized by the sheriff after terrorizing a community on Union Pike is held in county jail for ten days. He alternates names, claiming Ridgeville as a last visit and Spring Street, Jeffersonville as a former residence. He offers no work and answers all questions with "Just bummin'." Officials seek identity by contacting nearby institutions.
City members listed including Mr. and Mrs. John Hegear Mr. E B Thatcher and Mr dorace Starr depart yesterday for Milwaukee to attend the National T P A convention. A gunboat near the estuary hailed a small collier and a boy warned the captain that the flag was only drying his shirt.
TasITHa Gold Medal Flour leads them 2 in a large advertisement shown in today’s paper. The item highlights Knollenberg's wash suit and shirt waist sale as the prominent feature.
May lose route in Economy Indiana as postmaster Louie Albertson reports the rural route 24 may be dropped if roads are not repaired by fall. The post office warns of suspension. road supervisor notified and farmers along the line express anger and demand prompt shed repairs to meet postal standards.
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