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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
7
A distorted riddle-like passage questions identity and purpose with dreamlike phrases. It taunts whether the speaker is a drone or a human, mixing names and vague scenes of use and place while pondering where one’s value lies in what and how.
In a tale from the New York Tribune a couple narrate a staged burglary to josh Maria about her burglar phobia. Clarence Colburn disguises as a robber, confronts the couple, and is captured by a passing officer. Maria remains convinced it was a real plot, seeking her missing silver and coffee pot as proof.
A historical note describes replacing spirits of turpentine with petroleum to clean printing rollers, tables, and machines. It outlines a process from L imprimers to remove odors by mixing petroleum with acetic and hydrochloric acids, distributing chlorine, then adding sodium hypochlorite to finish, with steps to separate and reuse the solution.
Fragmentary OCR passage references Seayng ed A pum muenalish and a performer named Lew aiming to perfect subtleties. Mentions New York American metropolis seating critique and a list of city theatre towns. Contains broken names and unclear event details.
Dr David Ran Jui Madyer’s expedition near the Nile uncovers several Christian churches dating two to three centuries after Christ. Excavations near the second cataract reveal carved capitals and cornice with Royal Croens heads, rivaling Philae sculptures in beauty and suggesting advanced early Christian worship sites outside Rome.
A diver on the battleship Dreadnought near Malta vanished from sight and crew feared a tragedy. While air pumps groaned, another diver dived deep to recover the missing man and found him asleep on the propeller blade, waking amid amused officers and light-hearted punishment.
A fragmentary item discusses printer craft and character in a period tone. It critiques slovenly work and loose construction of type and leads while urging diligence and visible good work as a pattern for others. The piece cites Practical Printer as a source.
A court case over possession of an extremely rare coin between John Pope and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy concluded in favor of the pope's faction. The Vatican collection comprises several pieces, including a golden crown struck by Innocent LX, valued at a cited amount. The coin was found in a garden at Archi and secured after a heated bidding by a Pope admirer who presented it to the Vatican.
The mole project on the Western Packie Railroad at Oakland California is close to finishing with an estimated 1200 feet width and substantial funding noted as TC is x00 Giet loan, indicating strong financial backing and structural readiness for the navigation channel.
A three foot high bronze sculpture titled Industry, illustrating the source of gold, was presented to C. W. Post at Battle Creek banquet by Tiffany and J. W. Van Cleave. The inscription honors Post for services to industrial peace and progress. The piece reflects a wider report on needle and pin manufacturing from the 1905 census with figures on establishments, wages, and output.
Yaqui Indians near the Lampasas mine killed thirteen July 24. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway fined 7000 for rebates to United States Sugar and Land Company. Socialist candidate Landis failed attempt to shoot prosecutor Bach in Bloomington. Col Richard L. Hoxie retired brigadier general. Body of lighthouse keeper Samuel Rowlands washed ashore at Whitehead Point. Jenkins Rubber Works fire in Elizabeth causes substantial loss. Nebraska rainfall boosts corn prospects. Golfer Bred Mew Leod completes round in moonlit Chicago course. Seven army officers finish fifty mile Roosevelt walk test in San Francisco. Cinderella slipper worth 1500 lost in Chicago. Keney Memorial clock tower struck twice by lightning in Hartford.
A French profiling device called a profilograph uses strips of card and a flexible core to reproduce an object's profile on paper. The machine, described by the Philadelphia Record, presses against the object to project its contour for rapid documentation.
Foreign affairs and political shifts appear in a global roundup. Honduras refuses to reend or cancel the exequators of the American Consul and Vice-Consul at Ceiba. Meanwhile Pasha forms a new cabinet in Constantinople as European politics shift.
Governor Hughes files charges alleging neglect of duty against Saratoga County Sheriff John Bradley Jr for permitting bookmaking at the Saratoga race track and hotels. The move seeks his removal. Bradley must answer in Albany executive chamber.
At White River seven miles from Indianapolis two youths, Hubert Linley seventeen and John Weston nineteen, raced a passenger train across a Monon Railroad bridge. They were killed before the end of the span. A third youth, Herbert Jenkins eighteen, reached the end and escaped by leaping down the embankment as the train struck.
Washington D C Bureau of Chemistry tests reveal a celery seed sample on the market adulterated with nearly forty per cent powdered rock. The adulteration could easily escape notice by buyers. Another microstotic analysis advance identifies flowers from which honey is made, aiding analysis of honey marketed as from specific flowers.
Eight men died and about twenty were injured when a boiler burst at the York Rolling Mill in Pennsylvania. The mill, closed for a week, was being repaired by around twenty workers near the boiler when the blast occurred, destroying a large portion of the facility and leaving no escape for those nearby.
The Alpina climbers brandish a record death toll with fourteen killed and two seriously injured in July alone, making this year the deadliest yet for alpinists.
Four persons were killed and eight seriously injured in a rear-end collision on the Chatham Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Electric Railway near London Ontario. The dead include William Broomtead James Pleasances Michael Pleasance and other listed relatives associated with local businesses and residences.
Female society pages describe high diving as a new craze among London women. Margaret Hogan, a Fordham student in New York, is blind yet attends regularly. Over three hundred women physicians joined the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. Margarita Drexel, Philadelphia socialite and poet, draws unprecedented marital gossip in London.
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