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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
7
A fragmented verse-like item portrays Johnny roaming long distances to everyday places such as a baseball field, corner store, circus, and post office, with notes on awkward feet and occasional routines like waking at five on a holiday and eight on other days.
In a quiet rural home Martha bedridden for seven months contemplates life and faith as Abram, her devoted blacksmith husband, cares for her in a shared, fading world. Through memories of church, children lost, and their vows, both face imminent death, Abram moving toward transformation as Martha finds peace in prayer.
The article argues reckless drivers evade punishment and urges strict enforcement. It criticizes minor fines as ineffective and calls for escalating penalties from fines to license revocation and imprisonment, with manslaughter charges for deadly accidents. It notes prominent offenders repeatedly defy motor police warnings around New York.
In a Yourn's Companion tale Aunt Hopsy Garside, unused to moving pictures, watches the magic contrivance that makes messengers fly and barbers shave in seconds. An automobile errorfully appears in a far background speeding toward the audience before swerving away, prompting Aunt Hopsy to grab Minervy and flee for safety.
Farmer near Shatter Lane grows an eighty pound melon of Geargiad sweet Texas sown seed. The planned July 2 vine set blossomed August 7 and matured September 1, reaching a peak six pounds in six hours, with average growth two pounds per day.
A garbled report discusses steam power and coal usage with references to horse power and annual supply. It mentions a Corman statistician and questions about efficiency and repetition of steam production lasting a year, with implied failures or dangers.
unreadable OCR fragment mentions a US anniversary with a vast tabular figure but lacks coherent names, dates, places, or events to summarize into a proper news item.
New York City styles focus on blouses worn with skirts as separate pieces. Dusky blue fabrics in mousseline suede cloth and plumes emerge. torchon lace trims undergarments for debutantes. rose parasols with petal tops appear at barn dances. Five gored coats style skirts in serge with buttoned fronts remain popular for both current and upcoming seasons.
The article details new blouse designs with long deep cuff sleeves or three quarter lengths, tucked inside edges, and fitted waists. It also describes an illustrated stylish jabot and a skirt with new seams, gored panels, right and left edge finishing, and various pleat options for sixteen year to forty four inch widths.
A fragment notes shoes showing greater variety with choke and emerged uppers, two-tone and high instep styles, and a focus on patent leather and soft kid uppers. The text hints at fashion shifts toward elevated footwear, describing ankles and uppers with six to eight inches above the ankle, amid stylistic changes.
Delightful pew neckties of silk worsted iorfuital embroidery attract attention. A variety shows eleven dnehis jong with two ends that may be knotted or crossed and held by a funny pin.
A fashion note explains that the sleeve is attached to the bodice rather than the yoke. The sleeve and waist may use different fabrics, often with transparent material, but the color remains matched for a cohesive look.
In Birmingham Alabama Harris Womack and Harris daughter die after a shootout with Officers Jones and Little during a raid on Harris home. Harris and Womack killed by return fire while the infant girl and Harris’s wife survive. police claim the child was hit by a stray bullet amid intensified anti prohibition raids.
Albert Messig Sr, a 39 year old butcher, fired at his wife during a drunken quarrel in Bilizsbath New Jersey. His eighteen year old son Albert Messig Jr wrested the revolver and fired four shots, hitting his father in the head jaw and shoulder. Messig Sr is in critical condition at General Hospital. the son is in jail.
Mina Geary twelve daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Geary was accidentally shot and killed during an amateur play rehearsal. Edna Geary died from a bullet to the brain as Russell Barrett thirteen aimed a non loaded gun at her. The incident happened in the home of W G Barrett.
The British battleship Invincible, during a full power trial, maintained twenty eight knots for eight hours. Earlier tests at seven tenths power reached twenty five knots, with expectations of thirty knots at full power. She is deemed the fastest battleship in the world.
Walter J. Le Grys city editor of the Troy Press and Democratic Senate candidate for Rensselaer County died in Troy New York after falling ill shortly before the election. He was defeated by his Republican opponent by a small margin.
E Benjamin Andrews resigns as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Regents accept the resignation and plan a retirement on January 1. The selection of a successor was left open. In San Francisco jury to try Abraham Ruef is completed after three months. Wheat crop damaged by drought amid rising prices on the Chicago market. Final quotes show oats corn and provisions firm with gains.
Supreme Court studies deny divorce on grounds of infidelity when wife deserts husband. Case in New York holds that abandonment without fault does not permit a divorce on marital infidelity grounds.
Postmaster Ed ward M. Morgan was shot by a deranged man who had escaped from a Worcester asylum. The attacker, Drie H. B. Mackey, fired twice, then killed himself after a chase, as Morgan’s sixteen year old daughter Dorothy steadied him. Morgan survived after immediate surgery, with a bullet narrowly missing the intestines. The assailant’s room contained bombs, poisons, and explosive manuals, and authorities linked the attack to Morgan’s perceived injustice.
Boston girls Miss Liltian Sears fourteen and Phyllis seven teen are named heirs to their mother Mrs Herbert M Sears estate estimated at 6 000 000 by a will probated at Norwich Connecticut Their combined annual income is 300 000 Their father served as trustee following the death of Mrs Sears who died by her own actions at a New York hotel last January.
The fourteen year old son of D. C. Rollins of St Stephen New Brunswick was accidentally shot and killed by his father during a deer hunt. Rollins stumbled as he sought to fire at a deer and his bullet struck the boy in the neck who was some distance ahead.
Colonel William N. Amory explained the grab of the Futon Street Crosstown Railway in New York City, placing the Ryan riot cost at as high as 1 100 000 dollars.
An express train derailed near Griselles France claiming ten lives and injuring many. In New York City the Board of Estimate passed a large budget totaling 158 million dollars amid concerns of a rival business disruption case involving a Standard Company former representative who testified about dyeing red to influence market competition.
During August 920 people were injured in industrial accidents in Canada and 113 died. Yorkshire Miners Revival campaigns against non-union workers progress in the coal fields. Boston Clear Makers Union was levied a $3 assessment on idle labor. Delegates from Bricklayers and Scaffold Masons unions met near Guelph to form a provincial association.
General James McCubbin Lingan, a Revolutionary War hero and friend of George Washington, had his remains moved from a private burying ground to Arlington National Cemetery. The report covers other brief items from Washington and Manitoba including a provincial treasurer’s death and various legal and crime notes.
In Oxford, American Rhodes scholars excelled with R. B. Blake winning the long jump at nineteen feet four inches and C. S. Spaulding placing second. G. B. Putnam set a freshman hammer throw record at 149 feet five inches, with Blake second.
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