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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
7
A fourteen foot alligator in the Calcasses River killed three year old Harry Frye, son of Gus Frye, while he played near a fishing camp. The father led picnickers after the missing child, and parts of his clothing floated downstream. a punctured Teddy bear was found as evidence.
Christiania reports Mrs Belle Gunness linked to a Norway rope dance act earlier in life. Her father Petters Paulsen, a traveling conjurer, toured fairs with the family, and Gunness and siblings performed as rope dancers before crowds.
June 1 set as Re employment Day with Simmons Hardware Ferguson Meltin and Ely Walker among firms re employing 4000 to 6000 idle workers. National Prosperity Association backs urging manufacturers merchants and financiers to recall staff and expand work. Pittsburg reports Carnegie Steel mills restarting and railroad orders for 2000 all steel cars signaling broader recovery.
Massillon State Hospital physician Dr. John D. O'Brien declares at the American Medico-Psychological Association meeting in Cincinnati that the germ of paresis has been discovered and is curable. He cites treated patients, photographs, and ongoing trials, while noting no postmortem work has been done.
In Galveston a nineteen month old baby named Edmund Wilters was adopted by the Houston Professional Baseball Club after being found abandoned on a train. The players rallied to care for the child, making him the team mascot as the mother, a young woman from Hillsboro, faced hardship. A fund of over $2000 grew from fans and game proceeds. The mother’s troubled past and the baby’s rise as mascot dominate this curious club tale amid era-wide financial notes.
The Pennsylvania Heceders' and Racing Association announces an attractive program for its first race meet. Melvin W. Sheppard, an American distance runner, seeks to become a New York policeman and may join the Olympic team. W. B. Burroughs of the finois University excels in field events, notably outdistancing Kroeger in the shot put.
In the United States District Court in East St. Louis Illinois Judge Francis Miles held that the National Stock Yards with its tracks engines and cars is not a common carrier and not subject to federal railroad laws. The stock yards attorney contended it was a hotel for livestock but the court rejected that claim.
Rear-Admiral Sperry assumed command of the Atlantic battleship fleet as the force sailed from San Francisco toward Puget Sound. Secretary Taft arrived in Washington after his Panama trip. A proposed Appalachian forest reserve was reportedly missed by Curr. Frank Mersr, of New York, renewed his offer to be tested in the search for a cure for consumption.
Pittsburg faces possible bond issuance to cover current expenses as Allegheny National Bank suspends and its cashier William Montgomery is under Grand Jury investigation. State funds worth 523 477 are at risk, with bondsmen including Secretary of State Robert McAfee and Joshua Rhodes.
The body of Bertha Vanderbilt of Amsterdam NC and assistant at Princeton University Library was found in the Raritan Canal near Carnegie Lake. She had been missing four days after leaving her boarding house claiming a walk. The university mourned as hundreds of students gathered. A possible theory cites a slip while crossing a narrow, slippery bank into the lake. No foul play signs found. minor scratches on her body noted. Additionally, a Boston rumor claimed mass parasite releases linked to a gypsy moon scare.
The House passed a reworked Vreeland emergency currency bill by a 39 vote margin amid sharp opposition from Democrats and recalcitrant Republicans. The roll call showed 146 for Wilwad P84 7e and six Republicans voting differently.
A garbled notice discusses attention to action in the platform to be set at the Chicago convention and assurances that revision policy will be maintained with reference to the Sixtieth Congress. Likely references to Washington and party leaders.
In New York City George Edward Sterry, 72, president of the Weaver & Sterry Co and Princeton Theological Seminary director, was shot by his son George B Sterry Jr. 43, who then killed himself. The motive was Sterry Sr’s upcoming marriage to Rachel Blaikie, a 40 year old East Orange schoolteacher. A letter from the son explains the act as protecting the family’s honor and hints at disgrace if the match proceeded.
The bill to appropriate 1 506 000 by Congress for U S representation at the Paris Exposition of 1912 passed with the conference report on the legislative appropriation bill agreed to Senator McBarry reelected at Baton Rouge Samuel Cousins McEvery urged to succeed himself by the Senate and House of the Louisiana Legislature
Georgia farmers urge reduction of burley tobacco plantings amid drought and rising costs. Chinn appeals to members to cut at least twenty percent of the acreage, warning that entire fields of cotton have been plowed up in some regions as land is tilled for corn and peas.
The World advises household fixes including preparing five cents worth of turpentine with paraltine oil for furniture polish and applying with cloth. It also suggests a carpet cleaning solution of borax soap, soft water, and sulphur ether to dust and wipe carpets to destroy moths and brighten them.
Classic home guidance describes removing grease with a cornmeal rub and blotting paper and heat, building cold storage boxes for perishable foods, and a soap bubble recipe using yellow soap, gum arabic, glycerine, and optional fruit juices for color.
A Boston Post excerpt describes crafting a baby bath tub from wood strips and a single rubber cloth piece thirty inches wide by one and one-eighth yards long. Central bar uses an old broom handle. legs pivot at ends. side braces and rubber bags attached with tapes and brass tacks. The design doubles as a baby bed and play area as the child grows.
A collection of recipe fragments includes Apple Muffins, Currant Cup Cakes, Boston Brown Bread, Knowball Cake, Dyke in a Square Cake, and Stewed Lettuce. Instructions cover batter, proportions, oven settings, and steaming for several items, with notes on butter, sugar, flour, milk, eggs, and relish steps.
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