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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
3
A Washington Star tale follows James Montmorency Stebbins who tamps with the sun, faints it to a higher glare, and seeks the gray witch. She provides a rope lasso to retrieve an arrow from the sun, restoring day and ending his meddling for good.
A curious boy James Montmorency Stebbins climbs a volcano to seek the advice of a gray witch who helps him avoid going to school by gifting a magic arrow. He shoots the sun to delay 9 oclock, then celebrates waking late to avoid school and plans a woods day.
English molecatchers introduced a century ago report rare color varieties among moles. Silver gray skins could fetch high tar market prices if plentiful, though a truly white mole seems exceedingly rare. Variations appear in specific families and places, with color regularity tied to local parishes.
Sugar journals discuss adding small amounts of sugar to bread to extend freshness and keep quality. French chemists advocate up to seven percent sugar, arguing it does not much affect taste though it improves keeping qualities, potentially altering bread texture over days. Agricultural News notes ongoing research and industry interest in sugar usage in baking.
A fragmented piece describes a man who only sees a single side of nature and voices early 90s era views. He wanders the woods seeking returns to the boat as evening nears, his discomfort deepening.
Over the last eight years the three great iron countries produced 19,100,000 tons of pig iron with most of it coming from the United States, underscoring a dominant U S share in global iron production.
A Michigan inventor offers a meat carving fork that grips meat as the handles are drawn together, the prongs holding firm without crushing. The piece is shown alongside notes on parachute thrillers in Popular Mechanics and a reference to a penny shortage ending with English mint outputs.
A Washington Star report describes a novel pocket design to thwart thieves. The long pocket includes stiffening strips and an elastic seal to keep contents secure, requiring removal of the flap to access items. The invention aims to make pickpocketing impractical while preserving wearer convenience.
The passage discusses Oleheimmer as possibly the oldest tank, tracing hammer development from stone fasteners to handles, thongs, and early_weapon use. It notes early representations resemble modern hammers but lack claw attachments for extraction tasks, and questions which came first the hammer or its用途.
A fragment lists odd facts and trivia including estimates of England’s wandering poor, sailor resilience among German troops, Vienna coffin prices, a claim on wire conductivity tied to Sundays, banyan trees forming forests, the Great Pyramid’s dimensions and cost, a South American cow tree, and Jerusalem’s earliest mentions circa 1409 B C with Damascus noted as an ancient hub.
Tolstoi predicts happiness after death and a more real world beyond. He describes earthly life as a dream and death as awakening, detailing life as a chain of dreams stretching to infinity and differing by age and circumstance.
In a fog bound voyage, officers on a coastal steamship face curious passengers who engage in practical nautical lessons. A purser recounts a passenger’s prior boast, while two self styled experts explain the ship’s log line used to gauge distance from shore. The scene ends with gratitude for new knowledge.
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a conductor decries ticket fare coping with coins and passes. He recalls three cent pieces failing, clay tokens with holes, and the need for change. Passengers feel shame over missing tickets and rising costs.
A French tremating cost is reported at three francs, equivalent to two shillings six pence, highlighting unusually low funeral expenses in the country.
Unprecedented Trinky River flood tallies deaths and widespread destruction across Dalian and Fort Worth Texas with 4090 homeless and $1,000,000 in damages. Rail bridges, wires, and water works ruined. Oklahoma reports record rainfall, dozens drowned, gas supply cut, and towns evacuated.
New York City supreme Court Justice O Gorman signed an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of Mrs Ellen French Vanderbilt against her husband Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. She may remarry after three months. the child William Treney Vanderbilt, born November 24 1901, remains with the mother.
Harry Kithen challenged the legality of his commitment to Matlea wan and the writ of habeas corpus was denied. Justice Murachanser did not order Thaw returned to Matlea wan while a pending question over Justice Dowling’s commitment ruling remains, to be taken to the Appellate Merle court.
Anger over arbitration refusal drives disorder as four cars are wrecked with dynamite in Cleveland. Three drivers are hurt as strikers and sympathizers attack streetcar lines, injuring passengers, throwing one man from a bicycle, and mass disruption halting all city service. Authorities report crew injuries and numerous windows and curbs damaged.
Orson C Bartholomew of Denver and Miss Margaret Maw Hins of Chicago were involved in a crash with an electric vehicle at Twenty fourth Street and Autominora Avenue. Bartholomew was killed, Hins slightly injured.
Fragmentary sports brief notes fans suggesting teams in high energy clash at Hebe stadium. Unclear names and events. readable fragments hint at Brask Lie ad and Brawure involvement with possible local crowd reaction.
Fragmented text reports on teams like Cleveland and Brooklyn in a tense early season. Mentions Mor, De Vore, Birel, Turner, and Parent as key players or figures, with references to national leagues and outfield positions.
About 800 people gathered in Schuylkill County jail yard as Pellx Radzius, called the Shenandoah murderer, was hanged. Officials hoped foreigners would learn, but Radzius remained calm and helped deputies with the noose. He previously murdered Mrs Cherkovski and her seven year old son in a cellar attack after an intoxicated visit.
At Baltimore the Episcopal General Conference completed its eight bishop quota. Elected on successive ballots were Rev. Dr. Wilson Lewis of Sioux City Iowa Rev. Dr. Edwin Hughes of Greencastle Indiana Rev. Dr. Robert McIntyre of Los Angeles and Rev. Frank M. Bristol of Washington D C. Also chosen were Rev. W F Anderson of New York Rev. W A Quayle of Chicago Rev. C W Smith of Pittsburg and Rev. J L Nuelsen of Berea Ohio.
Fall River under a new wage agreement between cotton manufacturers and the Textile Council reduces pay by about eighteen percent for 25 000 operatives as mills expect higher production next month. The combined New England total reaches roughly 170 000 workers with wage cuts this spring. In Lawrence Arlington Mills foresees a ten percent cut starting June 1 affecting about 6000 workers.
New York City reports Mrs William Thaw issued an ultimatum to Evelyn Thaw via counsel Colonel Franklin Bartlett. She alleged Evelyn earns $1000 a month and warned this support would be cut if conduct did not improve, effectively stalling the annulment suit.
Paterson New Jersey mayor seeks libel action against The Broadway Magazine and writer Broughton Brandenburg over an article titled The Menace of the Red Wing about Paterson. The suit follows a prior protest by former mayor Johnson and a prior rejection by publishers.
North Carolina went to the polls on the dry ticket with a possible majority near 40 000 as Buncombe County around Asheville reported about 3000 votes. The election was quiet and there was no trouble at the polls.
John Anes Hamling proprietor of the Giraud Opera House died of heart disease at about fifty years old. He edited plans to tour singers and actors nationwide in exhibitions from wagons. Survived by his widow and four children.
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