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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
7
The text presents a hazy, archaic reminiscence full of garbled names and phrases. It evokes memory of a grandmother, meadows and woods, and a past age while flitting between scattered references to places like Houston and Lewes and to a sentimental scene of comfort and sleep.
A surgeon recalls a grim tale from a medical college during winter lectures. Body snatching, high prices, and a fresh female subject for obstetrics are described, revealing a stark glimpse into 19th century anatomy halls and the distant echoes of wartime horror.
An 19th century tale from the New York Weekly recounts a doctor’s death room mystery. A body is found later unidentifiable in the East River, the surgeon disappears, and rumors tie the doctor’s wife to a shipboard death. The captain concludes the affair remains conjecture with many questions unsolved.
A midwestern report highlights flax as a new prosperity driver in the Northwest. Ole Jansen bought land in 1900, planted flax, and harvested about eighteen and a half bushels per acre, selling for around $1,394 total $2,500 exceeding land costs. The flavor of flax bells and blue blossoms is noted as a vivid, sonic field experience.
A Philadelphia man, J. W. Pike, contrasts American and English manners on trains. He praises American openness and expects to chat with strangers during cross country trips, while noting British reserve and distrust of unsolicited introductions. The remarks appear in the Washington Herald.
A chaotic scene unfolds as horses panic at a public roadway event described in a fragmented report. The piece notes riders, crowd fear, and authorities addressing the noisy spectacle amid tense, evolving conditions. Local observers reference a “Goed house” of Paris and a tense confrontation with crowd reactions.
Secretary Straus directs Commissioners of Immigration and Immigrant Inspectors to cooperate with city police and Secret Service to locate and deport alien anarchists and criminals. The order, backed by Roosevelt, seeks prompt gathering of evidence on arrival dates vessels and origins to remove those within three years of entry under the deportation provisions.
In El Paso Texas a bank in Chihuahua owned largely by Governor Enrique Creel the Mexican ambassador to Washington was robbed of about 206000 pesos. Bank notes of 1000 100 40 and 20 peso denominations were taken. Creel presided as president and major stockholder with his father in law General Lilis Tobazas as a director. Robbers accessed the vault by digging under it. officials say the incident should not affect the bank's standing.
Mrs Frank J Cannon wife of United States Senator Cannon of Utah died in Ogden after a long illness Funeral arrangements were not listed in the brief notice for the former senator’s spouse.
More than 690 granite workers and others in Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island and Connecticut are affected by a strike after failed wage negotiations. The strike involves granite quarries and related industries across New England.
Fragmentary report notes Pal 8000 out of work and The National Cast. References to Dayton Obi suspended personnel and company employes. Mentions of historical flag, muusewi represented, and state bearing slurs. Details are unclear due to OCR damage but indicate a labor and civic context with official tags.
Fragmentary report indicates several mines previously closed were reopened as authorities resumed operations. Details are unclear due to garbled text but imply a shift in wartime mining activity and potential economic implications. Further confirmation needed from legible records.
Washington officials from railways across the country attended an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on extending the nine hour law. Thirty seven applications were filed, arguing a lack of qualified telegraph operators and the financial hardship of hiring more staff.
Feodoroff, a Russian monk from Verkhourge Perm, convicted of murdering twenty women hidden in his forest hermitage. He lured victims with monkly guise and cures then stole jewels and money before killing them. Sentence: fifteen years penal servitude amid threats of curses against the judge.
Herbert Woodbury was held without bail for the Grand Jury on a charge of murdering his wife Phoebe Maud Henderson Woodbury. Her body was found hanging to the door sash of an upper room at the Exchange Hotel on February 15 after she had been missing for three months. Judge Smith of the Dover Municipal Court announced the decision after the preliminary hearing.
Washington DC The forty six star flag will soon be added to the United States banner following an Army General Staff amendment authorizing the Quartermaster General to provide extra stars. The order will trigger a full re designation of the flag with new tags distributed promptly by the War Department.
Chicago report warns Emma Goldman the anarchist may be arrested and deported if she appears in the city. Local immigration official says she cut herself off from the United States when she went to Europe last year and that a warrant exists for her arrest on return.
Judge Watlier Meniea denied Maxwell’s motion to injunct settlement between Cook County and the estate of the late Marshall Meld for 1.75 million dollars in taxes. A compromise figure of 1 million was reported, with push for full original consideration and cash payment terms.
Santa Fe New Mexico reports the death of Pat Garrett a famed lawman who killed Billy the Kid in 1880 Garrett who governed Dona Ana County Lincoln County and served as Texas Ranger captain was shot near Las Cruces by Wayne Brazle son of an old settler Brazle surrendered claiming self defense and that Garrett reached for a shotgun The quarrel over pasture and contract led to the fatal encounter with a noted frontier figure and former sheriff whose exploits included the Kid case and against cattle rustlers in Lincoln County.
Albany dispatch reports the death of the influential legislator and lobbyist known as Judge Andy Hamilton in his Albany residence. Heart failure ended a long career marked by strong opposition to hostile insurance legislation and lavish spending reflected in New York Life records. He leaves a mother and three daughters, and was born in Lansingsburg North Troy, New York, in 1854.
Mrs Penfield daughter of the late William Weightman, a wealthy Philadelphia chemist, announced by her attorney gifts to relatives and institutions. The bride, Anna Weightman Walker, becomes sole heir to an estate estimated at 40 to 60 million dollars following her marriage to Frederick Courtland Penfield.
An avalanche swept into a hotel near the Loetschen valley tunnel in Switzerland demolishing the building. Thirteen people were killed and fifteen were injured in the disaster at Goppenstein.
A fire at a Capen area home near Gould Coupler Works killed Anthony Schultz and his three children Nellie aged thirteen Joseph aged eleven and Mary aged six. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and left the family dead, prompting investigations.
The civic authorities accepted a 25000 dollar pier bid from Mrs Rus sell Sage to restore a New York clip hall amid a wave of references to international affairs and local industry. The report blends civic decisions with curiously garbled notes about Russia Germany and mining changes.
Chicago police chief P Shippy and his son were assaulted by an anarchist who invaded the chief’s home. The assailant shot Harry Shippy in the lung and wounded coachman James Foley, while the chief sustained a deep hand wound. The attacker was killed after a gunfight and knife fight ensued. The suspect, Lesgras Averbach, is identified as a 20-year-old Russian Jew.
The Shah of Persia Mohamad Ali Mirza rode in a procession when a proxy, dressed in royal robes, faced an assassination attempt in Tehran. Two bombs blew up near the Shah’s automobile, wrecking the vehicle and injuring many bystanders. Three imperial outriders were killed. The proxy suffered internal injuries after being dragged from the wreck.
Fred H. Wet m. and David H. Roberts, aged residents of Ansonia Connecticut, collapsed at a supper table after a day spent together. They had planned more recreation but died within minutes of each other, both around sixty five or older.
Bishop W. W. Duncan of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died at his home in Spartanbore Virginia after months of illness. Born in 1839 in Virginia, he succeeded his brother as president of Randolph-Macon College before his call to the bishopric.
Commander Sims testified in Washington that our battleships are faulty and accused Rear Admirals Converse and Capps of making misleading statements during the Senate committee session.
The report on Prussia's personal crisis in 1908 shows 7298 self-inflicted deaths, including 6584 men and 1714 women, underscoring a troubling trend in that year.
London reported Bishop Thomas Edward Wilkinson, bishop for North and Central Europe, writes to The Daily Mail from Riga. He describes widespread devastation in Russia, especially in the Baltic provinces, attributing it to revolutionaries and asserting the government’s repression is justified and largely unknown in extent.
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