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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
2
A diner recalls a Palm Real hotel encounter where a waiter was pressured with a tip split. The customer claims the waiter moved quickly, delivering poor service while the guest threatened a larger reward or withholding the tip.
Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a five year battle with kidney failure and paralysis from injury. After using Down's Kidney Pills for three months his strength returned, crutches were discarded, and kidney function improved, prompting his claim of a complete cure.
Travelers on the Third and Second Avenue elevated rails in New York City wonder why the tiny cemetery at New Bowery and Oliver Street remains. It is a remnant of the first Jewish cemetery in the United States, established in 1656.
A Me girl recalls years of starving due to indigestion from overwork and irregular meals. She describes weak stomach, distress with most foods, and substantial health decline until trying Grape-Nuts, which she found appetizing and easy to eat, restoring cravings.
Debris-filled report covers the loss of the vessel Star of Bonzel after striking Coronation Islands rocks in a gale. Seventeen named crew members are identified among the dead. 187 aboard were rescued or missing, with survivors recounting the sinking, lifeboat losses, and a delayed rescue by tugs.
Emil Gray Jr. a Worcester Polytechnic Institute freshman, aged seventeen, was crippled from the chest down after a class rush between freshmen and sophomores. He was taken to City Hospital. police initially deemed it a riot but allowed the brawl to finish before arranging medical aid.
Dr Gotthold Pannwitz of Berlin told the Hospital Association of Philadelphia that pulmonary tuberculosis causes every third death during working life. He called the disease the white plague in an address on social life and tuberculosis, ahead of the International Conference on Tuberculosis where he serves as secretary general.
In Winnipes Manitoba a sudden gas outbreak in a cheap well overpowered three intenders asphyxiated two at the bottom and another man who went to aid them. Gas pours from the fissure as workers try to control the flow near Port Arthur Ontario.
Mrs Pamela Eakins won the Republican regular nomination for the Kearny Board of Education defeating George McClintock 281 to 271. The event marks the first woman to win a public office bid in the state from the primary. The margin reflects a strong, decisive victory at the polls.
A garbled dispatch notes a reduced rice crop forecast with an estimated yield of sacks and uncertain price outlook. The fragment hints at Atlantic market considerations and limited light on costs, leaving materialization of harvest unclear.
The Department of Commerce and Lalor at Washington lead a 1690 men effort. They seek to halt powdery threats and monitor wir 1690 omen Uhriighong the States since July 1, amid ongoing agricultural and industrial checks.
A brief notes page reports a pictorial price of seventy five dollars for an ostrich crown or a new model hat. New York laments a shortage of chorus girls, Oklahoma notes a shortage of school teachers, and Miss Julia C. Lathrop of Rockford Illinois is named co director with Professor Graham Taylor of the Chicago Institute of Social Scions. It also mentions Sergia peasants with scarlet fez caps embroidered in real seed pearls, heirlooms handed down through generations.
A large forest fire emergency grips the Adirondacks and North Hudson region. More than 50,000 acres burn as 1000+ firefighters struggle. North Creek and North Woods Club sites report heavy smoke reduces visibility to yards. water supplies dwindle as roads turn dusty and fires threaten communities and recreation areas.
Albany dispatch reports Colonel William F Pot state forest superintendent says new fires appear daily but are practically under control. Fire patrols and wardens watch Adirondacks and surrounding areas day and night while officials deem reports of damage exaggerated. Most threatening is Big Crooked Lake in the Beaver River region.
A temperance protest disrupts a Indiana House session as about fifty workers interrupt the roll call. Lawyer Horace G Murphy of Muncie accuses opponents as saloon bums and brewery reps, sparking a heated clash with Rep Coble of Dubois County who calls Murphy a liar. The Rev Ryerson mediates, separating the men as the confrontation continues.
In Alexandria Louisiana a Black prisoner Edward Ayles fatally injures fellow inmate Tip Davis and Garfield Bradley when a jail nurse reads a murder warrant to him. He also severely harms four other prisoners. The incident draws a large crowd as staff restore order and rush victims to care.
Spartanburg crowd responding to a Cotton Association call adopted resolutions condemning night riding in some cotton states. They urged no cotton sales for ten years and heard speeches from Senator-elect B. D. Smith and NC Association President CG Moore.
A touring car collided with an electric car near Providence Rhode Island injuring Mrs Borden of Fall River and her two children along with another Mrs W D Gavey. A companion was killed in the crash and details indicate a serious accident with multiple injuries.
The Democratic State Convention of Logan Wish nominated Jesse Knight of Provo for governor by declamation.
Thirty one motorcycle records fell on a Los Angeles track. Lewis Strang piloted the Briarcliff Isotta to victory in the Lowell 250 mile race. The Eel captured the Nutmeg 350 with a 2.07 pace in straight heats, best 2.05. Philadelphia cricketers returned home after a successful England Ireland and Wales tour. Battling Nelson, American lightweight champion, knocked out Joe Gans in twenty one rounds at Colma California.
Rivers run dry across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia as weeks of drought devastate crops, timber, and coal shipments. Thousands fight fires and pray for rain while steamers and river traffic falter. Officials warn of coal and power shortages unless showers arrive soon.
A government faced destroyed communications as a British inquiry notes a death by self-inflicted action in London involving General Lund. In industry news, pig production rose to its highest rate this year, with ham output increasing at major sites.
The report notes Toronto shoe clerks organizing a union, Boston Hebrew painters and paperhangers forming a union, and a new retail clerks union at Melrose Minnesota. It also covers wage cuts: Lancashire cotton spinners face a percentage reduction and the Novy thumberland miners agree to a two and a half percent cut, totaling three and a quarter percent this year.
A turret on the French armored cruiser La Touche Treville exploded during gunnery drills, killing thirteen crewmen and injuring several others. The La Touche Treville, with a crew of 370, suffered a similar prior incident on the Couronne near Hyères. The blast prompted a likely strict navy inquiry.
Cholera and typhoid fever surge in St. Petersburg with 380 hospital admissions and 155 deaths in a day. Dispatches cite 458 new cases and 201 deaths across provinces, police crackdowns on liquor sales amid epidemic anxiety, and hospitals overflowing. Fear-induced illness reported as a curious epidemic effect.
John Fapens ter, a former Sunday-school teacher, admits orchestrating a December burglary at Captain David Beatty’s Brooksby Hall in Leicestershire. Jewelry worth 20000 dollars stolen. His confession leads to arrests of three accomplices and the recovery agent. Diamonds and pearls were sent to the United States for disposal.
Cincinnati note reports John Robinson known as the Governor and proprietor of Robinson's Circus, marrying his nurse Maud Logan in a prairie day ceremony at Nashville. Robinson is seventy five, long ill, and traveled with the circus in his private car. Logan, thirty, has long nursed the millionaire pheng man.
In Washington DC a demoniacal patient at St Elizabeth Asylum killed Patrick Metoney the grounds overseer and Millie Follin a young inmate. He wounded Miss Rotlusor another inmate and escaped to a swamp before police cornered him and shot him in self defense.
Washington dispatch reports officials moving to block cholera spread from Asiatic regions. Surgeon General Wyman orders strict immigrant screening and quarantine vigilance. He will send a specialist to study outbreak conditions in Russia and reinforce U S border health measures.
Emperor William in Colmar assures Alsatians peace and rapid development under the Imperial German Eagle. He pledges protection, continued prosperity, and that Alsace will be safer and uninterrupted by disturbances, God willing.
The Civil Commission, summoned by Governor-General Smith, orders the constabulary to mobilize 200 men to Manila to aid health inspectors. Authorities limit gatherings for festivals and deny permits. Additional physicians and nurses rush to the cholera hospital which has space for 100 more patients.
P M Howarth a renowned comic artiste of the country died in Philadelphia from pneumonia aged forty three. He is credited with originating the daily comic series used in We newspapers. Among his last works were a Mark and Lulu series.
The Georgia General Assembly adjourned after approving a bill to abolish the convict lease system. The measure would distribute unclaimed convicts to counties pro rata, municipalities at 100 dollars yearly, or dispose of them by the Governor and Prison Commission. Expected to end the lease system by March 31, 1908.
Rootblark Robbed of Sd25 in Springfield Massachusetts by two strangers. The incident involved the old Limitany game near forest Pires Barn Vole. Settlers fled to Mara's Lake shore. victims cared for. Fire later quelled, hospital intake noted. Dr Ralph S. Cone dismissed in New York City for improper patient demands.
Mrs Stephen B Lee wife of Evie County Bank assistant secretary was killed and Mr Lee fatally injured when their car collided with a Lackawanna freight train. The report notes Mrs Kee is the daughter of J W Hedley of Bradford Pu with fragmented OCR text hindering complete details.
Carlton McCunnil a wing player was killed and George Stour was injured when an automobile struck them as they were leaving Sunday school in Oklahoma City Oklahoma on a road near White Way fare. The incident underscores dangers of urban traffic as responders rushed to the scene.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr attains majority and selects a profession in life. A legal suit challenges Etienne Glyernaud while Hoboken silk magnate James J. Hill, back from the West, stands by Harriman's pear l claim. Percy William Britting, editor of the Contemporary Review London, turns seventy two and is knighted on a recent birthday.
Leaders of the Negroes have addressed and petitioned to determine representation in the forthcoming election. They argue the chances are excellent for Missouri Pacific to cut rates from twenty-two to twenty-two cents per hundred weight for eastbound products, reducing transport costs and aligning with Omaha. Up-State Smith College opens with twenty-one students enrolled.
A self help pitch urges readers to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts with private medical concerns. The ad emphasizes confidential correspondence from her thirty years of experience aiding sick women and promises letters from grateful correspondents as proof of its power.
A farmer’s wife from Allen town Pennsylvania shares that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her organic derangement and female weakness after physicians advised surgery. The ad extols the remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation and fibroid tumors backed by patient testimony and decades of use.
The article skims from ancient customs of handshakes as peace signals to a note on nickel coin issuance replacing peso notes, then cites a Cure helps eczema hands story, and ends with a stray line about Mysore mulberry trees and silk production in India. The piece combines disparate items into a single readable snippet.
An electric railway climbs to the highest peak in the Bavarian Alps, reaching about 10,000 feet. The line will continue to the summit while a hotel is planned at the 7,000-foot level.
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