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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
7
Fragmented OCR text describes a scene with a lone figure climbing steps amid mentions of nylon and a distant beam. Names, places, and clear actions are obscured, leaving a moodful, unclear image of struggle and aspiration.
A sergeant recalls escorting Major B and a paymaster across the Great American desert. A gold stash was loaded on a buckboard to be stored in the major’s safe while a band of road agents and cowboys attacked. The paymaster fled with the funds, the major riding away on a horse to cover the escape. Back at the post the paymaster calmly pays the enlisted men as if nothing happened, while the sergeant condemns the cowardice and questions the major’s actions.
The excerpt depicts a garbled account describing a robbery where the robbers forced entry and removed a safe with little inside. A referenced figure expresses reluctance to lose men, while another speaker mentions paying a debt and turning to the next task, hinting at a broader news cycle.
Washington Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel reports Erfurt in Southern Prussia as a thriving seed and plant hub. It notes 108 seed concerns, 35 exporters, 24 florists, 2000 workers, and vast output including cyclamen, roses, and apple sprouts. The city rivals Weimar in growth, with gardens and villas expanding amid city expansion.
Kalamazoo World correspondent reports four women and one man spreading word of a sea serpent near a lake. Sightings describe a monster as long as a street, with an alligator head, turtle neck, and dark red skin. First seen by fisherman William Delevan, a second sighting near Grace Street witnesses saw the creature rise near a boat and dive after alarmed screams, then vanish.
A garbled line from the Kansas City Journal appears to reference a dog and a court or official body, with unclear dialogue about speaking and dog terms. The readable text is minimal and lacks coherent events or identifiable individuals.
The article notes wood fuel causes soot and chimney fires. It advises burning out the chimney yearly on a damp day using straw at the bottom, then sweeping with an 8 inch metal ball on a rope, or a brush on a jointed pole for high chimneys.
Nail care steps include filing nails to bend with finger shape, soaking cuticles, pushing back with orange wood stick, and applying ointment for a rose tint. Daily cuticle rubbing with cold cream and towel drying aid maintenance. Floor care covers stripping old finish, several varnish coats, waxed floors, turpentine for grease, alcohol salt mix for sticky stains, wet fuler's earth for grease, and hot iron with brown paper for creases.
The New York Evening Post notes that badly damaged mahogany furniture is best restored by removing the old finish with scraping and sanding, then applying wax varnish or oil. Dense woods may take colored wax. white enamelled pieces clean with warm water and whiting, dried a soft cloth. Gilt items use whiting and alcohol paste. Natural wicker cleans with warm soap suds. painted wicker matches white enamel.
Steamed round steak wrapped in dressing, tied, and steamed for hours. Leftover fish sandwich spread with milk cream and pepper, spread on buttered bread. Salad dressing combines egg mustard flour sugar vinegar and spices. Peaches stuffed with grated horseradish celery seed and spices. Gaked apples with tapioca prepared in a creamy bake.
The article traces windmill history from Dutch and medieval use to modern American power generators. It notes windmills suit pumping water and irrigation, warns against overspending on plants without securing water supply, and cites Kansas Arkansas Valley and Virginia windmills showing practical farm use and drought relief. It ends noting Christian churches seek debt relief before their centennial next year.
Alarm device attached to hinged fire escape ladders sounds bells when the ladder is lowered. A cable runs from the winged indeler to a pulley on the second landing, terminating in a counter weight. The pulley carries a clapper that rings bells as it rotates, with multiple bell contacts to vibrate the clapper. Also noted are Swiss hotel keepers opposing star ratings in Boiledeker guidebooks.
Eleven violent deaths since July at Niagara Falls alarm officials and prompt calls for safeguards. The report covers Mrs. L. D. Draper of Saginaw Mich who leapt from Goat Island after eluding guards, plus five others seen or found dead in the gorge, highlighting the resort as a site for self inflicted deaths and drownings.
Prohibition forces carried six of seven Ohio county option contests. Defiance County was the lone exception, with the city of Defiance voting dry by nearly three to one. Two large Defiance factories continue steel casting for beer bottles, employing hundreds. Voters ousted twenty-four saloons statewide. counts show Union, Champaign, Madison, Pickaway, Wood, and Logan counties supports, with varied saloon closures.
In Johnson City Tennessee, K A Bayless a magistrate, attacked his brother-in-law Benny Bayless as he slept, then fatally wounded his wife with an axe. Bayless also struck his own wife, breaking her arm, before the suspect killed himself in his jail cell.
Andrew Zadura, a Jesup, Pennsylvania hotel keeper, shot his wife and then killed himself after learning she planned a divorce suit. Mrs Zadura had left him weeks earlier but returned home to Tezano to be with their four children, driven by love for the children.
Emperor of Austria-Hungary asserts sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina after Bulgaria proclaims independence of Turkey. An international conference is set to review alleged Berlin Treaty violations.
Mrs Harvey M Day of Ellesurvi New Jersey died of rabies after exposure to a dog bite. Two others bitten by the same dog have not yet shown symptoms and remain under observation by local health authorities.
Andrew D White visits Berjin for first time since retirement as Germany ambassador while Lord Northcote travels from Sydney to China. A death by own action attempt occurs in Iowa. Reports from Rabat Morocco describe bubonic plague epidemic with thirty deaths. A leper patient in New Zealand is discharged after eleven months with a clean bill of health. A Grecian coin is unearthed in Calabria. The Shah of Persia convokes Parliament for November 14 with a vow to purge political clubs. Hyderabad described as a vast graveyard with massive destruction and high death toll. Lord Dudley’s boycott of a Governor General’s function sparks consular tensions in Sydney. Jamaica reports a captain fined for smuggling Chinese into Cuba. Congo defends Leopold against accusations of enrichment. Brazil and Argentina sign an arbitration treaty.
Boston inspector Waite travels to Columbus Ohio to reclaim John H Thorp sought for larcenies alleged from 1888 involving property worth several hundred dollars. Thousand shoe operatives strike in Lynn Mass over contract violation with Joseph Caunt Company machines reduce need for fifteen workers. Knapp approves draft uniform bill of lading to take effect November 1. Cuba quarantine raised for Havana and Cuban ports by Texas Health Department. Auto crash in Detroit kills two. Feys dies in hospital after collision with streetcar. Turnbull and Mrs Emeterto injured. Robbery in Pottsville yields $28 and jewelry. three masked foreigners take hat. Roosevelt removes Lincoln Avery and Charles H Dailey over political activity. Evans son faces court-martial reports. no charges yet for Lt Frank Taylor Evans.
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