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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
Henry Farman made a safe 660 yard flight in a heavier than air machine at Brighton Beach on Sunday afternoon. The demonstration drew about 3,000 spectators as Farman soared to 12 to 15 feet before gliding and landing softly on a grass field. The crowd hailed the feat as a breakthrough toward passenger and freight air travel.
In Rock Hill South Carolina J L Williamson was shot and killed by Miss Marvy Garrison's father who found the couple on a porch during a late night visit. The Garri son family is prominent and the incident has caused a local sensation as a marriage between Williamson and Miss Garrison had been anticipated.
The article notes a tentative plan to connect large Eastern cities by air transport and says the venture hinges on Captain Baldwin's dirigible flights at Fort Myer. It highlights growing military interest in balloon and aeroplane technology for broader uses.
The Rev. A. P. Doyle rector of the Apostolic mission house in Washington reports to the Vatican on progress in America. He says the mission aims to convert Americans to Catholicism and hopes the entire English speaking population will embrace the Catholic faith.
The first major automobile merger aims to form the International Motor Company with a capital of 25 million dollars. It would issue 11 million dollars in common stock and 14 million dollars in preferred stock.
Mrs Anna E Lynch aged 19 years from an illness died at her home near McKeesport in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The article notes her weight of 510 pounds at time of death and mentions years of affliction.
A coal mine accident on the Crow's Nest Pass line of the Canadian Pacific Railway leaves 23 miners trapped after a cave-in at Coal Creek B C. Rescue efforts are underway as authorities fear many may perish before aid arrives.
Four Black men Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones and Joe Riley were dragged from Russellville jail and hanged from a tree on the Nashville pike. The mob of about fifty posed no gunfire and left a note warning whites to stay safe as the community woke to find the bodies.
In Warsaw a socialist vice president of the National Bakers Union was shot dead. In retaliation nationalists killed two socialist leaders, escalating political violence in the capital.
Fires across the Elk River Valley in British Columbia devastate Fernie and eight other towns on the Crows Nest line. Officials report at least 100 deaths, hundreds injured, and millions in losses as rail lines, towns, and homesteads vanish under the blaze. Cranbrook reports a 32.6 million property toll and thousands flee into improvised shelters with bridges destroyed and escape routes blocked.
Richmond Indiana police report horse thefts are widespread with suspects believed to be local and a fence operating near the city. Authorities say police in nearby Ohio and Indiana towns are aiding efforts to recover stolen property and curb the racket.
The Tailor and Cutter editor notes American garb in London but approves overall while criticizing raised seams and mislaid turned-back cuffs with aggressive buttons, calling the display peculiar yet not objectionable.
William Oliver of Mason, Michigan, a young aeronaut, was killed at Hague Park during a para chute drop when a cord on one side snapped as the parachute filled. He fell about 2,000 feet to his death.
Memphis special report recounts Lolie O Neil a Texas girl climbing the back wall at St Agnes Academy near Memphis where two officers captured her instead of reuniting with her sweetheart who planned an escape.
Coroner Mack received Dr. Walter Haines report from Rush Medical College showing strychnine and arsenic in the stomachs of Mrs Belle Gunness and two children. The finding supports the idea that Gunness killed her children and herself, shifting defenses away from Lamphere and fire-set stories.
The Manitoban Government plans to release prisoners serving minor offenses to hire out for grain harvests in the Canadian Northwest. About 30,000 men are needed to gather a crop estimated at 100 million bushels, with freed inmates earning $2 to $3 daily for several weeks.
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a half charred young woman’s body was found. Police say a cut throat and a deliberate attempt to erase evidence followed by wrapping the corpse in an oil soaked mattress and setting it aflame. An acid was poured on the face to obscure identity.
In Riverside Park Sioux City Iowa a Mayflower Congregational versus First Presbyterian game produced a unique triple play by three Cummins brothers Harry Earl and Clyde playing pitcher second baseman and first baseman. With runners on first and second a line drive to Harry was tossed to Earl at second then relayed to Clyde at first for the third out.
Paris report says G Winthrop Sands, step son of W K Vanderbilt, died from injuries after his car overturned near the Chateau St Louis de Poissy, twenty miles from Paris. He was driving at seventy five miles an hour when a tire burst, the car crashed into a tree and turned over burying him beneath the forward section. Mrs Sands and her infant daughter were at the country home at the time.
Special report from New York notes a conference resolving the Gould Harriman rail conflict. E H Harriman travels to his Oregon cabin with influence over 15 percent of the nation's railroad mileage and 25 percent of its capitalization, guiding seven eastern and five western systems. He directly controls or heavily influences 43,783 miles worth 4.02 billion dollars.
Berlin reports Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia has wed Marie Sulzer, a dance hall figure also known as Baroness Biebenberg. Once banished to Africa over rumors, he defied the Kaiser and public warnings to marry in Zurich, with plans to reside in America.
In New Jersey Deputy Sheriffs captured Bert Ulmer a noted horse thief near a deserted barn after a confrontation. They found Miss Mabel Able twenty-year-old Hunterdon county socialite who admitted living with Ulmer for a month and aiding an escape from Norristown asylum.
St. Louis developer Alexander A. Everson outlines a plan to pipe abundant Oklahoma natural gas to Europe within ten years. He envisions pipelines from Oklahoma through multiple U S states to the Atlantic, then liquefied or transmitted for lighting and power in London Paris and Berlin.
The Penn-American Plate Glass Company of Alexandria Indiana announces it will resume operations after a December shutdown with a full workforce of 600 employees. About 100 workers have been upgrading the plant including complete electrification at a cost of $200000.
Homestead Pennsylvania church choir members suspend singing after mice ran around feet during Sunday service. They refuse to practice until all mice are killed in the church corner.
In Cresson Pennsylvania special report Harry K Thaw directs Pittsburg agents to price vacant cottages here to create a summer colony for poor crippled boys and orphans, following a three year old charity idea after sending a check to Jim Flaherty's parents.
Miss Effie Snow and Miss Minnie Utley of Hardinsville Arkansas face charges of disturbing a church service by snickering and trading gossip during the sermon. Both are noted leaders in the local social set.
A landslide destroyed the village of Mexha les Bains in the Austrian Tyrol near Brixlegg. Sixteen persons reported killed. The resort area is a popular summer bath destination.
The Patricia of the Hamburg American Line reached New York after encountering a large school of whales in the Northern Atlantic. The vessel reduced speed for several hours to avoid a collision with the playful monsters during the voyage from Europe.
Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman completed a 12 mile swim from Charlestown Bridge to Boston Light in about six and a half hours.
Government advisers led by Attorney General Bonaparte plan to move for a rehearing of the Standard Oil case at the earliest possible moment, signaling a renewed push in the lengthy legal battle.
In Hot Springs Virginia Judge Taft told reporters to call him Bill or Mr Taft, joking about nominal titles after being addressed as Mr Secretary Governor Judge or Mr Taft during a brief audience.
The State Auditor reports 458 fewer saloons in Ohio since January 1, reducing revenues by 397207 dollars. Despite closures, estimated revenue this year from the $1000 Aiken tax may reach about 5 million dollars.
Terrifying storms sweep the Austrian Tyrol causing widespread destruction. Floods wash away homes and stock while corpses drift in swollen streams. The death roll in Bukowina and Ziller is reported at seventy.
A Milwaukee resident chuckled at a hot day when a stranger fried an egg on the Grand Avenue pavement in six minutes, despite forecasts that the temperature was only 80 degrees.
Miss Virginia Harned, wife of FE H Sothern, traveled from Atlanta to Chicago after seeing her husband with another actress. She learned of the affair while in Chicago and rushed to the Annex where she found them together, triggering a dramatic confrontation.
Tad Smith an eighteen year old Black boy was captured after a confrontation in Clinton Hunt county. He was taken to Greenville jail but a mob overpowered officers and hanged not the prisoner but burned him in the public square. A thousand witnesses watched the execution by fire.
The Ottoman ruler Abdul Hamid announces a constitutional reform ending thirty one years of absolutist rule. He declares openness to the public and claims he can appear in public without risk now that a constitution is in place.
A daring robbery by a woman and two men posing as auto tourists robbed Camp Cuneo, a lake front summer resort, taking all money and valuables before fleeing toward the Indiana sand dunes.
Archie Herron, former blacksmith, shot and killed Rev. S. W. B. Prickett, a Methodist minister, on July 15 and was convicted of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to be electrocuted at Trenton on September 7.
Sergent Kentucky report details a tragic suicide in Hilliard near here. Leonard Hall fifteen son of Rev Joseph Hall Baptist minister married two months to Rhoda Profitt twelve year old girl. He shot himself in his father's home amid unhappy marriage.
Damage described after a San Joaquin River levee failure near Antioch California. About two hundred feet of the levee broke, flooding roughly 360 acres with 4000 acres affected on Jersey Island. Property losses estimated at five million dollars.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth leads a Beverly effort to combat gypsy moth swarms causing hardship to mill village life. A subscription list she heads has grown to about $18,000 as residents fund control measures.
The Kobe syndicate has acquired concessions in the Japanese Alps capable of developing 300000 horsepower to supply power to enterprises in Tokyo Yokohama Kyoto Osaka Kobe and other Japanese commercial centers.
From Kansas reports 500 points of wheat yield indicate the state's total crop exceeds last year by about 2,000,000 bushels.
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