06 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
1
The United States government runs a Christmas bargain sale described as The Sale of Articles Accumulated In the Division of Dead Testers. It occurs annually during the holiday season by order of the postmaster general.
In old notes a booming Washington post office sale at Christmas clears unclaimed mail items. Thousands of lots include gloves toys and jewelry with diamonds valued high. The Dead Letter Office auctions non deliverables to fund treasury gains while offering a curio of holiday chaos.
In Chicago Misa Margaret Kalman twenty two uses presence of mind and strength to rescue her unconscious chum Myrtle Ackerman twenty who had been overcome by smoke when a fire broke out in the Ackerman home at 3022 Hast Ninety second street. Miss Ackerman recovers as her father Frederick Ackerman tells how Kalman carried the limp friend down the back stairs and saved her life.
Walter Schoonover an 11 year old boy in Kansas City Kansas shows violent impulses only at night. He has seized a hammer while asleep and aimed to strike his father and stepmother. After several incidents the court ordered the boy sent to a sanitarium for treatment.
July 4 1829 marked the debut of the first two omnibuses in England thanks to George Shillibeer. The 22 passenger inside cars were drawn by three bays, featured omnibuses painted on both sides, and carried passengers from York Street to the Bank at a fare of 1s half a penny mid-route, with newspapers and magazines offered free.
In Fayette County West Virginia during a church visit 16 inmates led by Frank Carver attempted to break out. They forced bars and aimed for the jailer’s apartments to reach the outside. A bulldog owned by the jailer barked and alerted bystanders who called the jailer and stopped the escape.
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