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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
3
A seventeen year old stranger joins a bridal party in a Russian village to reach a railway station. When wolves threaten the group, she sacrifices herself, using a steel ball weapon to kill the lead wolf and save them all. An official vows to report her as a revolutionary, but the party spares him in exchange for joining him beyond the border.
Mrs Dalla Roone perished saving others during a Cimarron Creek flood in Folsom New Mexico She warned subscribers from the telephone exchange as waters rose She died with the receiver strapped to her head and her body found Saturday after thirteen others perished in the canyon flood ten bodies were recovered by Saturday afternoon leaving five missing The flood was thirteen feet deep and a mile wide in the canyon
A 52 year old man K B Shilling of Lagran ge Indiana attempted to throw his 21 year old daughter from the top of the Auditor ium tower in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. Excited bystanders fought him off tearing the girl from his grasp. He was arrested. The man had recently been released from Kankakee insane asylum and had urged a trip to Chicago with his daughter. The daughter watched him paying her insurance earlier in the day and appeared sane. They climbed the iron stair to the observatory and stood by the lake before the attack. The girl screamed for help as he lifted her toward the balustrade.
Four 80 year old St Louis residents visited German Mutual Life Insurance in the Third National Bank Building to pay premiums and learned their policies had already paid out. Kratee Cornell Hema and Sohevid formed the quartet killed officially. checks were cashed for face values and uncollected dividends.
A collage of quips and satirical vignettes on London life. The Undertaker Mr Mildew recalls a near fatal moment and the police, a street cry lament, and a boy notes an escaped convict. The pieces capture urban humor and public mood from Punch and Daily Mail style.
A garbled quote recounts a detective recalling near-death moments in a career marked by escapes. The speaker notes several close calls including a South American trap that almost hung him from a rubber tree, leaving him unseen. The fragmentary Brooklyn Lith text hints at publication sourcing.
A humorous dialogue from Harper's Weekly portrays a cigarette boasting of social status and a cigar listening, both feigning superiority. The scene unfolds after dinner as the cigarette questions affection from women while the cigar remains aloof and absorbed in smoke.
Mrs. Hranels Me Cabe, 28, wife of brick maker Amy McCabe, was shot three times by Samuel Manes, 26, at 28 West Ninety-eighth Street. The struggle, aided by neighbors, left Manes unconscious after a fall. Mrs. McCabe survived, though bullets nearly struck her heart. The incident followed Manes's threats and pursuit from Catskill mountains to her East New York relatives' home.
Aug 31 reports say Rock Island engineers and brakemen were discharged for smoking as part of a plant rule. Officials deny a general crackdown and note that actions are voluntary. Trade unions threaten strike if reinstatements are not made, while company officials state there is no widespread rule.
New York August 3 Congressman Littlefield is appointed receiver for A U Brown Co by Judge George Holt. Bond set at 200000. Appointment follows creditor action. Littlefield’s role could be temporary until creditors select a trustee to manage the firm’s affairs.
Cleveland Aug 31 Mrs Margaret Snyder reports her husband attacked a new mahogany piano with a hatchet at daybreak destroying the ivory keys and piano case. She says he also harmed other gifts from her mother and feared further property loss. Police were notified by a letter from her mother about a box of presents en route.
Hennington Aug 31 Vermont Democratic chairman Harris predicts the party will cut the Republican majority from four years ago. He notes vigorous campaigning by Democrats and local speakers, claiming three state operatives have effectively presented facts to supporters and expressing confidence in reducing the GOP edge appreciably.
Herbert Woodbury 45, jailed in Dover Me awaiting grand jury ruling on the alleged November 1907 murder of his wife at the Foxcroft Exchange hotel, died by cutting his throat with a razor while being shaved by a fellow prisoner. The wife’s body was found February 18 in a vacant room. autopsy ruled strangulation.
London talks suggest William Waldorf Astor will soon receive a peerage with a likely title such as Lord Astor of Cliveden or Lord Hever of Hever Castle. A note hints the honor may instead go to the younger Astor who plans a Conservative bid in the next general creation. The elder Astor remains unreconciled, with no path to honors anticipated for him under the current government.
A fragmented magazine review argues that Newport's society is not strictly exclusive but composed of agreeable people open to others. It mocks rigid club notions, praising polite dress and likable conduct as the visible virtues.
Green Lake Washington August 31 Mine Anna Hadeen, a Swedish girl, left the city for a Douglas county claim about twenty-five miles south of Quincy and a mile from the Columbia river. She plans to stay at least five years, bolting her claim alone with her brother helping to build a home. Neighbors are cousins Mr and Mrs John Lind about a mile away.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy head of the Christian Science church faces personal property tax in Concord New Hampshire though living in Newton Massachusetts. Archibald McLellan says Eddy remains legally resident in Concord for tax purposes due to her trusteeship and prior residence, despite current residence in Newton.
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