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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
A brief item notes a venue called Hastity of the Wok staged at Boot and Bowne located at 400 Pearl Street in New York. No further details on dates or participants are provided in the readable text.
John McFarland testified in Chicago on December 17 that he conspired with Samuel T. Warfield and William N. Cooper to dupe Mrs. Patten, wife of a millionaire grain broker, out of about $22,700 through costly deluxe book editions. He was a Harvard alumnus and former editor, recalling earlier career details as part of the prosecution’s case.
Three new mills planned in Wall River Mass promise major employment. Lincoln Mill already starting, Davis and Sagamore mills underway. When finished they will add about 1,800 spindles to the city and create work for roughly 1,800 operatives.
Louel fen Hargis announces readiness to spend 850000 to secure acquittal for her son Beach Hargis in the Burning of his father case. Trial had been set for yesterday in Lexington Kentucky.
A lengthy record lists total fatalities of 30 from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and provinces due to hunting in the season. Causes include 27 by firearms, drownings, and weather mishaps, with numerous accidents from fellow hunters and misloads. Names and ages across Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Canadian provinces are cited, detailing lives lost in various towns and regions.
Senator Lodge denounced the Foraker bill in a Washington floor speech arguing it would politicize a military discipline case. He backed Roosevelt and Warner measures to restore dismissed Brownsville soldiers, condemning the bill as unconstitutional and an overreach on presidential power. He urged equal treatment for soldiers and citizens and warned against exploiting the incident for race politics.
New York reports Mary Pinkney the wealthiest woman in Harlem has filed for probate with an estimated forty million dollars left to relatives. Trustees are Thomas Watt and Curtis P. Pierce. two servants receive five hundred dollars. Mary Neer gets twenty thousand. other relatives receive specified bequests including the Watt farm property between 139th and 140th streets. The estate is divided into four shares: two to Thomas and Archibald Watt, one held for Julia Morris, and the remaining quarter split with Grace Watt receiving half directly and the other half in trust.
In Ceylon the American fleet men enjoyed trips to Kandy on an inland lake. General Lawrence hosted Rear Admiral Sperry and flag officers at luncheon. Fleet medical officers were hosted by Sir Al Be Perry. Many sailors from California and Colorado mingled with locals as Rear Admiral Swinburne arranged police support with Panama authorities for city safety.
A train derailment in the Pouch tunnel between here and Brive caused fifteen deaths and thirty injuries. Fire followed the wreck with most victims trapped and burned. Efforts to rescue were hampered by the blaze and debris.
A House Ways and Means hearing on the metal schedule reveals robust growth in the auto sector. It notes 187 million dollars in capital, 108,900 direct and 100,000 related employment, 150,000 cars in a decade, 40 percent production rise planned for 1908, and 75,000 new cars. Estimated US auto product value is 160 million for the coming season with 263 manufacturers, including 125 makers of standard grade cars. Wages exceed foreign rates, with Americans earning 25 cents per hour versus foreigners at 10 cents.
General William Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, underwent surgical treatment in an effort to recover his sight after illness. The procedure followed an attack of fever and complications related to his vision.
In Boston a trial of promoter Cardenio F. King for larceny of 25000 from 31 persons continued. Judge Schofield barred a defense question about Davis belief in ad content. Davis testified King praised Knickerbocker Trust failure as stock tips and planned heavy advertising to profit, sending Davis to the stock exchange for a list of about 20 good stocks.
Four people died and six were injured when a pier and span of the new Potomac River bridge at Hiameport fell yesterday. Two of the injured are expected to die. Martinsburg West Virginia reported the accident on December 17.
Public notice from agents for Parisian Sage touts the red cross pharmacy hair restorer promising stopping hair loss correcting dandruff and scalp itching restoring shine and growth. A testimonial from a Rochester buyer cites reported hair regrowth and improved styling.
Chicago December 17 1 000 000 opium users in the United States according to Br David Pauleon president of the Anti cigarette League He claims China needed 26 grains of opium per person last year while the United States used 46 grains per person and asserts one million opioid users exist.
Isabella J. Martin faced a presentment on charges of entepiracy tied to an explosion at Judge P F Seder's residence on December 17 in Oakland. The case alleges a planned act of revenge over a suit's outcome and the taking of money from a man for job involvement.
An odd catalog style line mentions a title A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever by T Faux Goursud with phrases Oriental Dream or Magical Beau Sarina. The wording resembles a garbled bibliographic line or teaser.
An old article notes the term Wassermaaker or Wassermaeker used in Prohibition era discourse. It explains German roots for water and a derisive label tied to liquor enforcement and threats noted by a college board president and a U.S. commission official.
The legislature is dominated by about 150 farmers from towns who fear losing seats, oppose progressive reform, and reward small-town prejudice. They show little humanity or interest, twisting taxation and state governance to benefit the larger town and voting against abolition of offset. The Minot and Herald laments this petty, self serving conduct.
In Greenwich Huron county Ohio five men ambushed Marshal V Y G Woods near the post office and railroad yards. Woods fired one of the assailants who fell dead. he was wounded in the back. The assailants fled as townspeople found Woods and the unidentified man near the railroad. The dead man was about fifty five and well dressed.
In Union City Tennessee on December 17 a jury began hearing cases against eight men charged with munition related crimes tied to a mob action. Witnesses described violence during the ride and the burning of fish wharves at Sambene in April with testimony about the threats and actions near the improvised siege.
A courtroom scene shows a judge advising a nineteen year old husband and seventeen year old wife to think pleasant thoughts of each other. They heed the advice, later receiving small gifts as a sign of reconciliation. A year later a vase and flowers appear, thanking the judge for a simple, humane intervention that saved their marriage.
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