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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
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A tale of Elisha Hereford and his wife explores a life split between wit and poor judgment. After eloping with a large fortune, Hereford vanishes in Constantinople, leaving $19,000 and his ashes in trust. Mrs Hereford preserves sentiment with a marble tomb, and a freak aeroplane scheme brings him back in a wreck. She then seizes control of finances, selling the tomb and urn to reclaim funds and guard the family purse.
McClure’s summarizes Dr Henry Smith Williams citing Prof Aschofenturg’s four day trial with four typesetters. On two alcoholic days workers showed up to fourteen percent slower production, while three of four finished more slowly, implying beer or wine can reduce output and raise costs in competitive settings.
Albert Tucker wed Lula E. Tucker, the divorced wife of his son John Tucker, just hours after Albert had secured a divorce himself. Warsaw residents buzz over the tangled family links and the unexpected nuptial arrangement.
A quirky verse on coded messages in courtship, showing lovers sending numeric postcards to convey love and rejections. It humorously depicts the suspense of awaiting a response and the heartbreak of a declined proposal through a coded language.
Caracas reports a Dutch foreign affairs minister demands Venezuela fulfill the Jam protocol without delay. Caracas notes Venezuela will not yield to Holland’s demands and that the country is preparing to resist a potential invasion with major coastal defense guns ready for emergency use.
Det major Carmelo Castro brother of Venezuela's president arrived on the steamer Zulia. Reports said he may form an artillery corps to defend Venezuela, but he denied political aims, stating the trip is for pleasure. He plans to stay about a month, then visit Paris and spend winter in Europe. He is twenty years old.
New York report claims Katherine and Charlotte Pollion released from Blackwell’s telland in June earned three months for defrauding the Hotel Bristol of 135. They allegedly posed as Missen Smith and lived as boarders for six weeks before leaving with belongings. Mrs Malcolm says they offered plausible excuses to dodge bills.
London reports a syndicate of German American Russian and French capitalists forming to acquire English factories for producing foreign patented articles at cost. The plan aims to bypass British patentees by manufacturing locally and selling at cost with a small commission, sparing inventors the expense of running their own plants.
Speaker Cannon reports selling 49 000 worth of Nebraska farm land and offering more property. A 700 acre farm sold for seventy owners with nearby market prices around 8754 to 80. Cannon, who bought the land years ago, reportedly owns thousands of acres in eastern Nebraska amid the corn and wheat belt. Also, a separate item notes a 2 000 strong mob storming a house in Theria where Nicholas Hector, a black man, resisted rent and was attacked. no wounds among assailants reported.
New York Oct 14 Edna Wallace Hopper testified before receiver Charles Ke Littlefield about gifts from A C Brown end of firm including a $7500 automobile and a $23000 life policy. She said the transfers occurred before trouble, that she had never received the car, and that her engagement to Brown was the sole consideration. The ring remained with Hopper as the receiver pressed for its return.
A New York notice reports a 1771 ten pound English note presented to Controller Mete for payment, with experts calculating possible city liability near ten thousand dollars. The piece mixes commentary on Burns and Robene poems, citing a Canadian passerby and a Toronto pamphlet. The item blends literary satire with financial curiosity about colonial era debt and the old York coat of arms.
A. B. Browne for both sides asked the Supreme Court to advance Nobel State Bank of Oklahoma versus Governor C. N. Haskell and state officers. The motion cites a constitutional bank guaranty law and ties the issue to a presidential candidate’s platform advocating a similar act. The request stresses national interest in bank deposit guarantees.
London observers report unrest as unemployed workers join women suffragists to pressure Parliament. Police attempted to disperse crowds but protesters regrouped, windows boarded, businesses disrupted. Mrs Drummond, Mrs Pankhurst, and Christabel Pankhurst were jailed on incitement warrants after urging the public to “rush” the House of Commons.
Charles Spur Walty, a Nazareth resident and years old, underwent brain surgery in Philadelphia two years ago to curb unlawful acts. He is charged with stealing wine from a local hotel cellar. The operation reportedly failed to remove the alleged criminal impulse. Before the operation, he resisted arrest, claiming a revolver was drawn against him.
The Manila Merchants Association passed resolutions censuring the insular government for inaction on cholera in the provinces and for failure to prevent the disease's entry into Manila. It condemns provincial municipal autonomy and appoints a committee to hold the Philippine Commission responsible for health bureau inefficiency.
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