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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
3
A seaman recalls finding Gretchen a fair stowaway in heavy seas headed to New York. She toiled under harsh officers until Hans, her betrothed, appears on arrival in Hamburg. Gretchen survives, later reunites with the narrator, and becomes his wife and mother of his children.
Pittsburg newspaper reports Judge James S Young ruled the habeas corpus and testificandum writ against Harry K Thaw was dismissed. No need to bring Thaw to Pittsburg. if testimony is required depositions may be taken elsewhere. Proceedings paused as Gardiner and Meyer disputed documents and scheduling.
The Balkans remain calm as Bulgaria may discuss the Oriental Railroad and Roumelian tribute with Turkey directly. Austria will also discuss Bosnia and Herzegovina with Constantinople, while Crete’s fate rests with the four powers in charge. Prospects for a conference grow brighter as Europe moves toward legalization of the remilte.
Newark dispatch says Herbert B. March and his wife were awakened at 2 am to masked burglars in their bedchamber at 200 Berkeley Avenue Orange. A pistol was leveled and $1,200 in valuables stolen after two accomplices ransacked the house. Police pursued the trio to Newark.
In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey states the Straits question is not on the conference programme. He warns that raising related subjects would complicate matters but assures the government will protect the interests involved in any Straits discussion.
Wesley M. Oler, president of the American ice company, testified at the Morse and Curtis trial about 1908 stock transactions with Morse. He described offering to buy 2000 shares of ice at 71, placing notes with the National Bank of North America, and a later profit of 90,000 from a 1000 share move. He said he could not meet a 14,000 note and that Morse knew of his debt to the New Amsterdam Bank.
The Swiss Republic has endured since 1508 with a current constitution from 1874. It comprises three nationalities German French Italian, though Germans remain the majority. Twenty two states federate under the 1874 constitution.
In St Petersburg on October 21 a naturalized American citizen Adolph Fisher held ten months in Russian prisons is the subject of Foreign Office talks. The embassy seeks his release with Russian cooperation and possible transfer to an American port. Fisher was arrested after visiting a Samara restaurant frequented by criminals amid suspicions of involvement in a murder. He claims ignorance of the restaurant’s illicit character.
Berlin reports that at the Prussian Parliament the chancellor stated Germany would cooperate with the allies for a peaceful just settlement in the Balkans while planning to introduce a bill to reform the three class voting system. The move signals continued attention to national issues and reforms.
A Belgrade dispatch reports Austro Hungarian authorities forcibly detained at Agram Gen Vuketteh envoy extraordinary of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro on a mission to King Peter of Servia. General Vukovitch, Montenegro’s former minister of war, left Cetinje for Belgrade last Saturday.
A Rome dispatch reports Queen Margherita has given consent to the marriage of the Duke of Abrivei and the heiress of Victor Emmanuel. A diamond tiara valued at 100,000 is to be presented as part of the arrangement.
J M Barrie famed author of Peter Pan spoke at Smith College during his American tour last year. Asked how he felt about the reception he replied he would rather talk bonk and times to one girl than to speak to eight thousand girls.
An editor and reporter clash over interviewing a reclusive figure described as unusual. The reporter says she was contacted but refused to talk, prompting questions about her status, with one incredulous remark about whether she is dead.
An elderly Brooklyn man identified as KR France, about 75, died in Little Ferry, New Jersey, while seeking his wife whom he had been separated from for four years. He collapsed near the house where she boarded after being threatened with arrest if he did not explain his presence. He had previously followed her to New York and New Jersey, where she supported herself as a bookkeeper after leaving Murray Will farm. Her exact whereabouts and fate remained unknown as the couple had long been estranged.
Albert Bigelow Paine recounts a camp supper where a daring owl dish tests loyalties and hunger. The narrator recalls Del Dink and a wary partridge tale as Eddie resists, yet the owl breast proves irresistible, tender and flavorful, reshaping trust and appetite around a wary meal in Outing Magazine.
A compact excerpt contrasts rapid living and abrupt demise with a Paris Reyne quip on prejudice and a Frederick the Great warning about doors and windows, reflecting brisk rhetoric on speed, survival, and social attitudes.
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