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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
1
A fragmented OCR item references Rome dealers Wagner & Co and a fur and winter trade note. The readable portion hints at a business notice or catalog entry involving furs and seasonally themed goods from a Rome firm.
The article reports 14,000 residents at Palmi with only a few score alive, 2,200 corpses buried, and survivors aided by rescuers and medical teams. Palmi and Bagnara totals cited, with further casualty notes at Reggio and Messina, plus King Victor Emmanuel’s dispatch about disaster relief and Russian wounded ships arriving at Naples.
Roving dispatches report dec 31 that bodies of quake victims are burned and streets dusted with disinfectants. Troops operate field kitchens baking bread as guards safeguard provisions. prisoners are moved aboard ships and home. Regiments feared lost with a tidal wave. widespread depopulation in Messina Straits area. Scylla town reportedly vanished amid topographical changes.
Montgomery on December 31 1908 as the year 1909 began Alabama enforced prohibition with midnight closes on saloons. Officials in each county warned proprietors that the law would be strictly enforced and intoxicants barred except in drug stores by prescription. Saloonkeepers reportedly ceased operations at 12 o'clock, and Mobile facing tax adjustments to fund public schools due to liquor license revenue shifts.
Claud Grubbs, crippled by a 1905 Newcastle sidewalk accident, secured $7,500 plus interest and costs from the city after the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed his damages. He and his family moved to Greenville where he now works as a collector for C. E. Jordan and plans to collect the full judgment.
Definite word from Taft headquarters states P Taft withdraws from the senatorial contest to aid party harmony. Hamilton county delegation loyal to Taft will back Burton for Congress, aiding his bid to succeed Senator Foraker. Foraker also withdraws, leaving Burton with a clear field to win the seat.
Fletcher Willis a Black man was hanged in Perry Georgia for the Houston county murder of James Hall. He reportedly muttered that innocent men will be hanged when they hang him. Other items note labor costs dispute over Gompers etc with DC Supreme Court actions. Hal Me Lane dies by chloroform in Colorado. German actor Rinau dies in Atlanta.
A bridegroom Ed Boothe his father-in-law H Goals and brother-in-law Goals were killed after a quarrel over a recent marriage at Prairie Lea Texas. Boothe killed H Goals the bride’s father then Goals killed Boothe and fatally wounded Goals as he died. Swift Packing of Chicago plans Fort Worth plant investment of 750000 and matches Armour's prior spending.
John Hutchinson woke to a room full of smoke as his bed ignited in Waxahachie Texas on December 31 narrowly escaping death The flames damaged the house and prompted quick action by residents and responders.
Silsbee Texas December 31 Mrs Frank Smith dies from a ruptured blood vessel attributed to a kick her husband is arrested. He was asleep in a room adjoining the scene when taken into custody.
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