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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1909
Page
1
Five thousand spectators in Long Beach California watched amateur aeronaut Jean Savage ascend into a fierce wind. He released at 2500 feet and his balloon turned downward, plunging into the sea where a launch recovered it. Savage landed in the breakers, freed his parachute, which drifted away and sank before recovery.
In Warsaw on March 8 police with infantry dispersed a student gathering in the university hall debating changes to the examination system. One hundred eighty eight students were arrested.
Pittsburg March 8 The John Sted ler family of six were rescued from their burning home by two policemen who arrived during the blaze and carried them to safety. The fire damaged the residence but no serious injuries were reported.
Liberal party organized in Havana on March 8 backed by Iowa men. In Big Springs Texas on March 8 a railroad to run north from Big Springs is financed by Dove and W P Soash capitalists of Waterloo Iowa. They say the road is a go and will reach Lubbock with a construction cost of $500000.
A Monday morning fire in El Paso caused about 39 dollars in losses to several establishments including the Richard Capel block Snyder jewelry store Black Candy company and Rosing's clothing store.
Clarence Lockhart, a Black youth, was fined 100 dollars in Dallas city court for appearing in public in women's attire. The case illustrates local enforcement of cross-dressing statutes in March.
Kingston dispatch quotes Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency on December 4 discussing non intervention in Haiti. He says the US should act only with public support and clear facts, noting prior delays in Panama Cuba Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico and that Americans were not ready to intervene. Ossining report notes William Jones executed in Sing Sing electric chair for September 1997 murder.
A premature blast in Irwin Pennsylvania injured James Clifford, severing an arm and causing a severe chest wound. Medical officials report the victim is not expected to survive.
Count Okuma, former president of the Progressive party, lauds President Taft in the Tokio Mainichi. He supports the naval program without opposing it as a principle, favors temporary immigration restraint to quell suspicions of Japan, and argues anti Japanese sentiment will fade under Tafts peaceful leadership.
Hugh Hopkins aged 37, son of J J Hopkins superintendent of the South Side Elevated Railroad, was found slain in a doorway at 3703 Wentworth avenue after bartender John Laterra telephoned police that he had exchanged shots with a hold up man in a saloon.
In New York on March 8 a weighing scale toppled as six year old Irene Smith stepped on it. Her penny dropped, she attempted to note her weight, and the device crushed her beneath it in a fatal accident.
A method from the text explains removing rust by covering knife blades with sweet oil for a day. Then rub with a lump of fresh lime to form a soap like layer that cleanses the knife perfectly.
The sixty sixth Indiana general assembly closed its session in Indianapolis on March 8. Lawmakers enacted Sunday baseball and a uniform public accounting system. The long contest over repealing the county local option law ended with Senate Republicans killing the repeal bill.
Cleaning painted walls requires dissolving two ounces of borax in two quarts of water and adding one tablespoonful of ammonia. Use half this quantity in each bucket of water, and do not use soap. Wash a small section at a time and rub dry with four clean cloths.
Boston March 8 Colonel Charles C Rivers who led the Eleventh Massachusetts infantry in thirty four battles during the Civil War has died suddenly. He served seventeen years as deputy collector of customs for the port of Boston.
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