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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
6
Denver reports state humane agents condemn the May 17 mass killing of 1500 sheep in Garfield county. Officials say no arrests yet though sheriffs lead a posse. $6000 value, 20000 sheep in area, one survivor starving with injuries.
Philadelphia reporter Jack O Brien predicts Louis Ketchel will defeat Jack Johnson in Frisco to claim the heavyweight title. He argues Ketchel’s power to body punch and close quarters work would topple Johnson, while Ketchel himself remains poised to train on the coast after the bout.
Naples reports the murder or disappearance of Holland Bennett a Boston attorney aboard the steamer Berlin with his wife. Italian Black Hand activity prompts authorities to search for suspects as they investigate his fate and linked crimes amid tensions with the United States after the Petrosino case.
In Washington a special man opens and closes doors for officials a custom fading elsewhere but veterans in the capital perform this service with formal bearing. Also an ad notes real estate in San Juan County New Mexico inviting inquiries to Walter B. Coston Parmington for prices and descriptions.
In Floresville Texas Refugio Juarequen sentenced to hang for a scaffold crime stabbed Sheriff William Wright in the chest with a sharpened spoon as the execution was attempted. The wound proved not serious after being deflected by bone. The trap failed at first and had to be reset before the sentence was carried out. Juarequen protested his innocence to the end.
Stephen Marsh found 4887.30 in a Bible given by his spinster aunt 35 years ago. He planned to move to Denver with his son and had lived on a pension of 12 dollars monthly. The discovery transformed him into a devout believer in the Bible.
Kerosene is the standard remedy for mites and lice in the hen house. Keep incubator level for even heat and set egg chamber at 103 degrees, rising to 105 during hatching. A clean, well kept poultry house rewards with eggs and friendly praise.
The article recounts settler life on the plains, notes about Indian squashes and rushes for feed, and 1849 winter hardships of Utes. It recalls Major Chilton and Captain Stansbury on winter campaigns, along with Judge Paddock finds buffalo remains. It ends with a Grant era anecdote about George W. Briant and a mules dispute with Congress.
The June Physical Culture report outlines the Roosevelt expedition's food plan for a year in Africa. White hunters rely on rice, bread, biscuits and chutney, with potatoes and vegetables at key stations, while fresh meat from gazelles and antelope supplements supplies.
The article recalls an exceptional breach of palace secrecy in 1807 when Selim III allowed General Sebastiani, declining to surrender the fleet, to visit the sultan’s harem after aiding the defense of Constantinople. The British fleet moved through the Dardanelles, and Selim honored his promise.
Dr. Murdock recounts a Julynight rescue sparked by a child's telephone call. Eddie Thornton, six, used a two-digit number to reach his family doctor, leading police to a Burnett Street house and a hidden boy found in a locked wash tub. Authorities detained a man and a woman. Eddie revived with medical aid.
Sebastiani receives privilege to witness the sultanate review of the eastern beauties. He selects a Georgian beauty, only to find the next morning a black slave delivers a casket containing her head and a letter from the Khalifa stating that she is to be his consolation despite Islamic law.
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