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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish publicly rejects Charles M Schwab's urging that women abandon business and professions. She argues women's brains are equal to men's, lauds education and careers for female growth, and criticizes marriage as the sole aim, urging solidarity among women and pursuit of a profession over wealth.
Charles Jones, a janitor from Sulphur, LT, confessed after escaping custody that he found a cashier’s unattended $6000 and spent it on cars and clothes. His wife, brought to the station, allegedly concealed an additional $4000 in her possession, with investigators noting the cash was planted.
In Winsted Connecticut Miss Mary Lermond volunteered to serve as sexton of Christchurch Church after Edward Heater left Canaan creating a vacancy amid a scarcity of men willing to take the role.
Washington shows a unique civil service reply from Buckley Levin who applied for a pout of the building in an Ohio town. He lists birth in Meigs County Ohio April 18 1865 and provides long on family ancestry including a grandfather born in Massachusetts and a Great Grandfather born in Ireland with triplets.
Thomas Lafever of this city possesses two 1869 railroad tickets tied to early U S railroading. One valid for Cambridge City to Hagerstown on the Indianapolis Cincinnati Lafayette line, the other for Hagerstown to Centerville Pike on the Columbus Chicago Indiana Central line. Both issued August 29 1869 for a special train by an ICC agent. Lafever values the keepsakes highly.
In Demopolia Alabama Jack Phillips keeper of the Higher bridge used a iron hook and troll chain to haul a 3320 pound eight foot eight inch freshwater shark from Minnys tribe with engine and additional chains. The shark survived briefly out of water before dying. Separately Harriet Stanton Hintech daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton sues Hoffman House over roof garden service denied without male escort. Also a report from the Philippines notes J C Barry asks transfer after natives mock the moon sighting using alleged powers.
Dr. George F. Kunz confirms discovery of a new American diamond field in Pike county southwest Arkansas. The 600 acre area is owned by Arkansas men and shows stones up to six and a half carats. Field lies between two dikes in igneous rock akin to Kimberley blue ground and is under active local development.
John Oger, 36, a shoe-store salesman, married Meta Mierhoff, chosen as the most beautiful woman in St Louis in a newspaper contest. The unanimous judging prize, a $1 600 automobile, crowned her eight-year partner, described as her opposite in appearance with brown eyes and a swarthy complexion.
A group of intoxicated tramps lay on the K line near the Missouri approach of the Alton bridge, causing alarm as the locomotive rumbled by. The engineer woke sleepers by stamping feet to clear the tracks, avoiding a derailment. A celebration at Hessen University marks 300 years with banquets and a speech by Grand Duke Ernst.
In the Bronx zoo Gundl the trick elephant nearly killed keeper Otto Hofman after Hofman tried to pick up a nickel tossed into the cage. Hofman, with 15 years as a trainer, suffered fractured ribs and internal injuries as the elephant, noted for its greed for money, toppled him from a ladder and crushed him to the floor.
In Fresno, California, bachelor cattleman Joseph Nase from Bangor bet he could win a wife within a week. He chose widow Angelina Stein after locating her via advertisement. After a brief courtship she agreed to wed, and a judge officiated just within the time limit.
At the British Association meeting in Leicester evidence challenged the claim of shrinking British heads and weakening muscles. Markborough college records show 1d-year-olds are heavier and taller than in 1885. A hat-size note reflects changes in sizing for school coaches and pupils. Sir Victor Horsley urged periodic measurements linked to medical inspections. May Buy Lake Submarines
In Bridgewater Connecticut a town quarrel over the local lockup divides the community. Six abstinent town fathers preside as the righteous majority while an anti faction questions the need for a crude cooler. The affair highlights tensions between custom and dignity in a crime free village.
A colored man Archie Thomas refused at the last moment to complete a marriage contract with Sarah Jackson as guests assembled and a whirling supper prepared. He blames her poor health and bad breath, cites Andea Grout Prescription from Ward & Friberg, and warns of doctor bills. The ad touts Andea’s Grout Prescription at $1 a bottle, three for $2.50, six for $5.00, with testimonials from Cleveland and Concord.
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