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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
3
A Chinese diplomat and an American argue over frogs legs and edible dogs and rats as clean feeders. The Chinese insist their labbored animals are pale and fed on bread and milk. A Christmas shopping note urges early purchases and a church cantata at St John’s next Tuesday.
Pennsylvania railroad plans a remarkable three mile bridge from Port Morris to Queens County New York. The arch bridge over Hell Gate would stand 1000 feet clear with a steel superstructure weighing about 80000 tons. The train floor will hang from the crown 300 feet above water, allowing large steamers to pass beneath.
The Burns Johnson heavyweight world title fight in Sydney is shaping up with Burns favored 1 to 4. Ten thousand tickets are sold and contracts for film rights are signed. Johnson trains at Manly with Bill Lang aiding Burns style analysis.
The post office department announced a new country speed record for covering a rural weir route. Frank E. Towell of Whites, Kansas, logged twenty four miles in three and a half hours, beating the usual six and a half to seven hours. Investigations showed he used a light buggy with two small horses, changing teams daily.
Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World sails with friends and staff on the yacht Liberty to Panama. They aim to study canal zone conditions and possibly gather evidence related to government purchase of canal property. The voyage plans to reach Panama near President Taft’s arrival date, per Old Point Comfort intel.
Washington reports that millions in U S government property on the Isthmus rely solely on fire precautions and a fire department. Frequent jet showers aid protection, but four dry months leave wooden structures at greater risk in the canal zone.
W. J. Bryan is expected to open a series of public addresses in Pennsylvania tonight, serving as the prayer in chief at a dollar dinner in Uniontown. In Notre Dame France an earthquake caused panic but little damage, prompting some residents to prepare to leave.
Fragmentary dialogue references abandoned farms and a bank, amid unrelated travel and life agency quips. The excerpt recalls Philadelphia Bulletin and New York Life snippets and hints at curiosity about Paris and unseen sites.
Cardinal Lecot archbishop of Bordeaux died in Chambery France on December 21 while returning from a visit to Rome. He led a movement of French ecclesiastics seeking a settlement of differences with the government and the church.
Roanoke Virginia December 21 A man Charles Kreicar traveling with his wife and twelve children from Esterhazy Canada to Petersburg Virginia left a car to get lunch for his family. The train departed before he could return and he was seized by robbers and hanged to a tree at Graham Virginia.
The state plans to finish its case today in the murder trial of eight alleged night riders for Captain Quentin Ranken’s death. Frank Fehringer, a rider who has confessed, will testify and name all present. The defense calls alibi witnesses from the Reelfoot lake region to dispute the indictment.
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