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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
An archival note highlights a longstanding unresolved Bond Mystery tied to Shotwell, with sparse details suggesting hidden records or missing correspondence. No definitive conclusion is recorded, leaving questions about dates, participants, and outcomes unresolved in the page.
A detective recounts the 1875 bond theft involving Selma and Gulf Railroad bonds worth 54000 dollars. Miss Carlotta Shotwell, claimed wife of Gen Roddy, testified about her relationship and a web of suspects including George Everett and Frank W. Brooks. The case tangled with political influence, court ties, and unresolved indictments in multiple cities.
A New York lawyer hires a boy named John Travers after reading a letter from his mother urging diligence. The piece notes John’s honesty, promptness, and clean appearance, and ends with a humorous anecdote about a hat salesman seeking a Merry Widow hat to hide teeth.
A New York dispatch reports a champagne dinner hosted by a prominent promoter for about 60 friends to celebrate recent wealth. Guests subscribed to thousands of mining shares on the promise of ground floor gains, yet none can describe the mine. The event featured lavish toasts and a bold pledge to sell on favorable terms, leaving guests pleased but ignorant of the underlying asset. Also reported is a note on chromium sponge produced by Binet de Jassoniex, detailing a spongy chromium form from heated cast chromium with boron and copper.
Bloomfield New Jersey school board assigns two women to repair and bind textbooks each summer. They catalog, sort, and repair all free text books across eight school buildings, leaving piles of fixed volumes for teachers to review before the term ends.
Mrs. Miriam N. Loomis urged improving college manners at the Home Economics conference in Chautauqua. She cited students in some colleges throwing bread and cake at tables and hotels charging fees to serve students. She argued the table should be the school’s social center and questioned why young men and women must apologize for college manners.
A man arrested for speeding balks at naming himself in court. The judge notes the hesitation looks suspicious while the defendant explains he has been busy learning all the numbers of his automobile and cannot remember everything.
A fragment shows an old friend musing on dyspepsia sharpening wits and Mr Comrox asking whether his mother and daughters bought a new French kitchen gadget to improve his conversation. The scene hints at a domestic conspiratorial mood.
A scene depicts a farewell between a performer and landlady Mrs Buskins. The lunging humor centers on belongings and a joked hat rack as the actor plans to remove his possessions. The light exchange reveals domestic tensions amid a wardrobe motif.
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