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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
14
New York enacts a drastic divorce reform making the sole statutory cause for divorce a misdemeanor. Offenders face up to six months in a penitentiary or county jail or a fine up to 250 dollars, with emphasis on punishing those who fabricate proof for divorce. The bill’s author argues it targets immoral schemes while not abolishing the institution of marriage.
A compromise between the President and Congressional leaders approves increased pay for soldiers with no growth in army size. Immediate pay raises will be introduced in Congress, led by Senator Dick of Ohio and Representative Capron of Rhode Island, upon convening.
A. Farren alias Mr W Adams former cashier of the Farmers bank of Clearfield Iowa was arrested in Kansas City on embezzlement charges involving Taylor Town school funds deposits causing the bank to fail June 26 1906. The bank was owed over 23000 and Farren disappeared before officers traced him. He later worked as a janitor in a Kansas City office building under the alias Adams.
A north bound Southern railway train derailed at Red Soil nine miles south of Charlottesville Virginia. Twenty one people were injured though none seriously. The entire train except the engine and tender overturned.
A Yale Sheffield senior society chapter house named Sachem, recently completed, was destroyed by fire in New Haven Connecticut. The structure cost about $40 000 to build and would have housed its first occupants this fall.
Charles Blondin the famed Niagara Falls tight wire walker is reportedly alive and living as a hermit in West Cheshire Connecticut despite rumors of his death in London a decade ago.
A 10 Lancaster shot October 3 notes a death warrant for the hanging of four Italians, the first such order in Pennsylvania in many years. A runaway bus near St Louis killed four men and injured another when it collided with three loaded cars on a spur track of the Missouri Pacific railway. The cars then struck a hand car carrying five men.
Secretary Taft campaigns for the Republican nomination at the Buckeye Club in Columbus. He urges more rail rate regulation, clearer anti trust definitions, opposition to government railroad ownership, and tariff revision after the next election. He defends his stance against Bryan and Roosevelt leftward ideas.
A collage of quirky items notes lotteries ending except marriage and a 56 year divorce wait in Wisconsin. A Nebraska judge is kissed after a prompt lawsuit win while a California professor touts 10 cents of peanuts. A patriotic Ohio boy may fund a big Fourth celebration. A midtown NY lunatic mails souvenir post cards from stations. A Washington girl on a wrecked boat inspires a heroism nod.
Reports say Sultan’s troops crushed a large Kauss force near Moroccon lands with about six hundred Moors killed and villages burned. Paris notes Morocco’s turmoil deepening as Mulai Hafiz is proclaimed sultan by rebels and a new Moorish army threatens Casablanca. Public troops mobilize at Oran.
The long running equity suit filed March 1 by George Wo Glover and others as next friends against Calvin S Frye and others seeking an accounting of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy’s property ended after a court opened in the Maldy competency hearing before Judge Falgar Aldrich at Convent NN. William I Chandler Sr. announced a motion to dismiss, citing unprofitability of immediate relief and burdens of litigation.
The fiscal year ended June 30 1907 shows a large increase in internal revenue receipts over 1906. Spirits led with 12 042 546, tobacco 11 811 009, and oleomargarine 317 003 amid increases in other products. minor miscellaneous receipts fell by 40 400. Total receipts across all sources reached 7 664 022, up 20 501 54 from 1906.
Prof Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell a member of the United States Eminigra tion Commission tours the Canadian Northwest studying American immigration to Canada and Astiatics movement to British Columbia He plans a confidential report to the President on his findings.
Vaede Sam publishes the widely circulated horse book series with over a million copies in print. A new edition and more volumes are ordered to meet persistent demand. The census reports a falling prison population ratio since 1904, with 1044 per million Americans in prison and a notable share of female and colored inmates, reflecting broader probation and parole expansion.
A large series of forest fires scorched about 7 540 acres across southeastern Worcester County Cape Cod and Bristol and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts. The Douglas woods fire spread into Connecticut as well destroying thousands of acres with coals and smoldering embers remaining.
Danish engineer discovers a process to make beer from tablets. Last year 31 large steel vessels were built for service on the Great Lakes. Sweden leads Europe in telephone use. Only 35 percent of Spain’s 20 million can read and write. German liners threaten Atlantic mail service without higher pay. Elks parade in Philadelphia on a heat wave day. 4 420 sunstruck. William Abrams Martin, sole survivor among John Brown’s jurors, lives in Virginia and marks his seventy fifth year. India rubber imports into the United States last year valued at 350 million dollars. Brazil the chief source. A Pekin merchant convicted of murder is sentenced to death amid a bizarre custodial execution.
Open analysis argues Atlantic harbors and major cities are protected by strengthened coast defenses. It notes needs for Chesapeake Bay defense via an artificial island and disappearing guns, with wartime fleet presence still essential to deter invasions. Berlin police combat moving picture shows due to eye strain concerns.
The battleship Connecticut, first government built of its class, sailed off the Maine coast in a measured course comparison with the Louisiana built by Newport News. Connecticut achieved an average speed of 18.73 knots over five runs with tidal corrections, edging out Louisiana's best 18.59 knots.
A mosaic of offbeat quotes and social notes from the era includes remarks about roving social circles, political figures, and cultural clichés. Highlights mention President Roosevelt, Emperor William, and various newspaper quips on public life, science, and fashion.
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