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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
7
A jumble of items reports fashion woes in London theaters and dining rooms, a Quaker monument speech in Flushing praising equal rights, and social commentaries on naval competition postwar. The piece fuses cultural gossip, legal musings, and oddball anecdotes from cities like New York and Philadelphia.
In Washington a lively session of the Sleath congress opened with ovations for Speaker Wil lemn and Speaker Bryan Williams and the election of leaders. Democrats cheered Cannon for speaker and Williams for their leader as applause rang through the galleries. Rules for the new congress were adopted after debate, and new senators and representatives were sworn in amid tributes to late members. President Roosevelt's annual message was read with lengthy attention as both houses paused for the document. Henry G. Gassaway Davis of West Virginia, 54, announced to wed Maud Ashford, while D. H. Perry of Salt Lake City, a Democratic national committeeman, lies seriously ill in Los Angeles with little hope of recovery.
Gen Pena of Argentina, ex president, died Wednesday. Duenes Ayres Gen Luig Snens Pena, born 188, was elected president October 42, 1492. The report notes his leadership era and his death, highlighting his role in Argentine history.
A New York burglary by two men who struck early Tuesday blew the Garden City post office safe and took about $1,000 in cash and stamps. A village watchman interrupted them and was shot. The same page reports dignitaries and a local homicide, including the death of Gert Aten Thomas and a fatality at a wedding melee in Brandaville.
Washington reports the jury cleared Mrs Annie M Bradley not guilty in the December murder of ex Senator Arthur Brown at a Joll hotel. The verdict was delivered after a court scene with cheers and tears as Bradley, in black, faced her cell and talked with her eldest son Arthur. She plans to leave for Goldfield Nevada with her sister.
The U S ambassador to Japan plans a verbal report from Washington on immigration issues and U S Japan relations while returning home before Christmas. He says ties remain friendly and expects immigration friction to be settled satisfactorily.
Henry Osborne Havemeyer president of Havemeyer & Co died at his Merrivale Stock Farm home in Commack New York after an indigestion attack on Thanksgiving Day. His bedside party included Mrs Wavemeyer son Horace Electra and Dr L G Wylabell. He was born October 18 1847 in Wise City and helped form the American Sugar Refinings Co in 1887 succeeding his brother Theodore as president.
Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania saw his presidential bid formally launched at a banquet in this city. The Pennsylvania delegation in Congress backed Knox as Roosevelt's successor, with Representative Burke among the first speakers. Knox's candidacy was hailed by colleagues, signaling strong GOP support. In other items, a Stamford woman was robbed of 600, a bank cashier was found dead near Lawton, and a Louisville and Nashville train wreck despatched passengers as Republicans recaptured Portland's mayoral post.
Vere Goold and his wife Marie were found guilty of Emma Levin’s murder in Monte Carlo. She was lured to the Goolds’ home amid financial need, killed, and jewelry seized. a dismembered Bennedy trunk case prompted police action after the couple fled to Marseilles. Marie Goold received death by guillotine. Vere Goold sentenced to life imprisonment.
State Banking Commissioner Zimmerman announced Chelsea Savings Bank will not open Tuesday to avoid a depositors run and to allow fair settlement of affairs. Bank president is State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier who had about 681000 of state funds deposited. Attorney General Hiré said the state is protected by the treasurer’s bond of 250000. losses unlikely unless assets pay only 50 cents on the dollar.
The Theatrical Managers' Association met and agreed Sunday performances will be shut. Police Commissioner Bingham pledged strict enforcement of the Sabbath edict and excise laws, extending to theater, music in restaurants, lectures, and Y M C A events. No venues will open after 10 PM Sunday, and crowds at Garden entrances will be controlled.
Five men used nitroglycerin to blast into the Carney bank early Thursday, securing 34,000 dollars. Inside, one man cracked the safe while another kept guard and fired on townspeople. Police charged the two in custody as the assault continued.
In Baltimore Maryland on Thursday evening actress Mrs. Clara Bloodgood killed herself in her Hotel Stafford room. Her body lay on the bed with a bullet wound through the roof of her mouth. A book titled How to Shoot Straight and a revolver with three empty chambers were found nearby. Stage manager John Emerson offered a possible motive of feared nervous prostration.
President Roosevelt ordered Gen Fursten to dispatch regular troops from San Francisco to Goldfield Nevada after a governor’s telegraph plea. The force size is left to Gen Fursten’s judgment, with Goldfield about 14 hours by rail from San Francisco.
The article outlines several methods for cooking fish, including a cheese sauce version using 1 to 2 pounds of white fish, milk, onion, mace, parsley, and cheddar or Dutch cheese. A quicker method for small white fillets involves bread crumbs, mushrooms, butter, tomato sauce, and baked bread crumb topping.
A guide to feeding patients with limited appetites describes preparation of arrowroot and panada, cheese crisps, curtain harmonizers, cardboard light shades, Virginia style sweet potatoes, smoothing broken tumblers, sugar doughnuts, and a velvet sponge cake.
A quaint recipe describes a soup made from quart of meat stock two bunches of watercress and butter simmering twenty minutes with final garnish of whipped cream and fresh watercress. The method doubles butter and adds cayenne for extra flavor.
Fragments describe a patient named Lizzie Tar with night sweats and poor appetite, seeking medical care and reporting various symptoms. References to doctors, families, and unsteady diaries appear amid disjointed phrases and uncertain timelines.
Indictment charges Roebuck & Co of Chicago and partners with fraud schemes in which they allegedly used forged orders and mail to obtain money from Dr. C F Spring of Des Moines. The counts allege deceptive letters and false representations to secure payment. The case centers on alleged mail fraud involving forged identities and misrepresented transactions.
Left Thera, a dementia Russian origin servant, enters service in Cleveland. She had never seen a refrigerator and, following directives, discards old ice by throwing away wording. The mistress later spots old ice in the yard and asks Sophe about its origin. The servant explains it is yesterday’s ice left over and that she threw it away as instructed.
An old clipping shows a testimonial about curing severe skin sores with Cuthurn Renia-Abs and salves, claiming rapid improvement in a week and total recovery in three weeks. It also includes marketing lines for Defiance Starch and Cutts products, plus a note on domestic life and a Japan-related demographic line. The piece blends consumer ads with household tips and a filler on home values.
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