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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
11
A narrator accepts a darkroom operator post at Snap Shott and Shutter, only to endure a grim sequence of misdeveloped plates, mistaken identifications, and mounting stress. The piece ends with the narrator resigning after three months and seeking a rest cure.
A bomb exploded at Philadelphia's Fourth Street National Bank during a loan extortion attempt, killing cashier W. McLear and Tullo Steele, the would be bomber, as a crowd of bystanders, workers, and officers fled. Eleven others were injured as the interior was wrecked and panic spread through nearby structures.
New York reports that H Harriman is identified as the railroad czar in ICC testimony. The hearing traces his control of Southern Pacific Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railroad, with extensive stock purchases totaling over 103 million dollars since 1906, including 25.1 million in Illinois Central.
Washington reports the US Supreme Court ruling that the New York stock transfer tax law is constitutional, affirming the New York Court of Appeals decision. In Oklahoma, Fort Reno police arrest Corporal Knowles after a khaki jacket with blood and a bullet hole surfaces, tied to the alleged murder assault on Captain Edgar Macklin.
Gossip of Gotham describes Times Square as a self sufficient urban world with nearly 1,000,000 daily visitors. It notes dozens of businesses including theaters hotels restaurants banks and shops plus a brisk nightlife and heavy traffic by street cars and subways.
A long fading legend of Broadway, Sam Martin's on Fortieth Street, declines as newer venues draw away patrons. Once a hub for theatrical figures, deals and contracts, the famed eatery nears closure with assets assigned and creditors seeking payment as a city marshal runs the place temporarily.
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