This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
5
Constantinople era columnist notes Abdul Hamid's shift to constitutional rule. Despite decades of tyrannical rule and Armenian atrocities, the sultan appears to embrace liberty, parading through Constantinople to public cheers and drawing mixed European reactions as diplomats doubt a stable successor.
A highwayman five miles from Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park robbed seven stage coaches of more than $6,000 from about 125 tourists. He lined up passengers at rifle point and fled. two cavalry troops and government scouts hunted him. Passengers were unarmed by park rules.
New York, Aug 27. Oklahoma secretary of state Bill Cross arrived in the city to deny reports of his death. He carries a gold headed cane and insignia of fraternal orders. He heads to London for an international educational convention starting September 1. Cross jokes news of his demise should precede him to England.
Mrs Hetty Green and her daughter Miss Sylvia left New York for a Newport summer outing with minimal luggage and five cent street car fare. The richest U S woman travels light, heading from Madison Avenue to Bellows Falls Vermont, attired in a plain lawn skirt a black bonnet and a black cape.
American ambassador David T. Thompson was struck by a bicyclist in Mexico City. He suffered a fracture to the arm and facial contusions.
Telegrams from the French Protectorate report King Sisowath of Cambodia has been vaccinated and a perfect craze for vaccination has seized the royal court.
George W. Fitzgerald, a former United States subtreasury teller, was arrested on the charge of stealing $173,000 in 1907. He had admitted the bail request was postponed for more evidence, and he claimed the funds were earned through egg and commodity speculation with his wife’s estate and investments.
Waterloo Iowa August 26 news reports the death of Rev J H Windsor aged 80 at LeGrange NL He organized the Charles City Congregational church in 1858 and pastored in Waterloo from 1884 to 1886 His father was a minister and missionary in Dubuque in the early 1800s.
Heidelberg Germany Aug 26 Baron Speck von Sternburg aged 56 German ambassador to the United States died last night. He and Baroness, formerly Miss Lillian Langham of Louisville Ky, had come from Hamburg to consult Prof Czerny about a lupus, not cancer, and died from lung inflammation. He served in Saxony and Potsdam then as military attache in Washington and had been Germanys ambassador since 1903.
Baltimore authorities report Mrs Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter Hya confessed that the body found in a trunk near Camden New Jersey on August 16 was Samuel J Rosenbloom of Windber Pennsylvania husband of Mrs Rosenbloom. They say Alexander Rosenbloom killed him November 12 last after a quarrel and the beating of his wife and children.
Washington dispatch discusses whether high authority can be held in contempt as the government pursues a review petition in the United States circuit court of appeals over the Standard Oil $29 000 000 case. Bonaparte Kellogg Sims and Wilkerson defend the petition drawing sharp remarks on court authority.
Tangier report confirms Abdel Aziz defeated by his brother Mulai Hafid. Abdel Aziz seized Aug 19 after troops defected following initial firing. Hafid proclaimed sultan at Tangier. officials in major cities pledge allegiance, signaling total leadership across Morocco.
A C Bartlett of Chicago driving with wife and daughter struck a boy who ran from behind a car in Schmiedeberg near Dresden. Villagers protested and Bartletts took refuge in a hotel. Authorities ruled the chauffeur blameless and Bartlett promised compensation to the boy’s family.
Topeka on August 27 saw a fist fight between David Mulvan e chairman of the republican state central committee and M E Amarine editor of the Council Grove Guard in the Copeland hotel lobby. Both fighters drew blood after blows landed amid a dispute over Amarine's published articles.
Richard L. Hand finds none of the charges against District Attorney William T. Jerome proven and recommends dismissal. The report says Jerome acted with zeal and public spirit amid allegations tied to Metropolitan Street Railway investigations and Armstrong insurance probes. The commission also notes a restaurant dice game by a proprietor liability case, not criminal without proof of knowledge.
Boston report says Massachusetts plans a state wide crusade against flies within a year. Six scientists will devote full time. $100,000 is available and more funding is possible. The effort targets every marsh, bay, pond, lake and swamp to eliminate breeding sites.
London dispatch reports the wife of Major General Charles Edward Luard murdered in a desolate wood near Seven Oaks. Robbery suspected after valuable rings were taken. investigation notes the bullets entering temple and behind ear, body found face down near a summer house. terrier guarded the scene.
Chicago reports that London officials may sell the Franco British exposition assets after closing. Abraham Harris, who bought major world fairs in Chicago Omaha Buffalo St Louis, eyes the Shepherds Bush structures as potential junk value.
London dispatch says Count Tolstoy, recently recovered at Yasnaya Poliana, is writing a new work titled The Law of Force and Love, exploring themes of pain and mortality. The report notes the author is in good health and actively engaged in manuscript work.
Clayton W Williams, a black man who killed Mrs L B Briggs by beating her with a chair, died in the county jail from starvation and exhaustion. His mind deteriorated amid reports of a race war in Springfield and he raved and refused food while jailed.
Judge Landis faces a $29,240,000 fine with criticism of his trial rulings by the court of appeals. The piece notes ignorance of shipper rates due to willful neglect as no defense and asserts each carload represents a separate shipment. It argues only the U S supreme court should overturn the interstate commerce act in this matter.
The government files for a rehearing before the United States court of appeals, seeking to uphold the Elkins act against Standard Oil of Indiana. Attorney General Bonaparte appears as the government urges a broader interpretation to allow successful prosecutions of rebate cases, arguing the appellate ruling misstates evidence and the statute’s intent.
Denver August 24 Mrs Snellenberg wife of Snellenberg a Philadelphia millionaire department store proprietor died at the Oakes home in this city by taking strychnine tablets prescribed as medicine It is believed consumption and melancholia contributed to the act
The government asks the Supreme Court to overturn the court of appeals ruling on penalties and knowledge standards in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana case. It argues the appeals court misread Landis and the Elkins act, urging a retrial or redetermined fines based on the record of profits and the statute's purpose.
Lincoln Aug 24 Assistant State Entomologist Smith reports widespread appeal for help saving shade trees from the fall webworm. Each female may produce about 125000 caterpillars in a season. eggs are laid in clusters of 400 to 500, with life cycles expanding to multiple broods. Two control methods are torch application or branch removal, and cities consider buying a sprayer to apply arsenical poison on infected trees.
Chicago reports First Assistant Corporation Counsel Wetten states the next legislature will be urged to require machine classification licensing for all drivers and potentially ban high power cars from city streets to curb excessive speeds amid growing accidents.
In Omaha on Sixteenth and Cass streets a street car collision left Dorothy Tulp with injuries that may prove fatal and Mrs. W. M. Pries badly bruised. The crash stemmed from the motorman’s failure to yield to the cross street car.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.