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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
14
A fast freight crashed into the rear of westbound passenger No. 1 on the Nickel Plate two miles east of Mentor Ohio. Two trainmen were killed, one fatally injured and three passengers hurt as fog hid signals after the passenger train stopped for water and a flagman signaled.
A blaze of unknown origin leveled a four story building on West Camden Street in Baltimore housing the Hubs and Corning Company paper and twine Monarch Manufacturing Company ladies neckwear J Kahn & Company shirt waists and Crescent Manufacturing neckwear. Losses are put at about 85000 dollars.
Albert T. Patrick, charged with killing W. M. Rice in New York, has the U S Supreme Court dismissing the case on counsel Lindsay's request. This clears the way for Governor Higgins to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment.
The Cummings Commission Company, a major brokerage in St. Paul and Minneapolis, suspends business citing a decline in activity. The firm operated branches across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Clifford Hope, a black coachman, was denied a new trial after sensational testimony in the Hartje divorce proceedings in Pittsburg. Judge Fraser fined him 50 dollars and sentenced him to six years in the penitentiary.
Eggs across all grades declined five cents a dozen in Chicago as stockpiles rose after weeks of high prices. Fresh eggs previously sold for about 40 to 50 cents per dozen amid the market slump.
Fatally burned in Wabash Indiana when furniture polish can exploded on a lighted candle. She ran from the house with flames enveloping her clothing and two men rushed to help only after she was severely burned.
Jesse Clyde Rumsey, a Chicago youth who robbed the Alton Burlington train near Glasgow Missouri on November 25 and the Rock Island Limited on November 8, pled guilty at Marshall Missouri and received a twenty year prison sentence.
Deputies and three masked burglars exchanged hundreds of shots after the burglars dynamited the Newark Valley New York post office. One burglar was captured and stamps worth 200 dollars were seized.
The Polk Canning Company's Greenwood Indiana plant ten miles from Indianapolis was destroyed by fire. It was the state’s largest canning facility and the loss is estimated at 200600 dollars.
Burglars blew open the safe at Bonner & Jordan general store in Decker Indiana and took 300 dollars and papers. A five year old murder case is noted with Bronco Brooks accused of fatally shooting Hazel Duffington in Aurora Indiana amid a disputed quarrel. A garbled line follows about a Gspetch from Christiansand and a Sign pte coe etc.
Senate resolutions request information on Twentieth Fifth Infantry discharge and Panama railroad control. House advances legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill with debates on copper free labor goods and a Washington Olympic Mountains game preserve. Senate and House discuss Porto Rico, Morocco and public printing spellings.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee proposes raising Congressional salaries to 7500 dollars. Representative Lacey of Iowa seeks a new Ottumwa district in the southern judicial division. Jamestown Exposition Company president Warry St George Tuck plans a 1 million dollar loan as gate receipts payback. Senate panel asks for a lumber trust inquiry via joint resolution by Senator Kittredge of South Dakota. Senate confirms Herbert G Squiers as minister to Panama among many postings. a note mentions 16 788 voting against it.
In a London hotel and aboard ships, Mark Strong traces a nameless warship linked to a jewel theft, a mysterious captain Black, and a deadly pursuit across Spezia Paris and Cowes. The narrator vows to finish the case, urging Strong to seek Admiralty help and pursue the culprit on the Hudson.
The piece notes long lives of veterans connected to the Revolution. It cites Benjamin Abbott who died in Nashine New York near Major Andre’s execution, Peter Besancon linked to Lafayette and dying in Warsaw New York in 1935, and Samuel Gibson who served at Waterloo dying in 1801. It mentions Lieutenant Maurice Shea’s death in 1802 and Admiral Sir Provo Wallis’s 1892 death. It reflects on longevity among veterans and mentions the singer of a tune related to revolutionary soldiers decorating graves at Saugus.
A Bronx veterinarian cites a New York Press editorial arguing that using chloroform to end a horse's life is a cruel misuse of mercy. The piece notes insufficient dosing and prolonged suffering, contrasting it with a pistol's swift, decisive end to relieve pain.
In a brief exchange from The Last Reeert, a newly married man asserts there is no place like home, while an old founder concurs. The Philadelphia Ledger notes Barmah and Assam produced fifty million gallons of petroleum last year.
An ad touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as alcohol free and free of narcotics claiming strong endorsements from medical authorities. It offers a free booklet of ingredients and professional endorsements by leading physicians. A German maple tree on the Oder is described as a century old shelter with woven branches forming two stories and eight windows per floor.
A Brooklyn mother credits Cuticura remedies with curing her twelve year old son’s severe eczema after years of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatments. The piece includes other era items and a note about a sleeping car porter found asleep on duty.
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