10 Dec 1901
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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1901
Page
1
General Lord Kitchener reports the weekly Boers losses and captures, noting Liebenberg's wagons and cattle taken and 220 prisoners. The southeastern Orange River frontier is cleared amid counterwide actions, with emphasis on nearby concentrations and troop movements.
Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis, 44, Washington's prominent fashion designer, was found unconscious with a fractured skull and broken jaw in her Natl? Street NW room. Police say robbery not motive as her money remained in a near by stand. Entry believed from a balcony window. suspect unknown. Mrs Dennis, widow of actor Walter Dennis, remained unconscious with uncertain outcome.
Ansonia Conn December 10 labor groups here plan to form the Independent League of Connecticut to control state politics by uniting labor unions in cities. They pledge to promote general welfare end contracts eight hour day municipal ownership of natural monopolies and amending the constitution to allow direct vote for judges and prosecutors. The declaration targets all labor organizations nationwide and seeks to balance power in state government.
New York December reports a six day Madison Square Garden race with four American teams leading. Fisher and Chevalier the Swiss pair hold steady alongside Americans while Maller and Lapoutre withdraws due to pace. Simar and Gougoltz the French duo quit last night. Newkirk and Munro seen as potential winners. Walthour and McEachern argued to finish first. Leaderboard at 2 am shows 760 miles 6 laps by five top pairs.
New York anarchist I Z Zanofsky addressed a Phoenix hall audience urging that legislation against anarchism fails to curb progress. He argued anarchism is a historical pursuit of freedom, with widenings through society’s hardships and calls for radical change. Lewis Gordon of South Boston supported that anarchists remain active and uncrushed by governments or taxes.
A Yale graduate and Egyptologist named Morgan, son of a former Richmond merchant, was sentenced to 80 days in the penitentiary for vagrancy. Once wealthy, he drifted from job to job, sending Egyptian relics to New York’s Metropolitan Museum and later working as a laborer before dismissal for negligence. He is 47 years old and was educated at Andover and Yale.
A rescue on the frozen canal involved Sarah Birch aged 1 Auna Tartley aged 12 of 84 John Street. Anna sank through an air hole Tiara no skaters nearby Sarah lay on the ice gripping the sinking girl until William Tribone arrived to rescue both, with water covering the hole and Sarah half submerged.
Readable OCR lists a crowded fabric sale with French Flannelette Cotton Flannel and All Wool Dress Flannel by price per yard and Thursday sale prices. Items include Comet Flannel Extra Heavy and Fancy Dress Plaids plus Cretonne and Denim figures, along with Children and Ladies night gowns and dresses with varied colors and sizes.
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