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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
4
Mrs Sampson sues Mrs Keeley claiming alienation of affection and damages totaling 30000 dollars. The case cites discord between the pastor and his wife with alleged visits and financial support surrounding the Keeley family in Spring City.
Samuel Dickinson arrested in Philadelphia on 28 warrants from Wilkes-Barre charging conspiracy to defraud and obtain money by false pretenses. The case involves Capitol Life Insurance Company of America stock and alleged misappropriation of about 7500 dollars. Attorneys MacDonald and William Fyld cited in the complaint.
A. T. Bull of Altoona was found dead under the boardwalk near the inlet in Atlantic City New Jersey. He sustained a bullet wound to the head and was reported dead on the scene. Police are investigating the self inflicted apparent suicide and circumstances surrounding the death.
Mrs Cherier Pomroy, wife of a restaurant keeper, fought a large black assailant on Stockton Street before a police officer brought help. The assailant fled into an alley as a posse and neighbors searched all night without capture.
Pattaville, Pa August 4 Two miners were killed and three fatally injured at Knickerbocker colliery of Philadelphia & Real ing Coat & Iron Co after a gas explosion in the Buck mountain vein ignited during blasting. Debris buried Peter Dumbinsky Jacob Kooick Jobo Kuea William Saso and Charles Cowley. The first two still trapped. three rescued men seriously hurt.
In New York Bellevue surgeons lifted scalp and removed two bullets pressing brain to restore hearing for William Wild who had been deaf since July 13 after he shot himself following an attack on his sweetheart Veronica Mrebe. Also reported are Beasle Blackmore drowned at Sugar lake after boat capsized during anchor attempt and Rev. George F. Gardner 82, a veteran Lutheran pastor and former head of the Germantown Orphans Home, died in Allentown.
The article states President Roosevelt will not attend the national encampment of the American War Veterans during the last week of the month, noting a prior report was incorrect. It also reports the sudden death of Michael F. Kane, a Mount Vernon hotelkeeper, from heart disease while traveling from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. In July, 49 babies reportedly died under age one, with health officials attributing most deaths to parental ignorance.
Aug. 4 Winnipes Maine reports 125 dead from Rik river forest fires with Fernie losses near 96,000,000 and 60 percent homeless. Evacuation by train, relief from Canadian cities, and supplies strained. Fatalities at Elk River camps uncertain as fires threaten Hosmer and Cranbrook. Women and children evacuated, harrowing scenes, including a heart attack death in West Fernie. Also brief notes on marriage licensure in Cincinnati Newport and a Laporte murder mystery. A dinosaur fossil display noted in Chicago. Philippines gear prepared in Philadelphia for troops.
The article describes the alligator snapping turtle as a giant reptile weighing up to 144 pounds with a 28 inch shell length. It hunts by using a wormlike lure, emits a greenish flame-like throat, and can bite through a wrist or foot, according to the Chicago Tribune.
A New Orleans Timon-Democrat essay quotes readers on Kipling’s habit of crediting early tale headings to invented poems. It compares Kipling with Poe and Scott, noting writers fabricate lines to lend erudition, and defends fiction's illusion as a purposeful device.
Immigrants in New York reportedly use distinct methods to carry funds. The Irish favor canvas bags with crowded notes. Germans wear embroidered belts as money belts. French and Italians hide cash in screw-cap tubes with gold pieces. The Swede uses a large family heirloom pocketbook. The enslaved purportedly store money in their boots.
Report mentions Albany Australia where petrified trees form a gray stone forest. Explanation suggests ancient forests buried in sand by earth upheaval then water altered sand to stone, later winds exposed the fossilized trunks anew. Random quotes from newspapers follow with varied remarks on law and Liberty.
In a London Opinion echo, odd dialect lines speak of a quirky figure and a whispered social scene. The fragmentary text notes a friend and a warning, ending with a terse, cryptic tone from Peep News Press.
Weather across the corn belt and Dakotas plus Minnesota sent buyers into a bustling Chicago market. Wheat prices moved upward as corn held firm amid drift and uncertainty.
A July 30 family reunion gathered four generations at the Longs new home along Owen's Creek. Guests included Amanda Mre, C Hashes, Hankey and families with prominent Wanke and Renner kin from Rocky Ridge and Woodboro. A bountiful dinner followed the gathering.
May Lose Light Alvey P Harshman son of John Harshman near Wolfsville sustained a severe eye injury while mowing hay. A horse kicked and a stone possibly entered the eye causing the ball to split. He was examined in Hagerstown by Dr J W Hararichouse who feared the eye may be destroyed and possible removal. He is kept in a dark room while in great pain.
A collage of brief excerpts discusses sleep being driven by light rather than a fixed 8 hours, the evolution of sleep with eye development, and animal behavior in light and dark. It cites the Cleveland Plain Dealer on light and rest cycles, and touches on ancient Chinese athletics and Mrs Life’s fictional misadventure.
A Pittsburg boy fourteen was treated at Pasteur Institute of the Mercy Hospital after a toy pistol accident on July 4 led to tetanus. Doctors used a 5 per cent solution and other methods, spending twelve days unable to save him, while noting no real antitoxin efficacy.
The Cumberland clerk refused Samuel Stickles colored of Waynesburg Pa to wed Lizzie Franks white of Waynesburg. The couple wed privately in Washington county Pa after returning home, amid doubts about Lizzie’s claimed Negro blood.
Quotations list grain and feed prices with dates and units. No. 2 Red and Red Ear corn lead mixed figures. oats and rye for hay. timothy and clover hay values. wheat, cornmeal, and oilseed meals shown per ton or per bushel. Prices vary by grade and item.
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