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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
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Cure dandruff and promote hair growth with Newbro’s Herpicide. Germ destroyer stops irritation and keeps the scalp clean and wholesome. Sold by reading druggists with sample offer by mail from The Herpicide Co. Detroit Mich. J A Williamson Special Agent.
Pittsburg financiers and mill owners George and John Robinstein received $500 fines each and six months in the workhouse for conspiracy related to the failed Eleanor Iron and Steel company. The brothers were officers and large stockholders in the firm. In Harrisburg, Professor George Olds of Amherst College was named as the candidate to become president of the Pennsylvania State College following the death of Dr George W Atherton.
Jamestown N Y Aug 11 federal grand jury in the western district of New York returns indictments against Standard Oil Company of New York Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Vacuum Oil Company of Rochester for violations of interstate commerce law The 22 counts against Standard Oil and against Pennsylvania Railroad carry potential penalties totaling 1 400 000 If convicted on all counts the Vacuum Oil indictment mirrors the same charges The suits cover concessions granted and accepted in freight rates on shipments interstate from 1904 to 1904 22 000
Telegram from Constantinople reports the sultan’s illness led to cancelling the selanik ceremony and dispersing troops as rumors claim he has undergone an operation. The news sparked wide attention among foreign representatives and local observers.
Miss Virginia Earle a graduate of the Daly theatrical company appeared at Daly’s theater New York and later toured with comic opera companies after the Daly breakup. She was once married to Frank Lawton a whistler but divorced him in 1902.
Government crop report shows August 1 conditions for corn at 88.1 with prior month 87.5. Winter wheat at 493,434,000 bushels averaging 16.7 per acre. Spring wheat condition 89. So, total indicated wheat 772,264,000 bushels, largest on record, and corn at 2,713,000,000 bushels, with changes from last month and prior years.
National League games saw Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 1 and Boston 0 New York 1 Pittsburg 0 with Chicago 2 Brooklyn 0. American League Cleveland Washington Bath 4 Boston 3 and Detroit 3 St Louis 1. Athletics 0 Chicago 2 and New York 1. Tri State York 4 Williamsport 1 and Lancaster 2 Harriaburg 1. Altoona 3 Johnstown 1.
Johnstown Pa Aug 11 Clifton Roberts 16 son of Timothy Roberts near Thensburg was shot in the head by a companion during groundhog hunting near their homes in Cambria Township. The rifle discharged as he bent over a specimen. he died an hour later at the scene.
Dr James Weir of Owensboro Kentucky dies in Virginia Beach. Fort Worth and Denver City railroad wreck near Fruitland Texas injures 55, several fatally. White jailed for liquor smuggling at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. J Coernér of the 12th Cavalry dies by his own hand. Isabella Jones arrested for vagrancy in Allegheny Pennsylvania with 7000 dollars in bills found hidden on her person. Charles Breckenridge suffers fatal electric shock while working on a pole in Atlantic City New Jersey.
George Hall found guilty of conspiracy in the lynching of three Black men in Salisbury North Carolina. Jury deliberated 35 minutes returning a verdict of guilty and Hall received 16 years in the penitentiary. Defense contended Governor Glenn’s absence affected the trial. Evidence included Hall leading a mob and threatening a prisoner with a hammer.
Chicago August 11 Frank Kowalski a five year paying teller at the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank which failed shot himself in his home Friends and neighbors said his death followed suspicions he was involved in the bank collapse Police and investigators reported forged notes totaling over 600 000 found and tied to the bank’s collapse The investigation also centered on President Stensland and other executives with totals potentially reaching two million dollars in defalcations
Nadage Doree sues William Loeb Jr secretary to President Roosevelt for 50890 alleging false arrest in Washington after she distributed leaflets. Loeb, to be defended by the Justice Department, says arrest was by Washington police without his knowledge. In New York service demanded within 20 days. Additional brief items follow on a fatal auto wreck in the Bronx, Rockefeller funding Tanganyika railway, a child drowning in Mount Holly, and Cartel You seeks unity in an asides.
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