15 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
A long list of local residents and visitors from Walkersville and nearby towns share weekend gatherings and arrivals. Families and friends from Maryland and Pennsylvania are mentioned visiting farms, churches, and relatives, with social calls and Sunday plans noted across multiple hamlets.
About 60 strike breakers housed in a large Erie Railway storehouse in Buehanna Pennsylvania faced peril when a fire destroyed the upper portion of the wooden building. The blaze spread fast, the building burned, but the adjacent shops were saved. Loss estimated at sixty thousand dollars.
Hanoi reports the schooner Like C Olsen failed to locate Laysan Island after a 12 day search. It is believed the island sank due to seismic disturbances affecting inhabitants Max Schlemmer and family and several Japanese laborers. The government tug Iroquois will renew the search.
Turmoil gripped New York markets on August 15 as distrust in government policy and a looming monetary crisis rattled prices. Pope Manufacturing failure sparked broad declines, with Harriman and Hill issues, Reading, St. Paul, United States Steel and Amalgamated Copper among the heaviest losers.
Hartford Aug 15 The Pope Manufacturing Company encoun ters court action as a receiver is named to protect creditors and stockholders. About 7000 workers are employed. assets are claimed to be ample, but the money market prompted necessitated steps. Temporary receiver Albert L Pope authorized to borrow up to 50 000 with a 200 000 hands tied to his authority. A hearing for confirmation set for August 28.
Earthquake felt across Tucuman Catamarca Salta and Santiago del Estero provinces in Argentina on August 15. No major damage except Monteros and Tucuman where several houses were damaged. Separately James W Brady former Bayonne Fire Chief 1900 1901 collapsed and died at the city dock from heart disease.
Unhurt after a Central New England freight train knocked Edward Sackett a holstler of Simsbury off a trestle sixty feet high in New Hartford. He was found unconscious but none of his bones were broken and he is expected to recover.
New York August 15 The Bedford Avenue station in Williamsburg arrested four year old Larry Ting to serve as a witness against Italian saloon keeper Ricardo Mascola of 535 Roebling Street Mascola had fled during a police attack on his arrest for selling beer to a minor The boy was taken to the Children's Society shelter after the arrest
Detroit beat Oakland 9 to 2 while Chicago and Boston tied 6 all New York slipped past Cleveland 2 1 In the National League Philadelphia defeated Chicago 4 2 Cincinnati routed New York 9 4 St Louis beat Boston 6 3 Pittsburg and Brooklyn were shut out 0 In the Tri State League Lancaster edged Wilmington 6 1 in 13 innings Williamsport defeated Johnstown 9 0 then Johnstown won 9 3 in 2nd game Harrisburg topped Altoona 3 1 in the 1st game and Altoona won 5 4 in the 2nd Easton lost twice to Reading 4 3 and 1 0 Tamaqua defeated Brooklyn 7 5 Elizabeth beat Newark 3 2 Pierpont Morgan sailed homeward Aug 15 from Southampton aboard the Oceanic after weeks between London Paris and Cowes.
Nathan Jaffa of Roswell was named New Mexico secretary to replace Reynolds who resigned. S. B. Dodsey, Civil War general, dies at Milford Ohio of Brights disease. Louis M. Sola, Peruvian minister to the U S, arrives in New York aboard the Prior August Wilhelm. A pleasure launch is rammed by the sloop Alert on the Pasquotank River near Norfolk, drowning Bertha Whidbee, 19. The National Negro Business League meets in Topeka with Booker T. Washington addressing delegates from across the country.
In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Aug 15 Miller aged 83 and McClay aged 80 walked to the justice to wed after years of courting. They made multiple trips before the ceremony, with Miller having endured earlier widowhood and McClay facing prior marriages and divorces. The tale reads as a curio from older papers.
Reading Pa Aug 15 report that the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company will operate its collieries on half time. The company aims to stockpile coal in its storage yards for the coming season, with an unusual goal tied to year round supply.
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