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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1910
Page
3
Northwest fires rage across Idaho and surrounding areas with widespread destruction. Hundreds of fire fighters face peril as towns Taft Deborgia Henderson and nearby Wallace suffer losses. Reports cite deaths missing personnel and millions in property damage amid calls to federal aid and firefighting dangers.
Missoula Mont Aug 23 Discouraging fire situation persists across the district with only rain likely to ease the danger. Towns along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Western Extension face severe losses as bridges stations and timber areas burn. Vioga in Sanders County near Thompson Idaho line suffers extensive damage as flames run a fifty mile front. J M former Northern Pacific agent at Wallace dies trying to save his parrot. six refugees perish while fleeing Wallace from Big Creek St Josué County. Rescue efforts salvage men at the War Eagle mine but many remain unaccounted for as flames close in on St Regia and nearby towns.
Washington August 23 General Frederick D Grant urges a large number of automobiles for the United States army in case of war. In his annual report to the War Department he recommends enacting laws to compel private owners to turn over their automobiles to the government upon demand at the first cost of the machine.
Philadelphia August reports reveal a federal drive to curb land swindles by promoters selling waterlogged plots at fraudulently high prices. George Eastwell of Sea Crest Realty faced $1000 bail for using the mails to defraud. Ads boasted Atlantic City proximity and costly, imaginary improvements while actual land was swampy, unmapped, and unsold.
Unclear OCR notes report Dr Harvey Hawley Crippen and Ethel Clare Lenere eluding capture after fleeing England. Mention of a White Star liner Megantic and false names Miss Lenere and Cyrus Field, with Inspector Dew involved in the case.
Alina Walker aged twenty five is found dead at her rural Macon County home after a gas stove blaze. Her husband William Walker aged forty is in jail charged with pouring gasoline on her and setting the kitchen aflame.
A vintage health ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria and associated ailments caused by Panama Canal conditions. It cites testimonials from Wm. A. Fretwell of Lucknow, NE, claiming complete recovery and lasting health after using the remedy. The note promotes benefits for stomach, liver, and kidney troubles while preventing typhoid.
Baseball scores from a disrupted recap show New York and Detroit pairings with batters like Sami Willatta and Stones Hawkins. Athletics 72 694, Boston 85 48 075, Detroit 64 49 308, St Louis 34 18. The garbled text references standings, team totals, and player names amid partial lines from the recall.
Fragmentary sports wire listing players and teams including Philadelphia Cincinnati New York St Louis and Chicago. It shows battery names and scores amid an overall standings snapshot with partial figures and team abbreviations.
The column lists results from the TALSTATE and EASTERN leagues with scores at Altoona Harrisburg Johnstown and Williamport Reading and standings led by Altoona Lancaster Harrisburg and Reading. Other items include scattered game results and a feature on a Napoleon coin legend with a 5,000,000 franc note promised to the finder and the French government’s commitment to honor it.
Frederick county market prices list grains hay and feeds corrected August 23 1910 with Wheat No 2 Red Corn oats barley and flour prices and assorted hay and feed values. The note ends with a reminder that advertising space buys circulation and circulation can be measured like potatoes.
A damaged OCR text fragment describes a two passenger incident aboard a vessel with references to a captain, a gunshot, a wounded or dead person, a failed robbery, and a distant Fort Humboldt. It is incoherent and contains many garbled words. The readable elements include mentions of Alaska, a pact or Breabislity company, and a seaman involved in the event. No clear dates or places besides Alaska and Fort Humboldt are established.
Philadelphia August 24 Mrs Augustina Skiezenitz of 3829 Tilton Street found her infant dead in the crib with the baby’s breathing paused. The family say a large Maltese cat had been a household pet for over a year and was sleeping on the crib when the infant appeared to be asleep. The mother could not wake the child and moved the cat aside before discovering the baby’s death. Police believe the cat’s weight may have pressed on the infant’s chest, while the mother says the cat sucked the baby’s breath.
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, August 28, Charica Cavalene a miner shot and killed instantly during a dispute over a two sum of money as Jobin Bonnér a bystander was wounded in the hip by a bullet from her husband’s rifle Dominick Vigni another miner was head wound in Knoxville police report identify Bonnér as enraged after three men divided wages in coal mine partnership factions.
An early clipping from White Plains dated August 23 reports the discovery of George W. Birlinson found dead behind Joseph Smith's blacksmith shop. The servant notes the head hung over the carriage alcove with evidence suggesting he was choked to death by a high collar he wore.
A testimonial claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured back pain and fatigue after failing with doctors. The speaker, Leonard Hoffman of Frederick, says symptoms including back ache and headaches vanished after using the pills bought at C E Main's drug store. The ad lists Fowler Milburn Co of Buffalo as U S agents and urges readers to remember the name.
A dramatic tale set during the French Revolution follows Henri and Marie Chateaubrun as revolutionary mobs surge. Jacques Boyer and the Jacobin faction fuel danger, leading to arrests, a sham trial, and a public execution circuit at the conciergerie. The couple’s loyalties collide with survival as the guillotine fails and escape is sought near the Concorde.
A correspondent pieces together a convoluted scene amid exile and doubt. Characters named Wisbind and Roger navigate hints of a downfall as Boyer repeats a belief in a traitor's memory. The fragment hints at loyalty questioned and a journey toward truth.
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