Senate confirms Wright and Newberry for top posts
The Senate confirmed La E Wright of Tennessee as secretary of war and Truman H Newberry of Michigan as secretary of the navy. John Paul and his wife, long-time residents of Sarnia Ontario, celebrated sixty years together before their passing. P J O’Connor, former head of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Catholic Knights of America, died of pneumonia in Savannah. Rear Admiral Joseph B Coghlan, who died Saturday in New Rochelle New York, was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.
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Trading Stamps Offer Funeral Burial Scheme Near Baltimore
Baltimore December 10 trading stamps offered for a complete funeral and monument by Richard Rezpass, founder of a colony near Baltimore. After collecting stamps for dress goods bonnet shoes stockings and other items the customer earns a ride to the cemetery in a funeral cart and is buried with a monument. Rezpass argues some day people will be buried whether they like it and his plan aims to cut costs.
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Shot From Ambush in Shenandoah Leaves One Dead
Police hold seven companions of Alexander Bondorsky after he was shot while returning from a party near Yatesville. Witnesses heard the pistol and fled, leaving Bondorsky mortally wounded on the road. He died en route home as authorities found several empty cartridges and opened a formal inquiry.
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Hiccough Cures By Wire and Mail in Chester
Thomas Sam ee] of Chester Pennsylvania has suffered hiccoughs for eight days. He received 147 letters and ten telegrams with cures amid readers offering remedies. Messages overwhelmed the family as they tried many directions, but none worked and his condition worsened.
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Government Fiscal Year 1908 Deficit Projections Revealed
Secretary Cortelyou reports a complete reversal in government finances from 1907 to 1908 with 1908 disbursements exceeding receipts by 58 million dollars. The report notes rising monetary stock, national bank note increases, and rising public deposits amid a broader financial disturbance in late 1907. Deficit for the current year is estimated at 114.6 million dollars with an overall balance near 446 million. Public finance details include gold and silver holdings, currency in circulation, and tax receipts.
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Police recover gems stolen from train in Richmond
Richmond detectives recovered about $16,000 worth of jewels and $250 in cash taken from Mrs. C. B. Ruck while traveling from New York to Jacksonville. The items were found under a porch at Sam B. Tucker’s residence. Tucker, a Black man, had been arrested and suspected in the robbery, and was in the car where the loot was left.
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Mother and Babe Victim of Train Collision
Ren Bowe reports a grim accident near a Cairo railroad crossing where a young woman and her infant were struck by a train. Authorities investigated the scene as witnesses described a hurried departure from the station.
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