12 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
1
GEO S RODOCK & CO advertises a Saturday sale with embroidered handkerchiefs ribbed vests Windsor ties and silk handkerchiefs at deep discounts. Includes heavy wool hose pillow top handlers velvet rugs and leather goods with prices noted in old style currency and bold sale claims.
Washington reports a crisis involving miners and operators at Goldfield. President, cabinet, and the War Department order troops to stay within law and order, not to intervene in the dispute except to prevent violence and uphold constitutional authority.
The president grants troops to be sent from California into Nevada, though congress has limited regular army use in peacetime. The issue centers on authority to deploy troops already in Goldfield and whether the president may act at his own discretion.
The Pennsylvania Railroad tests in Clayton New Jersey show electric locomotive No 028 from the New York New Haven Hartford line reaching 92 miles per hour. The Jamestown Exposition engine weighs 180 000 pounds and demonstrates potential for high speed with safety on curves. Officials report trains can be run at speed with proper stopping distances and braking remains longer than at lower speeds.
William former president of the horticultural society was sentenced in Somerset court to five years in the state prison and fined one for forging a will. The case involved a neighbor and friend, with other details partially garbled in the OCR. The report also notes a dynamite explosion at a Tennessee farm killing four people and injuring others, including a boy and two women and a child.
Washington reports President Roosevelt reiterates renunciation of a third-term bid after 1904 pledge. White House statement confirms stance, clearing field for Fairbanks Taft Cannon Knox and others. New York dispatch notes party leaders accept the line, Hughes rises as front runner. San Francisco brief covers T Otway Sadler’s suicide at West End bank office amid collapse fallout. Norfolk report cites sermon saving three youths from suicide. sermon by Rev W G Starr argued against self destruction.
Lawrence G. Nicolas a former Washington oil dealer drank laudanum and died at Emergency hospital. John G. Jenkins ex First National Bank president of Brooklyn and his three sons were indicted by Kings County grand jury for conspiracy and perjury. Co A Thompson a Bedford PA salesman slipped on an icy Cleveland sidewalk and died from a fractured skull at City Hospital.
In The Kewe the Niepwepapee issue is noted with a brief update. Details remain sparse as editors confirm ongoing coverage and local reaction across small communities. Further information is expected in next editions.
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