25 Dec 1906
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1906
Page
1
Advertises Schnapps tobacco as flue cured in Piedmont to produce a stronger taste and aroma. Claims imitators use outer flue curing while insides are cheap air cured. States Schnapps requires less sweetening and offers longer satisfaction, priced at 50 cents per pound in various cuts.
Despondent over his wife’s death a year earlier, Peter Medio a contractor reputed to be worth over 25000 hanged himself with a rope. His body was found in a woodland area about a mile and a half from Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.
Fourteen Black soldiers charged after a street car riot in Leavenworth Kansas. Shots fired injured several passengers as Captain Walsh and Ninth Cavalry investigate. Washington notified and fears recalled to Brownsville tense again. Captain Macklin in Fort Reno improving after a shooting. robbery suspected, murder theory dropped.
In Rutland Vermont on December 26 officials investigated a mysterious shooting at a wedding reception. Mrs Mary Gilmore 19 and her sister in law Mrs Henry Gi 29 were wounded by shots fired from darkness as a group of men stood near the doorway. An Andrew Farratl a young farmer is sought. The weapon was a large calibre home made pistol. The motive remains unknown.
In New York an aggrieved farmer Thomas Clares killed his wife Cintra Wells after an election dispute and then jumped from a third floor window, dying at the scene. Police described a fatal domestic incident connected to political tensions.
Reports from Mississippi describe white militia mobilization and armed conflict after clashes in Wahalak near Meridian. Seven killed in race riot. two negroes killed earlier. Colonel McCants threatens Gatling gun. troops dispatched to restore order as trains run under danger.
New York celebrated a bountiful Christmas with 37000 dinners from the Salvation Army Timothy Sullivan and Bowery Mission, plus 6000 food baskets and 1000 bags. Commander Eva Booth distributed 3000 toys at Grand Central Palace while 6000 homeless on the East Side shared meals at Timothy Sullivan Association rooms.
McHarg, who recently sold the Virginia & Southwestern to the Southern, ran a Santa Claus special over the entire line. Every employee with one year of service received one month’s salary as a Christmas gift. Subordinates received gifts totaling more than 350,000. McHarg also gave one year’s salary to head officials. In Washington, President Roosevelt and Mrs Longworth hosted a Christmas dinner with Marine Band attendance. The College of Physicians in Philadelphia received 190.09 from Andrew Carnegie toward a home and library, contingent on $56,900 already subscribed. In Scranton, the People’s Coal Co distributed 17.90 in Christmas gifts to miners and other workers, marking a high share of holiday payments since the 1923 strike.
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