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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
3
In Carbondale Pennsylvania on February 25 Frank Cottatantino died after a poker session described as overexertion of the heart. He reportedly became excited during a large pot and died before removing his clothing. Friends note he was nervously agitated after the game broke up.
Bloomvale Ohio reader Mrs E Frederick credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from chronic backache and fatigue, urging others to seek the remedy. The note claims the product targets root causes of female weakness and promises confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit referred a ministerial arbitration offer to its board amid fears the Amalgamated union would be crushed. State police restored order as dispatches note 1000 cars in service and 3500 new workers amid a citywide tense stand.
Reports describe mobs near the Sheip Manufacturing mill on Columbia Avenue hurling refuse and bricks at troopers. State police and mounted units confronted rioters on Germantown Avenue and Lehigh Avenue while guarding car lines and power houses amid a broader strike atmosphere.
In Jonesville Louisiana on February 25 Mrs. Clem Gray and Henry Crooks were instantly killed at Mrs. Gray’s home on French Fork when a bolt of lightning struck as they checked on the dying woman. John Ogden was injured. The scene occurred as Crooks and Ogden stepped to the bedside to see if others were alive.
Washington February 25 Senator W B Heyburn introduces four senate resolutions to form a select committee of three to investigate alleged third degree interrogation by police to obtain confessions in murder cases, citing Atlantic City methods against William Seyler. He denounces such tactics as brutal and forbidden by American law. The article notes a postal savings bank vote set for March 3 and a cultural agriculture bill report with increased appropriations.
Attorney for William Seyler says he will order the body of Jane Adama exhumed to challenge the county physician’s finding that no water was in her stomach and that chewing gum was present. Seyler and his brother Orvis are jailed on murder charges as their parents bid farewell.
Major General Bell chief of staff refutes a Tokio dispatch claiming an imminent war between the United States and Japan. In Secretary Dickinson's presence he states he never made such a declaration and finds no justification for it.
Broad Run and Troutville reports list residents visiting relatives in nearby towns, illnesses and recoveries, plus farm moves and marriages. Notables include Maude Blume visiting in Baltimore area, Oliver Haver heirs selling farm, and Miss Beoma Shank marrying Samuel Blater in Harrisburg. Frequent local movements add detail to community life.
Friday's social column lists Mie Qrace Martin with Elmer Rowe in Kempton, and numerous visits among residents of Hartmore Germantown Brown Invellips, and nearby towns. Names include Charles Kemp Myrtle Cook Lambert family Lambert and others. a bungalow on South Silver Anne Arundel was burned.
Delaware and Hudson Canal and Railroad engineers firemen and telegraphers present wage demands of 5 to 7 percent, with an average 20 percent raise sought. Separate notes report spirits convention weather woes and Dr Frederick Cook and wife travel plans to cross the Andes to Buenos Aires from Santiago.
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