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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
4
The battleship fleet is directed to Naples to aid quake victims with aid distributed across the Mediterranean under Admiral Sperry. Other Italian routes remain unviolated by American ships.
Reports warn of further earthquakes around Calabeia and Biclly with Jan 7 and 8 expected to produce great strain as sun and moon align. Descriptions recount ruined cities Messina and Reggio, mass casualties, vast debris, and survivors sheltering amid ruins while authorities face grim tasks of evacuation and missing persons.
Philadelphia and vicinity felt two defined earth tremors followed by a massive dynamite explosion in Montgomery County near Plymouth Meeting. About 10 000 pounds detonated at Keystone Quarry, shattering windows, cracking walls and injuring none reported as workers fled.
Harrisburg Jan. G Bolea Penrose was nominated by an overwhelming majority for a third term in the United States Senate at a split Republican caucus of the Pennsylvania legislature. The Republicans hold majorities in both chambers and will elect a successor on Jan. 19. Senator George Dimeling of Clearfield was named for United States Senator by unanimous vote of the joint caucus.
Washington reports the Navy department has set an expiration date for bids to equip vessels and shore stations with wireless telegraphy gear. The contract envisions a high powered system, with a San Francisco station and ships carrying instruments to send messages up to 1000 miles and receive from 4000 miles, plus a wireless phone.
Fifteen year old Margaret Harvey, daughter of a prominent farmer, lies unconscious in a Chester hospital after a brutal assault. Parents left her alone at home. upon return they found her near the house with a crushed head and torn clothing. Physicians hold slight hope for recovery.
In Denville Virginia on January 5 a prominent farmer Charles Brown of near Selma North Carolina was killed in a suspected ambush as he returned home from a visit to a tenant on his plantation. A gunshot and a cry of I am killed were heard. the assailant fled.
New York reports Orville Wright, described as a seropianist, sailing today on the steamship Kaizer Wilhelm der Grosse bound for France to join his brother Wilbur. The article notes he would not fly while traveling.
In Bellefontaine Ohio on January 6 a sudden famine hits the city causing store shortages and strange coincidence reports. Local owner Jad Be. W. Bavege, proprietor of Dan Om, notes widespread distress as prices rise and supply dwindles across downtown.
Nixon and Zimmerman announce the Broadway style musical The Gingerbread Man touring to the Bits Opera House with Lola Renard and a 62 member company. Scat sale now open as the production tours the United States following acclaimed runs in New York Chicago and Philadelphia.
The Edison phonograph program expands rapidly at Orange New Jersey with 10000 machines a week and 150000 records daily as productivity signals rising prosperity and a shift of luxury status. The business phonograph aids office work and dictation with a voice writing system and continuous playback for unattended operation.
A prominent English visitor in Siam is invited to speak at a ladies seminary about England. He begins with confidence but soon stumbles as his language yields comical mistranslations causing laughter. His friend translates the mistaken phrasing, revealing a humorous misstep about “large appreciation” and “small houses growing large feet.”
The Rev Dr Lyman Abbott told Yale students that football carries risks of accidents and deaths but builds manly courage through facing peril. He said life’s goal is character over skyscrapers and joy and he preferred a world with virtue despite crime and misery.
Frederick Md resident Miss H. Chambers testifies after illness from La Grippe in 1899. She suffers back and kidney pains, dizziness and fatigue until Dean's Kidney Pills relieve symptoms and end recurrence. Sold by dealers nationwide.
A dubious patent remedy is touted as relieving backache and kidney trouble. The text asserts the formula cleanses acids and wastes, improves rheumatic symptoms, and restores health, though it reads like a sensational medical claim with unclear ingredients.
A Paris physician claims tears affect the body like chloroform or alcohol, reducing brain pressure and dulling the soul while crying relieves nervous tension, especially in tender children. The article also critiques the Pure Food Law as it labels medicines containing opium and chloroform and endorses Olgambertain’s Cough Remedy as safe and effective.
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