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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
3
The new Denver Auditorium, seating 14 000, is praised for perfect acoustics and noiseless lighting and telegraph gear. The center stage placement helps a speaker use lower tones and reach all areas, with air currents drawn beneath the platform to carry voice clearly.
Dr Julian Thomas founder of the Pommern balloon revealed a plan to substitute a 40 horsepower automobile engine for the balloon basket and mount a long bladed propeller with an aero plane on the front. He aims to ascent from the Astoria works on Long Island using a gasoline tank seat, claiming the lighter craft will propel faster with less friction.
A brief Chicago Tribune fragment shows a polite exchange where one speaker asserts his seat while another claims equal standing. The dialogue highlights mutual courtesy and social balance in a comical siting moment.
Henry Godman Potter of the New York Protestant Episcopal Diocese remains in critical condition despite a brief rally. He was brought to his wife Elizabeth Clark Potter’s country home where family and telegraphic inquiries gathered, as heat exacerbates his illness and oxygen is administered.
New York on July 1 the appellate division in Brooklyn cited John Calvin's indulgence in bowling as a precedent in reversing Henry Hemleth's conviction for running a Sunday show. Judge Gaynor notes Knox’s Geneva visit and Calvin playing bowls to illustrate innocence of proper amusements on any day.
Frank Palmer of Woodside attempted to murder Lena Palmer at Warwick and Jefferson streets. Jeweler Dayton Grover intervened, taking a bullet meant for Lena. Palmer then killed himself after a brief struggle, jealous of Grover.
Chicago obituary reports Albert Gallagher a Secret Service man who restrained Crolgess after the McKinley assassination in Buffalo has died in Chicago. He was mistaken for the gunman and beaten by a crowd. Liver disease from his injuries led to his death.
Peter Don, a miner in Dohustown Pennsylvania, was murdered while walking through thick brush. An unknown man sprang from among the brush and slashed his throat with a knife before fleeing the scene.
Burtington County, Mount Helly New Jersey reports a record harvest with rye and wheat abundant and hay storage posing a problem for farmers. Harvesting is expected to finish by July 4 as corn matures. Peaches suffer in many counties with apple blight harming trees near Medford.
Alfred Boderman of the state agricultural commission grows potatoes and tomatoes on the same vine at Worcester experiment station. He grafted Lorillard tomato plants to potato vines, producing above ground tomato plants with fruit while potatoes grow underground.
Justice Lambert directed the jury to find for Mayor McClellan, upholding his 1906 election by about 8000 votes over William R. Hearst. The recount opened thousands of ballot boxes with no proven fraud. Hearst’s side claimed ballot stuffing, but the judge ruled no fraud was established.
C Powell, a buyer for Stern Brothers & Company wholesale jewelers, reported $35,000 in unset diamonds vanished from a sack after he rode an elevator to the fourth floor and entered a barber shop. He later found the diamonds were gone upon reaching his employer’s offices.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland travels from Princeton with her children to Tamworth New Hampshire to join Marion and Francis who stayed after their father’s funeral. Esther and Richard attend the service with Miss Bryant and John H Finley, whose farm adjoins the Cleveland home. She plans no announcements but will return for September schooling.
A Paria ta proof device uses two thin envelopes with colored inner and outer layers. The blue inner fits inside a larger outer envelope and both flaps glue to create a double lock that reveals tampering through a star shaped opening. This method prevents hidden reading and resealing without notice.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland adopts a lemon bath routine from Dutch customs. Five lemon slices soak in water then added to bath water. the bath is said to invigorate cleanse and soften the skin, with the queen embracing the routine on medical advice from a colonial governor’s wife.
Revolt attempts at the Mexican post at Palomas Chihuahua about 100 miles west of El Paso were repulsed after a battle with the par, according to advices to the El Paso and Southwestern railroad. Their foreman at Mimbres New Mexico is a prisoner of the revolutionists. Iranf eration and customs inspectors dispatched to Columbus New Mexico across the border from Patomas.
Altoona reports Chester Hamer aged 16 and companion Kauffman drowned while swimming in the Juniata river near Hyde station. Hamer swam out of depth and Kauffman went to aid him. both disappeared with no one nearby to help.
Secretary M Lefert of the Choregraphic association discusses a new wave style in dance praised for breadth of movement and expanded chest. The article notes American influence, mentions social rooms, and references a 25 cent price at Pearte's Modern Pharmacy for salve.
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