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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
7
A bizarre incident near Mayville North Carolina reports lightning striking the Thornson home. A hole punched into the wall entered the room where Mrs Thornson sat, partially melted the wedding rug on her finger, then down a stave pipe. She survived, though shocked, as investigators probe the electrical event.
Elks grand lodge closed sessions at Valley Forge after a convention drawing thousands to Philadelphia area. Dallas, Texas, next year. Debated stopping elk’s teeth for emblems. Judge Harry Melvin received portrait. Mexican Band leader Captain August Azzali drowned at Atlantic City after Elks activities. Continuous sightseeing included League Island naval yard and Delaware river trips. Livelihood prizes awarded for lodge appearances, uniforms, floats, and bands.
Vice President’s wife Mrs Charles W Fairbanks and her automobile party escaped serious injury after a rear tire failed near St Johnsville Fort Plain. The touring car swerved into a ditch, occupants jolted but unharmed. car damaged and left for repair. The trip began in Indianapolis and was to end in Boston. The party continued by rail to Boston.
Seoul July 20 The city rests under military patrol with traffic halted and Japanese shops guarded. Police report 23 Japanese killed or wounded in the day’s rioting while Korean casualties remain unknown. A Japanese report blames Korean soldiers and the emperor sent Marquis Ito a long apologetic message saying regretted the disturbance and urging action to prevent further trouble.
After an eleven day trial in Bridgeton New Jersey the Moore Jones Glass company won a verdict of 74105 damages against West Jersey Seashore Railroad. The plant burned July 4 1905 and the company claimed a locomotive spark caused the blaze. This was the third trial with prior hung jury and a prior $95000 verdict overturned on appeal.
Richmond July 20. John Endergrass a well known citizen tried to convince his wife of the danger in carrying her purse dangling from her belt. He unconsciously stole 100 from an unidentified woman and, not knowing the owner, turned the entire amount over to a church.
Coopersburg, July 20. Cooper Importer and breeder sells 96 Jersey cows to Colonel A. B. Lewis of New York and Fredericksburg for 91,600 cash, said to be world record private Jersey sale. The deal exceeded Cowper Memorial sale averages, with Lewis previously buying Stockwell stock and rejecting higher offers for more cattle and bulls. Rumor links the herd to Thomas F. Ryan’s Virginia estate.
The Southern Railway company faces a 30000 dollar fine and ticket agent Thomas B. Green 3 dollars in Raleigh for selling tickets above the legal uniform rate of 2.44 cents per mile. Judge Long holds state courts have exclusive criminal jurisdiction and orders execution on the fine. Meeker & Co. file a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Lehigh Valley Railroad over alleged excessive and discriminatory coal transport rates from Wyoming to Perth Amboy New Jersey.
William January alias Charles W. Anderson, once the subject of a 50000 petition for pardon, was released from Fort Leavenworth federal prison and returned to Kansas City to pursue business activities.
J L Davis and Miss Decia Webryke drowned when their boat capsized on a lake at Lima Ohio. Herman Brunstine a New York author was struck by a car at Monticello New York and fatally injured. A cloudburst at Cannesville near Zanesville Ohio washed away two houses inundated the town but no Hyves were lost.
In Charlotte, July 20, a Union county jury found John Jones not guilty on charges tied to the May 2 1906 lynching of John V Johnson at Wadesboro. The panel, after one ballot, spared Jones on counts one and two, while Judge Peebles' charge favored the state.
Pittsburg officials declare the city mad and society crazed after clubwomen report homes mortgaged and auctions threatened by fierce rivalry. East End fashion seeks the fastest, most extravagant autos as men and women blamed for auto prestige.
Mount Holly New Jersey July 20 A bullet from target practice at Rancocas Park pierced Mrs John Smith back near the spine. After skilled extraction by a physician the woman is expected to recover. Also July 20 news lists Mrs Russell Sage giving 250000 to the Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females to fund a wing for 30 more occupants. Pedlar Palmer sentenced to five years penal servitude for manslaughter in a railway carriage fight last April.
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