27 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
1
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin oversees tests of a large aluminium airship built with extensive funding from the German government. The 445 foot craft features three 145 horsepower engines and aims to secure about 400000 dollars if successful. The 70 year old inventor personally participates in the testing.
James A. Barbe of Company K Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry was killed by lightning near Gettysburg and buried at Greenmount Cemetery with Major Crago in charge, about 2000 mourners present. Corporal Cyrus Milton Garver of Uniontown was buried in Freeport with a commemorative march by Uniontown and Washington units, and Clyde D. Morrison of Camp Hayes was remembered in Owensville with a large funeral attended by General officers and multiple National Guard companies.
The Colorado Bankers association condemns government backing of national bank deposits. A horrific house fire claims a three year old in Lake Bluff as his mother Maria Ross laments helplessness. A man named Henry Ebhard, twenty two, is found dead in Gordon pa woods with a gunshot wound and an empty pistol nearby. George Shartzer, a Harrisburg street foreman, is slashed with a hatchet by Joe Smith and dies after being shot by Patrolman Frank Sucece.
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania over 2600 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met to hear Vice Grand Master T. R. Dodge and others discuss conditions on the Pennsylvania and Reading systems east of Pittsburgh and west of Trenton. The reunion began Saturday with a picnic and sports and a masse meeting.
In Paris Kentucky a theatre manager offers a free baby with each admission and a winning ticket next Thursday to receive the child with complete clothing, carriage, and milk bottle. The infant’s mother has signed to surrender the child if her number wins. The baby will be shown in a local store window as part of the stunt.
Turmoil erupts on the Dutch island of Curacao as mobs attack the home of a Venezuelan editor and pressures natives to denounce Caracas. Venezuelan consul seeks safety at the German consulate as police struggle to control protests amid threats and demonstrations.
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