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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
2
Jewelry handles shaped as animals surge in popularity as women adopt zoological umbrellas for autumn wear. Paris imports inspire designs like a pink quartz dog with emerald eyes and a tiny gold collar, while jewelers caution against overdone animal motifs.
A Panama Canal based organization named Kangaroos, with about 700 members mainly mechanics, forms to promote mutual advancement and discipline not as a labor union. It holds over 3000 in treasury and can deport a member for failing to live up to rules, per Panama cable to the New York Herald.
Harvest of 400 bushels of cucumbers near Verdugo California marks the annual cucumbers fete. The crop will be processed into preserved juice ointment for complexion and applied to the cheeks of the Four Hundred in many cities. The supply could reach over half a million faces two dozen times.
West Philadelphia Colwyn and Darby women organize the Independent Order of Bachelor Girls to preach a banded celibacy. Members wear bright colors and bring a cat to meetings while they debate life without husbands. Fines apply for marriage or walking with men.
Chicago dispatch reports the Illinois Traction system plans a full interurban line from Chicago to St. Louis with chair cars converting to sleeping berths at night. The 700 mile network will include a Mississippi River bridge at East St Louis and nightly sleepers between Springfield and East St Louis.
Taft leaves Shaimhashirai railway station amid artillery and fireworks after a formal farewell luncheon in Tokyo. He and Mrs. Taft met with Emperor and Empress at the palace, then hosted by the crown prince and Prince Fushimi. Public sentiment in Tokyo greeted Taft as a timely reaffirmation of cordial U.S.-Japan relations.
In Paterson New Jersey on October 3 Dario Corutti an Italian defendant faced a breach of promise suit from Mario Antonietti. The jury awarded Miss Antaniotti 400 damages after she testified the engagement ended because Corutti shaved his moustache leaving him too youthful for marriage. Corutti claimed the decision was her doing and blamed her for his look.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota fell ill in Keokuk Iowa while visiting with President Roosevelt aides and was moved home to St Paul. Secretary Loeb left for Wyoming to hunt big game and accompanied Johnson to St Paul before continuing. Atlantic City urged immediate immigration reform warning unrestricted alien admission jeopardizes American institutions. Caribbean arrest: Gracielano Zembrano, former Dominican Republic consul in Santiago, jailed for allegedly lottery ticket fraud and stealing a $10 000 prize.
Camden colored men Charles Gibson and Stephen Dorsey were found guilty of the August 20 murder of Mrs. Horner and Mrs. Natoli. Sentenced to death by Justice Garrison, they will be the first electrocutions under New Jersey’s new law, with execution date pending due to a unfinished Tren ton electric chair facility.
Mrs Addie Gillet of New Lebanon Centre dies after eating toadstools bought for mushrooms. A niece Miss Katherine Bradley and a male guest also fell ill. the others recover. Also reports a tramp burns a child to death after beating Mrs Hathaway unconscious. mother later finds son tied to apple tree. Emperor Francis Joseph confined with bronchial catarrh but not seriously ill.
Mrs Susan E Wallace widow of General Lew Wallace dies at her Crawfordsville Indiana home. GC T Witherow longtime Pennsylvania railroad official dies at Altoona. Governor Stokes grants a reprieve for John Schuyler to November 1 before a Flemington New Jersey hanging. Lander E Merrick dies in Kenosha Wisconsin almshouse after amassing over three hundred thousand dollars as a long term miser. Major John H Duval retired U S army officer detailed by the War Department for duty with the Pennsylvania National Guard.
New York October 3 Miss Gladys Vanderbilt heiress worth 12 5 million will wed Count Laszlo Szechenyi Austrian nobleman The Breakers Newport will host the engagement announcement likely at or after a dinner this week.
Brief business note from B S P L Hargett and Company presenting Devos paint as superior to others. Mentions rot issues and payment terms. Requests indication that advertisement appeared in Toe Nowa.
The ad promotes D D D lotion claiming to cure eczema psoriasis and other skin diseases by removing germs and restoring skin to natural whiteness. It cites Mrs R R Latta of Garison Missouri and J A Williamson endorsing rapid relief after three bottles. It also touts Dr King's New Life Pills for constipation and appendicitis prevention, with local pharmacy contact.
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