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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1907
Page
2
A jagged OCR fragment recounts Winnipeg style shock stories of cannibalism and famine. It mentions an explorer meeting a frightened woman who spoke of an uncle who killed and ate eight people. It notes a winter murder and eating two children amid hunger. It also reports a death by poison and a suicide threat in a marital dispute.
Fragmentary report notes Bary Hiss describing the imperial condition with delirium and semiconscious states during a high court period. The account mentions demission and altered behavior as the monarch endures a trance like episode. Cast, Ont. 208. Jahn
An old advertisement touts Dr. Rine's New Life Pills as a remedy to prevent appendicitis and regulate bowels, claiming to revive the liver and cure digestive ills. The product is offered at Peurre's Modern Pharmacy for 252 units.
In New York a broad probe into the Interborough Metropolitan traction deal unfolds as District Attorney Jerome meets with Public Service Commission chair Willcox amid talk of possible criminal prosecutions. Testimony alleges a million dollar share of the sale funded by Brady and others, with various payments traced to Elkins Whitney Widener and others. A Philadelphia financier and several shares are named. governor Hughes monitors the hearings. In a separate item in Pittsburgh a father is commended for spanking his adult daughter under his roof after she returns home late. The daughter, Pauline Law, pursues a court case and is fined. In Delaware a boy remains gravely ill after a school prank left a pointed pencil lodged in his seat.
Rev. P. Strong of Cleveland was elected bishop at the Evangelical conference in Milwaukee. Breyfogle of Reading and Bowman of Allentown along with William Holmes of Cleveland were reelected bishops. There were ample votes cast.
Snow blanketed parts of Northern Cambria and Johnstown pa for a brief period on Oct 12.4 heavy at first then melted quickly leaving wet streets. Local observers noted the first snowfall of the season with patches across the area.
A Philadelphia millionaire and his adviser issue sensational claims that Miss Maloney married a young Englishman, Shmuel Clarkson, after her disappearance. Montreal reports and aOsborn affidavit allege a marriage on December 28, 1905, with Osborn denying the union and suggesting Clarkson knew of it. Osborn, 23, son of a Sugar executive, would inherit a fortune.
Helena Oct 12 The Record reports that Montana and Washington investors were swindled out of more than a third of a million dollars after discovering that the Red Canyon placer mines near Lander Wyoming were salted and worthless.
Rev Maxwell H. Valenta pastor of St Lucis Reformed Church Brooklyn and Mrs Louis A Bauer parishioner and wife of an electrotyper were arrested and held for inquiry into their mental condition. The action was brought by Mr Bauer and the administrator's father Rev Wenzel Valenta of the church. They were charged with offending public decency. The magistrate committed the prisoners for mental examination after a domestic dispute was described and the clergyman testified aboutAffinity found in the woman towards him.
W B Hransen of Dublin Ga praises Electric Bittera for an elderly mother aged eight and three, reporting strong appetite good sleep and improved health. The ad claims benefits in female weakness general debility stomach and kidney issues and promises a strong guarantee. Pearre's Modern Pharmacy 502 carries the product.
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