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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
2
Local tidbits report visitors and arrivals from Baltimore Washington and Frederick, church events, protracted meetings, school openings and busyness of farmers in Daysville Troutville and surrounding areas. Residents travel to Utica Utica Lake and Atlantic City, with social visits, weddings, and harvest services noted along with Sunday school rallies and church programs.
A historical note details the battleship Indiana with a displacement of 10 286 tons and a top speed of 15.54 knots, armed with four 13 inch guns, eight 8 inch guns, and four 6 inch guns. The report lists a mix of ceremonial, church, and local community notices from JAMSVILLE LIBERTYTOWN and surrounding areas including church events, school openings, visits, and social activities with numerous named residents and locales.
The battleship Indiana at League Island navy yard faced a coal bunker fire on September 5. Ammunition was removed from heated 12 inch and 6 inch magazines with great risk. Lieutenant Commander J. L. Sticht led Gunner L. G. Hull and eight sailors who endured burns to secure the shells. Eight men named for bravery include C. W. Leisegang HE Rowe J. C. Bartunick J. L. Gratton H. A. Linderman H. J. Cross C. Sheppard and L. Oster.
Trenton Sept 12 The New Jersey primaries shed little on the governor race with Democrats mostly unchallenged. Republicans faced contests only in Hudson and Essex counties. In Essex Colby supporters backing Sheriff Frank Sommers won about 90 of 236 delegates while the party faction favored Justice J Franklin Fort. Major Carl Lentz, an organization ally supporting Justice Pitney, claims 25 to 30 Essex delegates.
Lillian Humphrey, 17, visited a theater in Worcester Mass on Sept 12 and watched a performer stage a dramatic suicide act with a bottle of water. The next day she copied the scene using nitric acid on the factory floor as a makeshift stage. She is hospitalized and quoted saying she acted because the beautiful actress did it.
Waterbury Conn Sept 12 Catcher Dave Thaker of Holyoke Mass proposed to Miss Katharine N Counbry in the city a year ago she refused then vowed to back a winning team this year and reconsider The Holyoke team has clinched the Connecticut league pennant and Thaker has secured a marriage license.
In Carruthersville Missouri on September 12 Lucy Logsden a waitress in the Wilson hotel jumped from a third floor window to escape a revolver held by Mrs Feaman who burst into her husband’s room. Logsden was crushed fatally Mrs Feaman was arrested but released on bond Feaman and his young wife have lived apart for six months.
A Mishawake Indiana birth reports a son to Mr. and Mrs. I. ER. Couddter with eight teeth eight teeth, four upper and four lower, protruding through the gums. The pearly teeth are described as well formed and unusually timed, as if they had appeared at the normal stage. Doctor Bays notes the remarkable dental development.
James C. Church, 83, of Townsend Vermont, died here. He was the son of a Revolutionary War soldier and the son of WWI veteran Captain Church, noted in several fights with the British. He was the last of a family of 26 children.
The United Business Men's Association of Philadelphia, representing about fifty groups, demands free transfers and a four cent flat fare plus promised extensions. If the Rapid Transit Company refuses, they will seek to have the city ordinance set aside and petition for a receiver. The portents follow the transit firm’s threat to end free transfers, arguing the lines were not profitable under current terms.
In a quarrel with Drs. Anna Felonia with whom he boarded, Charles Salonia a Rav stabbed the woman and, thinking he killed her, drowned himself in a creek at Luzerne borough near here. The woman will recover from her injuries.
In Toulon Illinois a gas explosion at Wheeler and Co hardware store injured about fifty people as firefighters battled a basement fire. Debris and glass rained into a crowd of spectators, with emergency crews rushing victims to nearby hospitals.
Archibald Henry Blount of Orleton Sir Blount died in London on June 17 leaving an estate valued at 467570. His will bequeaths four hundred thousand dollars to Yale University to be used as deemed best for the institution.
Chester B Runyan, who confessed to stealing $100000 from the Windsor Trust Company, was sentenced by Judge Whitman in the general sessions to seven years in Sing Sing prison.
The season’s first snowstorm hit Fort Wayne Indiana on Wednesday. The next national encampment for the United Spanish War Veterans will take place in Boston. Seven cottages and a large hotel burned at South Haven Michigan with losses around 100000 dollars. The Cudahy Packing plant in Philadelphia was destroyed by fire causing about 200000 dollars in damage. The Great Council of Red Men voted to establish a permanent home or lodge at Louisville Kentucky with a 100000 dollar fund.
National League games ended in a 4 4 tie between St Louis and Chicago after 14 innings darkness. Cincinnati beat Pittsburg 2 1 in seven innings. A rain delay affected Brooklyn Boston. Philadelphia beat New York while Mets not scheduled. American League saw Boston 5 4 Athletics, Chicago swept St Louis 2 0 then 6 4 in two games, New York 4 2 Washington, Cleveland 3 0 Detroit. Tri State League had Trenton 7 Johnstown 0. other games postponed by rain. New York story notes Uncle Sam urged to help Jacob Rubenstein keep his relatives from Ellis Island lines amid a domestic dispute.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on September 12 a long rainstorm drenched the district. Mines had water entrances flooded and mules had to be hoisted from lower levels. Farmers in surrounding valleys gained relief from the downpour. Brakeman Van Sant recovered a lost wallet with 3900 dollars found on a Newark train and returned it to the farmer.
Prince Piines Wivel sehi of Vienna, now residing at Flor ence, was killed here when his car at a high speed struck a hedge in an attempt to avoid another vehicle. The prince's chauffeur also died and three other passengers were injured.
A quotation by John Tuskia contends that true wealth lies in nourishing the largest number of no- and laggy human beings, with a nation’s riches measured by personal life perfection and broad influence through possessions and help to others.
Frances Willard wrote to friend Anna after a daughter's death, expressing that Anna’s status as mother to an angel makes her richer in grief, while she herself sits alone without a child to die. The note contrasts shared sorrow with cherished maternal status.
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