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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1906
Page
8
Joan Prince, a music lover in Philadelphia, meets a dashing stranger in a box after a concert. Their exchange hints at romance and social-imposed limits as family pressures and a dinner mishap stir tension, while a later encounter in the street deepens intrigue about her identity and future.
Louis Link of New York sued for divorce after his wife gained weight and styled herself with an expanding dress and waistline. The couple wed after a brief courtship, but Mrs Link’s changing figure led to discord, alleged health risks, and a failing marriage. Despite attempts at separation and a priestly divorce, the court did not grant the split, and the husband now pays a weekly sum to keep them apart pending further action.
A woman, claiming to be Emily, confronts a bank customer at a branch on upper Broadway, demanding identification. After a tense exchange about a Smith family dispute, the teller returns the requested money and the woman exits with the funds. In a separate note, John Jacobs of Mortisville, VA dies after consuming an entire dram bottle of quinine, attempting to treat malaria.
George Adame of Waterbury fatally wounded at Clif ford Barnews home in Middlebury Conn while pursuing a woodchuck. He and two farm hands and his wife lured the animal from a burrow, water flooded the hole, and when Adame tried to pin the woodchuck, the animal clawed and discharged a life-ending shot. Surviving surgeons failed to locate the bullet. The woodchuck escaped during the commotion.
The article recalls Captain Clerk of Royston’s horse and seven troopers defending a donga near Nkandhla forest, wounded in five places, as natives swarm with asagals. Clerk fights through an ambush until Colonel Koynton arrives with Royston’s men, sustaining heavy losses among troopers Holmes Flynn Woolnough and Corporal Alexander.
A Ponca City newspaper describes a lavish “tenderfoot” colony at Ranch 101 on Malt Fork river, where wealthy youths from Boston to Chicago live in a shared dormitory setting with horses and polo training. The piece notes their attire, photographs for safety, and entertainment including dancing, cards, and western recreation, framed as curious ranch life.
A New Brunswick jail dog named Dixie, owned by Warden Charles Togers, is found guilty of grand larceny for stealing sponges from a drugstore. The dog repeatedly returned with sponge pieces marked 15, 45, and 85 cents. Warden Rogers contemplates a few days of solitary confinement to reform Dixie.
Deputy Sheriff Becker faced a bizarre task serving papers to a one year old heir in a $400,000 property loan case. The child, Clara Frances Watson, resisted until Becker tickled her ribs and slipped the document into her arms. The case concerns Captain John A. Watson’s estate and a long repaid loan.
Congreman James Watson exposed a sideshow claiming to display a wild Filipino girl. The thirteen year old girl, browned by chemicals, was bound to a stake and fed scraps of meat by the audience. Showman confessed deceit, claiming possession by virtue of dead parents. state protection likely.
A South Orange marshal recovers trousers lost on Scotland Road after a steam roller incident, a Buffalo man explains pockets held $32, and the garb is explained as worn due to cold weather. Also included is a New Jersey court quip by Vice Chancellor Pitney and a twelve year old girl’s confession to causing a railroad wreck as a prank.
A seventeen year old named William Lee alias George Scott was hanged on Smith's Island opposite Crisfield Maryland for assaulting two white women near Kingston Somerset county. Authorities moved him by steamer to avoid mob violence, built a portable scaffold aboard the vessel, and executed him in eighteen minutes after prayers and a formal confession.
Six year old Mary La Follette daughter of Senator La Follette sat alone in a buggy as a runaway horse tore through Madison. Brother Robert had left her. Walter Wilson steadied the bridle and halted the gelding after several blocks. Mary remained unshaken and did not cry. A wild mail bag snapping tortoise emerged in Middleport NY causing alarm before being secured.
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