19 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1910
Page
1
Turbulent Westmoreland strike draws demand for federal investigation. Proponents claim disruption harms workers and businesses, while miners push for arbitration and operators resist, saying the struggle drains thousands daily. Public Defense governs a commission to mediate.
Rachel Weat, a longtime domestic servant in the family of James Conatable of New York, died at age 101. She had been pensioned and had served for decades, with twenty years of service noted.
Captain Klias Larsen piloted an eighteen foot launch through Niagara Gorge rapids amid cheering crowds. The engine failed near the Canadian side, forcing a drift to Lewiston where Larsen was helped ashore with only a skinned arm. The daring voyage drew a large attendance and admiration for his perilous run.
Princess Alexandra in London reports that Queen Mother Alexandra may have arranged a match between her nephew Prince Christopher of Greece and Princess Alexandra daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Fife. Christopher has spent summers with the queen mother and now stays with the King’s forces in Scotland while Alexandra would gain a large fortune if wed. Negotiations two years ago for Prince Christopher to marry Marie Drexel fell through over money.
New York September 19. A French butler Pierre Horstler and his wife Honorine were arrested by Detective Brennan and Chief Brennan of Bramford Conn on suspicion of arsenic poisoning at a Darien dinner party. Seven diners were sickened but recovered. A laundress and her four year old son ate biscuits laced with poison. further biscuits were fed to a neighbor who also fell ill but recovered. Investigations traced poisoned flour to a barrel containing arsenic powder.
Damaged text reports arrests and prison terms linked to Martoogessian and Armenian confessing figures. Emphasizes unfrocking without trial, church power struggles, and strikes affecting Boston New York and the Armenian Apostolic Church amid calls for reform and discipline.
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