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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
6
A damaged OCR fragment suggests a workman died after a rock fell, with a body found beneath a large rock near a water passage. The report mentions a surface search and uncertain timing, offering few clear names or places.
Rodala Nutt, once famed in the Barnum and Bailey troupe, is described as the sole surviving male of the circus age, now retired for years and running a real estate business in New York. Francia OConnor, eight, lost a hand to a wolf in Central Park Zoo after offering it a peanut. bystander clubs the animal to free him and the boy is hospitalized.
In Wilkes-Barre on September 23 delegates of the Federated Humane Society did not pursue a proposed law to sentence wife beaters to the whipping post. They deemed passage by Pennsylvania lawmakers unlikely, while Mrs A M Bertely of the city remains a strong advocate.
Mrs Bertels urges convention delegates to back a constitutional amendment at the Union's convention in St Paul to adopt a policy favoring severe corporal punishment for wife beating. She proposes whipping for first offenses and judge-set strokes for repeat offenses to curb chronic abuse.
Captain Ferber a renowned aviator died after his aeroplane failed during a practice run at Boulogne. The machine veered and overturned, crushing him. He had recently damaged a rudder and a wing in prior flights. Also noted is the death of 64 year old Joseph Mut zer from diphtheria in Philadelphia.
Emma Martz, offered a fortune by her rich uncle Hay Colbaugh of New York, would be adopted as his heir. Her grandmother had raised her since ten with scarce education and money. Mike Marté, her guardian, worked in a mill and supports the grandmother. Emma plans to accept only if her grandmother is cared for. The Chesapeake Bay cruise aboard the catboat Gossip, owned by Francia W. Scarborough of Richmond, sailed from Wolf Trap Light to Ware River, Va, under H. T. Forest of Richmond. both men drowned.
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