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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1907
Page
5
Lewes Del September 30 never before in lower Delaware have there been so many tomatoes grown as this year. Canneries overtaxed. many canners use ruses to stop farmers from bringing fruit. Those with early contracts gain advantage over open market players. uncontracted fruit has no sale. Farmers see tomatoes as fertilizer and accept thousands of tons left to rot.
General Booth of the Salvation Army and Widla Pooth discuss Christian Science and family size. Booth favors large families with two or more children, arguing it strengthens society and counters idleness and work shortages. The report also mentions water supply concerns and a fire incident in Danville, with a local church pastor's residence noted in connection to Families.
Former Massachusetts Governor Douglas denounces Roosevelt style trust busting as a farce arguing tariffs raise costs and inflation drives prices higher. He blames tariff protections for price increases and cites paper costs and gold flows as global factors behind rising wages and living costs.
A posse searches Alexandria county for a Black man who shot John William Bullen and then abducted Miss Haiss, his fiancée. The attacker dragged her into a thicket for over an hour and warned of returning to finish the job. Parents informed as excitement and possible lynching threats fill the area.
A man in Tarentum Pa spent decades grooming a beard. A prank with knives led to a shave demand and a brief legal case against Albert Hinsborn Charles Rassan and Otto Lippert. Other items note a failed election plan and rumors of mutiny on Russian warships with unconfirmed casualty figures.
The jury that tried Ack Hare in Bristol Tennessee for the murder of Little Davis failed to reach a verdict. The case pauses as the judge considers next steps.
The president plans a western trip with Loeb and other officials including Secretary etherland and Surgeon General, stopping at Canton for a Mic kley memorial address then Keokuk, St. Louis, Cairo, and Memphis as the inland waterways commission tours the Mississippi. Speeches are set for Cairo, Mem phis, Vicksburg, and Nashville on the return to Washington by October 23.
Spain launches a vigorous government campaign to halt Spanish workers from emigrating to Panama for isthmian canal labor. Authorities seek proof that writers and canal agents deceive workers who then face harsh conditions in Panama, while landlords lose laborers seeking better wages abroad.
Senator Burkett of Nebraska says the people may compel the president to seek a third term despite his wishes. He notes Nebraska supports Taft, but believes the president could secure substantial statewide votes if he runs. A newborn boy was found buried in a Kohinoor colliery bank near Shenandoah Pa. A rock fall at Barnum mine in Pittston Pa killed driver boss Thomas Morgan and injured two others.
Tokyo reports three days of social and diplomatic activity as Secretary Taft and party rest in Shiba palace. Key figures including War Minister Terauchi confer with Taft amid speculation a groundwork for a mutual immigration entente is being laid, a move Japan may welcome if a broader trust holds with October discussions. Enthusiasm at imperial processions shows public support, while rumors of a formal envoy role surface but are disputed by diplomatic circles.
A Calumet Michigan cow owned by Joseph Blake became trapped by her tail in a tree cleft and survived five weeks without food or water. A passerby discovered her and, after a tail break, she charged him briefly before fleeing. The man sought safety on a wood pile and the cow later wandered off in search of nourishment and is now improving under care.
In Philadelphia on September 20 Mrs Magete Finnerty aged 34 and Miss Cecelia Brennan aged 43 were struck by an inbound express on the Reading Railroad at Nicetown. Safety gates reportedly down but the women crossed the tracks and were hit. Finnerty died on impact and Brennan died a few minutes later.
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