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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
2
Washington plans convert Potomac frontage into a verdant public park with lawns trees shrubs and flowers plus walks and drives for river views. The transformation aims to create one of the nation’s most delightful city parks despite hot humid summers and varied weather.
The Washington diocese plans a stone-lined memorial church at Twilight Park Haines Falls for the late Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee. The All Angels church, founded by him in 1895, began as a mission and will be enlarged to honor his role in the capital’s religious life.
A report recounts a claimed presidential permit for a private viewing of the original Declaration of Independence. The document has rested in a safe since 1909 after years of light and handling. In 1903 a state department committee urged dark dry storage and preservation, a policy followed since.
The Information division of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization promotes a program to distribute job cards to aliens and job seekers to move them from crowded urban centers to areas with labor demand. From February to June, about 1,000 cards were sent to various states for farm and common labor, with twenty nationalities represented and Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont among the states receiving large allocations.
In the Bronx zoo a pair of alligators fought in a 40 foot pool with Whitey biting Captain's front leg off. Whitey killed Captain and dragged his body as keepers drained the tank to separate them. In Philadelphia a Baltimore pair wed in 51 minutes after meeting at Broad Street station with a quick ceremony at 5 56.
William G. Rockefeller of Greenwich, Connecticut, has bought two adjoining parcels to his 400 acre estate. One is part of the Mills Husted estate including woodland and open country. The second, 42 acres east of Zachous Mead's lane, came from Oliver D. Mead, long time Greenwich National Bank president. The purchases place him among the town’s largest landholders, with views toward Long Island Sound.
A protest by curvy citizens prompts New York officials to review transit stairways. Gov. Hughes orders an investigation after comments by Commissioner Bustin and Transit Inspector Bennett about narrowing steps and potential widening. Greenville Texas reports a separate violent mob execution of a Black suspect after an assault on a 16 year old girl.
Joseph Volaski a 15 month old child of Mr and Mrs Felix Voloski was found with his head submerged in soapsuds in a washtub in the yard at 210 East Primm street He was the second drowning in three days Toney Voloski six years old wandered into the yard and discovered his brother Mrs Voloski pulled the child from the tub but life was extinct It is believed the child fell in while playing near the tub
Indianapolis report describes America Massey wife of America Massey now living with George Laswell at Minnesota and Churchman as she undergoes a third skin color transformation from black to white and back over 59 years. She recalls three changes with itching before spots appear and notes two earlier transitions. The Masseys have a daughter, Mrs Jeremiah Redman, at 112 Nelson Street.
A story claims J Pierpont Morgan offered to buy missing Palestrina manuscripts from the Basilica of St John Lateran. The tale says government blockage faded, a large sum would fund the basilica, and then the MSS vanished though truth is unclear.
State Engineer Nicholas returns from the mountains with a report of a 14 706 foot peak height claiming a Mount Jeff Davis image in the sky. The tale recalls Indiana settlers fleeing an apparition believed to threaten them and notes similar phenomena in Germany. Nicholas plans further study to determine the cause.
A whale beached near Phillipa Cove was dynamited after crowds rode motor boats to view the event. Explosives failed to disable the beast and the carcass burned overnight, its blaze visible from shore to watching spectators.
A redeyed clerk admits tardiness and his employer interrupts. The boss warns about painting the town and suggests using Walter Colora exclusively for color.
An English passenger on the Pacific Express from Philadelphia asks the porter to wake him at San Francisco. He calls for Portah and explains he forgot something and wishes to be awakened at destination as the train nears the West Coast.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas details a two year eczema battle with ineffective treatments. After three uses of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills her ankles healed quickly and no relapse occurred over the following year.
A distressed traveler tells a passing woman that the financial panic has left many along the route too poor to share food. The exchange highlights hardship and hunger as prices and shelter crumble.
In New York's Bohemian circle a writer and his wife, noted authors, share each other's literary fame. Their four year old daughter, visiting a friend, is asked if her mother can sew. She admits uncertainty then adds she knows her mother can smoke a cigarette.
A New York state woman reports ten years of stomach and liver trouble easing after switching to Postum and Grape Nuts. She gained twenty pounds, regained energy, and can now work through the day without fatigue. She credits the products with restoring appetite and vitality.
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