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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
6
Granad Haven Michigan paper notes D Ver Wy completed an apartment move when one house contained a scarlet fever patient. The mover finished the job and relocated the dwelling and occupant despite the illness.
Norman Duncan's Harper's Magazine piece One Day's Adventures guides readers through Damascus with the glamour and mystery of the city. He recalls visiting a hard to reach Becohol shop where dust coated aged illuminated volumes and rare poems by a princess’s daughter were sold, a copy with no other known extant copy.
Elliott A. Archer alias Archie Carter, wanted for forgery involving 30000, was released after Governor Mead refused New Jersey requisition. Newark banks, indictments verified, Archer fled to Capetown and briefly to Newark wife Mrs Elizabeth Archer, with forged railroad bills and circulars sent nationwide.
Police report missing inventory from the Philadelphia residence of the late Mrs. George Wood includes diamonds valued at 75 000 dollars furs a masterpiece copy valued at 15 000 dollars and Paris gowns hats and opera cloaks. Mrs Wood died October 13 from valvular heart disease after being found dead at 1339 North Broad Street. Neighbors recalled a scene of breakage and visitors as valuables disappeared amid confusion at the house.
Postmaster Edward M Morean, wounded by the lunatic Mackay, has recovered enough to travel to Atlantic City New Jersey for rest. Morgan will accompany or join him at the shore as part of the recovery plan.
Louisville boy, thirteen, son of a policeman, during convalescence from typhoid fever, often handled a revolver at his pet dog. Believing the weapon unloaded, he pulled the trigger and killed the dog, then shot himself in grief.
In Cincinnati Ohio representatives of independent tobacco factories from across the nation met to divide 20,000,000 pounds of tobacco obtained by the Independent Manufacturers Association from the Equity Society. The move aims to build a strong organization to challenge the Trust and cooperate with tobacco planters against any equity pool for 1909.
Brooklyn report says John G Jenkins ex president of the Jenkins Trust Company was found not guilty on the charge of embezzling fifty thousand dollars from his bank on October 23 1907. The jury deliberated five hours before the verdict. He still faces indictments for conspiracy perjury and false entry.
Richmond Virginia. By agreement of counsel the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and W R Johnson and Co pleaded guilty to rebating before Judge Waddill. The railroad was fined 713500 and Johnson and Co 4506. Defense said principals knew nothing of the violations but conviction was likely due to agent indiscretion. Proceedings followed the jury verdict the day before acquitting A P Gilbert assistant general freight agent of the railroad.
Thousands of cattle in Colorado are starving as winter ends early leaving stockmen unprepared. Food costs soar with hay at 25 to 30 dollars per ton in the Arkansas Valley and Park range districts, threatening unprecedented losses to cattlemen.
In Port au Prince, Nord Alexis is deposed and fled aboard the French training ship Duguay Trouin as insurgents seize control. General Antoine Simon leads 5,000 troops and proclaims General Legitime as the new president. A separate report notes Pat Bertha Barbour, 11, killed her sister with a revolver found for a game.
A revolution starts in Salvador led by ex Vice President Prudencio Altaro. Cities Ahuachapan Usulutan and Santana report revolutionary capture. Fernando Figuerda is named president of Salvador.
Berlin Germany reports the United States and Germany agreed on a two cent letter rate reduction to replace the former rate of cents, effective January 1. Milwaukee Senator Stephenson filings show a 106000 dollar expenditure to secure renomination in the primaries.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans today refused a gift of a fine home from the people of Southern California. An English organization named the Society for the Destruction of Vermin, dedicated to fighting rats in England, is referenced in the report.
A New York Press quip notes a bachelor girl lamenting paying $3 for a “nice bunch of lovely brown curls” only to have to remove them as they fall out. She sighs at aging and mentions gray hairs, questioning the fairness of cosmetic costs.
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