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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts Gent's and Boy's Ready-to-Wear Clothing and Furnishings. Emphasis on correctness in weave workmanship styles and prices, inviting customers to visit the store for complete apparel options.
Flushing New York December report notes the state’s case against Thornton J. Hains is nearly finished with most witnesses heard. Henry L Jesperson’s testimony favored the defendant by detailing waterfront talks and a postponed Bayside property deal. Cabman Martin Skura admitted making false statements but was not arrested. The defense plans to rest next week.
Salvation Army and Volunteers of America distributed baskets to 50 families at All Saints church and provided meals to 190 newsboys. Baskets included chicken potatoes coffee sugar cookies bread beans corn celery and candy. Santa Claus incident at detention home caused burns to a youth but no serious injuries.
The mangled remains of Harvey B. Patterson, head brakeman on an extra train, were found on the Burlington track near Holbrook Nebraska. No cause is known for how he came to fall under the wheels.
Stuart Iowa responds to holiday news as Mrs. Alice Mae Bacon Tracy, once a Stuart society belle, returns after proving up a government land claim in Colorado where she has resided for three years.
James Corrigan aged seventy nine dies in Cleveland on December 25 after an operation for appendicitis. He had a noted career in conflicts with John D. Rockefeller and involvement across ore coal vessel and furnace industries.
State prohibition won a victory in the United States circuit court in Atlanta when Judge W. T. Newman dismissed a petition challenging the law's constitutionality. He ruled the matter belonged to state courts.
Mrs Alvina Morrell widow owner of the Mon damin hotel in Kansas City died by taking corrosive sublimate. Police report the death is a self inflicted act with no indication of foul play. The case remains under local inquiry.
A damaged OCR item mentions a barn and cattle on private property. The fragment lacks clear details on location ownership or events.
Major General J Franklin Bell warns the United States cannot afford an inadequate army for peace or an antiquated organization. He cites 691 officers on detached duty, desertions rising, and a too-weak infantry force, urging a substantial reform alongside improved officer physical standards.
Cipriano Castro in a statement to the Associated Press says he will not hinder Venezuela's current government from settling disputes with foreign powers and hints at withdrawing from public life while recovering. He remains in a private sanitarium for two more weeks and will share plans later.
Tang Shao Yi reports from Washington that the United States has favorably responded to China's proposal to raise its Washington legation to the rank of embassy. Tang Shao Yi, the Chinese official in the United States, previously sought the change in Tokyo with an equivocal reception.
In Hot Springs Arkansas on December 25, a coroner's jury ruled that H. M. Cox of Portland Maine fell head first from a third story window at a local hotel and did not jump to death during a personal crisis.
New Haven Conn December 26 The fight over Connecticut governor elect George L Lilley began in court with formal charges alleging improper use of campaign funds under the states corrupt practices act. The case is brought by George I L Fox with Judge Simeon E Baldwin presiding and Messrs Silas A Robinson William L Bennett serving as election court.
The pan American scientific congress opened its first session in Santiago Chile with President Montt and cabinet and diplomats in attendance. Professor Leo S Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania chaired the American delegation and praised John Barrett for leading the bureau of American republics and foreseeing its usefulness.
The Pretoria of the Hamburg American line arrived in New York after twenty one days from Hamburg delayed by heavy weather. The voyage featured long passages, coal ran short, and a stop at St Johns to replenish supplies.
Guthrie Oklahoma December 26 Governor Haskell announced that Henry Starr the noted bandit is willing to surrender and stand trial on charges in this state if immunity from extradition to other states is guaranteed. The governor declined to consent to such an arrangement though Starr is wanted in several states.
In Ponceatoula Louisiana on December 26 Irwin Cooper a bartender and William Arnold were killed in a pistol duel at a saloon after a dispute reportedly involving Arnold's younger brother. The exchange ended with both men fatally shot.
Eminent historians converge in Washington and Richmond for the twenty fourth annual meeting of the American Historical Association from December 28 to May 1. Delegates total several hundred with sessions in both cities culminating in a joint meeting at the Willard Hotel with James Bryce delivering the annual address on The Relations of Political Science to History and to Practice.
Over three hundred of New York’s 550 moving picture showmen protested Mayor McClellan’s order revoking licenses and closing venues. A 25 member committee will plan to challenge enforcement, targeting objectionable pictures and noncompliant fire safety. The decree focuses on places failing fire rules and Sunday openings, enforced in Manhattan and the Bronx.
A Lake Shore passenger train on the Jackson to Fort Wayne branch derailed near Pleasant Lake due to a broken flange causing a switch to be jumped. Sixteen injured, five seriously, were taken to nearby farmhouses or area doctors from Angola and Hillsdale. Among the seriously hurt are Mrs. John Carpenter Reading Michigan, Mr and Mrs Summerlat Angola, Mrs Charles Vaughan Pleasant Lake, and Mrs Campbell bound for Decatur Michigan. Also noted: Thomas Jackson, Bath county farmer, shot his father Henry Jackson and fled as a posse pursues.
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