21 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
1
A public call on page eight invites entries for a hotel contest hosted by the River Sipe area. Local figures including Hall Geleer Patterson and several hotel ladies are noted as signatories or supporters of the event with details pending further publication.
Chicago dated December 21 report that the American wife of George Ah Wong, a Chinese restaurant proprietor, used poison on herself and four children. Ida, three, died. the mother, deemed temporarily insane after drinking poison, threw herself under a Burlington train. Surviving children were found suffering but not fatally poisoned.
Mollie Harnson was sentenced to ten years for second degree murder in Winnemucca and moved to Carson to begin incarceration. Jen “Shorty” Miller received one year for house breaking after a rapid sequence of arrest, grand jury indictment, and guilty plea.
In store promotions customers can make small payments to buy any Victor or Edison instrument. The advert highlights that top singers and entertainers record with Victor and Edison products, positioning them as the leading choice for quality entertainment.
Helmina Hover, a longtime resident of Carson, died Sunday at her home from injuries suffered December 6 when she slipped in the kitchen, fell and fractured her thigh.
In Hawsville Kentucky the Owensboro banker James St Parrish is discharged after a week of trial over alleged bank insolvency tied to the Owensboro Savings Bank and Trust Company failure, with about 1 million dollars involved. The case links to Davis County bank collapse and indictments against Parrish and his brothers. Parrish, a devout churchman, sang in a local choir during the trial.
An Associated Press dispatch from St. Louis states Arizona Lyle, a St. Louis carpenter, and his brother William Lyle, a railway clerk, are heirs to a Wilmington Delaware estate worth 80000 dollars. The German baron Christopher Springer, who died without a will, originally owned the property. A sister of the baron was the Lyle brothers grandmother. Another heir is Mrs. George M. Collum, a candy-store operator in Alton, Illinois. J F Springer, a Reno yardmaster for the Southern Pacific, also claims descent from the baron and will wire Wilmington to learn if he may receive a share.
Six soldiers with rifles and revolvers guarded witness Frank Tehringer as he testified in the Tennessee Night Riders case in Union City. Deputies cleared a path as defendants faced questions about oaths, raids, beatings, and planned actions against Tiptonville and Rankin.
Chicago magnate Joy Leiter and his wife Juliette Williams Leiter join mine workers in fighting a coal bed fire that has threatened the Zeigler mine’s wealth and employment. The couple aided by acts of care, supplying coffee and medical aid as flames advance, risking heavy losses for Leiter’s mineral empire.
A blazing meteor was witnessed around 6 pm in St. Joseph Mississippi area, described as a ball of fire the size of a street lamp with a long yellowish spark tail. It traveled west toward Kansas, lasted about four seconds, leaving a white streak visible for 15 minutes and wavering as if wind-driven.
In New York on December 21, Mrs. Helene E Annis gave dramatic testimony in the Thornton J Hains murder trial as an accessory to her husband Annis's death. She recounted Hains pointing a pistol at her back as she moved toward the dock while she heard threats and saw the revolver before a would be shot. The day featured cross examination by defense and the presentation of revolvers and a leather holster tied to Hains, with district attorney Darrin saying the state's case would need five days more, and night court sessions to wrap up the proceedings.
Archie LaBelle of Verdi files suit against Verdi Lumber for thirty thousand dollars. He claims the Dog Valley railroad unit, owned by Verdi Lumber, caused the April 27 accident that killed his son George LaBelle. He seeks substantial damages.
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