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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
6
A Detroit convention celebrated Republican ideals as leaders praised President McKinley, Hawaii annexation, and the party’s pro commerce and protection platform. Speakers urged a continental policy, naval strength, and Nicaragua canal plans while pledging league loyalty and support for McKinley and the party’s revival.
Agnes Judson, a 17 year old from Stratford Ideht, acted with her brother Henry to rescue two fishermen who fell overboard near the lighthouse. Ag eel Judson sprang into the surf, directed the men to grab a rope, and helped haul them to safety with her brother assisting from the waves.
Jacob Wooten and companions discovered a barrel buried in Mule Creek with a mutilated human body inside. The head showed a two foot long black hair switch, clothes appeared preserved, and no local missing person matches the victim.
In Ionia on July 13, Moses Walker a bachelor near the state house of correction was shot dead by Wesley Bennett a farm hand. Bennett had pursued Walker's niece Lydia Vivian and after a quarrel fired three shots with the final one striking Walker's heart. Bennett told the sheriff he planned to kill Walker. Lydia had refused Bennetts marriage proposals and was recently divorced in May.
In Colon Colombia July 15 many affluent residents both natives and foreigners secretly support Cuban insurgents. The Star club with a large membership has raised funds to aid wounded insurgents. Similar relief clubs exist in Bocas del Toro and other centers.
Toronto welcomes the Epworth League with decorations rising as advance party arrives. Officials expect about 15 000 visitors when the convention opens Thursday morning with the main body expected to reach the city tomorrow.
The article recounts Sam Davis life and execution at Pulaski Tennessee in November 1863. It highlights the sculptor George Julian Zolnay and the Parthenon bust as a homage to Davis. It covers Davis refusal to betray comrades and his noble bearing. It notes Confederate efforts to fund a monument at his execution site and includes Davis last letter to his mother and father.
A widely reported bore near Pittsburg nears one mile depth and could reach two miles. It began as a commercial gas and oil venture but now serves science, with Professor William Hallock of Columbia College leading temperature studies. The site grows hotter with depth as hopeful future uses include natural steam power.
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