Premature dynamite blast kills four in Venice Pa
A blast on the Wabash railroad near Venice Pennsylvania kills four men and seriously injures two others. The incident is one of several dramatic items in a wide range of 1908 news briefs.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1907
Page
3
A blast on the Wabash railroad near Venice Pennsylvania kills four men and seriously injures two others. The incident is one of several dramatic items in a wide range of 1908 news briefs.
Charles Y. Deere, head of Deere plow works in Moline, died in Chicago after a months long illness. John Welborn, Missouri congressman from Lexington, died at 51. F T Clark, 22, electrocuted on a Pennsylvania railway box car in Lima. Three men killed by dynamite at Santa Maria oil well. Earl Stapleton and Floyd Burrill drowned in Bull Lake near Milbank after a storm. Former official John McKinley and Hugh Atwood injured near Reynoldsburg by dynamite explosion. Federal Judge Grosscup and others indicted in Charleston for trolley wreck negligence.
Reported in Southern notes a 10,000 strong levee strike of cotton handlers near New Orleans ends as workers agree to return pending arbitration. A lynching in Byron, Georgia follows a robbery of two boys. In Enterprise, Alabama, prison fires kill Leroy Brown while escapee Aerie Goins fled.
The United States Steel Corporation posts net profits of 43904285 for the third quarter and nine months total the highest in the company’s history. Also noted is a push by AFL president Gompers for union support to defeat Joseph Cannon for Speaker. Fire in Nome, Alaska causes about 300000 in losses destroying Pioneer Mining Company office building. Report suggests director of posts as key postal commission recommendation.
Reports from St. Petersburg claim a young woman killed Gen Maximoffsky, director of prisons, with six shots. The Empress of China sank at Vancouver dock but has been floated. Pampico abandoned en route from Baltimore to Rotterdam. A Russian princess’s daughter, Barbara Laponkhin, 18, disappears after kidnapping rumors. Other items note a Berlin libel acquittal, Calabria earthquake damage, torpedo boat attacks at Vladivostok, mass burial after Kalatagh quake, a Beethoven manuscript discovery, a Port Arthur warehouse collapse with seven dead, and a $25,000 Ontario court fine after a dynamite car explosion.
A new New York law makes substituting one article for another on a medical prescription a misdemeanor. It tightens criminal risk for pharmacists while permitting reasonable recommendations. Merchants note patient rights and physician orders, urging respect for specific requests amid rising prices.
The piece critiques Bureau of Labor statistics showing 1906 wages rising 3.9 percent while food costs rose 2.9 percent, arguing averages ignore household realities. It urges using the housekeeper’s weekly shopping as a better measure of living cost and wages for workers with fixed pay.
Chicago Journal argues General Greely warns that low character and worthlessness of recruits, paid only 13 dollars a month, depresses enlistment. It questions whether country can obtain high character soldiers at this pay and suggests state militia and officer pay raises as solutions.
Twenty five people died in a Vermont train collision caused by miscommunications and lax dispatch orders. The Chicago Record Herald urges Congress and state legislatures to enact strict railroad safety laws to prevent such deadly sideline neglect.
Maj Rudolph Fitzpatrick who died suddenly on Amsterdam Avenue near 65th Street had fought in the Civil War Fenian uprising and in Italy with the papal legion. A Cork native born 1847, he served as O Neill’s aide and later as secretary to Col Roberts. He leaves a widow seven children and two sisters in Ireland. The last rites were given on the sidewalk before burial from 146 West 70th Street.
A quoted exchange from the Houston Post shows marital tension as a wife asks her husband to return changed. He counters with a caution about how he should act. The brief reflects domestic discord and public post-era phrasing.
During a visit to India Lady Minto and her daughters pursued outdoor sports with zeal. They earned gala reputations for skating in Ottawa before, and in India distinguished themselves in tiger shooting with Lady Minto at Miolabari bagging a fine tiger and Lady Eileen Elliott taking a cub and a grown tiger. Both women are expert riders and fearless marksmen.
In Lincoln's Inn Fields London the Old Curiosity Shop draws many visitors though Little Nell did not live there. Americans tour the red tiled building seeking souvenirs and hoping it might be the famed Curiosity Shop, despite official statements to the contrary.
The building once housed Tessyman the bookbinder known to Dickens and Thackeray era writers. Some say the structure inspired the Old Curiosity Shop tale. Others blame a mischievous sign painter. The premises will be demolished to widen the roadway.
A Yonkers Statesman note states that he and his wife collaborate on songs with his wife providing the lyrics, suggesting a joint authorship partnership and creative dynamic.
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