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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
2
An extended reminiscence recalls Elm Hill on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia where the 1776 Independence Day celebration occurred. Fireworks lit the night as guests toasted liberty, with Dr. Enoch Edwards linked to the era and the first public observance lasting into dawn and inspiring subsequent patriotic Yuly 4th displays.
John Roberts, suspected of killing Edith M. Thompson Woodill near St. Michaels, Md., was cornered at the McQuay residence. Neighbors mobbed the house while authorities were summoned. The victim, an adopted daughter of Colonel O. H. Thompson, was found with a crushed skull in a creek.
In 24 hours heated conditions near 86 degrees in Pittsburgh triggered five suicides and one drowning. J H Hickman of Pitcairn poisoned himself after heat distress, carpenter Charles Troop killed himself after prostration, Hamilton Moorhead of West Newton deranged by heat threw himself before a train, Mary Greer of Venetia leaped into a well, and 14 year old Nick Schmicking drowned while cooling off at a Lawrence public school playground bathing area.
Six cyclones formed northwest of Norton county with heavy rain and hail causing great damage. An infant was blown from its mother's arms and remains missing. Farm stock and crops were harmed as wires were down and reports were scarce. Handley Nebraska also suffered a severe Thursday afternoon hit.
Mrs. Sedoria, wife of a wealthy farmer near Butler Pennsylvania, was attacked by a tramp whom she refused food. The assailant threw carbolic acid into her eyes and fled after robbing the home. Farmers with bloodhounds search the countryside for the suspect.
In Pittsburg on a Thursday afternoon Wade Sorza rushed from work after a woman was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train. He gathered the crushed body, cried out, fainted, and clutched the body to his breast. The victim was Sorza’s wife.
The main building of the Ft. William Henry hotel, owned by the Delaware and Hudson Co, burned, causing about 250000 dollars in losses. No guests were present. the hotel was to open for the season on June 27.
A 19 year old, Joseph Collinower, was accidentally shot through both lungs by a pistol while Robert Healey handled a trunk. The incident occurred in Pune Washington on June 25.
New York June 26 Justice Dowling grants Mrs Howard Gould a legal separation and alimony of 36000 yearly while preserving her 3 million dollar dowry in her husband Howard Gould's real property. Stay of judgment urged by defense. counsel fees awarded totaling 17000 plus 3000 expenses.
In East St Louis on Friday, Mrs. Mary Limps was fatally beaten and cut with a hatchet by a black assailant who attempted an assault in her home. A second woman pursuing the suspect was knocked down as he fled, and the attacker escaped during a heavy rainstorm.
Judge Willson of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court ruled the 1907 two cent fare act unconstitutional in the Philadelphia Reading Railroad restraint case. The county of Philadelphia is enjoined from enforcing the law against the Reading Company.
Secret service officers recovered a complete counterfeiting plant at 2142 Ridge Avenue after arresting Frank Clause, an Italian barber, and his wife. The operation produced hundreds of spurious silver coins bearing genuine designs but lacking weight, matching other fake coins circulating in the city for weeks.
A theater panic on Calle De La Moquea many caused by a Joker cry of fire resulted in Isabel Romero’s death and many injuries. Crowds were trampled and several were seriously hurt during the stampede.
At a wedding ball near Marate Bonrlour A Crendeur is reported stabbed to death during a fight over a lady. Jeck Melancon was arrested after the brawl. authorities allege a third man used a knife.
At 14000 feet on Pike's Peak summit two University of Chicago students, John a Clark and George Shipley, fought with government caretaker Howard H. Robinson over a hotel charge. Robinson lies unconscious in St Francis hospital as police investigate claims of self defense versus assault on the isolated mountain.
George Gurney 56, foreman for Black and Laird of New Orleans, shoots and instantly kills his father Dr. Seneca Gurney, seriously wounds sister in law Mrs. Seneca Gurney Jr., and then kills himself after plans to visit Springfield with family. Dynamite damages Chicago business district in a blast likely from germbler bombs. two or three injured as stores and windows are wrecked near Clark and Washington.
Pekin dispatch reports Harrah Ali a surveyor in the India service and Mgr Sowerby interpreter attached to Lieut Clark meteorological expedition were attacked June 21 by natives 20 miles south of Landhow the capital of Kan Su province Hazrah Ali was pursued three miles and killed.
In Chicot Texas on June 28 Reverend B Burnham aged 19 fired three shots at J B Moser 47 who was kneeling in a church killing him instantly. Burnham's wife had recently left him and stood with her father when the shooting happened.
William K. Shepherd an instructor at Yale Shef field Scientific school suffered a skull fracture when the automobile he was riding in with several Yale students was struck by another vehicle near Weateply, RB.
Beaumont Texas June 28 Charles Harrin a 30 year old professional high diver was killed in a diving accident. He fell from a 60 foot ladder into the Neches River Sunday breaking his neck.
Moses P. Stowe, a longtime Grafton resident, speaks on marriage, noting he would never marry and that women would not enter his home. He argues men who marry are bound to trouble and recounts his distant view on love and relationships.
A mother recounts a six month old daughter with spreading eczema on the face and swelling of the eyes. After ineffective doctors and costly ointments she uses Cuticura Remedies and the eruption clears by the next morning, with complete improvement following.
A humorous anecdote from a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece recounts a boy who asks his father to write a skating essay. The father, proud of clear English, creates the piece and is told by the teacher that only one student did better in the class.
A hunter tells of finding a bear trapped inside a hollow log. Unable to move the log, he cut four holes at the bear’s feet, released the animal by tying the log to a rope and guiding it into camp, yielding food and fuel for winter.
A grocer jokes with a deacon's son about eggplant purchases linked to a father's poultry scheme. The exchange mentions two dozen eggplants and a plan to raise chickens using eggplant buying as inspiration, reflecting humorous misinterpretation in Harper's Weekly.
A concise reflection on a leader who stays unmoved while others seek power and strive with strong desires, illustrating restraint and steady presence over impulsive action.
A wife disputes her husband's sour mood and stubborn habits as tensions rise at home. The dispute centers on daily routines and mutual frustrations, reflecting strain within a long marriage.
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