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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1909
Page
6
Maitland assists a young woman after a near accident by the stream. He is drawn to her striking beauty under moonlight, while she teases him gently and asks for help, leaving him flustered yet captivated by the encounter.
Maitland carries the heavy burden of ferrying a graceful-looking woman across a river ford by moonlight. After clumsy restraint and comic misread signals, he learns his plan is impractical as they reach dry land and seek help for a delayed motor car.
Mad Dan Maitland arrives at his New York bachelor club finds a woman's fingerprints on his desk and a letter from his attorney. He dines with Bannerman then travels to Greenfields to his family jewels, meeting the gray clad woman he had seen leaving the club as her car breaks down.
Emily Martin admits to eloping with Mrs John Newman from Bridgeport after claiming she tempted him. Martin pleads guilty to the charge, bound over to the grand jury, and jailed on $500 bail. He says he still loves his wife and children but feared Mrs Newman's threats.
Theodore Lyons Jones, 13, son of Professor Lyons Jones of Oberlin College, collapsed on his father's Birmingham farm near Sandusky. Dr. Ross of Birmingham cites apoplexy as the cause. Physicians note such a death in a youth is rare. He fell ill before noon while working in the roost field and died after being taken to a doctor.
Camp Perry Ohio reports two NRA matches ended with regulars winning again. Captain D C McDougall, a veteran marine corps shooter, captured the $1500 prize for the highest 20 shot score at 600 and 1000 yards.
Mineral City Ohio residents halted a C P passenger train wrecking attempt on the Bayard and New Philadelphia line halfway between Mineral Dover. In a dark tunnel doorway battle with knives and guns, a would be wrecked was killed by a companion as Watch man John Mace was seriously wounded. three other wreckers fled.
Louise Waddell fourteen year old daughter of Robert Waddell near Berea was climbing a 30 foot telegraph pole when her arm brushed a Cleveland and Southwestern high tension line. A 60 000 volt arc burned the girl, ripped away most of her clothing and she fell to the ground dying.
The 1909 New York City directory lists 667 809 residents in Manhattan and the Bronx and notes a combined population near 3 000 000. The release highlights growing urban density and includes names and addresses.
Mise Josale Roushkolb reportedly consumed carbolic acid in an apparent self harm act in Cleveland. The incident occurred in connection with a case involving JA Blakes, with details limited on motive or preceding events.
An advertisement from Willimantic Connecticut touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation and irregularities. It features a testimonial from Mrs Ezra Donovan stating her health was restored after use and calls the medicine a standard remedy for three decades.
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