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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
A gunman shouting religious slogans roamed Edgewater New Jersey firing at stores. A hastily formed posse pursued him and police and a mob killed him after a street battle. Several injuries and property damage were reported.
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Thrifty-Well offering water to Weary Willy who boasts a strong constitution. A three year old Johnnie safely retrieves slippers and echoes, while a parent praises good behavior for tomorrow. Old newspaper banter interweaves with jokes about aging and extras. Soudera Cream of Tartar and Souders flavors advertised amid grocery boasts.
The Greenville Journal commentary surveys Secretary Root’s war college address arguing against militarism while supporting modern defense readiness. It warns on forest depletion, cites Wilson and Pinchot on timber use, and laments reform of school discipline, clothing dangers, suffragette jailings, and international friendships returning home with ties.
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress urged Congress to issue bonds totaling $500,000,000 to fund river and harbor projects. Roosevelt pressed for criminal action over graft charges against Panama canal boosters. Panamanian minister Arósemana presented credentials. Foot and mouth disease blamed on imported materials. Andrew Carnegie subpoenaed in war revisions hearings. War department estimates rise to about $189.8 million next year.
Umpires Klein and Johnstone claim bribery attempts after a decisive Chicago New York NL game. Minnesota supreme court upholds dentist practice ban. Independence Kansas adopts council form government. Captain Watters notes vanishing Sargasso Sea waters near Norfolk. Rear Admiral Coghlan interred at Arlington with ceremony. KEK N Hincker shoots Adrian von Plank in Bakersfield. Mrs Mary Leven sells her destitute baby for ten dollars in Philadelphia. Francisco Martinez abducts Maggio Garcia aged 16 after killing her parents in Las Animas County Colorado then destroys himself. Maize Kansas bank burglars dynamite safe and take 6009. Rev J J McCloskey proclaims weeks left to live. Taft keynote at North Carolina Society dinner in New York. Herman Billek, Chicago jockey, once to hang, delayed to January 29 by illness.
Chief Hump, Bronx leader at the head of a band linked to the Wounded Knee troubles, died at Cherry Creek. Marvin Kent, founder of Kent, C., and former Erie Railway president, died aged 92. William Martin Aiken, supervising architect of the treasury department under the Cleveland administration, also noted.
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Representative Littlefield of Maine recalls his bar exam success, praising an examiner who admired the young lawyer’s memory of a judge’s treatise line. The judge publicly congratulated him and noted the depth of his understanding of a legal point.
Ohio state items detail a Lincoln Memorial delegation named by Gov Harris to back a monument in Kentucky. a pardon for James Lingafelter due to health concerns. inaugurations clubs planning for G arden Harmon ceremony. court actions and state treasury report. various Ohio incorporations and county option revenue impacts. and local proceedings in Cleveland and Sandusky on industry and law.
A probate court suit contests the Rose county local option election held in Knox county on December 1 claiming the sheriff failed to publish the required 15 days notice. The filing cites lack of proclamation or other notice prior to the voting date.
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