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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
2
The article discusses the diabolo game’s French origins, spread to England and the United States, and popular culture references. It also includes unrelated notes on military clothing stocks, theater figures, a New York banker’s return, and social statistics about wives supporting husbands.
Brazil police uncover an alleged anarchist scheme centered on Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis to damage ships of the American fleet in the harbor. Suspect Jane Fedder of Petropolis linked as leader. authorities pursue fugitives to Sao Paulo. Investigations name European ties and a network across Rio, Petropolis, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais.
Five members of a German family in Towkduty near Rowkduty died after a man poisoned flour at supper time Friday night. Reports say the killer, once a resident here, fled. Warnings spread of possible insanity among relatives. A separate note from Charles Moskell Richards described a self inflicted throat wound. Gilbert Dropped Dead in Richmond in a city council seat bid. Notable guests include George B. Cortetyou, William J. Bryan, and Chancellor Day invited to Missouri society dinner on Feb 4. An accident in Paris injured forty as fog halted transit. In Thomaston a star inmate killed another in the state prison. The U.S. cruiser California completed Cape Manco trials after departing San Francisco.
Officials say fatalities from the city hall theater disaster near Tuyertowa Pa are rising toward 180 with families preparing graves. Workers identified bodies for removal to burial sites as a long night of morgue labor continued. The borough buys eight cemetery plots for unidentified victims and plans a monument. Thursday death toll rises to 172 with Mrs Fryer’s death after leaping from a burning building.
Miss Mary Robison, American woman and daughter of a shutter painter, testified about Brien as the duke of Porthead and that Dickens claimed Duce was the duke of Portland before later denying it. She was arrested on a perjury warrant. Three killed by wood alcohol in Vallejo. A thief on the cruiser St Louis died from poison, the third victim this week, with two more blinded. five others may never recover. The men obtained wood alcohol from the team company.
In Rio Janeiro the American fleet welcomed a torpedo boat flotilla of x vessels arriving from Pernambuco and anchoring near sixteen large ships in the harbor. A separate item notes a fatal shooting in Hinola Town where Donald Stevenson of Breckenridge Colorado was likely killed by lawyer C. B. Hewitt at Taylorville. Hewitt surrendered and posted bail.
Orman and Crook, railroad contractors, filed for bankruptcy in a Denver court. Total liabilities are listed at 741,136 dollars with assets of 1,282,771 dollars. Also reported a British ship Harfield may have been lost with all on board near Vancouver Island while en route from Liverpool to Seattle.
In a Settat engagement on a Wednesday, French forces under Gen. Atmade and Moavlod Maeda repelled Moroccan rebels led by Nail Al Uauid. Heavy fighting dispersed Musonemy, occupied Seat Vwenfy, and forced the enemy toward the hills. Casualties included several wounded and multiple killed as French and allied Moor forces pressed onward toward Kasha Ber Rohid after destroying the enemy camp at Sevat.
Judge Hough orders Harriman to answer all questions from the Interstate Commerce Commission except those about the August 1906 dividend related to Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stock. Otto H Kuhn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. is similarly directed to answer all questions by the commission.
A six story fire on Friday night at 19 to 23 Market street in Chicago caused about 600000 in damage. The blaze swept the building housing McNeil & Viking Co wholesale grocers and injured several men, threatening a nearby hotel.
Pierre reports farmers in Stanley County plowing near Hayes and Phil Ups the fret week in January. Winter is mild across central and western South Dakota. A mammoth oil gusher opened in the Bibi Bubat field at Baku flowing at 120000 barrels per day.
Fairmont West Virginia late Wednesday the coroner's jury returned a verdict on the Monongalia mine disaster finding the explosion was caused by a blown out shot or ignition of powder triggering a gas gap. The company complied with state regulations and took reasonable precautions, exonerating the company.
In New York Evelyn Thaw and Mrs Thaw the defendant’s mother testified in a heated session. District Attorney Jerome challenged the wife’s statements while Justice Dowling delayed ruling. Evelyn’s remarks disturbed many in the courtroom as the elder Thaw’s testimony followed, detailing the son’s behavior after their separation. A Haitian earthquake at Gonaves near Port au Prince left damage but no lives lost, with a tidal wave and disrupted communications reported.
Mayor PJ Lyons ordered all moving picture shows in Mobile closed after an inspection found dangerous fire exits endangering the public. In Scranton Pa three girls died and ten were severely injured in a fire at Imperial Halting Company mill on Tix Court in the central city area Friday, with many others hurt.
A Thursday night fire started in the Pendleton Corbett Grain grain storehouse in southern East St Louis. It leveled the Montgomery R. elevator and the storehouse, destroying 15 to 20 freight cars. Estimated loss is $160,000. Minneapolis Pioneer H. R. Drew dies at home. long prominent real estate figure in the city.
Two indictments returned by a special grand jury in New York County charge William Montgomery president of the Hamilton Bank with overdrafts and overcertification while he was vice president. The bank suspended October 23. One indictment cites a $12 950 check to jeweler B F Strassburger. The second cites a $21 000 check to Dr L C Warner with bank balance only $5 018 at the time. Bail posted by director William H Birkmire.
Miss Emily Steger of Minneapolis took out a license to wed Charles Eakin, an inmate serving a five month term for second degree grand larceny. The couple's romance began in childhood and culminates in a jail wedding arranged after her visit to the jail.
New York upper East Side eviction clash draws 2000 strong crowd and police reserves. Four women and several men taken into custody as demonstrators halt further dispossession warrants. New York County GOP fails to endorse a presidential candidate after bitter fights and adjourns for a month. Maple Leaf mills fire destroys elevator storing 200,000 bushels of wheat, $1 million loss. O Sisson, famed Grand Army veteran and pension agent, dies at 62 in La Crosse. Minneapolis lumbermen face upheld indictments for fraud conspiracies in federal court.
Mrs Lydia K Bradley a prominent Peoria philanthropist and endower of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute died here on Thursday aged 99 Her death marks the passing of a notable benefactor whose legacy includes substantial support for education Rich Man Beaten and Robbed in Carthage Missouri Carthage Mo Jehn C Quion a 65 year old millionaire mine owner was severely beaten and robbed at his home in Georgia City last night by robbers who cut telephone wires.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Fire and Elixir of Senna as a pleasant natural laxative. It claims it cleanses the internal organs without debility or dosage increases, with components known and approved by physicians. Genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product urged, sold by leading druggists.
A garbled OCR fragment references a resolution about not wearing a high hat when snowballs are ripe and mentions unrelated items such as a New York style flower seed catalog. The text drifts through names, dates, markets, and seeds without coherent context or clear outcome.
A nervous man named Harold Haihand frets about a bird gun father nearby while a pretty girl questions the motion. In Chicago a stylish visitor registers as William Henry Tyler III, then the other man signs as Joba smith MCDCCCLXLIX, hinting at a curious mischief.
In California's San Gabriel valley, Pasadena shines at night with Hecho mountain's glow. A girl visiting the area rushes to tell her mother that all her plants have fallen to the ground on the porch after dinner.
A reader shares how nervous headaches plagued a mother for seven years until she switched from coffee to Postum. The change ended headaches and led the household to abandon coffee, with a friend later adopting Postum after tasting its appeal. An appeal to read the small booklet from Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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