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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
A tale from Youth's Companion tells how Opie, after a Sunday beatings, secretly painted his father’s portrait with the moment of anger in his eyes. His mother scolds for Sunday painting, but the father approves the result, praising Opie’s plucky resolve to achieve art through hardship.
A senior partner muses on a breakfast product name as a potential hit. The junior partner suggests Blue Blood as a variation. The dialogue hints at local town chatter and the possibility of availability at a drug store or grocery, in a playful, informal exchange.
A massive Friday morning blaze in Rawhide Unit Co.'s building, fanned by a 4 gale, destroyed the business district and wiped out groceries and supply houses. Over 3,000 people homeless, property losses exceed 750000, dynamite detonation added to destruction, Fueling fears of famine as two commercial travelers are reported missing. Relief efforts raised 6000 in hours and a relief train carried food and bedding to Keio.
Summary of multiple incidents: Roy Young pleads guilty to burglary larceny arson and riot in Springfield Illinois. Abe Raymer mob murder indictments may be quashed. George Richardson freed after earlier assault arrest. Riot sparked by false ID of Richardson. Thomas J. Vredenburgh and wife killed in vehicle collision. Henry J. Laver dies. Frank Pierce Sargent, immigration and labor advocate, dies. Waters jumps to death in Hot Springs, tossing currency. Clarence Creek injures James Miller with a bay fork in Clarksville.
Texan Doc Watton shot Carl Horn and Miss Ethel Edeal operator for the Southwestern Telegraph Co and then killed himself. Both men died and Miss Edeal is believed fatally wounded. In Miles City Mont the War Department will disinter 167 soldiers buried at Ft Keogh and Ft Custer sites abandoned by the department.
A collection of brief, era style snippets includes a Baptist minister praising a kidney remedy, a Scottish tale about burial wishes amid expense, a humorous heaven and automobiles anecdote, and a Patient letter endorsing Grape-Nuts with Postum references. The tone mimics old newspaper miscellany.
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