Edison to Leave Lab For California Vacation
The Edison 70 story notes Thomas A. Edison will vacation in California Toward month’s end he plans to stay a month or more exploring the state and avoiding constant lab work He also bought a Florida place and will devote time to science beyond electricity, including chemistry and cement technology, aiming to broaden research beyond commercial invention.
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Save Woman From Electrocution in Auburn Case
Mrs Mary Farmer condemned for murdering neighbor Mrs Sarah Brennan by hacking her to death and forging deeds to gain the Brennan home The sentence to die in the electric chair may be commuted to life imprisonment as counsel pursue possible steps to delay execution Despite fiendish details the case threatens a reprieve or commutation amid questions of fate and justice
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Lightning Strikes Sheep in Carson River Thunderstorm
Virgil Cornell of Bridgeport California recounts a Reno area incident where ninety two sheep owned by J E Powell near the Carson River were killed when lightning split a tamarack tree under which the flock sheltered. The herder and his dog were stunned but unharmed.
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Referendum declared invalid by Superior Judge in Spattle
Superior Judge Arthur Griffin ruled the initiative and referendum law invalid saying it destroyed powers vested by state law. The notice urges readers to advertise in the Daily Bonanza and mentions location notices triplicated for prospectors, along with a garbled promotion for Halt & Co. and wet goods.
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Wary Lives Placed in Peril on Santa Cruz Excursion Train
In San Francisco on August 5 a Santa Cruz excursion train narrowly avoided disaster when a loaded bridge obstruction of ties and fishplates was rammed by the engine. Two ties were stretched across the track, the act planned to wreck the train. Detectives pursued the suspect as motives ranging from robbery to revenge on the company emerged.
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Big Gold Theft Signals Ruthless Rand Mines Conspiracy
A Pietermaritzburg dispatch reports a vast plot to rob Johannesburg Rand mines, with about 100000 dollars stolen this year and more in 1907. Detectives shadow suspects and believe the loot was shipped to England by various routes. Indians Attack Americans Near Cuernavaca A Mex City auto trip party including J. H. Hellcote and Mrs. H. Mears suffer injuries after an Indian attack. Miss Marbel Ord also hurt before assailants are driven off.
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Chinaman Saves Aged Couple From Fire
In Sacramento an unknown Chinese man dragged an elderly couple from a burning building. He sustained severe injuries, and the woman died from her wounds.
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Fleet Nears Auckland As Fiji Wireless Reports
Fiji Islands Aug 5 The wireless reports the fleet as about 10 miles from Auckland. Seas run rough but the fleet maintains its usual evolutions under way with steady progress toward its destination.
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