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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
7
Alicia confronts rumors about Howard and confronts Annie. Annie vows to fight for Howard with Judge Brewster backing the defense. Alicia fears exposure of her midnight visit to Underwood and suspects new revelations may prove Underwood shot himself as he claimed.
Howard Jeffries son of a banker is drawn into dissipation by Robert Underwood at Yale. Underwood kills himself after pressuring Alicia Jeffries. Howard endures brutal third degree interrogation and a web of courtroom intrigue as Annie fights for his innocence.
In a tense courtroom scene Judge Brewster declares he will take the case of Annie against Howard Jeffries Jr. The lawyer orders the coroner’s inquest and grand jury files while Annie tearily pleads for thanks as Brewster commands the stenographic report and immediate action.
The gastroscope invented at London Hospital aids direct visualization of the stomach interior. It detects ulcers, growths, or other abnormalities, enabling earlier cancer treatment and potentially saving many lives. The device may become standard in modern hospitals.
A new process developed at Freiburg by Drs Martens and Rolffs enables family portraits landscapes and other pictures to be printed on sofa cushions curtains and tablecloths. Artists paint a design on paper then copy it to a transparent film and print in color via photogravure using a three color process.
In New York Donald Burns, keeper at the Central Park aviary, warns that English sparrows may outnumber other birds in city parks this year. A parrot named Dick, age about a hundred, shocked students by squaring his vocabulary with a profane exclamation overheard from parkgoers.
Lenox Massachusetts. One thousand pounds of honey dating back over sixty years is on exhibit at East Lee village near here. Workers tearing down a tavern built 150 years ago uncovered the garret with more than fifty swarms of bees and their honey. The tavern has been owned by one family for more than a century and no living person recalls entering the garret.
Horatio William Parker of Yale and Brian Hooker, formerly Columbia and Yale staff, win the Metropolitan Grand Opera prize of $10,000 for their opera Mona.
Yellow snow has fallen in the Engadine marking a rarer event than prior black and red snows in Switzerland. Previous yellow falls occurred in 1850 and 1867 in February, driven by winds and Sahara sands carried across the Mediterranean into the Alps.
Sir James Dewar laments Britain's small endowment and notes Germany spends lavishly on science. He cites Bayer's growth from 119 workers in 1875 to thousands, funded by state and corporate support. He contrasts British neglect with German commitment to research and commercial lab work. The piece argues Britain must invest in chemists and scientists to sustain discovery.
Pittsburgh aims to turn the city into a peach orchard and vegetable garden under youth led efforts. Four hundred peach trees will be planted by city children. Oakland to gain vacant land gardens. YMCA to run boys plots at three centers. Arsenal Park Ormsby Mount Washington and West End to host large plots amid park greenery.
Towanda Pennsylvania reports the first brood hatched by electricity in the state aided by Clarence Braund a poultry expert for a local illuminating company. He wired a standard incubator to electric bulbs replacing kerosene heat and all but one egg hatched. The temperature stayed even day and night without attention and the chicks appeared vigorous. The firm displays the chicks in its window and unit may replace lamp heat in future hatcheries.
Albert Allen a deaf and mute peddler in New Rochelle curses at Judge Samuel Swinburne after a $10 fine for peddling without a license. He slammed the bill on the bench and fled, shouting and laughing, leaving his soap behind. Police and a sergeant tried to communicate by pad. Allen says he is from Albany and has been deaf and mute for ten years. In Finland, Boy Scouts face a setback as Russian authorities deem the movement unsuitable for Finnish boys in Helsingfors.
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