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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1909
Page
28
The sea lion is relocated between pools using a shifting box and railing hoist. Four men lift the creature over a railing, drop the sliding door, and guide it into the new pool. A solid table in the center serves as a platform, where fish are fed to entice and eventually win the animal’s trust.
A fragment describes grain fever among lake freighter crews during grain loading. Longshoremen work amid dust in hold, suffer fevers, faintness, and eye irritation. Some recover with immunity. after unloading, deckhands sweep the hold, facing more dust and fatigue.
Thirty four cars from domestic and foreign makes enter the August 19 to 21 meet at the Indianapolis speedway with entries from Braddard Dayton Apperson National and many others. Licenses show 615 cars insured in West Vicents, with total state licenses predicted to rise above 1600 next year. The Automobile College of Aslington reports fifteen June graduates, mostly women, employed in Buick, IM & factory, and Packard work. Local garage upgrades and tire reports from Diamond Rubber outline costs and service usage amid a booming auto industry and upcoming touring events.
In Macon Missouri a tale unfolds of Blue Jacket a conjure man who plots to aid a jailed Black man George Christian via charms and bribes. The narrative tracks alleged witchcraft tricks, a elopement, a shift from burglary to petty deception, and a community wary of superstition as a visiting Doctor Jones is described with cautionary awe.
Fortunatus Miller received word of his mother’s death at Three Rivers this morning. An old family clock, wound just hours earlier, has struck three times at the exact time of each relative’s death in the Miller line, signaling a grim premonition. He is the sole remaining keeper of the heirloom.
A narrator recounts confronting a conjure man who opened a sack claimed to hold a powerful herb from a distant island. The man asserts its efficacy and offers to replenish the sack at a discount after the narrator accuses him of swindling a widow, ending with the widow’s quiet gratitude and no further disturbance.
A London Mendicity Society meeting chaired by Robert Pierpoint discusses casual charity in the capital. He cites 1000 pounds yearly given away by well-meaning strangers, notes 1408 begging letters in 1903 and 225935 total on file, and estimates impostors at 23 percent with 12 percent truly deserving assistance.
New York World cites Dr J Rodisch at Mount Sinai reporting preliminary success of atropine in treating diabetes, a long baffling disease. The active bella donna compound is tested as a potential kidney disease therapy amid rising cases in New York City.
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