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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
4
New Haven Aug 5 The detective bureau holds two carpenters tool sets with no owners found. The collection includes a fine saw brace bits pincers wrenches hammers and similar tools plus a dozen casing brushes likely stolen from a store. Police seek owners of the goods.
Dollar knee pants sold for 50c and other items at 25c each from Upson Singleton Co. Fulton’s American band to play at the Trotting park race meet Friday and Saturday. Mad River Grange hosts a Gilbert farm basket picnic Friday afternoon. Fire department responds to a cellar blaze at the Precht building on South Main and Dover. damage limited. Thomas Taylor, engineer on the new sewage plant, dies at his Plattsford home after illness. five sons and four daughters survive. funeral Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from his home, with Rev Lewis officiating. interment Riverside cemetery.
Classified notice advertises a five room tenement for rent at 2 Granite with bath, large closets, yard, and on premises inquiry. Also seeks affordable architectural drawing course and asks interested buyers to address Architect at the Democrat office.
The Board of Public Works invites sealed proposals from local bidders for a concrete masonry retaining wall along Meadow street at Library Park. Bids due August 18, 1908, 8 p.m., with a $200 certified check and bond required. Plans and contract forms available at the City Engineer’s office. The board may reject all bids.
Sergeant John Walsh of Fort Logan California completed a San Francisco to Boston walking bet 2000 miles in four months faster than schedule arriving in New Haven and planning to press on toward Boston by the Hartford turnpike. He will turn 52 near Boston and then visit Jamaica Plain before returning to San Francisco. His mile by mile trek records include witnessing signatures from mayors and postmasters as proof of passage.
Pittsburg news reports Daniel Slattery, longtime chauffeur to East End society, fled with Madeline Zeigler after Mrs Margaret Zeigler secured warrants over Slattery’s alleged romance with her daughter. The couple married in West Virginia, then returned. warrants were canceled for Slattery by a friend, though Mrs Zeigler vows to pursue action and disinherit her daughter.
A cluttered advertisement page lists Reid & Hughes vacation needs in the toilet sector, Langler’s bed touches range from ten to sixteen dollars, Direct Importing Co offers coffee, J J Geraghty advertises an eleven room house on Central Avenue, Hampson Jellow Co sells a Glenwood range for forty six dollars, Currans claims major savings after an inventory sale, The Fret Dental Co promotes top dental work with low prices, Femper’s ice cream freemers priced under two dollars, H W Johns offers structural white end and paint at Apothecaries Hall Co, A F Taylor sells artistic wallpaper at Sea Roll Center Street Grieve, and Bisset Holland advertises a regular bargain day.
Aug 5 Fernie area reports extensive forest fire damage across East Kootenai with 22 bodies recovered and death toll forecast at about 35. towns such as Fernie Hosmer Michel Sparwood endangered or destroyed while hundreds camp amid ruins. relief arrives via trains and funds from BC and border states. communication lines down cause confusion yet aid and organization push forward.
The United Spanish War Veterans state encampment parade in Troy ends with a clash over Colonel Edward O. Fowler of New York. John T. Oates of Staten Island, supporter of Maurice Simmons, objects to Fowler. After consultation Rear Admiral Coglan, Fowler withdraws from the procession and takes another route to Rensselaer Park.
New York August 5 Bronson Howard dramatist and author of landmark American plays died of heart failure at Avon by the Sea New Jersey after a yearlong illness He began in journalism in 1859 with the Tribune Evening Mail and Evening Post retiring from papers in 1872 to focus on drama His works include Saratoga The Bankers Daughter Old Love Letters Young Mrs Winthrop Shenandoah Aristocracy and Kate He married Wyndham sister of English comedian Sir Charles Wyndham in 1880 He was sixty eight years old
William Courtney Mattox, a New York newspaper man, and Caroline Ruth Hart of Youngstown Ind attempted to marry in Boston Providence Pawtucket and East Providence but could not obtain a license due to Massachusetts law. They married by Rev George N Moore at 1 20 am in Central Falls after City Clerk Crawford of Central Falls intervened. The couple and parents then planned a Nantucket honeymoon.
New York reports snake venom becoming a valuable medical commodity, priced around 30000 per pound troy as collectors and hunters capture snakes alive. The piece notes venom rarity, danger of obtaining it, and market dynamics alongside miscellaneous market briefs and a Kern vice presidential nomination note.
In Perth Amboy New Jersey Aug 5 a temporary floor at the new Italian Catholic church collapsed while children played in the cellar. Two boys James Fox 11 and Francis Urbanski 7 died and a third child was seriously injured as rescuers dug through the wreckage.
United States District Attorney Baker of Washington and his bride on their honeymoon escaped death when their large covered car lost control on a Walnut Mountain hill near Liberty New York and plunged nearly 300 feet. The auto somersaulted three times and hung upside down in a tree thirty feet below the precipice. All aboard were bruised and frightened. the chauffeur suffered a fractured skull and loss of an ear. They were rescued and soon returned to New York, continuing home after a stop at the Hotel Astor.
At the monthly gathering of Sarsfields in New Haven the body voted to invite Hartford to participate in the October 8 ceremony for a new bridge over the Cut River. Light Guards held their routine business session at the armory, while Grays and the First Separate Fleet units prepared for their evening meetings at 72 o clock.
A Cleveland mother bound her 4 year old child’s hands with rope and set them on fire in a desperate act driven by hunger. Neighbors intervened before severe burns occurred. she was fined 50 dollars with costs and released under charges, while carrying a younger child.
Ensen reports Krupp has acquired a patent for an air torpedo invented by a Swedish officer. Details are guarded but it is believed the Krupps paid a large sum after long testing. The projectile is thought usable by warships at sea and land fortifications, with calibres for sea, land, and mountain use.
Portland August 5 reports George Demare was shot on Government Island near Clark fair grounds by 11 year old Jackeoy R Reid. Demare, his father and brother were on the island. several children witnessed. A loony note accompanies the incident as more details emerge from Lake Congamet.
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