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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
5
The page lists August 16 in history with events like the 1777 Bennington battle and 1851 Lopez’s capture, alongside 1903 obituary for Noah Brooks. It also notes sun and moon data, suffrage rhetoric shifts, Brazil beer import restrictions, German meat inspection figures, Quebec’s tercentenary voyage, and early American commissioners including Carroll and Franklin.
A New York writer argues that war with Germany would be England’s gravest crisis since Waterloo, noting Britain’s dwindling stock of hale yeomanry and the burden of relying on urban, unhealthy labor. The piece discusses Britain’s mower and reaper production, German competition, and American industrial strategies shaping international trade in 1907.
The Journal notes favor for New Yorks plan of children's sessions at summer outings with two women storytellers keeping kids safely occupied. The piece mentions the fashion of letting the children dress themselves for the day out. It also references Samuel Gompers and labor voting patterns in a political context.
The text notes June violence across Russian Poland with twelve officers killed and many wounded, plus widespread attacks on offices, banks, and private premises yielding loot of 170000 dollars. It references foreign influence, government health notes, and political tension in several regions.
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