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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
3
A short item notes Josh Billings quip about firing and rheumatism. It mentions avoiding rheumatism by keeping the house dry with Brown's Quickfire Charcoal and Otto Coke. The fragment references humor and consumer products in a clipped era voice.
Events include Robert Herrick born 1591 and Anthony Wayne's 1794 victory at Maumee Rapids. Astronomy notes a great comet in 1861 and Mercury near the sun. Observations discuss the Atlantic cable, New Britain politics, bank reserves, currency expansion, and Pennsylvania highway plans with concrete emphasis on drains bridges and culverts.
An editorial urges plan to standardize concrete use in road work to reduce costs and improve quality. It argues past hit or miss practices caused high bids and prohibitive costs, and predicts concrete will become favored for masonry, piping and related projects, with better, cheaper results overall. It also notes 1915 celebrations in Cincinnati and New Orleans tied to Civil War peace anniversaries and cotton bale episodes, and compares U S patent practices with England and Germany, endorsing the American system as stable and favorable to inventors.
A collage of brief clippings notes Ira Sankey’s lasting influence and Plainfield’s pride in car ownership, alongside a warning about rabies in New York vicinity. The items mix provincial sentiment with public health concerns from period notices.
A compilation of brief snips notes public transport seat hogs on trolleys and trains, jokes about Mr Taft and Mr Bryan’s pastimes, a cold blooded murder case in New York involving Captain Hains, and a Tariffville comment by Congressman Hill predicting tariff revision effects with many articles moving to the free list and fewer on it.
Storrs Aug 20 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Agricultural College trustees was held with Governor Rollin S Woodruff present. Officers elected include Vice-President George S Palmer secretary Charles A Capen and treasurer D Walter Patten. A J Pierpont declined reelection to the executive committee.
Warsas N Y Aug 20 Simon, bitten on a finger by a rattlesnake while away from medical aid, fired at the two punctures with a revolver held against his finger. The quick act aimed to halt venom spread and allow a safer return home.
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