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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
4
A clipped item notes a clash of electric cars and heavy teams with a focus on secure protection through Travelers, hinting at a transport or insurance context. The fragment mentions protection measures and a sponsorship or provider named Travelers, without clear events or dates.
Descriptive ad copy touts a half acre lot near a boulevard with two shade trees and running water per lot. It invites readers to visit by car, noting proximity to the trolley line and multiple springs along the boulevard. Also listed are auto repair, Christmas boxes, carriage works, florists, and milk suppliers in Watertown Connecticut.
Port au Prince December 2. Nord Alexis loses support as General Simon’s insurgents seize Les Gune and prepare to advance toward Port au Prince. Most cabinet members have fled leaving only three to govern while the US cruiser Des Moines and French ship Duguay Trouin watch closely. The rebel captain at Petit Goave allied with Simon vacates resistance. Alexis contemplates an extraordinary session to name a successor.
Rioters estimated over a hundred attacked National Fireproofing plant No 1 in Keasbey New Jersey armed with rifles and revolvers. Guards at the gate charged the mob firing as they advanced scattering the attackers in all directions.
Dec 2 reports describe the diamond jubilee celebrations for Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna. Massive crowds caused several accidents with four dead and about 100 injured, hundreds trampled near Hofburg as police could not fully control the surge. In Washington, President Roosevelt attended a church service marking the Austrian ruler's reign, with diplomatic corps and officials present at St Patrick's church.
Dr Randolph F Haas a prominent dentist and author killed himself in Woodlawn Cemetery by swallowing prussic acid while kneeling on his wife's tomb after a watchman failed to stop him. His wife had died by her own hand a week earlier at their home 439 Manhattan Avenue during a period of melancholia.
William J. Biggy, chief of police of Francisco, died by his own action leaping from a patrol boat into Golden Gate harbor. He faced charges over indirectly allowing Morris Haas to shoot himself after a failed attack on Assistant Prosecutor Francis J. Heney. Biggy claimed graft investigators pressured him and he offered resignation which was rejected.
San Salvador reports a planned overthrow of President Figuenoa’s government was uncovered and crushed, with martial law proclaimed. The revolutionary movement began in Sonsonate department and implicated many political figures who have since been imprisoned. Also provided are fragmented commodity market lines for cattle hogs sheep poultry and potatoes with varied pricing and conditions.
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