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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
4
The prose urges anticipating financial distress from accidents and promotes securing protection through Travelers Insurance. It notes cities crowded with fast electric cars, heavy teams, and automobiles, highlighting the rush to get somewhere and do something.
Advertises land development three and a half miles from the green on the Middlebury Road. Offers half acre lots on a 60 foot boulevard with springs and running water in each house. Promises two shade trees per lot and proximity to trolley line.
The ad extols Fels-Naptha as a gentler wash that cleans thoroughly in cool or lukewarm water, avoiding boiling or hard rubbing. It claims garments stay whiter and wear twice as long, saving time and fuel and encouraging use of the red and green wrapper directions.
Representative Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland has been offered the treasury secretary post by President Elect Taft. Burton will decide after Ohio senatorial affairs clear up, with Taft seeking a nonpartisan appointment despite Charles Taft’s influence in Cincinnati. Burton, a lawyer and financier, authored a work on financial crises and economic cycles.
New York December report says John G. Jenkins, director, was acquitted of looting the Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn to fund a faltering brokerage firm owned with his brother Frank. The jury deliberated four hours, found no intent to defraud, and Jenkins proclaimed his innocence as family members reacted emotionally. District Attorney Clarke said he would press indictments though outcome remains uncertain.
Professor Francesco San Melice of the university at Messina reports a major discovery after extensive work. He notes he injected animals with a toxin and produced a serum that shows preventive and curative properties against cancer, indicating a potential breakthrough.
Deposed Haitian president Nord Alexis seeks refuge aboard a French warship after a violent crowd at Port au Prince surrounds the palace and wharves. French officials urge withdrawal as soldiers clash with rioters, and a knife attack narrowly fails. Gold and specie valued at ten thousand dollars in francs are found aboard.
Prominent community figures including General Ceuial Oreste Prodent Chapoteau Laforest Hippo lyte and Douamy form a committee urging General Legitime to accept the presidency. Legitime shows hesitation and desires Simon's endorsement before finalizing acceptance.
Henry P Davison vice president of the First National Bank is to join J P Morgan & Co in New York. The move marks a major partnership addition as Davison rises from humble beginnings to prominence in finance since arriving from Bridgeport Connecticut nineteen years ago with a small fortune and a career start as a paying teller at Astor Place bank.
In Lancaster on December 3 Bertha Barber, eleven, aimed a public safety toy at her sister Caroline, thirteen, and pulled the trigger. The device discharged and fatally struck Caroline in the head, ending a playful moment with a deadly consequence.
George J Gould wins part of the litigation as the suit brought by John B. is dismissed against Little Kanawha Syndicate. Judge D. Dee Cohwibus grants dismissal at Sater.
Benton Illinois December 3 two indictments accuse Dr B F Brayfield leading physician of murder and forgery in two deaths affecting Reuben F Parrish railway agent and his widow. Parrish policy for 1000 with Modern Woodmen another policy for 2000 carried on wife in Royal Neighbors of America. Brayfield arrested after death certificates claimed natural causes and forged signature of Justice of the Peace Harrison to prompt payment. Also charged with collecting on insurance by improper steps.
Paris reports M Clemenceau, counsel for Princess Anna Gould de Sagan, reveals Count Boni de Castellane demanded $1,000,000 cash, $75,000 a year for three children, and payment of debts. Gould offered $200,000 down and $30,000 yearly. The dispute centers on forged papers and alleged misconduct surrounding Anna Gould and De Castellane.
New York December 3 John D Archbold vice president of Standard Oil grew agitated under cross examination by government prosecutor Kellogg in the suit to dissolve the Standard Oil trust. He admitted that former Congressman Joseph C Sibley who worked for Standard Oil interests in Wisconsin was and remains an employer of the oil trust.
Daniel Frohman announced that his wife Miss Margaret Slington will retire permanently from the dramatic profession. She will quit immediately and under no circumstances will she appear in a public performance again.
Jerome C. Jackson and Henry C. Fried, lawyers, were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on December 3 for conspiring to conceal a misfit parlor firm's assets from the bankruptcy trustee. They appeared before U.S. Commissioner Shields and posted bonds of 2500 dollars. The report also notes separate items on Germany US postal rates and a heavy snowfall in Syracuse and Watertown.
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