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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
9
An ad lists boiler insurance questions and a promise of savings, mentioning Travelers as a preferred option. It seeks policy details including expiration date, current coverage amount, boiler counts, maker names, and safety valve load. The fragment references inspections and boiler system specifics in a sales pitch.
The notice advertises a development three and a half miles from a green, inviting buyers to inspect a 60 foot Boulevard. It promises a drink from springs, proximity to the trolley line, and that each lot will include two shade trees and running water in every house.
New York reports the death of one explorer from a party led by Pr MacMunin Holly during a crossing of the Chagres River in Panama. Henry E Vineing, a civil engineer, drowned after losing his grip on a rope as Albert Holly and Dr Holly attempted a rescue.
A Brooklyn physician, Dy Holly, nearly lost his life during dangerous X-ray experiments as colleagues fought to restrain him. Vineing's body was swept six miles downstream in the chaotic incident.
President Cipriano Castro, confined at Rosa hospital in Berlin, has been placed on a milk diet and will receive a strict course of treatment. Doctors hope to avoid surgery by conservative care.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will build a three mile long bridge from Port Morris to Queens County spanning the Hell Gate ship channel. An enormous steel arch will rise a thousand feet clear, with piers only for the arch, weighing about 80,000 tons. Crown to be two feet above water floor at 140 feet to allow largest steamers to pass. Four tracks for passenger trains and two for freight with high live loads.
Turkish guards arrested an American named Arnold Schmidt in Constantinople they accuse of being an anarchist. Police found eight bombs and various papers in his clothing and claimed he promised to influence prominent individuals.
In Flushing New York Claudia Hains wife of the man killed at the Bayside Yacht Club refuses to testify at the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains the captain’s brother. Mrs Hains distant from court telegraphed she will not appear. Thornton Jenkins Hains looked ill but remains confident of acquittal as the case moves forward.
Mrs Annis defends her husband as kind and innocent while recounting the tragedy near Bayside Yacht Club. Fred Leavitt, superintendent, described the scene as Annis and Louis Harway testified. prosecutors plan to rely on about thirteen witnesses, with defense listing over twenty, delaying a Christmas conclusion.
Union City Tenn February, Frank Febringer, a self confessed Night Rider member and key state witness, testified today as the Night Riders’ trial continued. A large courtroom crowd attended amid heavy guard, with soldiers on duty to prevent disturbances. Fehringer reiterated the confession he gave to two grand juries.
In Pillsburg on December 21, William Jennings Bryan visited coal operator George W. Wilson and declined to comment on Senator Knox as secretary of state. He hinted he may not agree with all of President Taft's appointments and asked not to be pressed for further views.
In St Louis on December 21, clerks in Arizona and with Ham Lyle, railroad workers earning 18 dollars weekly, inherit a $100000 bequest from their maternal grandmother. The estate traced to Christopher Springer a German baron who arrived in America nearly a century ago and died childless. the baron’s sister was the Lyle brothers’ grandmother.
In Zeigler Illinois a fire at Joseph Leiter's coal mines has raged for two days with $200,000 damage. Millionaire owner Leiter arrived by special train to personally direct efforts to control the blaze as flames grew more intense.
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