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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
11
The text promotes boiler insurance from Travelers claiming best service and yearly inspections. It asks for present insurance details including number of boilers, makers, boiler type, unusual towers or hea, and safety valve counts, seeking early quotation and premium information.
An extended ad describes The Continental Highlands two miles from city green with half acre lots on a 60 foot boulevard. It promises prettiest land near the trolley line and invites visitors to ride the car to see. It notes two shade trees per lot and running water in each house amid springs along the boulevard.
A Pittsburgh mayor claims a bribe trap led to arrests of President and six council members and a bank cashier. The sweep targets alleged graft in depository selection, bridge and street projects, with two years of municipal dealings cited and more than $17,500 alleged as paid to secure depository status.
In Superior Court Boston and Maine Railroad Corp along with Knights Kyeter X and John A Drake defend against a suit by New England Breeders’ Club investors over a Salem Massachusetts race track project. Plaintiffs seek payment of 22000 for laying rails on the track built with a million dollar cost.
Harry Thaw burst into fury when told that the United States circuit court of appeals in Philadelphia denied his writ of habeas corpus and ordered his counsel to produce 10 Pittsburgh witnesses in bankruptcy proceedings. He called the judges a pack of fools and was remanded to Matteawan State Hospital for the insane.
A state prison inmate, a policeman of fifteen years, begins a nine-year sentence for an attack on Louise Maurer, aged about ten, in Prospect Park. The case follows the suspect's flight to Ireland after the assault. Austria offers Turkey 20 million dollars as compensation for annexation of Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Judge W N Spence denounces twelve jurors from the bench for clearing alleged night riders. The sheriff Rodney and two Adams faced charges of attempting lynch an inoffensive citizen and beating his wife and daughter during a night riding expedition.
Ice magnate Charles W Morse, confined for weeks, tries to raise cash by offering three Fifth Avenue properties for sale. The two five story houses at 720 and 722 Fifth Avenue and the Morse family residence at 728 Fifth Avenue are listed together for approximately 1.4 million dollars.
German Ambassador to the United States Count von Bernstorff and his party, including the Countess von Bernstorff, arrived in Washington from Europe. The ambassador, who will meet President Roosevelt, said his aim is to promote mutual goodwill through openness and good faith, with no secrecy about German aims in the United States.
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