Milford chronicle., 1909-08-27
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Son Tor 1909 brought 80 cents a pound
ct Montgomery. the highest price in
twenty-five years.
Edward W. Exell, alias John w Les.
lie. ex-pOstmaster OF Jamaica West
Indies. was arrested in Philadelphia.
charged with embeEzling $4,000 from
the colonial government .
Pickens Wells, one OF the most
famous barbecue cooks in the south.
dropped dead At Augusta Ca. willis
preparing a cue" Pickens prepared
the famous C. s. Boiler barbecue. at
which President Taft was the honor
guest last winter
Friday, August 20.
Isaac Kembel, a pioneer resident Of
She anthracite coal region and a Civil
War veteran, died at Mt. Carmel. Pa.
One woman was killed and three
other persons injured in a panic re-
sulting from a controller blowing out
on a Park & Falls Interurban car at
Youngstown. o.
: Governor Stuart appointed Thomas
r. Bell, of Philadelphia. to be execu-
tive controller Of Pennsylvania. The
position was created by the last Iegis-
lature
Judge Howell Cobb died at Athens.
Ca. from the effects Of a stroke Of
paralysis experienced three months
ago For thirty years he filed the posi-
tion of judge OF the city court Of
Athens.
Saturday. August n.
The Porte has decided to recognize
King Ferdinand's title as King of the
Bufgars.
Dorando Pietri, the well known long
distance runner. was married at Milan
to Teresa Dondi.
Thomas c. Dawson. the new Ameri-
can minister to Chile, was Oficially re- /
ceived by President Montt at Santiago. /
Thomas j. Davis. a retired New
York merchant, was found dead in |
the kitchen Of his home at Los GatOs, .
Cal, with a blanket over his head and
two gas jets turned on full force.
John Henry Johnson. eighty-four
years old, an officer of the original
Aberdeen volunteers, corporal in the
Queens Guard and writer of Scottish
verse. died in Rosedale, a suburb of
Kansas City. Mo.
Monday, August %.
The government is to Lease 160 acres
Of land at College Park, Md, for avia-
tiOn purposes.
When their boat was upset at Jas
per. Ont, Mrs. W. H. Stevens and Miss
Bessie Jones. both of Syracuse, N. Y,
we're drowned.
Mrs Solomon Gingrich. near HOern-
ersviIle. Pa. was nearly gored to death
BY bull. but a grandson, aged sixteen
years. saved her life.
Twenty-Five night riders burned two
large wheat stacks belonging to Mrs.
John Strube, near Mount Olivet. Ky.
because she refused to sign the tObac-
20 pooling pledge.
Former Councilman Klein, of Pitts.
burg. declares he will serve his SEN
.ence as a CRATER without appeal. as
he would rather give his money to his
,amily than the lawyers.
Tuesday, August "a.
). S. Miller, a travelling man from
Baltimore. was found dead in bed at
hotel in Norfolk. Va.
As a result Of a dispute over a dog,
Diver Winfield shot and killed Heze-
,iah West at Brine, Ark. ..
John P Brown, a pioneer railroad
,uilder and one of AtchisOn's (Kan)
citizens. died at his home
here. aged eighty years.
Judge Burdette in the circuit court q
t Charleston. w. Va. issued an in
unction restraining the state and
ounty officials from enforcing the Q !,
ent fare law against the Norfolk & =
Western railroad. !,
Mrs George Granger and Miss Gene =
eve Rabig were instantly killed and
We other occupants Of a touring car e
-ere seriously injured when the ma :
hine was run over by Big Four To- +
Dmotive and caboose in Kankakee, Ill. ~ ~
Wednesday, August 25. ? :,
A man who registered as Homes ~
assub." Of Logansport Ind. commit =,
ID suicide at the Grand Union hotel :,
New York.
Miss Jennie Ingersoll aged seven =,
zen years of GalesbuUg. ILL.,, was "
rowued while bathing in Pine lake at :.
harleroi Mich. -
The governments bars are up =,
,ainst Switzerland live stock. be- S Si
luse Of the existence Of the foot and -,
outh disease among domestic ami "
ais in that country. ~
Charged with having plundered a -
orthwest Side residence in true burg -
r fashion and with having swindled =.
.veral other women Of the same sec ~
IN out Of small sums of money. Mrs. y.
-uniel Kaeczer, forty-three years Of =.
,e. Is a prisoner in Chicago. y.
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