Paris Holocaust: Bodies Placed Beneath Ruins of Palais Bazaar
Eyewitness accounts from Paris describe the Rue Jean Goujon bazaar fire at the Hotel de Palais that killed hundreds as brutal heat and smoke turned crowds to panic. Bodies lay unrecognizable on improvised boards, with soldiers and police removing the dead while witnesses recount women and guards aiding survivors.
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Erald
Paris
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Strie
Rue Jean
Jean Goujon
I’ Hos
Mme. Rochezautier
Rochezautier
Hotel de Palais
Cors de la Reine
Enin
Lle le Comte
Rue Jean Gon
Bazaar
Farm hand kills Harris family and wounded workers in Wisconsin
William Pouch, a 20 year old farmhand, fatally shot farmer Alexander Harris at breakfast, wounded a hired man and severely injured a girl, then killed Harris's wife before fleeing on a bicycle. A posse pursues as authorities consider insanity or concealment of another crime. Helen Vesbaeck and Nelson McHolt named among wounded.
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Milwaukee
Alexander Harris
Waukesha
Mukwonago
William Pouch
Pouch
Harris
Nelson McHolt
Helen Vesbaeck
Nelson McFlolt
Helen Vesback
Heroic boy engineer saves miners at Tamarack mine
In Houghton Michigan a boy named John Thomas, operating a compressed air hoist, stayed at the post as a box holding 200 pounds of dynamite burned nearby. He hoisted men to safety ten seconds before the explosion destroyed the engine, leaving all workers unharmed.
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Houghton, Mich
John Thomas
Tamarack
Thomas
Lightning Strikes Chewelah Youths Injuring Two Girls
An extraordinary storm in Chewelah Washington May 9 left Miss Lutie McCormack 16 and Miss Laura Boiler 14 severely injured after seeking shelter under a pine tree. A bolt ripped hair and burned skin while their companion cows nearby were killed and other residents were knocked down. The girl was revived but faces nerve inflammation risk.
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Chewelah
Wash
Lutie McCormack
Laura Boiler
Miss McCormack
W.O. Smith
Ellsworth Casher
Wheat market dull with speculative demand on government report
The weekly market letter notes a quiet wheat market last week. A rumor of a government report predicting lower winter wheat condition spurred demand on Saturday. Prices for corn rye oats and barley remain attractive while foreign shipments stay weak.
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Atlantic
The Money or Love in Jessica Rays Romance
Jessica Ray faces pressure from Jack Sutherland who seeks her for money as the planned union with her childhood friend fades. Miss Murphy confronts gossip in the rose parlor while Jessica alternates between fear and resolve to protect her love. The tale centers on duty, affection, and social expectations in a suburban drawing room.
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Mary Anne Murphy
Jessica
Miss Ray
Sarah
van Elton
Ned
Roy Pates
Daisy
Jack
Lueck
Jessica Ray
Jack Sutherland
England
Mr. Sutherland
Miss Ray To
A Classical Comedy of Love and Mischief in the Morning Room
Jessica overhears a scheming trio in a mansion: Ned, Jack, and Miss Murphy. A misread kiss leads to laughter when Jack declares he will marry Jessica, revealing a horse purchase gone wrong. Amid blushes and jealousy, Jack and Jessica confess true affection in a playful climax.
An Insane Bird Story of a Woodpecker
A hunter describes shooting a red headed woodpecker on Wenatchie Divide after a pheasant hunt. The bird survived the impact, then continued pecking and screeching before the hunter found the bullet had only grazed the skull causing temporary brain concussion and insanity.
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Wenatchie Divide
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