Reptile Keeper Helps Moccasins Shed Skin at Bronx Zoo
Special Correspondence New York December 21 The Bronx Zoo reptile house keeper Snyder spent three hours in the glass enclosure helping six moccasins shed their skins under a watching crowd. The event followed a series of park hunts for coons near Bronx Park, with thefts blamed on the animals and residents noting chickens missing. The piece blends vivid anecdotes on hunting, crime chatter about Italian Blackhanders, and odd zoo lore into a jumbled, era-tinged local item.
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New York
Bronx Park
Fan Lerna
Abe Eoous
Bronx
Otter
Snyder
Synder
Monument in Pittsburgh Under Threat of Removal
A 1704 black house tied to Fort Pitt faces removal amid urban congestion in Pittsburgh. Daughters of the American Revolution seek a new prominent site. the structure, built during Pontiac's War era, sits near freight yards on Penn Avenue. The piece notes local civic effort and historical context, with unrelated ad content appearing in the same column.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Penn Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Port Pitt
Henry Boquet
Hoquet
Black House
Fort Pitt
Tontaht
Aged Mother Makes Trip 2000 Miles Shipped East
Aged mother makes a long voyage, traveling about 2000 miles to the east. The journey highlights family ties and endurance as she reaches her destination with assistance and support.
Pueblo Beets Sugar Mill Planned By Holly-Swirk Firm
Pueblo residents anticipate a new beet sugar mill east of the city to be built by the Holly-Swirk company. company officials have finished beet acreage surveys and facility assessments and expect work to start once a site is secured.
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Pueblo
Pueblo, Cole
Heiress of Captain Rogers Receives Government Share
One heiress among one hundred inherits from Capt John Rogers, a nineteenth century hunter. Mrs Attle Tunt, owner of the Union hotel, is the beneficiary. The United States government will pay the share for services rendered by Captain Rogers in 1828.
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Cole
Attle Tunt
Union Hotel
John Rogers
Hanter
United States
Captain Rogers
Greeley
New Jersey Butter Fraud Floods New York Market
New York city has been flooded with ten million pounds of oleomargarine glassed to resemble butter, much of it colored with venous dye and made from disease breeding fats. The traffic crossed state lines from New Jersey, violating sale bans, while Dr. Thomas Darlington, head of the health department, protests it is not his concern. Prosecutions by the dairy department and state agricultural commission have little effect, according to N. H. Wracke, assistant commissioner.
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New York
Nw York
New York City
New Jersey
Thomas Darlington
Department of Health
Dairy Department
State Agricultural Commission
Bat
N. H. Wracke
Rescue From Death On Grand Rapids Train Twist
Kenneth Fr rickson of Denver was declared dead on a Grand Rapids & Indiana train near Grand Rapids Michigan. He was moved to the morgue but revived in the death chamber and taken to city hospital. He said tuberculosis caused a sudden illness on the train and he intends to continue his journey once well.
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Estelle
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H. G. Ladle
Braddock
Rockland
Meyer Luble
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kenneth Frrickson
Colorado
Grand Rapids & Indiana
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Eastern College Chess Tournament Opens in New York
The tournament at the West Side Republican Club features Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton. A. W. Fox of Manhattan Chess Club serves as umpire. Winners will compete in major international matches against Oxford and Cambridge.
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A. W. Fox
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Nick
Oxford
Cambridite
England
Meeting of New Rifle Practice Board in Washington
At a December meeting of the new Rifle Practice Board Adjutant General Critchfeld presided. The board decided to adopt small public school methods to teach children life practice, with General Wingate of New York noting the board formed following President Roosevelt’s message to Congress. The report includes edits and misread text from the source.
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NEW Rifle Practice Board
Washington
Critchfeld
Guneral Wingate
New York
Roomevelts
Baffling Dialect Exchange In Comic Farm Farce
A noisy farmyard dialogue mixes nonsense phrases and mock German accents as neighbors spar over insults and farming life. The burlesque conversation touches on a colonel, hogs, a farmer neighbor, a dogwood tree, a moon rooster riddle, and a dramatic challenge.
Between Rich and Poor A Child’s Christmas Wish
The narrator contrasts a rich man's boy with a poor man's kid amid holiday desires. He expresses envy for what the wealthy can obtain and laments lack of attention, hoping for simple gifts like skates or a china cup, while feeling caught between wealth and poverty.
Japanese Navy Lays Keel for 22 000 Ton Battleship Satsuma Rival
The Yokosuka navy yard hosted a ceremony as keel plates were laid for a 22 000 ton battleship. The ship will outsize the British Dreadnought by 4 000 tons and follows the recent launch of the 19 000 ton Satsuma. A large flotilla of cruisers torpedo boats and destroyers is under construction.
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Tokio
Yokosuka
Satsuma
December 31 to February 11 packed theatre lineup erupts
A sequence of upcoming events lists performances from December 25 Anita the Singing Girl to February 11 Julius Caesar Uy with King Richard the Third and Hoyt's Comedy Company. An adjacent testimonial touts Electric Bitters as a miraculous cure in a family case, noting improvements after multiple doses and urging purchase at druggists.
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Kitty
Paul Gilmore
Yale
King Richard
John Grmah
Hoyt
Comedy Company
Sis Hopkinsruary
Messenger Boy
Creaton Clarke
Julius Caesar Uy
Charles Hanford
Mareh HM
M Adams
Henrietta
Newarks New City Hall Opens In Newark New Jersey
The city hall, built at a cost of 2.5 million dollars, opened yesterday in the presence of Mayor Doremus and a large crowd. The building will house police and fire departments and other city offices, previously rented at high expense. Bert M. Cassey of Capitol Life Insurance returned to Albuquerque after a two week trip through northern New Mexico and southern Colorado on company business.
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N. J. Dee
Doremus
Bert M. Cassey
Capitol Life Insurance Company
Denver
Albuquerque
Tussaay
Northeern
New Mexico
Southern Color
Casley
J. B Rutherford
Mexico
West Texas
New Cure for Epilepsy Reported in Word of Mouth
Rural Free Delivery resident Waterman of Watertown shares a testimonial claiming a cure for years of epilepsy after using Dr King s New Life Pills. The fragmentary ad page also promotes nursery products and miscellaneous goods including bread and local print shop services, with scattered mistakes and contact notes.
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Waterman
Watertown
Two American racers duel for ten mile world title
Rochester December 21 Auburn's Willan Hoagland and Oswego's Thomas Slater will contest the ten mile world walking championship on January 1. Slater faces the Canadian champion while Hoagland defends the U S title. A public meeting planned to honor the winner with a silver cup.
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N. C
Willan Hoagland
Auburn
Thomas Slater
Oswego
Slater
Canada
Hoagland
United States
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