Death toll from Hallowe'en pranks rises in multiple cities
Chicago reports two boys electrocuted when a charged wire shocked Morgan Campbell 15 as they pulled down a lamp from a line. Tomaso La Quinto died from injuries after a fire wagon hit him during a false alarm prank. In Enosville Tennessee Walter Lane 17 was fatally wounded after a prank led to a shooting by unknown parties. Kansas City witnesses a street accident as a giant rolling block caused water main bursts and spray injuring bystanders. Mrs Hulda Livert 52 and daughter Alma Stenerson 42 die of heart disease during a Hallowe'en night sequence.
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Freedom in sight for Ortie McManigal
Ortie H W McManigal may win freedom within six days as appeals for McNamara brothers labor leaders move onward in Chicago. County officials say release from Los Angeles jail could follow after two and a half years of imprisonment with only a brief testifying period in Indianapolis trials last year.
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Son-in-law of Kaiser to Rule Brunswick
Berliyn November 1 The government of the duchy of Brunswick, without a reigning duke since 1854, was assumed today by the young prince Ernest August of Cumberland. He married Princess Victoria Luise, daughter of the German emperor, on May 24, pledging loyalty to the empire and federated rulers. He renounces pretensions to Hanover, annexed to Prussia in 1866. His father, the Duke of Cumberland, remains in exile in Austria and claims Hanover. Sovereign transfer and state entry will occur November 3.
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Phone Girls Stay At Posts As Fire Burns
Fire breaks out in basement of Southern Bell Telephone building at Pryor and Mitchell streets yesterday afternoon. Operators remained at their switches as smoke rose from basement windows, keeping connections intact while firefighters contained the blaze in under fifteen minutes. Damage judged small and blamed on a careless cigarette.
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More Rat Catchers Wanted by Seattle
Seattle officials seek emergency funding of 1600 dollars to hire additional rat catchers for waterfront wart on rats. Health Commissioner James McCrichter reports sixteen plague infected rats caught this month, noting past outbreak when twenty six were captured four years ago. The current force is deemed inadequate.
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