Blinded birds sing diaberer prosecuted in London court
A London police court heard how birds are blinded with needles to make them sing for ham. Frederick Collins of Camberwell was sentenced to three months hard labor after pleading guilty to blinding two chaffinches. A veterinary surgeon explained the operation causes severe pain and damages the optic nerve.
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London
Lamheth
Namex Froderick Collins
Saltan Street
Camberwell
Coltis
A. A. Hopkins
Croydon
Goss
Calling
Shermappy
Renuked
A. O. Plesse
Flesse
Colling
Poisonous headache drugs warned by U S department
The 1906 food and drugs act prompted a department of agriculture inquiry into harmful headache mixtures. Doctors’ letters and medical literature showed 814 poisoning cases, 29 fatalities, linked to acetanilid antipyrin and phenacetin. A public warning urged medical prescription and avoided over the counter use.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Warnng
Pos Wong
Apd
Pie loving horse mucks up deliveries in Columbus
A Geilker bakery delivery horse in Columbus Indiana has developed a pie craving. Fed pie by the driver, the animal now insists on pie before starting routes, gulping half a pie per meal. The horse will eat any kind if pie is unavailable.
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Columbus
Ind
Geilker
D River
Still Good Fighter at 95 in Pittsburgh Fight
In McKeesport a 15 minute clash on Eleventh Avenue and Water Street drew about 500 observers as Patrick Crowley, who says he is 95, fought three foreigners Jacob Herman and Mendel Berkovich over a ground Crowley claims as his property. Police halted the riot and arrested all four after Crowley was cut and bruised. Jacob Berkovich later faced an aldermanic assault and battery charge.
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Pittsburg
Patrickk Crowley
Jacob
Herman
Mendel Berkovich
Eleventh Avenue
Water Street
McKeesport
Crowley
Jacob Berkovich
Money making in Nicaragua touted by visiting official
A New York report describes Alejandro Bermudez Ter nades visiting New York to promote closer ties between Nicaragua and the United States. He claims Nicaragua is prosperous, invites American investment with promises of rapid profits, and notes opportunities such as 1000 acres of land for 200 dollars for cocoa, rice, sugar, and coffee. He also defends President Zury as peaceful and not a war proponent.
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New York
Alejandro Bermudez
Republic of Agua
Hiare
United States
Senor Herradax
Taftking
Senor Ber
Washington
Nicaragua
Zuriya
Senor Ternades
Wheat Aelisa
Nicardgun
Cental
America
Summons Ghosts Aboard Ocean Liner Thrill Seance
Signora Paladino, famed medium, arrives on the Prinzess Irene as passengers witness a dramatic seance in a lighted stateroom. Fourteen witnesses report ectoplasmic touches, knocks, and a ghostly figure, with medical men and artists describing the eerie phenomena aboard the ship.
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New York
Signora Musipia
Paladino
Europe
Lloyd Line
Irena
Go Ot
Signora Paladino
Sia
Nolthing
Naples
Thesilos
Kerman
Giasenpe Ontiglio
Biullet * Ter
Metroye
K. O. Joltson
Memphis
Manila Smeraglivolo
Sea of Azov voyage through Taganrog port diary
A naval traveler describes dreary seas by the Sea of Azov, the harsh approach to Taganrog, and long, frigid passages to shore. He recalls cold winds, shallow channels, and the contrast of misery and wishful longing with a warm boarding-house meal that lifts his spirits.
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Yeni- Ile
Taganrog
Taganrag
Russia
Backsheesh
Astrakhan
Steppes
Tagaprog
Agor
Lig
Cleareul
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Sea of Azov
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Short Sturies Co. Ltd
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Mariupol
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Sea of Azay
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Nice
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