Forest fires overwhelm forests and threaten water sheds
The article notes record fire damage across the north in 1908, citing Gifford Pinchot on the widespread destruction of timber lands and water power regions. It recounts historic blazes Miramichi 1825, Peshtigo 1871, and Hinckley 1894, highlighting economic losses, human toll, and the need for preventive ranger patrols to curb future devastation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Adirondacks
Miramichi
Newcastle
Miramichi River
New Brunswick
Chatham
Douglastown
Wisconsin
Peshtigo
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Hinckley
Minnesota
Sonya
Pinchott
National Forests
Maniac Forces Prayer Meeting at Galveston Church
A deranged man locks the Galveston St James Methodist church and holds Rev. Dr. George Francomb captive for three hours. He sings hymns and prays loudly while the minister is guarded by a parishioner who alerted police after witnessing the bizarre scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
George Francomb
St. James Methodist Church
Francomb
First Methodist Church
Dr. Francomb
Rice Planting Scene in Bataan Described in Manila Times
The Manila Times reports on a unique rice planting method in Bataan where fields are cleared by cutting and burning brush, then hoed. A rhythmic team labor sings as men plant with sharpened bamboo tools while women seed and cover, keeping a lively, communal mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bataan
Manila Times
Where the Accent Fell
A brief comic exchange quotes a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark about a famed soprano refusing to discuss engagement to a common soldier in the Italian army. The line captures social tension and celebrity rumor in a concise, witty exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anigay
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brave Girl Throttles Mouse at Bechtel's Restaurant
A mouse caused a panic at Bechtel's in Bethlehem during the noon rush when a waitress spotted the rodent. Miss Elizabeth Heatro, a pretty waitress, grabbed the mouse from the kitchen door and broke its neck, ending the scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Bechtel's
Elizabeth Heatro
Woman Fights Thieves With Horsewhip in Quakertown
Mrs. George Zuck of Zion Hill surprised a burglar ransacking her kitchen closets and struck him with a horsewhip. He fled, followed by a second intruder whom she also flogged as he ran downstairs and was caught on a fence picket.
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Quakertown
George Zuck
Zion Hill
Zuck
Clubman saves life and also wins bride
Chauncey S. Hager, president of the West Overbrook Tennis Club, and Miss Mabel Swanson of West Philadelphia, secretly wed after a daring sea rescue. While vacationing at Somers Point they swam across the bay, faced a strong current, and Hager carried the exhausted Swanson to a sand bar until a launching boat arrived. They were married two days later.
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Philadelphia
Chauncey S. Hager
West Overbrook
Mabel Swanson
West Philadelphia
Hager
Somers Point
Miss Swanson
Ocean City
Egg Harbor Bay
Beasley's Point
Beasley’s Point
Dog Euthanized by Bus After Act at Broad Street
A yellow dog at Broad Street and Ontario Avenue refused to move as a bus approached and was killed by the wheels. Bystanders and an inmate from the Masonic home observed the dog’s limp ears and sad response before it leapt in front of the bus. The dog later lingered at the home and did not eat, wagging only a feeble tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Ontario Avenue
Masonic
Actor Follows Pirate Lore Hats And Historic Fad
David Higgins, a noted actor and dramatist, houses a vast hat collection with over a hundred headpieces from various eras, the most striking being pirate hats. He studies pirates who haunted the American coast and Gulf of Mexico, living in a Lake Michigan home and spending summers on the gulf or in Florida collecting related items. Higgins keeps weapons with the hats and curates prints and books on the roving buccaneers, as he drafts a book titled The Pirates of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Higgins
Higgins
American
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Mr. Higgins
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Gulf Coast
Florida
Gossip of the stage notes 1910s New York theatre plans
Reports of Henry Woodruff debuting in New York vaudeville and The Sun of Society holiday production. Anna Laughlin returning to vaudeville, The Soul Kiss cast additions, Trilby revived in Milwaukee, Managing Sylvia by Julie Herne for St Louis, Leo Dietrichstein to lead a Cleveland stock company, Henry Miller’s new play with Aida Johnson Young, Myself-Betina closed in New York, Great Adventurer one act adaptation, Crestan Clarke supported by a notable company, Gertie Millar to return to London, London productions planned for Servant in the House and The Great Divide, Frohman to stage The Dullar Princess next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemo
New York
Henry Woodruff
Anna Laughlin
William Norris
Soul Kiss
Trilby
Milwaukee
Julie Herne
Sylvia
St. Louis
Leo Dietrichstein
Cleveland
Henry Miller
Aida Johnson Young
Brown
Harvard
Maxine Elliott
Bettina
Thomas E. Shea
Chant
London
Charles Frohman
Preparing for the Stage by Grace Studdiford
Miss Grace Studdiford announces more young women from cultured families are training for stage careers than ever before in American musical productions. She notes schools are full of wealthy students learning acting and singing, and says stage work is becoming honorable with fewer church conflicts and respectable managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Studdiford
Hodges Confession Reveals Theatergoer’s Demands
William Hodges expresses a theatergoing creed, saying he attends matinees, wants actors to persuade and move him, and dismisses mere pomp. He critiques audience compliments as insincere and notes his desire for genuine belief in the onstage truth.
Veteran actors age and longevity in Lion and the Mouse cast
The Lion and the Mouse company features two veteran teachers with a combined 135 years of stage life. Oliver Dowd Tyron is 66 and Hi Alberte 69, while Eberle marks 48 years as an actor. Their long careers include work with George Pauncefote Booth Barrett Davenport and Ross, and they credit regular living and early rising with their health.
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Lion and the Mouse
Oliver Dowd Tyron
John Burkett Ryder
Hi. Alberte
Senator Roberts
Mr. Eberle
George Pauncefote
Booth
Barrett
Davenport
Ross
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Maniac
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Clubman
Bride
Dog
Oakland
Fred ‘Lewis
Lewis
Mme
Alla Nazimova
Mme. Nazimova
Imperial Orchestra
Miss van Studdiford
Hodges
William Hodge
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