Bear hunting exploits in Karelen Sweden and Finland
A narrator recounts bear hunts across Karelen in Finland and Russia with skis and sledges. He details a dramatic pursuit of a black bear, a cave den encounter, uses of a bear spear, and battles with the Slagbjorn, noting bravery, near escapes, and the bears' vitality. He explains spear use as humane and essential for powerful bears in winter hunts.
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Karelen
Finland
Russia
Thia
Snojaryi
Wartsila
Atenish Karelen
Herr Sjogren
Bjorkenstam
Herr C. Broberg
Hook
Bratt
Bjerkenstam
Broberg
Mother Earth
Transfusion saves newborn as father donates blood
Mount Sinai hospital reports a 34 year old father’s blood successfully transfused into his 16 day old infant in a dramatic operation to stop life threatening hemorrhages. The procedure required connecting two circulatory systems while the baby lay on a second table beside his father. After 80 minutes about a quart of blood had flowed, and within days the infant’s color improved from deathly pale to rosy, with hemorrhages ceased and haemoglobin near normal.
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New York
Mount Sinai Hospital
Europe
America
Nathan
Rebecca Goldberg
Goldberg
Newlyweds Escape By Two Fire Escapes In Blur of Wedding
New York reports Daphne Dietrich and broker Schuyler Imbrie slipping away from a crush of 150 wedding guests. With two carriages ladders and a janitor’s help they descended a fire escape swapped corridors crossed a rear court, to Riverside Drive and a awaiting train for their honeymoon. Guests waited over an hour and a janitor later admitted assisting.
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New York
Daphne Dame Dieterich
Schuyler Imbrie
Rica
Riverside Drive
Imbrie
John F. Dietrich
Mr. Dietrich
West One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
Doctor Fights Hungry Seals at Avalon Bay
Dr W A Pratt a New York physician faced a 40 minute life threatening attack by hungry seals as he fended them off with a broom handle. He was recovering his launch near the wharf when seals swarmed the boat, with one blind seal leading the assault. After dropping four fish overboard and with aid arriving, he escaped with the remaining catch.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina
W. A. Pratt
New York
I Stand
Albleore
West Lake Park
Los Angeles
Horse Jumped Embankment Allegedly Causes its Own Death
Dr Eppstein, a peddler, claims Sioux City Inc bears responsibility for the horse death after a city embankment allegedly left the road in a dangerous condition. The 19 year old horse reportedly stood at the ledge and jumped, driven by its own crisis intent and dental distress affecting chewing.
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Sioux City
Eppstein
Hea
Woman Is Steward At Hoffman House In New York
Isabel Boyle, the only woman steward of a major New York hotel, has proven herself indispensable at the Hoffman House over five years. She manages purchasing, stock, and all daily duties, keeps the lobby and rooftops running, and even weighs Virginia hams while guiding staff through orders and vendor needs.
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New York
Isabel Boyle
Hoffman House
Caddegan
Virginia
Misses Caddagan
Miss Boyle
Misa Boyle
Virginia Homps
The Key to the Bastile Recalls a Historic Prison
A historical note explains the Bastille as a royal prison used to silence dissidents with letters de cachet. It notes thousands imprisoned for personal or political reasons, and that the Bastille was destroyed by the people of Paris in 1789 after freeing prisoners. It mentions Lafayette presenting the key to Washington, now displayed at Mount Vernon.
Bowery landmark togg saloon linked to Steve Brodie tale
Bowery tourists hear promoter announce the Brodie saloon as part of a Bowery tour. The saloon once tied to Steve Brodie, famed for a legendary leap, is set to be razed for a store. Friends say Brodie built a fortune from the enterprise, though many doubt the bridge jump tale.
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New York
Steve Broodie
Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Salamanca
N. Y
Piqua
Bowery
Brodie
Hast River
the Bowery
Montézuma Daughter Studies American Domestic Science in New York
Mme Guadalupe de Haro, daughter of a wealthy Mexican financier, arrived in New York a year and a half ago to study domestic arts in public and private schools and at the University of New York summer session. Her husband’s fortune was lost in adversity, she became a widow and sought work, discovering a wider world of female endeavor before agreeing to study here for Mexico’s adoption of domestic science.
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Mexico
Mme
Guadalupe de Haro
New York
University of New York
Guadalupe da Haro
Mme. de Haro
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Sweden
Bruin
J Wne
Parent
Doctor
New York Hotel
Hag
Teabel Boyle
King's
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