The Last Spike Links Continents at Promontory Point
A richly told history recalls the May 1869 completion of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point Utah. General Dodge and Grant figures frame a race between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific as workers from many nations meet under ceremony with gold and silver spikes signaling unity of rails across North America.
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Woman DROPS Voodoo Case Over Hair Under Tree
A young woman in Mountelpxi court withdrew charges after claiming a colored man cut her hair and placed it under a dying tree to kill her. She testified the tree did not die, ending the alleged voodoo threat and her fear.
Boy Bickford Fined After Sea Rescue and Theft Charge
In Hingham Massachusetts Arthur Bickford foureen East Boston was picked up at sea after being towed in a boat toward Gov. William island. He claimed he stole a row boat from East Boston Yacht Club and was later fined 15 dollars with 2 dollars weekly payments after a Royal Sea rescue incident and arraignment.
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Poor Los Angeles mother burns infant over milk debt
In Los Angeles nineteen year old Mrs. Josephine Valente confessed to police she burned her eight month old son Domnick to death in his go cart after claiming milk money was unavailable. She said her husband refused money and she faced a dairy bill and an unpaid milkman. A recent $3745 life insurance policy on the baby is noted by detectives.
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Budapest Suicide Attempts Rise Amid Poverty Crises
Reports indicate a growing number of suicide attempts in Budapest with 1 807 cases recorded to date and a rising trend since the war. Analysts attribute the spike to widespread poverty affecting many previously well off families.
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Boy Dies After Fight Over Harsh Insult
Fifteen year old John Nolan of Paterson New Jersey died after a fight with Louis Torrello sixteen who allegedly called him a sissy for wearing a wrist watch from his late mother. The two boys who aided Torrello are being held as police investigations continue.
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Safety Pin Fatality Shocks Bay Shore Family
A safety pin lodged in the throat of six month old Frank Page Jr at Bay Shore N Y caused his death. The incident occurred several months ago and is being investigated as a possible accidental death.
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Flying Stone Fatality Kills Lakota Pioneer
Simon Tangen, a pioneer farmer in Lakota North Dakota, was killed when a flying piece of grindstone pierced his heart. The accident occurred at his farm. Officials confirm the fatal grindstone mishap as the cause.
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