Curious features in News of Day
Widespread disease among honey bees costs about 1 million dollars annually to U S beekeepers. The U S Department of Agriculture issued a pamphlet on diseases and treatment to curb losses. The U S honey crop is valued around 20 million dollars, with potential to grow. A separate oblique note mentions a man predicting his own death at 6 am Wednesday after bidding neighbors farewell.
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Washington, Dec
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Girl Stands at Key During Fire in Philadelphia
Miss Anna Nimon manager of a Germantown and Chelton avenue Postal Telegraph branch office stayed at her key sending a long message as flames rose and smoke filled the office. Firemen warned her and water leaked through the floor but she persisted until a policeman forced her to depart.
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Philadelphia
Anna Nimon
Postal Telegraph
Germantown
Chelton Avenues
Veteran foretold hour of his death in Mich story
Confident he was dying Civil War veteran Robert Schley told his wife he would write his autobiography. He finished the work Tuesday evening and, after correcting it, said he would die then.
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Marshall, Mich
Robert Schley
Workman Jumps Into Molten Metal at Ohio Foundry
In Barnesville Ohio Charles Kendall a moulders helper leaped into a cupola of white hot metal in view of fellow workers. Only the bones were recovered.
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Barnesville, O
Charles Kendall
Skaters chase deer for ten miles on Kennebec River
In Skowhegan Maine on December 8 a large crowd of over 100 skaters pursued a buck deer along the Kennebec River. The wild chase went up and down the river and around an island before Myron Smith struck the deer with a polo club and Lyle Moore cut its throat near the falls in Skowhegan village.
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Skowhegan
Kennebec
Myron Smith
Lyle Moore
Boys Shooting Friends Fatal in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a 15 year old, Albert Perin, was killed by his 16 year old playmate Jesse Osborn in a shooting game. Police accepted Osborns account but charged him with manslaughter and released him on bond. The incident occurred last night during a mock shooting game.
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Indianapolis
Albert Perin
Jesse Osborn
Osborn
Perth
Frightful dusk encounter ends with companion killed
The narrative recalls two men firing rifles as darkness falls. One man describes being horrified when his companion collapsed from a bullet wound to the forehead. The account centers on the fatality and the immediate shock of the survivor.
Rat fleeing cat triggers gas leak in North Adams home
In North Adams on December 8 a rat fleeing a cat knocked over a gas range at the home of Charles Osborne. The resulting gas leak woke Mrs. Osborne and left other family members semi conscious. The cat died.
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North Adams
Charles Osborne
Ten girls fall ill from school oyster stew
December 8 ten girls in the domestic science department at a technical high school became ill from ptomaine poisoning after eating stewed oysters they cooked in class. All students recovered.
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Providence
The
Technical High School
Hogs Save Life Of Large Buck Deer
In Ludlow Centre on December 8 a large buck deer fled hogs into a hog yard, rolled in mud, and fled after hogs swept the area. The hogs returned but the scent faded and the deer escaped unharmed.
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Ludlow Centre
M. G. Davis
Ice making by waiting, Dr Hirsh patent claim
Chicago December 8 in his fifth year Dr Joseph M Hirsh plans to reveal a chemical compound claimed to freeze squids faster than nature. He says he won judgement against James Gayley and Charles Henderson of New York for 1000 dollars after they proposed to buy the invention and he spent it on experiments.
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Chicago
Joseph M. Hirsh
James Gayley
Charles Henderson
New York
Girl weds at mother's grave in Ohio cemetery
In Ravenna Ohio Miss Addie Potter Chapman and Glenn E Colton wed beside the open grave of Miss Chapman's mother after a funeral at the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev Dr A D Palmer officiated at the unusual ceremony per the bride’s request and the bride fainted after the vows.
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Ravenna, O
Addie Potter Chapman
Glenn E. Colton
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Chapman
A. D. Palmer
Hobble Skirt Foils Robber's Attempt
Mrs. Louise Scott rode in taxi with Joseph Bermen to Jackson Park. He stopped in a lonely spot and tried to seize $800 from her stocking after taking $120 from her dress. The hobble skirt constrained him and prevented further theft.
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Chicago
Louise Scott
Joseph Bermen
Bermen
Jackson Park
Girl Wins High Jump With Arm in Sling at Riding Academy
Miss Ethel Money rode her brown gelding Starlight from Ireland to win the high jump contest at Durland Riding Academy last night despite a broken arm. Fifteen entries competed as she cleared all fences without error under fearless riding.
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New York
Ethel Money
Durland Riding Academy
Starlight
Ireland
Althou
Mirror Taken for Camera by Woman in Studio Action
In Winsted Connecticut a woman with a German accent entered William Deming's studio to have her photograph taken. He showed her to the dressing room and thirty minutes later found her looking into a mirror asking if it was taken, before guiding her to the camera.
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Winsted, Conn
William Deming
Yale Birth Rate Down Across Alumni Families
New Haven December 8 Yale Alumni Weekly reports Yale alumni families show a declining birth rate matching Harvard observations. From 1810 to 1842 there were 413 children per hundred marriages, then 383 from 1842 to 186, and 255 from 18 to 1878, suggesting a steady downward trend in average college family size.
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New Haven
Yale
Harvard
Eliot
Jewels Seized From Mrs Shonts on Arrival in New York
Customs officers confiscated jewels valued at about 20000 from Mrs Theodore P Shonts and her maid after arrival on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from France. The gems exchanged in Paris for old ones were locked in the appraiser's safe pending explanation.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
France
Paris
Duke
Mrs. Shonts
Shonts Drops Case Over Confiscation Report
President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou were told there was no basis for seizing gowns, as Colonel Fowler filed a report. Mrs. Shonts aboard the Kaiser's ship declared 650 dollars in personal effects to the deputy collector, with no jewelry listed.
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Roosevelt
Fowler
Cortelyou
Shonts
Kaiser Wilhelm
Man Denies Wife Claim In Boston Suit
Sarah G. Cohen of Medford street Chelsea sues Louis Levenson of Boston for 25000 damages claiming inducement to marry. Levenson denies ever marrying her and says she agreed to care for his home and children in exchange for real estate. He counters with breach of contract for services and a defamation suit.
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Sarah G. Cohen
Medford Street
Chelsea
Louis Levenson
Boston
Miss Cohen
Levenson
Mr. Levenson
Barber
Providence
Henry Barber
Sumner Street
Newton Centre
South Station
Cronin
Julia
David Cronin
Eighth Street
Gate of Heaven
DE Blasi
D’'Angelo
Russo
Antonio de Blasi
Francesco D'Angelo
Letterie Russe
Cangigno & Jannini
North Street
Dolan
Roxbury
Thomas J
Terry Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Seete City Hospital
Patrick Foley
Catherine Reardon
Willow Park
St. Francis de Sales
Lynn
Heintz
Roslindale
Barbara Heints
Henry Wagner
Kittredge Street
Elizabeth A. Holmes
Donnelly
West Lenox Street
Haymarket Terrace
St. Joseph's Church
Circuit Street
Halifax
N. S
New York
Hurley
Charlestown
Catherine
Jeremiah Hurley
Florence Crowley
Prospect Avenue
Prospect Street
St. Mary's Church
Warren Street
Kelley
Buffalo
John R
Redmond Kelley
E. Flood
Thayer Place
Brookline
Mass
Holyhood
Linehan
John H
Julia I. Linehan
Curtis Chapel
Dudley Street
St. Philip's Church
Harrison Avenue
McNamara
Dorchester
Louise C. A. McNamara
Frederick G. McNamara
Earle
Ruzzles Place
St. Gregory’s Church
Park
East Boston
Frank M
Elizabeth Park
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Men’s Rubbers
Washington St
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Westminsters &T
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Ular
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Viola
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