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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
2
Miss Ruby Miller cashier at the Woolworth store saved shoppers during the Union block collapse in Northampton, earning praise for her quick action and bravery.
Miss Ruby Miller a 20 year old Woolworth cashier was praised by Mayor William H Feiker for courage after the store collapsed injuring about six people. She worked in the cashier cage beneath the failing floor when the walls gave way.
Miss Miller crawled free from a crushed cage as a floor collapsed trapping counters and debris. Mayor Feiker vows a full investigation amid safety violations and demands accountability after the 3:34 p.m. incident that endangered hundreds and prompted militia patrol of the ruins.
In Birmingham on July 19, reports detail Thomas Armstrong a 12 year old boy who moves about on his hands and feet and has never known a different gait. He is physically strong and can run and walk long distances like other youths while his arms appear slightly longer from his walking habit.
The Salem fire refugees are moving from the canvas city at Forest River. Sixty seven families left last week with twenty more ready today. Officials expect the last tent to be struck by next Sunday and the area to shrink to a summer camp colony, leaving only brick debris as a reminder of the blaze that drew over ten thousand people.
In Pendleton Oregon on July 19 M Morgan a local telephone lineman caused a commotion at Main and Bluff when he dozed atop a telephone pole. Passersby feared electrocution until help arrived and found he had simply fallen asleep sheltered by his belt to prevent a fall.
Grower near Grower Colorado reports a farmer named Harry Godfrey killed a large snake and found a small gold locket with a stone setting. The engraving reads F. M. A. to E. G. R., Des Moines, Iowa, dated June 1, 1903.
The second largest nugget ever found in Alaska was picked up in the Koyukuk gold camp 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It weighed 137 1 2 ounces and was found by J C Kinney on No 4 before discovery Hammond River. Kinney Charles Murray and Bill Redmond lease the claim and are taking the pay out at a great rate.
Miss May E. O’Neill, cashier at Waldorf Lunch on Washington Street, vaulted over a cigar counter to safety as a car crashed through the restaurant window. She slammed the cash drawer and escaped injury, aided by gymnastic training from Dorchester. Pieces of glass marked the narrow moment of impact.
Mrs. Charles P. Reynolds wife of a Durban sugar planter recounts harpooning a whale off Durban Bay aboard her husband’s yacht. She describes whaling as a major local industry and notes the bay’s diverse whale species while visiting friends in Boston.
Between Sisson and Bartle in Siskiyou County along the McCloud River railroad right of way millions of caterpillars about an inch long clog the tracks and sometimes halt traffic.
Poslam touted as a powerful skin and scalp treatment claims to heal eczema acne psoriasis dandruff and rashes. It advertises as an antiseptic for open sores cuts and abrasions with free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York and Possum Soap for daily use at low prices.
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