Former athlete creates havdg for Hannon in wild incident
New York football alum Martin E Hannon of a wealthy Boston family suffered a violent mental episode after allegedly drinking a sedative and taking knockout drops. He attacked officers and barber shop patrons in Second Avenue, resisting multiple arrests before being strapped in a straightjacket at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Martin E. Hannon
Boston
Bellevue Hospital
Hannon
Dartmouth College
Second Avenue
Forty-second Street
Thirty Eighth Street
Breenberg
Princeton
Dartmouth
Dr. Jackson
Want to Dance With the Pretty Firemen
Cincinnati fire crews from Engine Company 5 and Hook and Ladder 7 rushed to a supposed blaze on Peete Street only to find two inebriated women seeking dancers. No fire existed as smoke came from a blocked grate and the crowd left in embarrassed amusement. Captains Dillinger and O Keefe led the responders after the uproar.
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Cincinnati
Engine Company 5
Hooks 7
Peete Street
Main Street
Frintz Street
Fire Department
Capt. Dillinger
Capt
O’keefe
Capt. O'Keefe
Trapper Kills Wolves After Wolf Attack on Child
In Saskatoon a trapper wintering near Moose Lake trains timber wolves for driving. While he was away a long journey, his famished wolves killed his three year old daughter as she ran to greet him. He killed all the wolves with an ax after the attack.
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Saskatoon
Fred Allingham
James
Mack J. Curtin
Moose Lake
Unwashed for Ten Years in Burt Mason City
A Burt farmer north of town claims he has not bathed in ten years and expects to live twenty more, proposing a local soap club with him as president. He is a full blooded American who smokes heavily and abstains from alcohol, bathing only for health reasons. Friends consider renting him out for farm work while joking about his unusual boast.
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Mason City
Burt
Pittsburg
Missionary recounts cobra danger in Indian jungle
Rev. P. Nielsen, a Poona based missionary, describes reptile worship in India and a life threatening cobra encounter during circuit work. He recalls families starving babies to feed milk to snakes and recounts a night alone where a cobra nearly killed him before he shot its head off.
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Jungle
India
Seattle
Wash
Ty. P. Nielsen
Poona
Bombay
Tungle
Bombay Presidency
Mr. Nielsen
Minnesota Men Catch Cannibal Fish
Brainerd, Minn. chief of police J. H. McGivern authenticates a strange tale. Engineer William Thompson and John Gabion captured a 27 pound pickerel that had swallowed a five pound black bass. They wonder if the take violated state game laws by taking a bass out of season.
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Minnesota
Brainerd
Minn
J. H. McGivern
William Thompson
Lake Superior
John Gabion
Izaak Walton
Ghostly cries near Fox River cemetery explained by trapped owl
In Geneva Illinois residents along the Fox River reported nightly wails believed to be spirits. Two boys found a snowy owl tangled in barbed wire near the cemetery. a taxidermist confirmed the bird died entangled, and the nocturnal owl’s cries meant no haunting, just a trapped animal.
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Chicago
Fox River
Geneva
Syndey
Fox River Hollow
Boy rescues cat from 60 foot well in Corona
In Jackson avenue Corona near Shell road an inquisitive kitten fell into a 60 foot well. 12 year old John Koehler descended the shaft rope in hand to pluck the cat from the water. He emerged with the kitten and earned a coin from an old man who praised his bravery.
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New York
Jackson Avenue
Corona
Shell Road
John Koehler
Koehler
Woman Swallows Water Snake in Lansdale Tale
In Lansdale Pennsylvania Mrs Kate Fellman long troubled by a presumed incurable illness coughed up a writhing seven inch water snake. Attending Dr L L Cope sent the reptile to Philadelphia where experts confirmed its species and limited life. Mrs Fellman recalls drinking spring water five years prior at a place of residence.
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Lansdale
Kate Fellman
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