Death causes in Manhattan per coroners report 1906 details
The 1906 coroner report for New York County lists 398 personal crisis cases, 124 by gas, 110 by shooting, 21 cutting, 61 poison, 27 hanging, 27 jumping from windows or roofs, 4 front of moving trains, and 34 drowning. Homicides total 59, with 90 before grand jury. Natural deaths numbered 3,700, total deaths 5,890. Belmont and Pennsylvania funnels noted, caisson disease 19, sea salt content noted.
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Manhattan
New York County
Belmont
Pennsylvania
New York
Peruna Believes Spring Catarrh Testimonials
MISS DORA HAYDEN of Washington DC praises Peruna for relief from catarrh and urges friends to try it. N P Lawler of Pittsburg Kansas recounts spring catarrh turning better in days after starting Peruna, noting rapid health improvement. A London ink blotting trick is noted with a London shop tale.
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Dora Hayden
Peruna
6Th St
Washington, D. C
N. P. Lawler
N. Broadway
Pittsburg
Kas
London
New York Sun
London girl Ingenuity and Love in Crisis
Mabel Greenwood a London shop girl loses her Blackley's post and faces poverty while longing for Archibald Cayley. He offers marriage but she hides her love, torn between dignity and passion as April looms and their fragile friendship risks breaking.
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J. J. Daskam
Blackley’s
Mabel Greenwood
London
St. Ann's Hospital
Archibald Cayley
Cayley
Paddington Bookstall
Hampshire
Henley
Gatti’s
Bevington Gardens
Bayswater
Bevington Bardens
Blackley
Mabel
Archie
Errr
Novel air propeller and new X ray tube advances
A survey of diverse tech notes includes the Belgica expedition being prepared by the Duke of Orleans to join Denmark’s Mylius Ericksen on Greenland’s northeast coast. Other items describe a vacuum tube filter absorbing non Roentgen rays, a burglar alarm phonograph calling police, a self guiding bat mimic, rapid insect population growth, and Major Hoernes aeronautic aerial screw with planet-style rotating axes for alternating speeds.
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Duke of Orleans
Belgica
Greenland
Mylius Ericksen
Germany
Major Hoernes
Cologne
That Nickel Saved His Life
Dr Briggs arrived at the Meacham house to find his patient in a comatose state requiring hours of restoration. Mrs Meacham admitted giving him a powder measured by a nickel and pennies, though no dime was available, a detail the doctor noted with dry humor.
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Willie
Horses Have Insomnia Cause of Cavalry Strain in South Africa
The passage attributes poor horseflesh usage in South Africa to English cavalry horses kept bivouacked and overworked with limited food. The critique, voiced as Grey Scout in London Saturday Review, links sleep deprivation and rough conditions to the animals' failing condition.
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South Africa
London
Picnic on the Kansas Train Sparks Family Joke
A Kansas town train carries a woman and eight children who humorously claim their group is a family and insist the ticket fare is not a picnic. The conductor reacts with a light exchange highlighting the quirky moment from Short Stories.
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Kansas
Five Months Heat Drives People From Dead City
In Cairy Beyote the city lies deserted as five months of heat pass tolling away inhabitants. Those who can depart flee while shops shutter and life pauses under simmering skies.
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Cairy
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Edward Cross
Crescent
Lass
Crescent Chemical CO
Ft. Worth
Texas
Deeler’s
Kali Works
Atlanta
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