Darwin the monkey rampage leaves shop in chaos
In York on October 80 Darwin the monkey escaped his cage at a Lexington shop and rampaged through a street of passersby. He killed thirty six gold fish and nineteen canal seven puppies and injured a police officer and his owner. The monkey was finally captured after biting hands and arms during a chase led by Dennis Cash and Russo.
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York
Darwin
Lexington
Canal Seven
Sam Senisgo
Russo
Dennis Cash
Weape
Cash
Russel
First Swiss Execution in 22 Years at Altdorf
The death penalty was carried out in Switzerland yesterday for the first time in 12 years. In Altdorf, Clement Bernet was guillotined for the murder of a young girl caught burgling.
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Berne
Switzerland
Altdorf
Canton of
Nii
Clement Bernet
Piles Relief Promoted by Harmless Tablet Hint
An advertisement touts a home remedy named HEMROAD by Hindle Drug Store Levertys Rug Stores and druggists. It claims the tablet relieves piles by renewing lower bowel blood flow, reducing need for cutting or operations with durable relief to sufferers, urging trial.
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Apple
Ne Sheonhardt
Hindle Drug Store
Levertys
Road conditions and detours in Connecticut as of 1940s
State Highway department notes road conditions with many under construction. Open to traffic on most, detours posted where shoulders or bridges incomplete. Streets from Mansfield to New Haven report closures, one way traffic, flagman directions, and temporary bridges to maintain route continuity.
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Connecticut
Mansfield
Mansfield Depot
Mansfield Four Corners
Storra
Groton
Baptist Hill
Old Mystic
Uas
Groton Noanke
Long Point
Waterford
Ibetour
Old Lyme
Montville
Norwich-Hadlyme
Salem
East Haddam
Norwich-Haddame
Hartford
New London
Gardner Lake
Norwich
Plainfield
Fulham-Norwich Road
Pay New
London
Bank’ Street
Stafford, Monson and
Wales
Teamice Union
Stafford-Union Town
State Line Road
Bolton
Bolton-Coventry Road
Main Street
Windsor
Broad Street
Hartford-New Britain
Elmwood
New Britain
Newington
West Hartford
Flainville
Farmington-Plainville
Canaan
North Canaan
Canaan-Norfolk Road
Sharon-Wagt
Cornwall-Cornwall
Housatonic River
Sharon-Salisbury
New Milford- Spinwatl
Roxbury
Southbury
Southbury End
Roxbury End
Hotchkissville Road
Apte Ridgefield
North Salem
Mewtown
Steven Road
Redding
Putnam ‘Park Road
Danoury-Sugar Hotten Road
Danbury-Newtown
Barkhamsted
Riverton Colebrook
Lovely Street
Canton-Alvany
Darieh Post Road
Weißheit
Clinton Westbrook-Post
Wright River Bridge
Westbrook-Monounketsch ‘River
Westbrook-Patchogue River
Oxford
Milford—Indian
Shore Road
Jenston— Easton Center Road
Black Rock Turnpike
Round el
Ansonia
Franklin Streets
New Haven
Middletown Avenue
Brazilian revolt leaders exiled to island near Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires reports conspirators tied to a Brazilian plot have been shipped to an offshore island to join other political enemies. The plan allegedly aimed to seize the Minas Gera, fire on the presidential palace, capture President Bernardes, and deport him to Europe to establish a Chile‑style military junta.
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Buenos Aires
Rio Janero
Minas Gera
Bernardes
Europe
Chile
Tuberculosis Soon No More Feared Than Tonsillitis
Milwaukee health scene reports Dr. F J Kalteyer of Jefferson Medical College predicts tuberculosis will be as little feared as tonsillitis within ten years. He cites rapid medical advances and research cutting the mortality rate since 1800, noting today’s rate is far lower.
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Milwaukee
F. J. Kalteyer
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Kulteyer
Passenger liner aground off Needles southwest of Hampshire
The Nieuw Amsterdam with 250 passengers on board ran aground four hours before morning near Shingle Bank southwest of the Needles in the English Channel while slowing to drop off a pilot. The ship was undamaged and later freed by tugs.
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Southampton
Associated +Press
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
New York
Needles
English Channel
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