Traps Catches Men Accidental Injuries Spark Calls to Ban Modern Traps
In Williamsport Pennsylvania hunters alarm over steel bear traps, reporting dogs injured and a man poisoned by a trap in Potter county. The piece notes a 50 percent rise in traps, unsafe setups, and calls for outlawing hidden traps in favor of the traditional log trap.
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Williamsport
Kettle Creek
Potter County
Grant Hoover
Gray’s Run
Pennsylvania Woods
Tioga County
State Game Commission
Saloon quarrel ends with gunshot on Boulevard
In Bayonne New Jersey Joseph and Salvato Dorio quarreled in a saloon and continued the dispute in the street. Joseph drew a revolver on Twenty second street and the boulevard, firing Salvato in the cheek. Salvato removed the bullet from his mouth and tossed it to Joseph after the fleeing man. Salvato’s wound was dressed and Joseph was arrested. The men are not relatives.
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Bayonne
N. J
Joseph
Salvato Dorio
Twenty-second Street
Salvato
Joseph Ren
Rice production boom shifts U S markets and growth in Arkansas
Rice production in the United States rose from under 100 million pounds to 608 million in 1908, with 52.8 percent grown in Louisiana and 41.8 percent in Texas. Arkansas farmers expect near doubling of rice acreage next year as about 25 million pounds from 28 000 acres are marketed by February 1 and more land remains unused. The world market for rice totals 150 to 200 million dollars annually, with major production in British India and China.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
North
South America
Africa
British
India
China
Japan
Siam
Java
French Indo China
Korea
Formosa
Italy
Spain
Ceylon
Philippine Islands
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolina
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
North Carolina
Save Many Children Warns over Infant Deaths in U S
Dr Cressy L Wilbur chief of vital statistics at the census bureau says 100000 to 200000 children under five die yearly from preventable causes in the United States. He urges prompt birth registration and precise death causes by doctors to reduce infant and child mortality nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Cressy L. Wilbur
Census Bureau
Wilbur
Dr. Wilbur
Irving Fisher
Dynamite Blast Fatality in Lancaster Field
Omer Futer of Lancaster was fatally injured while blasting rock in a field when a misfired dynamite charge exploded. A fragment tore his left breast and collar bone, opened the lung cavity, and destroyed one eye while injuring the other.
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Lancaster
Omer Futer
Woman Sews Thumb Injury After Wood Chopping
Mrs. Horace Jenks of Millerton stitched her injured thumb after a wood chopping accident. She sewed the torn flesh and nail back in place with a needle and thread, taking 17 stitches without fainting or summoning a doctor.
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Winsted
Conn
Horace Jenks
Millerton
Seeing France with Uncle John aboard a yacht and ferry
Dear Mamma recounts a comic, perilous Brittany journey with Uncle John aboard a yacht and through St Malo Carnac Rennes and Auray. The misadventures include a stuck throttle, ferry mishaps, and the uncle’s antics as they tour stone monuments and villages. A surprise engagement between Lee and Yvonne unfolds, ending with plans to head to Paris.
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Carnac
Mamma
Lee
Jersey
Uncle
St. Malo
Del
Aunt Jane
Dol
Brittany
Rennes
Clara Emily
Redon
Paris
St. Columban’s
Auray
Three Mousquetairs Adventure Ends In Contentment
In a reflective diary voice a traveler praises the trip's balance of hardship and joy. He muses on Yvonne's wellbeing, contemplates a future in America, and jokes about romance and daring exploits as he nears return. He expresses satisfaction with the journey and with having secured happiness for his niece.
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Brewer
America
Belle-Isle
Dumas Belle-Isle
d’Artagnan
Martial
Robert-the
Intuition and instinct in philosophy and poetry
The fragment notes that intuition speaks to instincts in man and prompts a ready response, mentioning A. Bronson and a possibly corrupted phrase about inner understanding. The text hints at a discussion of instinctual guidance and its resonance in human nature.
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A. Bronson Alsocott
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Anne Warner
Yvonne
the Century Co
Aedon
Ployharnel
Ted
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Crach
Edna
Mrs. Clary
Ife
Uncle John Well
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