Big Salmon Catch on Grand Lake Stream Draws Brookline Men
George C. Stevens of Winthrop Road and Charles R. McWilliams of Manchester Road, Brookline, Maine, landed forty nine salmon during seven days on Grand Lake Stream and Big Lake in a famous New England fishing ground. The pair, veterans of the rod and line, note that taking a dozen beauties in one day was a proud achievement. They describe the sport, tackle, and the long journey to reach the Maine waters, where patient waiting and a moving minnow lure lead to dramatic strikes and fierce fights lasting up to thirty minutes per fish.
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Brookline
George C. Stevens
Winthrop Road
Charles R. McWilliams
Manchester Road
New England
Grand Lake Stream
Maine
Boston Herald
Izaak Walton
Stevens
Mr. McWilliams
Pine Woods
Grand Lake
Big Lake
Bangor
Washington Country
Princeton
Fonnel T
Wireless photo transmission to cross Atlantic within four months
London reports a new wireless system will transmit pictures across the Atlantic and globally within four months. Stations planned at Lyons France and Washington DC, with inventor claiming 200 words per minute. System uses continuous waves to improve speed, aims to extend to Africa and British colonies after testing.
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London
Atlantic
Telegraph Company
Lyons
France
Washington
D. C
Africa
British Isles
End of the French Market in New Orleans
The historic French market faces closure as modern sanitation drives a total reconstruction. The house fly eradication campaign forces the bazaar’s demise, ending a hub where four generations of locals bought meat and vegetables and where artists gathered for inspiration.
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New Orleans
How to build a cosy six room cottage by William A Radford
William A Radford offers free construction advice to readers and describes a six room cottage 27 by 38 feet with a front hall stairway two open fireplaces built in back porch and efficient heating. He notes costs from 1400 to 1700 dollars and highlights air flow efficiency and practical dining room pantry and sewing machine placement.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Antil
Moving Habit Divorce Plea
Minneapolis man W. P. Crawley seeks a divorce on grounds of a perpetual moving habit by his wife over seventeen years of marriage. He claims she beat him with a broom and that she spent his earnings, forcing him to borrow from his brother for support.
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Minneapolis
Minn
W. P. Crawley
Old Lady Swims Hudson Mile to New York and Back
Gray haired sixty five year old Elizabeth Berle of Edgewater New Jersey and her eighteen year old daughter Kitty swam from Edgewater to the Washington club at 152nd street in four miles and a half in forty five minutes. They were then prevented from attempting the return leg.
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Miles
New York
Elizabeth Berle
Edgewater
N. J
Hudson
Washington Club
Kitty
Elderly man surrenders over old death confession in New York
Evan Evanson of Bath Beach called police in Manhattan saying his conscience troubles him after being responsible for a woman’s death in 1898. He told magistrate he wished to testify to the grand jury. Evanson was jailed overnight and later committed to Kings County Hospital for five days observation.
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Man
New York
Evan Evanson
Bath Avenue
Bath Beach
Manhattan
James Dunn
Evanson
Margaret Lens
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Dodd
Lee
Health Department
Bright
Delapha
Grand Jury
Kings County Hospital
Boys Charged in Fatal Park Arson Murder
Memphis youths Mitchell Cabaniss and Clarence Shaw, ages eight and ten, confessed to pouring whisky and gasoline on Robert M. Ellis while he slept on a park bench in Forrest Park and burning him. Ellis died from the flames as police and bystanders fought to extinguish the blaze.
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Memphis
Mitchell Cabaniss
Clarence Shaw
Robert M. Ellis
Forrest Park
Cabaniss
Ellis
Boy walks mile home after fall breaks legs
Nine year old Henry Bergen fell from a tree in Mount Holly New Jersey sustaining two broken legs and a severe abdomen laceration. He crawled a mile to his home where he fainted on the doorstep his mother found him severely injured and exhausted with clothing worn through.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Henry Bergen
Paxton Toilet Co advertises Paxtine for body odor control
A Paxton Toilet Co advertisement promotes Paxtine for use in sponge baths. It claims eradication of perspiration and all body odors and offers 25 cents a box or postpaid shipment from Boston Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Doctor's Arsenic Question Astonishes Court
Orfia the celebrated doctor testifies as an expert in a capital trial. He is asked how much arsenic is needed to kill a fly. He replies that details on the fly’s age sex temperament and status are required before he can answer.
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Orfia
M. le President
Kentucky Woman Credits Grape-Nuts With Health Turnaround
A Kentucky woman detailing digestive and neural symptoms describes switching from a usual breakfast to Grape-Nuts with cream. She reports rapid improvement in strength and mental vitality, noting relief from heat flashes and chest pains except after heavy rich meals. She credits continued use of Grape-Nuts for ongoing health gains and cites Postum Co and The Road to Wellville as sources.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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