Ludlow Police Carry Their Call Boxes in Patrol
Ludlow Massachusetts town officials adopt a system where patrolmen carry time clock boxes on their person. Each station pole must be visited every two hours using a key attached by a chain. Critics mock the device while Patrolman Hall K Storer, holder of multiple town offices, is praised for his energy. Storer reportedly bought an electric searchlight to locate key stations on dark nights.
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Ludlow
Mass
Hall K. Storer
Storer
Baseball sermon frames sacred civic virtue in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Rev Dr Edward Young of Second Presbyterian preached a baseball sermon lauding the sport as Ameri cans most public and moral pastime. He linked it to Christian life, teamwork, and the endurance of players, praising fairness and self sacrifice over spectacles.
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Pittsburg
Edward Young
Second Presbyterian Church
St. Paul
Basnball
United States
American beauty ideal by Harrison Fisher in New York studio
American illustrator Harrison Fisher praises the American woman as more spirited and intelligent than French or English counterparts. He notes American models mix cosmopolitan traits and varied heritage, unlike Parisian models who pose in limited fashion. A Brooklyn model graduate earns pin money posing for illustrations. In a second item, a Philadelphia boy trades three $10 pieces for three quarters, exchanging gold for quarters via a stranger.
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New York
Harrison Fisher
Latin
Rodin
Brooklyn
Harrison Winder
Miss Franklin
Mr. Fisher
Scotland
Ireland
America
Paris
Philadelphia
Charles Hutchinson
Hoe
Hutchinson
Wynnewood
James Meany
Hutchinson, Jr
Seton
Set Clocks Ahead Proposal Sparks Clockmaker Guild Debate
President Wright of the British Watch and Clockmaker Guild urged shifting all clocks one hour to move dawn earlier. The plan would make 11 PM become 12, prompting earlier bedtimes. Critics cited huge practical challenges and risks to astronomical calculations, and the proposal was not adopted.
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London
England
Wright
British Watch and Clockmakere! Guild
Nowa
Lawsuit Grows From Prison Work Injury Case
Lawyer Joseph A. Shay pursues $25,000 damages against the state over James Manning who lost his right hand at Elmira reformatory after being forced to operate a steam circular saw. Manning, once jailed at 19, says the state’s actions ruined him. Joyce, another inmate, suffered a similar amputation and later died after release following efforts led by Mrs. Ballington Booth.
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New York
Joseph A. Shay
James Manning
Manning
Elmira Reformatory
Mr. Shay
Shay
Court of Claims
John V. Joyce
Joyce
Privion
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Sparkhhill-on the-Hudson
Hill
St. Gregory Hospital
No Crime to Bet Gloves Says New York Justice
Justice Gaynor states that betting a pair of gloves is not a crime under the penal code and that a bet between two people is lawful. The remark came during an injunction dispute with Justice Dickey over a "plate game" at Coney Island, where the lower courts previously ruled it gambling.
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New York
Justice Gaynor
Gaynor
Dickey
Langfelt
Coney Island
Langan
Scudof
Supreme Court
Gayhor
Bear Hunter Confronts Cinnamon Bear Near Bear Mountain
Edwin Steel, while tending his father's stock in Calaveras County near Bear Mountain, shot a large cinnamon bear twice to no avail. He then lariated the wounded animal, wrestled it in a fierce melee, and finally killed it after a brutal struggle. Two years earlier he survived a bear attack on a range, losing blood when an artery was severed in his wrist.
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Stockton
Cal
Bear Mountain
Calaveras County
Edwin Steel
Steel
Fox Fond of Strawberries in Jackson Township, Pa
Harry Hobba, a fruit grower, surprised a red fox feasting in his strawberry patch while a berry-picking boy awaited. The animal ignored the farmer’s calls, creeping between rows and plucking berries, then casually moved away as Hobba approached.
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Fox
Harry Hobba
Jackson Township
Philedelphis Baserd
Century-Weak Grandmother Sallie Shirey Turns 95 in Birdsboro
Grandmother Sallie Shirey celebrated her 95th birthday last Sunday at the family home on Monocacy Hill. Neighbors from the district gathered as she shared memories of the Revolution era, recalled farm life, and emphasized outdoor work and a healthy, worry-free philosophy. Her sons Nathaniel and Emanuel live with her, and five generations attended the party.
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Birdsboro
Mrs. Shirey
North Woburn romance ends with matrimony dispute
In Boston Henry Smith pursued his sweetheart across the ocean. Dorothy Margerie had married, passing the ticket to Annie Jansen who pretended to be Dorothy. Smith faced deception, legal wrangling, and eventual separation as Annie moved north to live with friends before marrying elsewhere. Also included is a dramatic Kern county field fire blamed on an Edison power line sparking from a roaming eagle, and a London note on children keeping snakes as pets with frogs tortoises and colored lizards popular in society circles.
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Boston
Henry Smith
North Woburn
Old Country
Dorothy Margerie
Dorthothy
Annie Jansen
Dorothy
America
Henry
Annie
Smith
North Wobara
Abe Kes
Los Angeles
Cal
Tejon Ranch
Rose Station
Kern County
Bakersfield
Edison Company
London
Mechanical Face Reconstructed After Gunburst in Paris
A Paris man blinded and injured when a gun exploded near him has received an artificial facial reconstruction from Dr. Delaire of the French Academy of Medicine. The marvel of mechanism restores speech and chewing, with four parts including dental apparatus, vulcanite and gold teeth, and India rubber facial sections fitted by metal bolts and clasps.
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Paris
France
Delaire
French Academy of Medicine
Academy
India
Men in Beauty Show at Victoria Pier pavilion
London spectators vote on the handsomest man among 60 contestants including a Japanese Hussar and city soldiers. Winners include Sergi W. T. Hodgetts of the Seventh Hussars, Bernard Fudge of Hampstead, and Herbert Fadell of Pimlico. Haunted House in Chicago sold and moved, alters ghostly perceptions.
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London
Eng
Follstone
Victoria Pier
Japanese, & Hussar
Fourth Battery
Rh.a
Cornwall
Isle of Man
Norwich
Sergi
W. T. Hodgetts
Seventh
Hussars
School of Musketry
Hythe
Bernard Fudge
Elm Terrace
Constantine Road
Hampstead
Herbert Fadell
Lupus Street
Pim Ile
Eight Guffer for Boy's Fault in Norfolk
Norfolk farmer R T Powell shot at a boy robbing his melon patch injuring eight Jamestown exposition workers on a trolley. The boy escaped, the farmer faces arrest. Also reported ex slave George W Harrie died in Bikton Maryland at 113 years 1 month 44 days.
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Norfolk
R. T. Powell
Here
Bikton
George W. Harrie
Howlandeville
Marris
Hartford County
Harris
A Simple Rheumatism Remedy From a New York Paper
A well known Rheumatism authority presents a home ready remedy: Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce Compound Kargon one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake in a bottle and take a teaspoon after each meal and at bedtime. Ingredients available from prescription pharmacists at modest cost. Used consistently for a few days it is said to ease pain and swelling without stomach harm.
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New York
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