Boston racer Spooner eyes Altoona debut at meet
The Altoona speedway set to host the Labor Day classic drawing fresh entrants from Boston and nearby. Vict Spooner, 23, aims for his first pilot run amid eager fans and veteran drivers like Fred Duesenberg, while other hopefuls showcase cars and speed as the racing season opens in Pennsylvania.
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Baffled Curiosity Sparks Fire Talk of Strange Creatures
A confused report describes odd creatures amid unclear language, speculating wildly about age and origin. The piece references the New Orleans Times and suggests a strange, puzzling inquiry into earthly mysteries and unidentified beings.
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Chautauqua Offers Five Days Away Opening In August
Chautauqua opens in five days on August 20 with six big night programs plus afternoon sessions for adults and juniors. Tickets range from 50 cents to 1.00 for season passes, and a junior program invites children up to four years old. Morning courses from 9 to 11 teach skills for community development, while a guarantor meeting at the Municipal Building features plans and attendance urged.
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Couple Found Starving On Streets Of N Y
United Press reports a 23 year old bride Mrs Joseph Martin and her husband from Philadelphia slept on park benches and dark hallways after three days without food. They were discovered near the Hippodrome by a passerby who alerted a cop and an ambulance. Mrs Martin recovered at Bellevue hospital though seriously ill. A group of taxi drivers raised 5 for the couple. In Greensburg stock in Copper Reef Consolidated Mines totaling 42206 shares were sold from the Wegley estate while he serves a 25 year term for embezzlement.
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Copper Reef Consolidated Mines
William F. Wegley
Western Penitentiary
Whale harpoon head found in Greenland whale
A whale caught off Greenland bore a harpoon head embedded for an estimated fifty years. Experts say the ancient spear point remained in the carcass long after the hunt.
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Too Perfect Murder Case Closed on Coast
Oakland California newspaper report says no coroner's inquest held into the so called perfect murder of Charles Henry Schwartz. His widow identified his body and supplied new details claiming he killed the preacher and staged an explosion death to collect a $190000 life insurance. She allegedly learned the hoax after Schwartz’s death by suicide.
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