Tragic Merrimac River Accident Drowns Twelve Boys
In Lawrence a river bathhouse runway collapsed under a crowd of about 50 youths aged 8 to 12. Twelve boys were drowned and others reported missing as the platform gave way, sending children into the stream. Divers searched the river bottom as police and volunteers assisted, with boats retrieving visible bodies.
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Laurency, Maas
Grene
Manity
Dracy
Inda
Ita
Merrimac
Bath House
Chicago Heat Wave Death Toll Tops Thirty Three
Chicago faced an extreme heat spell with the city recording a death toll of 33 as thermometers surged past 100 degrees. Ambulances filled the streets delivering victims to hospitals while officials noted many fatalities were in crowded tenement areas.
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Chicago
Middle West
Dowstown
Morgage
Seven Dead In Midnight Fire Disaster
New York July 1 Seven persons died and more than 20 injured when a four story tenement at 66 Greenwich Street burned just before midnight The flames lasted five minutes and firefighters and police worked for hours afterward Five men and two women including Mrs Mary Davis and Minnie aged year old died The bodies were found in various locations on top and second floors and in a hallway Ambulances from Hudson Street and volunteer hospitals ferried the injured with burns and broken limbs to care facilities
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New York
Greenwich Test
Mra
Mary Davis
Minnie
Hudson Street
Reception
Convicts Escape U S Prison
Leavyanworm July 1 report says inmates Richeard Osborne and Walter Laymen escaped by sawing bars in their cell door and a cellhouse window. They climbed an improvised ladder to the roof, crawled through a hole, and were believed to be taken away by automobile. Warden McAlaughty called it the boldest escape in 39 years. Osborne compared to Dick Turpin. Osborne served 18 years for a Washington robbery. Layman for counterfeiting.
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Leavyanworm
San
Richeard Osborne
Walter
R. W. McAlaughty
Osborne
Dick Turpin
Mulhall Publishes Letters Linking Congress to Manufacturers' Association
New York reports Colonel Marks M Mulhall of Baltimore released letters he says show members of Congress and government officials receiving money from the National Manufacturers' Association to influence legislation. The documents include copies of letters and telegrams selected from Indianapolis material.
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New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
Marks ML Mulhall
Baltimore
Congress
Manufacturers’ Association
Aampie Tetters
Leligrama
Nda
Milhal
Mercantile Tax Notice and Local Confectionery Ad
Mercantile tax due to County Treasurer Wri G Walker. Advertising copy touts pure confections and government standards. Note: messy OCR mixing tax notice with a confectionery sales pitch, highlighting quality, price and compliance.
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Wri G. Walker
Bette
General Sickles N Northern Soldier Receives Ovation In Gray
In Altoona Pennsylvania on July 1 a young woman, Mrs. Frank Grist, aged 11, collapsed and died during her first dance with her husband at the Eagles' new hall. She died before medical help could arrive.
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Dropa
Altoona
Eagles
Frank Grist
Ouanens
Parisian Sage Hair Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Parisian Sage by F. Amos & Co claiming it stops itching, cleanses dust and oils, removes dandruff, and makes hair softer and more abundant. It promises hair growth and beauty from a 50e bottle.
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F. Amos & Co
National Bank of Corry announces banking terms
CORRY PA Henry Keppel president and J Smith cashier present at the National Bank of Corry listing general banking terms including time deposits drafts on foreign countries and staff positions D H Andrews assistant cashier and Traunieis general banking duties noted in an old OCR fragment
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Henry Keppel
J. Smith
D. H. Andrews
Asst
Cnahler
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Lawrence Pier
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St. Vitus
NDREW
McKelvry
D. C
Park Pisce
Gregg
Wilson
Erie Business College
West 9Th Street
Pennsyl
Frie
S. W. Parker
Corser Smith
W. Wayne Steeth
Garry
Simeone
Ely J Paneer Pen Company Mill
Parker
Babbitt’s Drug Store
Albany
State Capitol
Excise Department
B. Simmons
U.S. Prison
Mulhall
Paver
First Ave
Martin Ressler
Wold and Ra
Sickles
Corry, PA
Forest
Essex Mills
Burson
Crete
Isis li
ACME
B.M. Jourdet
Hoosier
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