Fiery Forests Threaten Kane Area and Oil Fields
Fire devastates forests and oil rigs across Kane and surrounding towns in Pennsylvania. Rigs and tanks owned by Union Oil and Griffith Company burn. workers abandon tracks and riverside towns amid dense smoke. Heavy rain later slows the blazes but widespread destruction remains, with Russell City and Knapp's Creek among hardest hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kann
West Kune
Grifith Company
Union Oil Company
James Campbell
Kane
Pittsburg & Western Railway
Ormsby
Bradford
Bordell
Russell City
Elk County
Knapp’s Creek
Novlouk
Coon Run
Notable Libel Verdict Against The World By Jury
A landmark libel verdict was rendered in a New York court against The World Publishing Company. The jury awarded damages of $50,000 to Mrs Maggie Lee, after The World alleged she eloped with a friend’s husband and married him in New York. The plaintiff, William J. Maine, sought $20,000 in damages. The case centered on published reports from Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avagery
Dansel
Bibel
New York
Lung
Lou
Wits Tatford
Suprowe
Tage
Ingraham
Dhe Press Publishing Company
World
Wits Viana J. Maine
Payne
Walkesbarre
Dne
Wilkerburre
Maggie Lee
Lee
Quake Witnesses Tell of Courage and Casualties
An overseas correspondent reports on a devastating earthquake with death toll estimates around 10,000 and about 600 wounded. Observers describe acts of bravery including tower guards and a minaret worker continuing despite shocks, plus a three year old boy’s miraculous survival beneath fallen stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofc
Praigfu
Aspistauts
Rirmaret
Beachu Ug Daw
Bine
Curious Tales of Magician and Misread Minds Across Europe
A collage of comic anecdotes from Europe recounts a Vienna to St Petersburg journey where a famed anti-spiritualist tested a Polish traveler with a 50 ruble bet on thought reading. The mocker fails to extract real thought, paying with 40 rubles, while a jew quips about a misread hint. Additional vignettes show a Glasgow comic and a reverend’s churchyard quip, revealing misheard speech and blurred phrases in travel sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Cumberland
Fishni- Novgorod
Corma
Elsp
Collision of Norman and Jack Sinks After Fog Disaster
The steamers Norman and Jack collided near Middle Island Lake Michigan in dense fog. Norman sank in minutes with a few crew rescued. three men died including Mrs Reynolds and two deck hands. The Jack, loaded with timber, damaged but her crew escaped in small boats. The Norman, built 1890, valued insured at 160000, owned by M A Manno & Co of Cleveland.
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Abriya
Mic
Norman
Jack
Middle Island
Lake Muren
Resnolds
Bernstone
Ante
Mare
Dacks
Sieken
Capricer
Cleveland
M. A. Manno & Go
Jacky
Stratton
Theamety
Globe Iron Works Company
Queer Uses of Paper Across Industries and Arts
A wide survey details how wood pulp and paper touch countless sectors from ships and telegraph poles to furniture and coffins. It notes rising demand for spruce forests, imitates German forestry balance, and mentions experimental paper vehicles, armor coatings, and paper boats with a tone of curiosity and caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Germany
Washington
Nod
One Use for BIC Sleeves in City Transit
Two girls laden with packages struggle aboard the elevated railroad at Fourteenth Street. As each parcel slips and falls to the car floor, brokers across from them bet which bag will drop next, drawing amused stares from passengers. The scene, set in the brisk air, shows the ladies reddening with effort as they recover hat boxes, bundles, and small parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude
Katie
Misa Katie
Parkace
Brooklyn
Fourteenth Street
Barats
How They Grew a Bell in a German Village
In Grosslaswitz a tiny church bell prompted a village plan after a corn stalk spotted by a schoolmaster. He and farmers nurtured a crop for eight years, transforming ears into gold to fund a second, larger bell for the church, as recounted in Harper's Young People.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosslaswhts
Germany
Gottfried Haye
Harper
No Temptation to Pile in a Muddled Parlor Talk
A garbled child’s dialogue fragment shows Willie asking clever questions about George Washington and his mother. The text includes broken phrasing and stray references to a Bowtom park and officers with bicycles, suggesting a disordered excerpt from a local piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Little Willie
George
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Pennsylvania
Flarme
Amc
Detroit
Bribie
Licredibie
Somerville Journal
Ileve
Alves
Titsibands
Jon
W.M. Homrene
Chestnut Proerecton
Univ
Mel Glenn
B. Stevens M. Compton
Alduk
A. Himebaugh
Pnoeton
R. Pomerene
Jocton
Public Square
J. C . Pomerene
W. James
Shogton
Shocton
Tay
C. Roche
Waiveton
Qvar Gray
Gc. Enapp, M. D
Cialiat
Hye
Har
Goshucton
South Fourth Street
ZanessDie
H. Barcroft, M. D
Ives
McNaughiun
Haight
Forors Brock
Main Street
Cossocron
Ohio
Lotice
Coos Ees
Boghocton County
Walnut Street
Coshocton
Starace
B. RK McGlelland
Tas C. Suaw
Sue
Mgalore
Board of Examiners
Parker
Wever
Dinramea & Heir
Giese
AGE
New York Tribune
Francia BE. Clark
Ghetstian Endvay
Worthing Son & CO
Ertford
the Age
Newark Tribune
Chanfarber Bros
E. H. Eckert
Ivory
Peed
Varcot Opera
Thomson
Streuis
Vst
Nieweps
The
New York Weekly Tribune
United States
Audishell
Tae Age
Triton Building
New York City
Pobce
Bee-Hive
Eame Bigling
Epringertch
Comer Maid
London
Boston
America
Add
Bath
Pratt
Bae
Chicago
Mercury
Buccau
Mary Arndt
Davelevare
Jobo Morrison
Sharpie Corp
Stephen Pelmin
Carnegie
Cadbury
Weather Bureau
Ile
Brooklyn Lite
Masarini
Marcdy
Manda Colle
R Gough
Group Medicina
Mreo
A. Ridenow
All Druggtere
Dc. fRly
Ingenlor
Marcie
Bowtom
Sjood’s
Diood
Ft. Tefors
Ayer
Sarsaparilla
Chia
Cemky & Yard
Tye Jaconein
Boggs & Buhl
Allegheny, Pa
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