Long Island Family Recalls 1840 Comet End of World Hoax
C D Meserole recalls the 1840 comet seen in the west with a golden tail. Millerites gathered in Bridgeport to await the end as Gabriel the angel appeared on a black horse. A hoax by a drug clerk using sheets and a horn caused panic before the crowd dispersed.
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C.D. Meserole
Long Island
Mr. Meserole
Bridgeport
Conn
Beaver Street
Gabriel
Sam
Rescue under Locomotive Delivers Heroic Push to Save Man
In Trenton on the Reading railroad at New York and Olden avenues, a ninety ton locomotive pinned a man named Thames King under its boiler. Surgeons, nurses, and a priest worked for over two hours to free him, with King and John McMurray among those injured but not fatally. Dr Seibert aided the victim as others labored to lift the engine and dig under it.
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Trenton
Reading
New York and
Olden Avenues
Thames King
Calhoun Street
McKinley Hospital
John McMurray
Philadelphia
King
Seibert
Father Haney
St. Joseph's Church
Sherman Avenue
Vincent Gratoski
Dr. Seibert
Dr. Newhart
McKinley Hospitals
Rescue under the engine as rail worker King is saved
Hundreds of volunteers dig a trench under a trapped railroader after jacks fail. Dr Seibert and Vincent Gratoski crawl under the engine, cut wood, and supply care and air with nurses assisting. King remains conscious, despite severe pain, as he is freed and treated at the scene.
Pruning Garden Shrubs and Window Box Watering Tips
Prune early bloomers just after flowering. heavy pruning in early winter for larger blooms. Water window boxes thoroughly at night and dawn, use rich soil, refresh topsoil mid summer, and nourish with manure water for lush progress. Include grafting wax on wounds to prevent infection.
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Deutzia
Spee
Regular Ton Boy Susie Trails Scrapes and Cures
A Regular Ton Boy Susie climbs trees fences and ditches and gets scratches and bruises. Her mother applies Bucklen's Arnica Salve which heals boils eczema old sores and chapped skin. Available for 26 cents at N F Claytons store.
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Susie
N. F. Claytons
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Loose Leaf Books
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Trenton, N. J
Taylor Mount
Derensal
Orphans’ Court
Micnesex
Tyne
Junta M. Mount
Alrent
Mount
Marcus
Farr
Robinson F. Willis
Petar R Bergene
County of
Middlesex
Peter
Bergen
Marcus & Fann
Winnie
William B.book
Thomas H. Dillon
Thomas Billott
Arcellon
Weir OG
Broons
Thewss
Dannos
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool
London & Globe
Ins. Co. of
North America
North British & Mercantile
Niagara
Commercial. Union
Pittsburg
Wercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Cranbury
N. J
Arnold
Gertrude
Arnold Bath
Arnold Wash
Clotha
O’neil’s
SESW
James O’neil
Main St. Cranbury,i. J
Devore
Devoe
Cranbury, N. Dd
WJ. Thomas
Dayton, N. J
W. H. Johnson
Matin
Japan
China
NGS
TO. Jts
Cileader
Regina
Thos. Mason & Son
Hightstown, N. J
Harry N. Scott
Detroit
Hightstown
Jamesburg
Dayton
Harry WN. Scott
Peppler
Paris
Bordeaux
Cansia
Walter A. Woods
Bette
Alb
Thomas ‘Peppler
Hightstow
Gunson
Ey State
Holman Jordan
Middlesex Creamery
F. C. Lamb
Clothiers
C. F. Danser
Cranbury, New Jersey
Ribsam
Ohio
Martin C. Ribsam
North Broad and
Academy Streets
Sun Optical Me. Co., Incp
F. OC
Leaming
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Eagle
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New York City
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