Diary of two amateur tramps in summer investigation
The document recounts a state run study of tramps in July. Observers travel from Blandford toward Russell and Washington, recording ages origins and habits of groups, their thefts, food gathering, and attempts to evade locals. They track routes by chalk marks and note clashes with residents and law.
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Massachusetta
Stephenson
Springfield
Blandford
Russell
Tim
Westnet
Buffalo
N. Y
Hess
Washington
Tramps Plot Strike Tactics Against Boston and Albany Railroad
Ages of the group ranged from twenty two to forty. In August a caravan of tramps moved toward Washing ton meeting a second group of thirty three in the woods near Pittsfield. They claimed four hundred men awaited to join strike action on the railroad and discussed setting depots ablaze or soaping rails to halt trains, but refrained, wary of blame on railroad workers and a possible strike.
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Middlefield
Hinsdale
Pittsfield
Shaker
State Line
West Stockbridge
Stockbridge
Dunkirk
Chicago
Spencer
Mass
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Huntington
Russell
Westfield
Boston
Albany
Chester
Washington
Boston and Albany
A Carpenter's Horrible Death in Virginia City
A Virginia City correspondent reports the fatal accident at Savage carpenter shop where William Carpenter was fatally impaled on a rotating auger. He died after chloroform anesthesia wearing calm acceptance, uttering I am passing into the unknown as witnesses described the gruesome scene.
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Virginia City
Nev
William Carpenter
Carpenter
Japanese Bride Nails Lover to Sacred Tree in Ritual
A Japanese belief tale describes a deserted lover's vow to avenge infidelity. A woman rises at dawn in white attire with a tripod coif and candles, bearing a straw effigy of the faithless man. She nails the effigy to a sacred tree and prays for his death, vowing to add nails nightly to shorten his life.
Adulteration of Flour and Bread Sparks Alarm
The New York Evening Post notes that many foods contain foreign ingredients to cut cost or improve appearance. Flour is adulterated with rice, beans, rye, potatoes, Indian corn, alum, chalk, bone dust, and other substances. copper compounds are used to affect color and texture, risking acidity and reduced nutrition. A copper test using ferrocyanide of potassium can reveal contamination.
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Europe
New York Evening Post
Murder of White Woman by Okanagan Chief Red Berry
British Columbia reports a unique murder of an elderly white woman in the Okanagan district. The widow of early settler James Grisdale, reputed sorceress by locals, was killed by Red Berry who claimed to cleanse the community of an evil spirit. He was arrested and jailed in Okanagan.
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British Columbia
Okanagan
Red Berry
James Grisdale
Clanagans
Wise Care in a Country Church Aisle Silence Incident
A French paper notes a country church scene where men and women sit on opposite sides of the aisle. Mid sermon, chatter from the middle prompts a woman to declare the chatter isn’t on her side this time. The priest responds meekly as the scene ends.
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