Street of Freaks Frogs and Five-Legged Chickens Draw Crowds
Worcester residents on Cairo street report a growing museum of curiosities after the arrival of Peggy the four legged chicken and Rhodamanthus the tailless kitten. The street already hosted a five legged frog, a screw-tailed cat, and past oddities including a parrot, geese, a pet calf with a stub tail, and a snake in a gilded cage, attracting locals and visitors alike.
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Worcester
Mass
William Scott
Joseph Warbis
Cairo Street
New England
Rhode Island
Mr. Scott
Peggy
Scotts
Rhodamanthus
Fort
Rickshaw In London Shows Foreign Travel Trend
In a London note the rickshaw is cited as a Yankee idea from twenty years ago when Japan’s railways were sparse and motor cars rare, making the rickshaw the common transport for locals and visitors alike.
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London
Japan
Servant Countess Delka Romanoff in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn manufacturer, M. L. Lehman, employed Delka Romanoff as a servant. She later revealed herself as Countess Delka Romanoff, wife of Count Ivan Romanoff. He was exiled in Poland, later pardoned, and the couple sailed with their family after receiving letters of restoration. The piece also covers the origin of rickshaws in Japan and terminology.
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New York
Brooklyn
M. L. Lehman
No. 55
Park Place
Russia
Delka Romanoff
Ivan Romanoff
Russian
Poland
Lehman
Della Romanoff
America
Delka
Ivan
Kings County Hospital
Ali
Moe
Fire and chaos rattle Harlem waterfront blocks
A morning blaze reached a dozen warehouses and a poultry warehouse along the Harlem river, killing twenty horses and hundreds of chickens. Firemen fought the flames to prevent wider loss, with about 200,000 spectators watching. volunteers also searched for a missing watchman and many families fled the area.
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New York
Harlem
Hive Poultry
Spirit moves shout amid revival at Free Methodists encampment
In Battle Creek Michigan Bishop A Zellow of Jamestown New York argued that church people have a right to loud religious demonstrations like baseball fans cheer. He criticized local police for trying to curb the noisy encampment while noting forty cures of physical ailments occurred in twenty four hours from a revival of olive air anointing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
A. Zellow
Jamestown
N.Y
Zellow
Insurance Men Are Fined in Newport News Case
President Dan R. Yarvis and A. Andrews led 21 Southeastern Underwriters members convicted in a magistrate court for unlawfully conspiring to control city insurance rates. Each was fined 500 dollars. Cases appealed. outgrowth of association action raising rates 10 percent to offset a 60 percent license tax hike. Court ruled increases retaliatory and showing the association could penalize a city. Appeals to be heard in corporate court next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Dan R. Yarvis
A. 2. Andrews
Southeastern Underwriters’ Association
Nct
Corporation Court
Youth Makes Perilous Dive From Brooklyn Bridge
A thinly clothed youth leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge center span into the East River. The plunge 135 feet produced $3.50 in cash, two new suits of clothing, and a hoped for fame but ended with him being rescued.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Auto crash near Fostoria kills two injures two
An auto accident near Fostoria results in the instant death of Rev. E. E. Lashley and Ralph Biedler a hardware man from Fostoria. M. A. Stoneburner and James McConnell are likely fatally injured when the car plunged into a ditch after steering gear failed and the driver lost control.
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Upper
Sandusky
Olio
E. E. Lashley
Ralph Biedler
Fostoria
M. A. Stoneburner
James McConnell
Boy Hurt As Hayfork Falls in Indiana Farm Accident
Eleven year old Freddie Beauchot, son of Charles Beauchot of Monroeville Indiana, was seriously injured when a hayfork collapsed while helping load hay. The fork struck him on the back causing deep cuts. Dr. Kauffman said the injuries are serious but that the boy will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroeville
Ind
Freddie
Charles Beauchot
Kauffman
Five Men Killed on Trestle in Baltimore Incident
Five carpenters were killed and three seriously injured when a freight engine struck a gang on a trestle at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Twenty first Street and the Belt line tracks in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Twenty-first Street
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Museum of Curiosities
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Lydia I. Pinkham
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Clybourne Ave
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National Live Stock Com. Co
Kansan City
St.Joseph
Omaha
Neb
Medich
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Liberty Sta
Pittsburg
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