Wreck Causes 42 Deaths in Lackawanna Train Crash
Speeding westbound Lackawanna No 9 struck fogbound signals near Gibson three miles from Corning New York. Forty-two killed and fifty to sixty injured as two engines, baggage car, Pullmans and day coaches derailed. Engineer Schroeder said he could not see signals due to heavy fog.
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Speed
Corning
N. Y
Lackawana
New York
Gibson
Niagara Falla
Schroeder
Elmira
No. 9
Thaw Sanity Hearing Resumes. Doctor Links Insanity to Life
White Plains July 3 The Thaw sanity hearing in the supreme court resumes as Dr. Austin Flint alienist testifies he believes Thaw insane long before the Stanford White killing and would remain insane for life. He signals readiness for cross examination by special attorney general William T. Jerome regarding Thaw's habeas corpus petition.
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Thaw
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Austin Flint
Flint
William T. Jerome
Spanking Ends in Injury for Oakland Mother
Mrs. W. Walters of Oakland broke a bone in her right hand while spanking her 16 year old daughter in San Francisco on July 8. Walters objected to the young man the daughter was keeping company with and tried the traditional method to enforce her views.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. Walters
Oakland
Joe
Arentt
Stove Manufacturer President Ends Life in Wilmette
David R. Anderson, 51, president of a stove manufacturing firm in Chicago, shot himself at his Wilmette home. Officials cite financial worries and a resulting physical breakdown as the likely causes of the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
David R. Anderson
Wilmette
Clergy Leader Resigns to Farm in Manitoba for Fruit Growing
The Rev. Dr. Ernest Voorhis, headmaster of the choir school at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, announces resignation after twelve years. He plans to buy a farm in Manitoba and pursue fruit raising.
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New York
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Ernest Voorhis
Manitoba
Fifty Chicago Theaters Declared Unsafe And Dangerous
Fifty theaters in Chicago are placed on the unsafe list. Nine are named as especially dangerous due to being located on second or third floors, including one downtown playhouse. In New York Bessie McCoy to marry Richard Harding Davis after a recent Chicago divorce.
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Chicago
Ill
New York
Bessie McCoy
Richard
Harding- Davis
Stork Report From Rochester July Baby Girl Births
Rochester NEY July 3 report notes two baby girls born within six hours at one residence to Mrs Charles Wright and Mrs Benjamin Abel, indicating multiple births in the same night.
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Stork
Rochester Ney
Mra
Charles
Wright
Benjamin
Abel
That Telephone Pole That Telephone Pole
Miss Nell Culver defies a suburban pole project to protect her aunt and home. She confronts the work crew with a pistol and guards the post with wit until engineer Bob Thomas, amused and intrigued, pledges to relocate the pole and visit about Mrs Culver’s sprained ankle.
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Nell Adame
Mrs. Culver
Culver
Nell
Uncle Jim
Joe
Miss Nell
Culvers
Aunt Joe
Misa Nell
Bob Thomas
Cure eczema with Cuticura Soap and Ointment claim
A testimonial from Mrs. G. A. Selby of Redondo Beach California dated January 15 1911 credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing eight years of eczema on her hands and chest noting a marked improvement by the second day. The ad promotes free samples via Cuticura Boston and touts the product as cheap yet high quality. Garfield Tea laxative and moral quips appear in the surrounding copy.
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G. A. Selby
Redonda Beach
Cal
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
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Express
Corning, New York
Awana Railroad
Clara Inez Deacon
Associated Literary Press
Garfeld
Garfield
Rep USA
Samuel Pitcher
Bears
the Centaur Company
Haan
Vienna
Libby
Libby, M £ Neill & Libby
Indiana
Hermann & McCoy CO
J. G. Hermann & CO
South Capitol Ave
Indianapolis
Diamond Gladiron Co
Anies Book of Advice and Patent Office
Frea Clements & Clements
Patent Attorneys Rade
Wearhlngtos
NE Prairie
Ned
Olligon
Alyra
Akane
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