Monster rattler in Texas changes hearts
In Burleson county a giant rattlesnake attack near a camp binds Miss Nellie Hightower and her father to a desperate moment. Richard Tarne shoots the monster to save the girl as onlookers fear a deadly fangs strike. The snake, the largest of its kind shot in Texas, carried twenty six rattles and a headless body longer than six feet.
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Dick Tarne
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Monster Snake Attack Strikes Miss Nellie Hightower
Miss Nellie describes a hypnotic gaze from a venomous reptile as it closed in by a pool. Colonel Hightower rushed to her side and struck the creature with his cane while she lay paralyzed in terror. The rifle crack signaled rescue as fear and pain filled the moment.
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Satan
Fishermen Becks Struggle Free from Seine in Lake Michigan
Charles Beck and his son George Beck of Evanston fought for two hours after their boat capsized off Grosse Point lighthouse. Entangled in a 300 foot seine, they cut free with a knife, battled waves, and crawled to shore exhausted but alive with help from neighbors.
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George Beck
Evanston
Lake Michigan
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Grosse Point
Alaska Paradise Promised in Sunrise Letter
A Kansas City boy in Sunrise Alaska writes his mother praising the arctic paradise. He notes lush raspberries oats and garden truck in suburbs, abundant game, pleasant weather, and future potential with railways. He urges travelers to visit and speculates many homes will arise for industrious people.
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Turkish Typewriter Shows First to Write Turkish Arabic and Persian
Selim Haddad, Cairo artist and inventor, arrived in Washington to present a prototype that he claims can type Turkish Arabic and Persian with just 53 keys. He says the machine reduces 600 characters to a compact keyboard and marks a breakthrough after five years of development and patency in the US Europe and Egypt.
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Europe
A National Quilt Presented to President Roosevelt
Bridgeton New Jersey ladies of the Central Methodist Episcopal church have finished a $500 quilt titled the national quilt. It features forty seven linen blocks for each state plus the District of Columbia and insular possessions, with state flowers in silk colors and crossed flags for DC. Miss Lillian Kennedy led the project as niece of Rev. Dr. W. W. Moffett.
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Aluminum powder used to boost detonator energy in Berlin
The article describes aluminum powder mixed with other substances in percussion caps to create a detonator. The aluminum’s high burning temperature when reacting with oxygen yields greater mechanical energy, improving explosive response compared with prior compositions.
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Berlin
Kipling’s Pie Gift From New York Mother In Law
Mrs Balestier of New York sent her famous son in law Rudyard Kipling a glass rolling pin for pie crust. The Utica Press notes the Kipling family’s fondness for pie and calls pie the stuff that dreams are made of.
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Rudyard Kipling
Walcott Balestier
New York
Prairie to Be a Training Ship
The Navy plans to detach the cruiser Prairie from the North Atlantic squadron and fit her as a training ship after maneuvers in the Caribbean this winter. The move follows a large influx of recruits gathered nationwide by recruiting parties last summer.
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Navy Department
Prairie
North Atlantic
Washington Star
Ham Baked In Cider
A lean eight pound ham is baked in cider with onion clove allspice cinnamon and ginger. The skin side down is covered with a flour paste and cooked three hours slowly then basted. Skin and paste removed before finishing in the oven with parsley breadcrumbs. A cider gravy is made by reducing the roasting liquid.
Odd Echoes of Self and a Water Tale
A Washington Star quip has Mrs Bliggins reacting with shock to a grown man admiring himself. An Irish soldier humorously misunderstands a sergeant’s question about his route, saying he is headed to get water, not in those trousers but in the pail.
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Washington Star
Pat
Temperance Champion Praised By Friends
A humorous exchange praises Mr Tubbs as a long time booze fighter. Mrs Teacup-Oh proclaims delight at his temperance stand while Tubbs deflects the praise. George reportedly noted his strong stance against alcohol.
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Mr. Tubbs
Tubbs
George
Street Car Speed Regulated by Mind Says Philosopher
A Baltimore Herald quip notes street car speed seems controlled by mindset. It mentions the car appears slow when one is in a rush to catch a train and speeds up when sprinting to reach it.
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Baltimore Herald
A Quip About Firmness of Mind and Death
A London Telegraph style anecdote recalls an old Irishwoman Bridget who fears the weather will finish her. An elderly neighbor jokes she lacks firmness of mind and should pick a day to die and stick to it, a wry comment on fatalism.
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London Telegraph
Grumblers and advertisIng truth in business
A storekeeper who laments slow business is the one who distrusts advertising. He is dead and unaware. Advertising Experience.
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