Bamboozled In Formosa Gun Running Plot Collapse
Waller arrives in Formosa to recruit for a gun running scheme aiding Peppan Ioan chiefs. After a night ambush in bamboo forests, he is rescued by Japanese troops and learns the 30,000 rifles will not be required as authorities seek peaceful submission. He leaves on a Hong Kong bound ship.
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Dick Waller
Hong Kong
London
Waller
Peter Bimpkin
Schmidt
Simpkin
Rative
Tuck
Formosa
Sak‘halin
Sumatra
Japan
China
Bimpkin
Peter Simpkin
Kelung
Tawkan
Taiwan
Pe Chan
Bamboo Forest
Pittsburg Press
Dalmatian fishergirl slain by shark attack at sea
Milena Sgambelli, a Dalmatian fishergirl, was bathing near Zara with companions when two sharks charged them. She grabbed an iron rod and attacked the sharks, but fell into the water and lost her leg. She later died of blood loss.
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Milena Sgambelli
Zara
Milena
London
Cost of Tuberculosis Costs U S One Billion Annually
Yale professor Irving Fisher told an International Congress on Tuberculosis that tuberculosis costs exceed one billion dollars annually in the United States. He cited 138000 deaths yearly and estimated total societal losses exceed 8000 per victim, urging isolation hospitals to curb spread.
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Washington, D. C
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Fisher
United States
Professor Fisher
Record Coal Mine Death Toll Reaches 3125 in 1907
Washington reports 3125 coal miners died and 5316 injured in 1907 across the United States per Geological Survey. West Virginia led deaths per thousand and Alabama and New Mexico saw high fatality rates with low production per life lost. 947 gas and dust explosions and 201 powder blasts caused many deaths. roof and coal falls were the chief killers. BE W Parker calls for Congress to grant 150000 for disaster investigation and prevention.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Geological Survey
West Virginia
New Mexico
Alabama
Missouri
BE. W. Parker
Congress
Diver Fights Devil Fish In Daring Fort Ross Rescue
In Fort Ross Cove California diver Martin Lund of the Coast Wrecking Company battled a giant devil fish aboard the wrecked steamer Pomona lying in thirty feet of water. With tentacles constricting his legs neck and torso Lund hacked at the limbs and head with his knife until he broke free and was brought to the surface unconscious.
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San Francisco
Cal
Martin Lund
Coast Wrecking Company
Pomona
Fort Ross Cove
Marin County
Lund
Mercury Found by Surgeon to Cure Tuberculosis
Navy surgeons report mercury as a tuberculosis specific after accidental discovery by Surgeon Barton Leigh Wright. The injection treatment, given with open air rest proper food and sanitation, aims to halt tubercular lesions and save lives where lung tissue remains viable. Surgeon-General Rixey made no comment on the tests.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Government Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
C. T. Hibbett
Barton Leigh Wright
Wright
Rixey
Gingerly Ginger: From Teething Gums To Soap Mischief
A fragmented 19th century column blends dubious remedies with domestic humor. It cites Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething and Hicks’ Capuchine for women’s pains, then shifts to a grocery store scene where a bride mistakes cheese for soap, explaining misfiled purchases and a puzzled clerk amid a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
No Gusher But Tells Facts About Postum
A Wisconsin reader praises Postum with a eight year habit, drinking it three times daily to ease prior dyspepsia and indigestion after giving up coffee. The letter, signed as from Postum Co., cites improved eating and health for herself, her parents, and husband, and notes continued use.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Alifornia
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