Tales of Pluce and Adventure and Other Stories
A compilation of dramatic exploits including Cruse saving a wounded trooper at Big Dry Wash and his famed quick shot against an Apache, plus a New York doctor battling a 200 pound St Bernard, a tiger escape tale from Clifton, a wife saving her husband from a wildcat, and a lineman's near fatal slip on a power line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Kingston
Newburg
N. Y
Bruno
Jie
Oliver Ladoucer
St. Paul
Hurley Brothers
Robert Street
William J, Burkhard
Ladoucer
Eli
Minneapolis Tribune
Whales Attack Men in a Canoe at Fort Simpson
A Vancouver dispatch reports two Charleston telegraph line crewmen hurt while fending off enraged whales on Skeena River. Sixty men work stringing Government wires as three whales chase them twenty miles upriver last Friday. One boat is smashed, an arm broken and another man knocked unconscious during the assault.
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Charleston
Fort Simpson
Vancouver
B. C
Skeena River
Chicago Tribune
Tim Linkins
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Tim
Theta
Lim
Pre
Woolson Spies Co
Toledo
Obin
Vast East African cave and giant coal market shifts noted
A Le Mouvement Geographique writer describes an East African cave near Tanga with a chamber reaching 250 feet and another area of 5000 square yards. India’s coal output surged by about forty percent last year, with exports already starting as coal deposits span wide regions. Also features the world’s largest stationary engine from East Pittsburgh, a kite propulsion experiment, Antarctic ice distribution, and Professor Woodward’s revised atmospheric height estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mouvement Geographique
East Africa
Tanga
India
Hand Sweeping Machines Adopted for Washington Streets
Engineering Record cites Mr Warner Stutler stating sweeping machines reduce dust, avoid sprinkling, and clean more area per man. He notes the device preserves cleanliness, gathers fine dust, and compares favorably to hand brooms, recommending city adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warner Stutler
Automatic Flagman War Trains In France
A French trial introduces an iron hook lever system at stations to stop trains quickly. When raised, the hook catches the engine lever, triggering an air brake and halting the train to prevent collisions in foggy conditions near railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Pearson’s Weekly
Your Tongue If It's Coated and Liver Disorder Remedy
An advertisement touts Ayer's Pills to cleanse the tongue cure dyspepsia and restore liver function. Claims the pills are easy to take and operate and are available from all druggists for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
St. Paul's Cathedral
C.C.C
Proverb Jokes And Odd Bits From A Barber Shop
A slice of urban life with snippets and jokes from a Chicago barbershop. Proverb humor, shopper quips, and stray ads mingle with tips on cures, appetites, and household novelties, reflecting a lively period-driven miscellany of sights and slogans.
The Danger from Flies
Investigators warn insects spread disease as flies feed on tuberculous sputum and typhoid feces. They contaminate many places by contact and dust from decomposing bodies. With summer coming, stronger measures are urged to curb their growth, prevent access to infectious material, and ensure foods are cooked or washed after potential contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Empire sizes loom over United States in old Britain map
A distorted clipping claims British North America and the West Indies surpass the U S in territory, pegging King Edward’s empire as vastly larger than the United States. It cites Europe and Asia scales, adds erroneous health ad copy, and notes a China population figure well above Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and Japan combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
West Indica
United States
Ammerica
Porto Rico
Alaska
North American
King Edward
West Indies
Newfoundland
Victoria
Globe
Edward
France
Germany
Island
Europe
Garfield
Bend
Caricld Tea Co
Brooklyn
Ramples
China
Britain
Rrussia
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
TALES
Pluce
Cruse
Homas Cruse
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Colonel Cruse
Tom Cruse
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Arizona
Big Dry Wash
Edaye B. Clark
Chicago Record Herald
Dr. Kingston
Kingston
Odell
England
London Chronicle
Clifton
Fcre
Tusbano
John Green
East Pittsburg
Penn
Woodward
Columbia University
Miss Minnie Hoover
Paris
Ill
Griggist
J.C . Lowall
Spitzbergen
Civilizacion
Allen
Olmsted
L.roy
Bank of France
Frey's Vermituge
Paey
Darristone
Kline
Norye
R. H. Kurz, Ltd
Arch St
Phila. Po
Bermuda
T. D. Loomis
Detrot
Mi H
Saya
Densio
John W. Morris
Pestineter DO
Riterpassion Bureau
Elaine
Nick Fellaf
Cure
H. H. Orsen
Atlanta
Mkilhenny
HI “Ough
Lion Coffe
Ninteen
Lion
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo, Ohio
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