Girl with sharp teeth saves chum from death under flying train
Minnie Arnott and Mabel Swenson, ten year old girls from Nutley New Jersey, walked along the Erie Railroad tracks at Belleville when Arnott’s shoe snagged on the frog. Swenson bit through the knotted lace to free the foot just as the train approached, saving her friend before the locomotive passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl
Chum
Minnie Arnott
Mabel Swenson
Nutley
N. J
Patterson
Erie Raiload
Belleville
Arnott
Swenson
Heself
Irish Flag Above Stars and Stripes Causes Tug of Flags
In Galveston on March 17 Captain Moore aboard the British steamer Hewthead refused to lower the U S flag as required in a home port. An inspector and port collector ordered the Windom to stand by, but the Irish skipper yielded only by removing the U S flag while keeping the green flag displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Moore
Hewthead
Belfast
Ireland
United States
Windém
Bright silver dime changes man’s luck on Main Street
A man walking south on Main Street in cold wind found a bright silver dime near a junction. He had no money or food, told a bystander he was lucky, and planned to seek a lunch wagon. The tale was relayed to a Kansas City Times reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Kansas City Times
Lost Dime and Dime Handed to Child in Street Exchange
A poorly dressed woman laments losing a dime while a man, claiming he has what is needed, gives the dime to the child who dances away thanking him. The man with the stomach remarks, “Just my luck,” as the scene ends.
Homicide Near Greenville Leaves Farmer Dead
John Fowler a white farmer living near Greenville was shot and killed today by Ben McAbee a distant relative who lived with him in the same house The motive arose from a quarrel with McAbees wife McAbee is jailed in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
John Fowler
Ben McAbee
McAbee
Fowler
Buchan’s Soap advertised for sale in New York
An old advertisement promotes Buchan’s Soap with claims of absolute purity and refreshment. It instructs readers to send 10 cents in stamps for a cake of Buchan’s Cotton Bloom to Buchan’s Soaps Corporation at 225 Fifth Ave New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchan’s Soaps’ Corporation
Fifth Ave
New York City
Buchan
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
New York
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Dailytem
Georgetown
Georgetown Daily Item CO
Tem Co
W. Rouse
Manavyger
South Pepins
Congress
the Weather Bureau
Erie
U.S
W.H. Finlayson
55Th St
Brooklyn, N. Y
J. H. Fraser
Agt
B.f.jones & Son
Front and
Orange Streets
Grocery Co
Georgetown Electric
Georgtown Furniture CO
S.C
Haddock Livery CO
Gil Brater
Gibraltar
Southern Mercantile Co
Friendfield Plantation
B. W. Cannon
Red Store Wharf
Hartnett & Day
Noth
the Bank of Georgetown
State of
S. C
County of Georgetown
City Georgetown
Ells Sa Ee
Ishass
Ake
Kate
Front St
Georgetown, ,S. C
Sampson Dunmore
Pres
G. J. Dunmore Wer
Dicawncne
P. O. Box
Fraser St
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