The Reincarnation of Bud Warner
A pale man recovering in a hillside shack befriends a prospector named Smith. After healing, the duo faces danger as Peters-turned-Bud Warner seeks a reward in Sulphur, only to be confronted by Sheriff Windy Sam and a twist of fate.
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Wells, Fargo & Co
Big Cat
Bud" Warner
Bud Warner
Warner
Chicago
Sangre de Cristo Range
Smith
Peters
Pete
Sulphur
Windy Sim
Sulphur County
Sim
Sangre de Crista
Sam
Girl Explorer Relates Cannibal Tale From New Guinea
Beatrice Grinshaw, an Irish author visiting New Guinea, recounts visiting Goari Bari with officials and soldiers. She describes natives displaying cooked human flesh, skulls, and decaying bodies in trees, and notes cannibal meals tasted better than pork or dog. She also mentions tea in the village and a dive near Thursday Island amid sea life.
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London
Beatrice Grinshaw
South Seas
New Guinea
Gulf of Papua
Goari-Bari
Chalmers
Gov. Robinson
Col. Antill
Port Moresby
Nice
China
Judge Murray
Thursday Island
Kiss saves woman from living burial in Tonbridge
Mrs Carton of Tonbridge lay in a coffin believed dead after a brief illness. Her husband, distraught, kissed her cheek before the lid was screwed down, and she revived. A doctor confirmed her recovery as she recalled the trance and felt the coffin close her in.
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London
Mr. Carton
Boy Laid Low by Rooster in Pottsville
Three year old Charles Horn of Donaldson, Lincoln Horn’s son, suffered a severe scalp wound and facial injuries after a game rooster attacked him in a chicken yard. An older brother had led the boy to the yard and fed the birds before the attack, which left physicians reporting the child in critical condition with life considered despaired.
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Pottsville
Charles
Lincoln Horn
Donaldson
Little Charles
Freeland Woman Rescued After Night Lost in Mountains
Mrs. John Klinger of Freeland wandered from home during a heavy rain and spent the night in the mountains. A rescue party led by Burgess Hartman, with state constables, searched all night. she was found near Drifton the next morning exhausted and hospitalized in critical condition.
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Freeland
John Klinger
Burgess Hartman
State Constabulary
Klinger
Jeddo
Drifton
Rats In Home Attack Two Babies In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on South Second street rats leaped into a back room and attacked Mamie and Issie Jaffin while they slept. The injuries required hospital care with lacerations to Mamie’s foot and hand and a nose injury to Issie. Father Louis Jaffin woke to screams and carried the children to hospital as they were treated.
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Rata
Philadelphia
Mamie
Issie Jaffin
South Second Street
Jassie
Issle
Louis Jaffin
Jaffin
Salvation Army spends over eleven thousand in two months
In a little over two months the Salvation Army spent more than $11,000 in Toronto to relieve poverty. The city and army officers gave their full time without expense, aiding more than 600 families with aid.
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Salvation Army
Toronto
True Courage and the Heroes of War Medics
A narrative extols medical staff in war, recounting English surgeons who sacrificed life and safety. It praises Majuba hill heroism by a mortally wounded surgeon aiding another and a Highlander duo saving an officer during the Ashanti war by stopping a neck wound and tying the carotid artery under fire.
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Blackwoods
Majuba Hill
Sir Philip Sidney
Zutphen
Ashanti
Ampaful
Heeling Match Described With Heel Bit Rig and Reins
The piece explains a playful heel race using a broom stick as a heel bit and two rope reins, tied to ends of the stick. Competitors must keep their heels elevated and weight on the heels, else disqualification for ground contact or misaligned reins.
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Caref
Mysterious Nonsense Fragments From Verse Lacking Clear Tale
A jumble of archaic sounding lines mentions a white seed, a head, night spirits, and creatures such as wolves and bears. The text reads like fragmented poetic fragments with no coherent narrative or identifiable figures.
Italy a Good Customer in Trade Figures
Italy's imports from a country total nearly 67 million dollars annually while euro receipts from that nation reach about 336 million. The figures reflect a steady trade relationship and balanced exchange with the partner country.
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Italy
Tethered Goat Solves Half Acre Grazing Problem
In a half acre equilateral triangle field a goat tethered at a corner can graze half the grass. The method uses six quarter acre sectors forming a hexagon. the needed tether length is about 1,731 inches or 48 yards. The calculation relies on circle area with six equal sectors.
Ring Game with Four Posts in Sequential Encirclement
A tabletop game built from strong cardboard uses four numbered posts 1 to 4 with hooks on top. Players swing a ring to encircle posts in order 1 through 4. Correct encirclement grants another turn. wrong post resets to post 1. First to complete the sequence wins.
Penny Lifting Puzzle Baffles Friends
A curious social puzzle asks a friend to lift a penny by only holding the tip of a single straw. Provide five straws and four pennies to force balance tricks, with the secret method hinted by an illustration. Straws about 3 inches long.
Cat Emma’s Courage Becomes Asheville Legend
In Asheville North Carolina Emma a beloved cat who saved clerk S H Alexander during a 1901 bank robbery is celebrated after a recent fatal accident. The tale recounts how Emma aided the clerk helped catch two robbers and two accomplices was named official mouser and honored at a funeral with townwide attendance. Only one of Emma’s 172 kittens remains alive.
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Emma
Asheville
Ema
North Carolina
Emma Township
S. H. Alexander
Alexander
D. J. McLellan
Mouser
Capitol Flowers Bloom At State Capitol Park
The largest flower bed in the state capitol park a 440 foot tulip strip near the plaza edge is blooming. Laid out last fall by Superintendent Rambo the 4000 red tulips form a striking decoration facing the stately building across a broad concrete pavement.
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Capitol
State Capitol Park
Rambo
Philadelphia Press
Macaroni Worms Sparked Family Hunt in Georgia Tale
Aunt Thilo, a cook in a Georgia household, took home a dish of macaroni from the white folks table for her own family and praised it. The next day two children were seen turning over stones and digging in the yard. They explained they were hunting for more macaroni worms.
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Thilo
Georgia
Austrian inventor unveils automatic money counting device
An Austrian inventor has produced a machine that counts money. Coins are dropped into a top funnel and slide down a spiral track with raised borders marked to fit each denomination. Each coin passes its corresponding slot and drops into a basket as it moves along the track.
Study at Home and Marriage Plans Mentioned
Maud, a graduate of the cooking school, plans a post graduate course next fall. The dialogue notes she will marry a poor young man. Catholic Standard and Times.
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Maud
Catholic Standard and Times
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Sho
Beatrice Grimshaw
Gorri-Bari
Kiss
Woman
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