Rabid Dog Attack Kills Boy in New York City
Frederick Kroger eleven years old died after a rabid dog attacked him near 560 West Forty-third street. The dog, beaten and starved, was shot by a patrolman after fleeing the scene. The boy showed hydrophobia symptoms for days, despite medical efforts, and died early yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Frederick Herman Kroger
West Forty-third Street
Kroger
Alfred W. Maynard
Fortieth School
Charles Link
Thirtieth Street
Fitch Avenue
Frederic Kroger
Maynard
Strange case of a devoted mother and an abandoned boy
The State board reports a Portsmouth tragedy where Harrington kept her imbecile son, William, in an attic for fifteen years. After her death the boy, half clad and covered in hair, was found by officials and sent to Providence then to the State Insane Asylum. The tale, amid other brief items, ends with Jared Price in Reading ending his life after a religious crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
New York Herald
State Board of Charities and Correction
Harrington
Portsmouth
William Harrington
Providence
State Insane Asylum
Jared Price
Reading
Heaven
Earth
Escape of Billy the Kid and other sensational items
A chaotic collage reports Billy the Kid’s audacious Fort Stanton escape at age 21 with two armed guards, a murder of one guard, and a fearless ride before a crowd. It also notes a Philadelphia figure Georgianna Price firing at a lover, dog fights, mob hangings, and various short items on products, anecdotes, and oddities from cities like New York and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy the Kid
Fort Stanton
Colorado
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STOR
Indianapolis, Ind
Lisle
Berlin
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Tom. Abrams
Glass & Queensware
Public Square
I. Hawkins
Indiana
Ll Abrams
Ind
John Cawley
Neel Wire Feng
Lawn & Drivegates
Christie
Williams
West
Ueware
NC. West & CO
Madison St
Chicago
Allen's
National
Ll. Om
Mary Smith
Louisville
Leadville
Salem
Mass
Eastern Railroad
Boston
Montana
Dakota
Christian I’. Rapp
Cincinnati
Oakland
Marshall Butlé
Youghiogheny River
Major McDowell
Frankfort
Des Moines
Holton B. Shaw
Falmouth
Wendleton Academy
Alexandria
Henry A. Elkins
Wild Mountain
William Cudney
Cudney
Lairmount Park
Philadelphia
Georgianna Price
Isaac Alfrey
Anderson Johnson
Owingsville
Johnson
Alfrey
St. Louis Chronicle
St. Jacobs
J.D. L. Harvey
Santa Barbara County
Lindsey
Taylor County
Springfield
Lebanon
Montezuma
Mexico
Crane
London
Ohio
Christian Advocate
Hanna & Black
Furnitura
Washington St
George Bicknell
Oliver
Cassidy
Deere & Mansur
Deere
Excelsior Reaper
Dorsey
Studebaker
Grant & Scott
Columbia
Indiana Streets
de Ody
Europe
Paris
Chile
Aments
Viss
Chickering & Sons
Fifth Avenue
Tremont Street
J. M. Lindsey
R. E. Sellers & CO
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