Tragic accident near Hull spurs school ride rescue
Seven year old boy crushed when he fell from a wagon after a ride offered by a driver near Hull. He was taken to George Lewis’s home for medical aid and is reported to be progressing. The incident followed a separate cloak and jacket sale notice by C. L. Hoffman & Co. and a local road debate tied to the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor Elie
Tittle
Peter Douma
Seeveral
Hull
S. Oitagon
Leach
Feek Rapids
Douma
Beach
George Lewis
CL E
Hoffman & Co
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
MacKinley
Senator Clark
Clark
Pacific Coast
Kansas City
Local Laconics and Household Notes Mix
A crowded column blends farm prices, local gossip, travel, and housekeeping. Mentions Dawes family in Hull, Thanksgiving visits, new miller and banker, a doctor, and a bank cashier. Also a reflective piece on fashion, society, and engineering pioneer Lindon Bates with distant projects and honors.
Riveters From Schoenville Face Grim Accidents At Work
Six riveters at the Tredd Steel Car shop injure fingers in rapid riveting. Inside workers push rivets, outside hammerers strike with force. In many cases missing fingers appear common among male children near the plant, as workers mistake fingers for rivets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mintake
Ikeoa
Schoenville
A Ein
Tressed Steel
Pittsbury News
Worms Story of Birthday Vengeance Through Trousers
A man on a suburban train explains his plan to give his wife a birthday parcel containing trousers, patent shoes too large for her, cigars, a meerschaum pipe, and tobacco to upend the gifts she has given him. He aims to “get even” for prior presents amid a comic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayly
É&He
They Were All Scared A Peculiar Robbery Tale
A Detroit Free Press item describes a strange nighttime robbery where a man, armed and near his home, is confronted by two strangers who loot him on a dark street. The assailants flee when his neighborly wit triggers a mistaken identity. The story includes a later note about a clever canary and a home pest control method using sulfur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bark Kearent
Detroit
Free Presa
New Yorks
Kong
Little Volks
Collar size tale from a Boston harness shop
A Boston harness maker tells of Daniel Webster asking for a collar or dickey. The clerk first surveys Webster’s neck and then says the shop lacks that size and suggests going to the next state for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
Boston Hyberdasher
Dickey
Gambetta Encounters General Fead in Curious Self Introduction
A vivid anecdote recounts General Fead visiting Gambetta in Athens. Fead presented a volume featuring a flattering entry on himself and, after Gambetta read it, declared C est moi proving his pride in the self introduction. Gambetta praised the officer and noted his distinct manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambetta
Meredith Read
United States
Athens
Utmmost
Fead
Gambetin
Dinner Table Memoir: A French Chef’s Elusive Recipe
A Washington guest recalls a famed tile dinner where a distinct yet indeterminable salad and meat dish impressed all. The French chef finally offers a garbled, half-phonetic recipe with improvisational methods and a lingering, nonspecific aroma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horse trained for circus dares Civil War battlefield
Colonel Charles Marshall recounts a humorous episode with a circus trained horse during a skirmish. The animal danced on a stump amid roar of guns while Marshall rode through volleys, later learning the horse had circus training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus
Brittle
Charles Marshall
Robert E. Lee
Foll
Colonel Marshall
Marshall
Eneion
Variation of a Meeting Between Trophy Friends
The passage recalls a long separation of trophy friends and a joke about a girl from Brown’s neighborhood. A digressive note mentions London and a town in Halland famed for cleanliness and Edam cheese production in a Boston Transcript context.
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Agin
Brown
Jones
London
Brock
Halland
Worll
Boston
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C.F. Horenann & Co
Mrs. Dawes
St. Tames
Mingare
Impex
C. PF. Hollman & Co
Hollenbeck
Wily
Philip Chandler
Odaboit
War & Fis
Shin Brother
Rev
Chandler
Fox
Cole
Dr. Coad
Huibreglse's
Reimann’s
Dave Cain
Digelow
Ming
Joe. Mayer
Dave
Wisconsin
Sioux City
Cedar Lapids
Mer. Cain
Bigelow
Melon Vwatterson Moody
Girly
Tadies
Alan
Lindon Bates
Chicago
Sheffield Scientific School
Volos
Hin
Ouilatia
Une Case Pisanea
Commerna
Harberg
Qhuaeasland
Augivalia
Hoogii
Calcutta
Bates
Macquarie
Tasmania
Sehelds
Antecorp
International Congress of Navigation
Paris
Siena
Such Papél
Toin
Boomer Bros
Hull, Fa
Huibregtle & Daane
P. J
Daane
Perfection
G. W. Lensink
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