Five Story Building Collapse Kills and Injures Dozens
At Eleventh and Market streets in Philadelphia a five story brick building under reconstruction for United Gas Improvement collapsed, burying thirty two people. Six were dead and twenty three injured, with two missing. Rescue efforts followed as bystanders aided and firefighters worked under sweltering heat.
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Philadelphia
Peter Fritz
Charles Larsen
Paul Hanning
Alfred Davin
Sigmund Lansberg
Albin Ecquiat
James Haggerty
Sax É Abbott
Market Street
Ithe City
Girl Wields Razor in Brooklyn Slashing Incident
Brooklyn police hold a thirteen year old girl charged with a violent assault on Anthony Romain, her neighbor, after she was held by an older boy. The attack left Romain with severe facial wounds including an ear, a cleft nose, and scalp injuries. Also reported: a Louisville teen jumped from a wharfboat after two farewell notes, a river rescue followed, a wealthy St. Louis man survived an attempted auto assault, a Greek earthquake caused multiple deaths and injuries, a Chicago woman bought a champion chinchilla cat for 524 dollars, and a laborer was killed by lightning in Freeland, Pennsylvania.
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Brooklyn
Anthony Romain
Lena Mialino
Romain
Fato
Former Batavia Man's Love Tale Ends in Death in Illinois
Dr W R Miller of Blairsville, once courting Mrs J B Saylor, allegedly shot banker J B Saylor four times after confronting Miller on July 11 in Crescent City Illinois. Saylor died instantly. Miller arrested, in Illinois jail, wife Mrs Cora Alter Miller and their son left Blairsville for Crescent City to help. Mrs Saylor jailed, unable to attend funeral, glimpsed procession from cell window.
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de. WR. Miller
Ute Jitiels
W. R. Miller
J. B. Saylor
Cresent City
Saylor
Miller
Blairaville
Ilinois
Illinois
Belsano Man's Birthday Remembered By Friends
A July 10 gathering at the home of Sanford W Campbell in Belsano honors his fiftieth birthday with 60 neighbors. Guests bring baskets of food and share dinner and supper on the lawn, with music and heartfelt gifts reflecting esteem from Buffington and Blacklick townships. A reunion for Co H 12th Regiment Pa Reserve and the Co D 206th Pa Volunteers is being arranged for Seward August 10 and Saltsburg October 12 respectively.
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Campbell
Buffington
Blacklick Townships
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Ys. S. Falls
Indiana
B. T. Campbell
Homer City
Jacob Bowers
Johnstown
John Bracken
Darrell
J. L. Edwards
Sue Black
Jane Crissmyre
Bert Adams
Orma
Grace
John Willett
Edith
Ima
Walter Edwards
William Reever
Nancy Ross
John Nipps
Merton Hdwards
P. J. Chilcote
Ebensburg
J. S. Bennett
Wintondale
Roy Richey
Merritt Shultz
Co. H
Narrow escape as rifle discharged in Homer City drug store
In Homer City on Wednesday night a rifle believed empty was discharged while John Fleming and several youths handled it at Slekenberger's drug store. The ball narrowly missed two boys, shattered a plate glass window, and lodged in the bank across the street.
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Homer City
John Fleming
Slekenberger
Miss Mack’s Birthday Remembered by Friends
Miss Lizzie Mack of Heshbon, living with her Bowser relatives in Parkersburg West Virginia, learned she has many friends when on Saturday July 10 she received 126 souvenir post cards in the mail.
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Miss Mack
Lizzie Mack
Heshbon
Mra
J.A. Bowser
Parkersburg
W. Va
Psychology of Proofreading and the Mind
The Ohio State Journal notes proofreading engages all three mental operations: form, meaning, and relations. It argues true observation combines these activities, and while other topics need only two, proofreading requires the full set across tasks.
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Emnn
Ohio State Journal
Potato pests prompt spraying advice from state expert
A Reading gardener sought help for potato beetles in a 40 by 140 foot patch. The state zoologist advised arsenical sprays using Paris green or arsenate of lead, plus Bordeaux mixture to prevent blight, and offered DIY methods with dusting and broom-dip techniques for those without a spray pump.
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Gardner
Reading
Paris Green
Surface
Starting an asparagus bed method from Prof Surface
A Philadelphia newspaper query yields Prof H A Surface guidance on asparagus beds. Deeply spade or plow to twelve inches mix manure, prepare holes four to five feet apart, place two inches of rich soil, set the roots, pack firmly, cover with loose soil, then mulch lightly. Cultivate deeply, often, and use salt and fertilizer to control weeds and aid growth. Spray for rust with Bordeaux mix and dust beetles with lime or use arsenate of lead.
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H. A. Surface
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Preparations urged to curb mosquitoes across state
The Division of Zoology of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture urges immediate steps against mosquitoes as disease carriers. President Surface recommends screens on water tanks and cisterns, draining stagnant pools, sealing post holes, clearing cans, and weekly removal of stable refuse to reduce breeding sites.
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Pennsylvan Nis Department of Agriculture
H, A. Surface
Brata
Mosquito Control Measures Suggested for City Premises
Officials propose using disinfectants such as copperas and lime to treat cesspools and water used for sprinkling carts. Traders like meat markets, milk depots, and bakeries should be required to screen premises and all receptacles where water or food is stored to curb mosquito and fly filth.
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Raut Durants
Bangkok Temple Fire Keeps Lineal Flame Alive For Two Centuries
A Buddhist temple in Bangkok maintains a ceremonial fire that is lit anew every four years to light its successor. The practice, continued for more than two centuries, makes the Bangkok flame one of the oldest continual fires in the world.
Cackling Wit and Town Morals From Choate Tale
A historic anecdote features Ambassador Choate famed for wit at a breakfast in England with a young lady who drops an egg. The gag urges constant CACKLING about one’s town. A parable of the old hen warns against revealing all, ending with a moral about prudence and local pride.
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Ambassador Choate
England
Mr. Choate
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