Father Dies After Gas Tube Tragedy In New York
Paralytic Theo dore Schmidt husband and father of six instructs six year old Violet to connect a rubber tube to a gas jet. The child complies while neighbors and police respond. Schmidt dies, leaving Mrs. Schmidt to support the family. Violet later recalls obeying her father as he bid her to make him sleep.
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Theodore Schmidt
S81
East One Hundred and Thirty Eighth Street
New York City
Violet
Mamma
Papa
Papa Fa
Schmidt
Bentley
Alexander Avenue
Lincoln Hospital
Kennedy
Baby Violet
Baby
Road Petition for an East Divide Road Through Hulett
A loosely formed petition circulates seeking a road from here to Beaver Creek via the divide. The writer urges public good over individual interests and argues Crook County should fund roads benefiting many rather than a few. The piece condemns murder trials as costly and calls for stricter public morals and better roads, bridges, and schools.
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Beaver Creek
Divide
Hulett
East Divide
A Patrons View on Wyoming Teachers Union
Farrall Wyoming June 23 1907 letter from W FY Smith defending Wyoming liberal school laws. He argues unions arise from perceived injustices and that good teachers raise standards, praises district No 2 trusteeship and argues that compulsory laws and contracts are unnecessary. He says trustees cannot micromanage 100 mile by 80 mile district and urges teachers to excel without unions.
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Crook County
Wyoming
W. FY. Smith
Picnic Program Promises Full Day in Hulett
The official program for a town picnic in Hulett on the 4th lists activities from 10 AM to evening. Public attendance is invited with dancing and refreshment stands planned. Speaker Frederic Richardson, famed as an eloquent Black Hills figure, is expected to deliver engaging remarks.
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Hulett
Frederic Richardson
Black Hills
Child tied to post by neglect in Lockport home
Neighbors entered Birdwanl Siler’s Transit Street residence in Lockport New York and found a four year old boy tied to a rope around his waist. The child was malnourished and bound in hard boots after being left for hours. The mother was found elsewhere and arrested for cruelty.
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Birdwanl Siler
Transit Street
Lockport
N.Y
Legleet
Nelli Hora Illege
Ted
Ghostly disturbances at Teeter home in Preble County
Reports from three miles east of Sonora describe a ghost in the Teeter house causing raps in the attic and movable objects in the yard. Charles Hiller recounts a séance in which the spirit spelled the name Martha Donald and indicated buried money, then promised three raps near the barn.
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Sonora
Preble County
Charles Hiller
Martha Donald
Dog Buries Kittens in Bayonne Stableyard Scandal
Grip the dog of Undertaker Dempsey in Bayonne New Jersey buried five drowned kittens the stableman dumped in a vacant lot. The selfless act followed earlier kitten deaths and has left workers wary of Grip’s possible revenge as she digs a grave to inter the litter.
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Bayonne
Grip
Undertaker Dempsey
N. J
Deserted husband decapitated after failed beauty bid
James Keresky, despondent over losing his wife to a rival, stood before a cinder buggy at Warwick furnace near Pottstown Pennsylvania and was decapitated. He had spent weeks vainly trying to improve his looks to win back his wife who allegedly ran off with another man. His wife appeared shortly after his body was removed, offering no explanation.
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James Keresky
Warwick Furnace
Pottstown
Keresky
Fish in Parlor Amid Pittsburg Flood Tales
During the great Pittsburg flood several odd incidents emerged. William Edgar of Groveton moved a cow into his house to save it and the cow produced milk daily. Charles E B Fite Ives at Glenfield saw a three pound fish in his parlor as waters receded and caught it for dinner. Walter Muckle found chickens roasting on his roof and each hen laid eggs daily while perched above.
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Pittsburg
William Edgar
Groveton
Charles EB. Fite Ives
Glenfield
Walter Muckle
Mr. Muckle
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Wolote
I. AH. Gunderson
Belle Fourche
Devil's Tower
Aladdin
Wyoming and
Missouri River
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Bear Lodge Mountains
Inter Mountain Globe
Ailgelhra Amaia Ama Ant
Richardson
the Globe
Farrall
Ghost
Parlor
W. H. Lancaster Mercantile Co
South Dakota
John Pearson
Jay A. Wood
C. C. Storm
Cashier
Sistent With
Banking
Hulett State Bank
Adahaharat
Ira D. Coryell
Victor
S. D
Sundance
Een En Fawkes
Aladdin Hotel
W. A. Carroll
Aladdin, Wyoming
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