Cape Cod shooter with one arm builds life around birds
Frederick Higgins of Orleans, known Cape Cod gunner, lost his right arm in a hunting accident but pursues one handed shooting. He maintains a shooting box, uses wood decoys, boats, and decoys to hunt shore and water fowl, earns extra from clamming, and won yacht prizes at Pleasant Bay.
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Boston
Mars
Cape Cod
Frederck Higgins
Orleans
Cape
Mr. Higgins
Higgins
Atlantic
Gil
Cap Cod
Two Oldest Colored Residents Die in Washington
In Washington two of the city’s oldest Black residents have died. Mrs. Mary J. Wayne, 98, passed at 815 East Capitol Street after a long life as widow of Rev. L H G. She was born in 1813 and survived by seven children, 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Israel AME church with Rev. R K Harris and associates assisting. Mrs. Louisa Wright, 92, died recently at 918 Twentieth Street NW. Her funeral is planned at the Metropolitan AME Church on M Street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets.
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Washington
Capital
Mary J. Wayne
East Capital Street
Louisa Wright
Twentieth Street
Mary” Wayne
Israel African Methodist Episcopal Church
First
B Streets
South
R. K Harris
W. J. Howard
W. H. Stevenson
Wayne
L H. G
Wright
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
M Street
Fifteenth
Sixteentha
Chinese tung tree named national tree of China
The tung tree is praised for its stately appearance smooth green bark and wide branches providing shade. Its fruit resembles a large shellbark hickory nut with three triangular seeds. oil pulp and fertilizer use are noted and wood serves for instruments vessels and house frameworks. The tree may prosper in warmer US regions.
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New York
China
Brazil
Scientific American
United States
Forgotten hoard found by longtime Willow Island merchant
Neil McMullen, 80 year old bachelor and longtime Willow Island merchant, uncovered a hidden stash of 4600 dollars in gold and silver while tearing down his old store to build a pew. The town reports he had forgotten the money, stored in various places over 35 years.
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Lexington
Willow Island
Neil McMullen
Wulow Island
McMullen
Trout Catcher Catches Marked Rainbow in Trout Lake
Margaret Guler caught a seventeen inch rainbow trout weighing two and a half pounds in Trout Creek near the hotel in Trout Lake Washington. The fish had been marked by Charlie Waters at six inches years earlier when he released it back for being under legal size. Waters was nearly eighty when the first catch and had long been an avid fisherman visiting hatcheries to stock Trout Creek.
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Trout Lake
Wash
Margaret Guler
Trout Creek
Charlies Waters
Mr. Waters
Mr Waters
Home for Overworked Women in Middletown
Newport notes Mrs Theodore Keane Gibbs builds Bethshaw in the Woods for convalescent mothers and overworked women. The attractive bungalow offers nursing care and sanities, with a ready next season opening for recuperation lasting about two weeks.
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Newport
R. L
American Charms and Family Life in a London Review
London—Filson Young assails American characteristics in the English Review, drawing contrasts with the American family ideal. He praises family unity and patriarchal homes in the southern states, while critiquing perceived female social life and liberty in American society. The piece juxtaposes fashion notes from New York and Paris and shifts to wartime naval events detailing a harbor rescue incident and the death of Commander Brine.
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London
Filson Young
Current
English Review
America
Doctors OK Powder Puffs From New York Medical Journal
Doctors cite endorsement of milad powder puff and rouge pot from the New York Medical Journal. The article notes women now use face creams and makeup with scientific handling, praising protection against the elements for city women and questioning rural wear.
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New York
Milad
New York Medical Journal
East
Woman kills lynx while hunting moose in Shin Pond Maine
Mrs Charles 8 Fairley of Montclair Heights New Jersey hid behind a log near Lone Eagle Mountain footpath as her guide party tracked a moose. A Canadian lynx leapt from a hemlock and she fired, killing the animal just before it sprang. A claw slit her jacket and sweater as the lynx fell.
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Bangor
Shin Pond
Charles
Fairley
Montclair Heights
N. J
Lone Eagle Mountain
Two-Stepper Can't Stop in Los Angeles
Bruce Nimmo, a middle aged man from an unknown origin, wandered the street when an organ grinder played a lively tune. He began to two step uncontrollably and was taken to a receiving hospital after police intervened. He reportedly swallowed a gallon of strong accelerator.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bruce Nimmo
Nimmo
Wolves Run Desk into City Anaconda Mich Driven from Hills
Fragmentary OCR text references wolves and a drive from hills near Anaconda and a city. No clear event dates or identities beyond scattered names. Unable to confirm details. this item remains unreadable in parts.
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Anaconda
Hills
Ian
Jacieaee
Local notes and community updates from Terre Haute area
Enjoy the zero blasts while they last. Fred Sacks is erecting a new barn on his farm. Dan and Alva Jack killed hogs for Wm. Smith last Tuesday. Walter Smith made a business trip to Terre Haute Saturday. A baby boy arrived at the home of Levi Hewitt and Wife Thursday. Mrs. C. M. Macklan visited in West Terre Haute one day last week. The little daughter of Otto Misner and wife, who has been quite sick, is improving. Mrs. Agnes Sterchi and baby visited her aunt, Mrs. Ada Hartick, near West Terre Haute. Miss Goldin Lowe, teaching at No. 2, spent last Saturday and Sunday with her parents near West Union. Essip Bro Bly 2s of Crooked Creeks, Sabds Miz fe a cere Indiana, were married last week. Shoots & Cushner of Kansas, contractors for the school house at No. 2, were down here.
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Fred Sacks
Dan
Alva Jack
Wm. Smith
Walter Smith
Terre Haute
Levi Hewitt
C. M. Macklan
West Terre Haute
Otto Misner
Agnes Sterchi
Ada Aifick
Near West Terre
Haute
Goldin’ ‘Lowe
No. 2
Near West
Union
Essip
Crooked Creeks
Indiana
Kansas
Couple in New York Fight Annulling Marriage
Plaintiff Dr Gastaria Be Bam eralli accuses Severini Giovanti of cold courtship ending after marriage and withholding affection. Defendant says she was not an affectionate wife and left due to his ungovernable temper.
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New York
Quits to Get Rid of Wits in Georgia Clergy Row
A pastor Benjamin Graham of St James Methodist files for divorce from Mrs Noah fear of bodily harm to himself and children amid a resignation acceptance in the Georgia conference. The case cites his public tantrums and jealous episodes as the motive behind the separation.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Benjamin
Graham
St. Janes Methodist Church
Fragmented OCR: Cowboy Falls Into a Corral
A garbled OCR fragment describes a cowboy and a corral incident near Joseph and Me ete eal. Details are unclear due to text corruption.
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Storr
Safetyiss
Joseph
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