Death of May Allport in Tunisian Desert Travels
May Allport, a Chicago pianist connected with local musical society circles since 1875, died in Sfax Tunisia after a desert journey from Palermo via Gabes and Swasa. An English doctor aided her, but the long trek proved fatal. she was buried in Sfax and awaits repatriation.
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Chicago
May Allport
Chicago Plantate
Sahara Desert
Tolésin
Mina Allport
Sfax
Tunisia
Misa Allport
Italy
Tie
Taormina
Mount Aetna
Sicily
Miss Allport
Mediterranean
Palermo
Africa
Tunis
Igoast
Swasa
Kalirawan
Gafsa
Toxeur
Toser
Gulf of Gabes
Thomas G. Churcher
Gabes
Oasis
Medenine
Hotel Des Colonies
Hatening
Franz ‘Lisat
Jin -Welmar
Cambridge Woman Survives After Husband Fatally Shoots Themselves
Boston report states William Mahoney shot his wife twice at their Cambridge home on Spring Street and killed himself. He forced entry at 7:00 am after finding the door locked. a knot tied behind her head allegedly saved her from death. She survived and was expected to recover after treatment.
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Boston
William Mahoney
Spring Street
Cambridge
Mahoney
Jara
Berwick Child Dies After Scalding Water Incident
A four year old child in Berwick, Pennsylvania, was severely scalded by hot water and died hours later. Authorities report the accident as a fatal domestic mishap with no foul play suspected.
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Bealda
Berwick
Donald Brenner
Bourt
Night Watchwoman Astrid Wolfe Guards New York Studio
In New York a brave woman, Astrid Wolfe, serves as the city’s only night watchwoman. She protects a studio building to ensure safety for women living alone and explains how she began after her husband’s death to provide a home for her daughter Lillian. She recalls tense encounters with men, including a burglary attempt, and advocates for more women caretakers in offices, subways, and dressing rooms.
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New York
Night Watchman
Astrid Wolfe
Lillian
Chinch Bug Bounty Ignites Illinois Farmers
In Macoupin County Illinois a bounty of two dollars per bushel was offered for chinch bugs brought to Carlinville. The Snedeker brothers of Jerseyville Plainview organized the drive and sent a detailed letter describing a first shipment of millions of bugs and promising future deliveries. Other farmers sent bags of bugs but did not match the letter’s tone.
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Macoupin
Thinois
Org
Macoupin' County
Carlinville
Ike Snedeker
Jerseyville
Plainview
Ill
Snedeker
Snedeker Bros
Piney problem tied to feeble minded, says expert
Dr Henry G Goddard, Vineland director, links 75 percent intoxication cases to feeble mindedness. He tells Burlington county audience that drunkenness and the social evil cannot be curbed without addressing feeble mindedness, noting the Piney issue reflects a national pattern.
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Dr. Goddard
Vineland
Mount Holly
Henry G. Goddard
Vineland Training School
Burlington County
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Burington County
Electric shock not fatal in Bancroft electrocution case
In Wilmington a coroner’s jury heard John Bancroft demonstrate 110 volts can pass through the body without fatal effect, while William Stewart died from an electric shock at Bancroft Sons plant. Experts differed, but the jury found Stewart’s death caused by the electrical shock.
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John Bancroft
Wilmington
Del
Joseph Bancroft’ N Sons” Company
William Stewart
Bancroft’ Company
Bancroft
Stewart
Bdncroft
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised For Cuts And Burns
In Rome and Delvalle Texas readers are urged to keep Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts and scalds. J H Polanco reports it healed his daughter’s cut foot and calls it wonderful. Ad cites 25-cent price and city drug store recommendation Taubeneck & Davison.
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Rome
Bucklen
Delvalle
Tex
R No
City Drug Store
Taubéneck & Davison
Ady
Special Piano Sale Continues at Lyon and Healy Chicago
Lyon and Healy of Chicago continues a special sale of slightly used and second hand pianos and player pianos bought from Aeolian Co. of New York. The stock offers many makes and grades at prices well below value. Purchasers may request selections outside Chicago subject to approval and may return any piano that proves unsatisfactory at the purchaser's expense.
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Lyon & Healy
Chicago
Aeolian Co
New York
Lyon
Healy
Adams
Durchaser
Epiano
Gale
Atta
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Psyche
Womay Brave
Night Watch
New Yorka
Hye
Fletcher
Irvin Rogers
Marshall
Illinois
Marshall Herald
Ilinois
Anderson Low & Son
Martinsville, Hl
The
Herald Office For
Will
Square Marshall
Dlinois
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