Boy Blinded by Electric Shock in Brooklyn Power House
Fifteen year old Stephen Curtis Jr grasped a live wire on a dynamo foot board at Second Avenue and Fifty-second Street in Brooklyn. He received a severe electric shock, endured several minutes of unconsciousness, then recovered vision later but suffered burns. Ralph Stewart helped stop the machine and summoned aid. Dr. Spellman treated Curtis and he was taken home by ambulance. Curtis later began to lose sight again, with his father fearing permanent blindness.
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New York
Second Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Brooklyn
Stephen Curtis, Jr
Third Avenue
Stephen Curtis
Ralph Stewart
Henry Street
Young Curtis
Spellman
Stewart
Curtieos
Curtis
Lis Gret Remerk
Tom
Mystery Des Moines Couple Hides in River Cave Near Floyd Monument
Mr and Mrs Robert Phillips formerly of Des Moines live in a four by seven foot cave along the Missouri river below Morning Saw to avoid a hotel salary debt. Police trace the well dressed woman with fur and suit who says they arrived broke after the hotel closed. Detectives continue their inquiry into the couple and their isolated residence.
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Bronx City
Robert Phillips
Des Moines
Aurede Little Cave
Floyd Monument
Morning Saw
Neilson
Missouri River
Cuburb
Hind
Ufe
Out of Mind and Miss DeStyla onstage Paris fashion tease
The excerpt notes Miss DeStyla's attire drawing attention as Ghe remarks on the ensemble and stage display. Chicago Daly reports on the visual spectacle with a coy exchange about style and appeal.
Grizzly N Street Car Sees Bear Cub Onboard
Supervisor Henry C. Leii of West Seneca caused a scene on an Ebenezer trolley when his pet bear cub Tommy wandered aboard. The bear, from Bad Ax Michigan, broke its chain and licked Leii’s hand before being taken home to join his growing menagerie.
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Henry C. Leii
West Seneca
Ebenezer
Mr. Lein
Bad Ax
Mich
Tommy
Lein Farm
Buffalo
Mr. Lom
Dormant inner power wasted without effort applied
The text argues that every man holds latent power within to achieve ends, but many let it lie unused, rendering it useless to themselves and society. Gore is described as mere dross unless harnessed for definite purposes.
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Thenaelven
Gore
Assassination in Galicia Shakes Austrian Poles Ties
Count Andreas Potocki governor of Galicia was killed by a Ruthenian student Misroslap Siecsyn aki during a audience with a student delegation. The assassin shot three times, Potocki died after asking to inform the emperor he was faithful. The killer proclaimed acting for Poles against Austro-Hungarian oppression. The incident could ease Polish Austrian tensions.
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Andreas Potocki
Galicia
Misroslap Siecsynaki
Assaszin
Polocki
Potock
Austro-Hungary
Prussia
Hibernia Mining Company
Supreme Court
German Empire
Alfred Schwarts
University of Oxford
Kalaer
England
Oxford
Berlin
Kaiser Fran Joseph
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiserin Augusta
Kaiser Franz + Josep
Kaiser Franz Joseph
Schaubrunn
Wertheim
Leipsigersiagsé
Kaiser
Museum of Applied Arts
Brothers Wertheim
Cadmen
Messel
Gale
Werthelns’atore
Wahrraund
University of
Anna Monica Pat
Saxony
Dressen
Roel Famlty
Rblohstag
Wilhelm Scheloper
University of Leipig
Hohenzollern
Germany
Turma
Kaizer Wilhelm
Turner
Kenosha’s New Mayor Warns Saloonkeepers On Laws
Matthias J. Scholey the Chicago brewery agent inaugurated as Kenosha mayor. He vows strict saloon regulation, stating signs of the times require tighter controls. Crowd packed city hall as he took oath, hailed by workingmen. He rose from bartender to mayor in ten years.
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Kenosha
Matthias “J. Scholey
Chicago
Wes
Scholey
Misrepresented Girl and Insane Lover Cases Highlight Wisconsin Notices
A girl allegedly misrepresented facts leads to a criminal assault charge against Neenah born pugilist known as Young Morris of Green Bay, released until trial by Mintriet Attorney Fouwkes after questioning the girl. Marital absurdities unfold as a Medford woman learns her schooldays lover Joseph Scottard is insane upon arrival in San Francisco. Fort Atkinson reports postal review ranking Wisconsin cities by mail dispatch and per capita postal receipts. Mosinee battles large forest fires threatening Hol Phluger farm, with 3,000,000 feet of banked logs involved from Joba Week Lumber Co. at Stevens Point. Belott notes engineer Put recovering from Northwestern wreck burns, Dy, Bell grafting skin to burned areas. Appleton hosts Methodist conference in Baltimore May with Rev Samuel Planiz as bishop candidate. Baraboo names G. W. Gebrand superintendent of Marquette schools at 2400 yearly. Baraboo marks the 89th anniversary of the I O O F founding.
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Neenahi
Alfred Schmitz
Young Morris
Green Bay
Mintriet
Fouwkes
Mosinee
Hol Phluger
Joba Week Lumber Company
Stevens Point
Divorce Papers Thrown in Sewer Recovered by Fisherman
Louis Anklam in jail for allegedly shooting his wife angrily cast divorce papers into a sewer. A fisherman near Limellin on Lake Winnebago retrieved them and sent to a Neenah law firm. Helon George B.Cawthorne, class of 03, elected educational director of the St Paul YMCA.
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Osghkosh
Louis Anklam
Limellin
Pent
Lake Winneaago
Neenah
Helon
George B.cawthorne
St. Paul Young Men's Christian Asacelation
The Great Manib Occupation Comic Moment
A multimillionaire resting in his car smiles as barber letterers guess he ponders railroad mergers or Wall Street bears. He reveals he was watching two flies doing handaprings on the ceiling, leaving onlookers puzzled and disappointed.
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Wall Street
Cure for Itching Babies Promises Relief
Mrs. William Geeding of Attica Indiana recounts a months long itching sore problem on her baby. After trying many remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticuraointment and within three applications the sores began healing. No scarring or blood issues remained. She endorses the products highly in a July 22 1907 testimonial from 102 Washington St Attica.
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William Geeding
Washington St
Attica
Ind
Mindful loafer hit by freight in rail yard tale
A able-bodied tramp pockets a small object then collides with a slow freight train near railroad yards. He is hurled against a post, rendered insensible, and later identified by a badge on his coat as a Lady Maccabees member. The dispatcher instructs yardmaster Doyle to locate the man’s friends and report back.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Patrick Doyle
Doyle
Patrick
Lady Maccabees
How to test linseed oil in paint quality
Instructions explain detecting adulteration in linseed and white lead using a kerosene flash test, smell for corn and fish oils, and a blow pipe method. The guide notes that National Lead Company provides a free test kit and instructions by mail from Woodbridge Building, New York.
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Houya
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Bulking
New York
Where He Drew the Line in a Barrister’s Acquittal
A renowned English barrister once defended a cook accused of murder and secured an acquittal. The cook, grateful, offered to reward him, but the counsel replied to never again cook for him.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Woman
A Leesburg woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery after months of feminine illness. The letter urges other sick women to write for advice, noting the product's thirty year history of helping with displacements inflammation and related pains. Lydia Pinkham invites inquiries from sick women seeking guidance from Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg
Way
Lydia Brinkham
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