Starving Brooklyn Brothers Endure Hours apart in Shack
In Greenville Brooklyn Michael Flaherty 60s is found dead in a two room shack with his crippled brother John 6. John crawled foot by foot to reach water for hours while Michael starved. John was rushed to hospital and revived but the men left a $1350 stash from a property sale. The case prompts shock at the apparent neglect and hunger in the tiny dwelling.
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New York
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Attla Xiackin Bay Avenue
Greenville
Brooklyn
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John James
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Bigyele Rider Plunges Through Savoy Window in Denver
Denver report describes Dave Thompson, an employee on a coaster brake bicycle ride, crashing through a plate glass window of the Savoy Indian room near Seventeenth Avenue. He landed in Mrs. R. A. Kincaid’s lap as patrons panicked. Thompson sustained severe cuts and a severed artery but is not believed to be seriously injured. his demolished wheel lay outside the hotel.
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Denver
The
Savoy
R. A. Kincaid
Dave Thompson
Dole
County Hospital
Seventeenth Avenue
Thompson
Shirley
Mrs. Kincaid
Hoc Telry
Cook's Sudden Popularity After Lottery Win
Marie Carane a Parisian cook has won a 960 000 prize in a lottery. Within half an hour of the news she received two proposals of marriage and a suggestion to emigrate.
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Cook
Marie Carane
Elnne
Modern Enoch Arden tale reaches Corvallis in sorrow
A San Francisco dispatch says George McDonald or Morgan, linked to a famed Enoch Arden case, went to the Philippines in the war, returned to find his wife remarried, kept his sorrow hidden as he traveled through Eugene and Springfield to Corvallis, where he died in the city jail after a debauch. He had told Father Butler of Corvallis of a San Francisco marriage and the later remarriage by Father Nugent. Coroner Boveo has asked Father Nugent to help locate the deceased’s daughter.
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Ore
George McDonald
Morgan
Enoch Arden
San Francisco
McDonald
Philippines
Oregon
Eugene
Springfield
Father Butler
Father Netterville
St. Dominic's Church
Father Nugent
St. Rose's Church
Boveo
Man Whirled on Shaft at Ellangowan Colliery
John Sands was caught in a shafting at Ellangowan colliery Shenandoah Pa while operating machinery. He was spun around violently at 140 revolutions per minute, his clothing torn away, hurled 20 feet, and suffered a broken arm a shoulder dislocations and cuts but is expected to recover. The report includes a remark from the New York Times about an old maid and a goose.
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Shenandoah
Ellangowan
John Sands
Youthful monitors describe cross country trip wonders
A six and four year old sisters from New York to San Francisco marvel at arrival of Native American scenes. Josephine exclaims at moccasined figures while Marjorie, as the elder, corrects her and explains they are squabs, not squashes. The quaint voyage reveals their playful misinterpretations and guardian dynamics.
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Marjoria
Josephine
New York
San Francisco
Marjorie
Invalid's 8ad Plight and Cuticura Relief
Four years ago a severe inflammatory rheumatism attack caused skin peeling fever hair loss and bed sores. After trying many remedies only Cuticura Re solvent cleared complexion improved health and helped bed sores. Hair regrowth followed using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Mrs Lavina J Henderson 138 Broad St Stamford Conn March 6 and 12 1907.
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Lavina J. Henderson
Broad St
Stamford
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Walker Champion Hayes Praised at New York Dinner
An exchange at a dinner about Marathon champion Hayes notes his walker status and curiosity over his experience. A fellow quips about his $80 second-hand motor car, sparking jokes on athletic credibility and practicality.
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Hayes
New York
Mr. Wayes
Mr. Hayes
Distemper Cure Ads and Humorous Snippets Collide
A grainy montage of old advertisements touts SPOHN S DISTEMPER CURE claiming cures for horses and livestock with thousands of bottles sold annually. Interwoven are quips about rooms for rent, laxatives, cigars, and witty one liners reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century asides.
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Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Spec
High Wind Tales and Curious Proceedings in Old Papers
A collage of quotes from 19th century humorous and oddball items includes high wind reports in Amerika, a judge scene about poverty, a Joyner left home satire, a mock Supreme Accus-pocus oath, a brutal dawn event, and a rural subscription barter note from the Trevertan Times.
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Joyner
Order of Hoot Owls
Joynér
Pottaville
Scrabsletown
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sales Pitch Claims Cure
A fragmented OCR ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy. It asserts constitutional treatment, blood and mucous system impact, and claims a $100 reward for evidence of a cure. The text is garbled but presents an aggressive promotional claim.
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Paner
Fall
Dewwr Uw
Hall
Terry
Fox Cocatipat
A Natural Cause and Other Oddities in a Dialog
A reflective exchange features a child claiming Hungary is the most humane nation because it is governed by its diet. The dialogue shifts through humor and social observations, touching on health, money refunds, and a quick aside about left handedness.
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Hungary
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