Fire Devastates Coney Island Amusement Zone
A major blaze struck Coney Island early Sunday, destroying seven blocks of the amusement area including Triyon's Steeplechase park and nearly two dozen hotels. Luna Park and Dreamland faced threat as wind shifted seaward aiding firefighters. Damage estimated at one million dollars. three injured, one fatally perhaps. San Dora, the armless man, and two Beors workers escaped with a basket rescue after a chaotic evacuation.
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New York
Coney Island
Triyon
Luna Park
Dreamland
Gottfried Massarli
Acre
San Dora
Ufe
Imb
Fourteen Die In East Side Fire After Explosion
In New York a late Sunday night explosion gutted a two-story tenement at 22 Christie Street. Nearly 100 occupants, mostly Italians, were awakened from sleep and fled in night clothes as flames and smoke swept through the building. At least 14 were killed and many injured, some fatally, in the frantic scramble to escape.
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New York
East Side
Christie Street
Red Flags Parade Breaks Up in Hancock
A socialist parade in Hancock Michigan was dispersed by police on Sunday as marchers carried red flags in defiance of a city ordinance. Officers arrested thirteen marchers, including a woman, after clashes with protesters and widespread use of clubs though no serious injuries were reported.
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Hancock
Mich
Magill in Clinton Jail After Murder Charge
Clinton Sheriff Campbell and wife escorted Fred H. Magill and his bride from St Louis to the county jail at 2 10 Sunday morning. Attorney R A Lemon accompanied them. Miles Marguerite Magill was not with them. The couple face murder charges in the death of Magill's first wife Mrs Pet Magill. A Memphis blaze on the eleventh floor of the Cold Storage building under construction caused $600000 damage and one firefighter injured.
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Clinton
Campbell
Wilnois Central
St Louis
Fred H. McGill
Pet Magill
R.A. Lemon
Magill
St. Louis
Miles Marguerite Magill
Memphis
Memphis Cold Btorsyo Company
Battle Endangere MacLean in Kamaas Territory
Tangler The Shereefian troopa Pacurday attacked villages of the Kamaas tribe near where Caid Sir Harry MacLean is believed held prisoner by bandit Ratsuli. Troops burned looted killed many, capturing a large number. The fight, within six hours’ march of MacLean’s suspected location, raises fears for his safety.
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MacLean
Shereefian Troopa Pacurday
Ratsuli
Caid
Harry MacLean
Caid MacLain
Ralsuil
A Woman's Suffering From Kidney Ailment Cured
Mrs Clyde Pixley of Bridge St Belding Michigan describes severe bladder inflammation with back headaches dizziness and bloodlike kidney secretions. After five years with no cure doctors advised surgery. Dean's Kidney Pills improved her condition in a week and she became well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Clyde Pixley
Bridge St
Beldjing
Mich
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Waiting for the Fun in a Park Bench Scene
An old gentleman in a park questions a quiet boy who says he is waiting for someone to get up from a painted bench. The scene shifts to Dr. McCosh of Princeton challenging a philosophy class on what an impression is, with a student offering a dent in a soft place as the answer. The doctor dismisses the class.
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Dr. McCosh
Princeton College
Mr. Arthur
Ludge
Pittsburg
Chinese Jews in China since Boxer era and Kaifungiu colony
The article notes long standing ties between Chinese Jews and America, tracing settlements at Kaifungiu from the Han dynasty through Marco Polo era visits, and Jesuit missions in 1000 and 1704. It cites Alfred K. Glover writing in Overland Monthly May issue claiming Chinese Jews are nearly extinct but their records survive in tablets.
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China
Kaifungiu
Kaifungfu
Marco Polo
Alfred K. Glover
Overland Monthly
Grape-Nuts touted as digestion friendly breakfast cereal
An advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as scientifically cooked to prevent indigestion from ordinary cereals. It argues that mushy oats and wheat pastes upset digestion, especially in sensitive stomachs, and claims grapes sugar starch is easily digested. It cites nursing babies successfully fed on it and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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Pure Food
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Dees
Five Fall Into Grave At Westport Burial
During a Westport burial of merchant Michael Sereno a grave collapse caused the coffin to descend into a pit. The assistANT to the undertaker and several pallbearers fell into the grave as soil yielded, five persons were briefly buried before the coffin was rescued and reburied.
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Michael Sereno
Westport
Two Sisters Praise Cuticura Remedies for Eczema
A reader endorses Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after curing head eczema with a single cake and box. A sister also healed. another sister used Cuticura Resolvent and Fig as a tonic. The note ends with a street address and price mention, reflecting an old testimonial ad style.
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Eaith Hammer
R.eld
Morrison
Shake Into Your Shoes and Cures Cited Adstyle
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot discomfort and easier shoe wear, urging purchases from druggists and shoe stores with a warning against substitutes. It adds an address in New York and includes miscellaneous quotes about love and tobacco product messaging from historical ad copy.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Ray
N.Y
Death Appears as Judge in Hungarian Village Tale
A Hungarian frontier peasant Toman withdrew 400 krone from a post office savings bank after claiming Death demanded the money by night. The deathly threat proved to be a ruse as the supposed Death turned out alive as the local judge, who is now jailed while the money remains in the bank. The tale appears alongside a series of product ads and witticisms.
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Ine Uttle
Presburg
Toman
America
Post Office Savings Bank
Pall Mal Gazette
Headache In the Morning and Nostalgic Quips
An OCR fragment lists headache remedies like Headache Capsules and references to Druggists and Des Moines. It weaves in ad-like lines and proverbs about marital love and smokes, including Lewis' Single Binder cigar and Haliburton quips. The jumble includes incomplete phrases and literary allusions to Shakespeare and Ruskin.
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Bic
Norman Lichty
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