Cape May Fire Destroys Twelve Buildings In Sudden Blast
A Cape May Point blaze swept through a summer resort, destroying or damaging twelve cottages and a church. Wind carried embers a mile, threatening the town for over three hours as volunteers fought the flames. Loss estimated at $100,000 with multiple Philadelphia owners and one church affected. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman dies in London at 79 after illness. Theodore Roosevelt Jr balloons near Delaware City after trip from Washington.
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Cape May
N. J
Cape May Point
New Jersey Peninsula
Government Life Saving Corps
Lankenau
John D. Lankenau
Mary J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Mary Lawrence
Wiley
Jessie A Grant
Mahlon Bryan
Ocean Avenue
Ammon Wright
Seaview
Holly Avenue
John C. Springer
Alexander Avenue
Ottinger
W. Burner
St. Peter's-by-the-Sea
Drerel Home
German Hospital
Turner
Teddy, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard College
Washington
Delaware City
Del
Charles de Forrest Chandler
Army Signal Corps
Wilmington
Reybold Estate
Looge
Unbelievable Disorder Found in Judge McKeighan
Baltimore reports reveal at Johns Hopkins that Judge John E McKeighan of St Louis died after a baffling malady left his internal organs scattered. His heart was inverted his liver upside down and kidneys fused in a horseshoe shape while many other organs tangled in cords and fat. Surgeons say the case mystifies them.
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Baltimore
John E.mckeighan
St. Louis
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Judge McKeighan
$7000 Hidden in Door Revealed by Whitestone Woman
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Horton of Whitestone New York found $7000 in a secret panel behind her late father William H. Wilkins's bedroom door. Wilkins died Jan 1, 1907, naming Horton executrix in his will. the cash was kept in the hollow door panel for years.
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Whitestone
L. I
Ann Elizabeth Horton
William H. Wilkins
Wilkins
Skull Fracture Sidelined Harvard Player in Naval Game
Annapolis April 22 R H Aronson Harvard baseball team Jr at Naval hospital with a fractured skull sustained during a slide to base. Dr J M T Finney of Johns Hopkins hospital attends him.
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Annapolis
R. H. Aronson
Harvard
Naval Hospital
J.M.T. Finney
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tragic Quarry Accident Claims Two Men at Hanover
At the Bittenger lime quarries near Hanover Pennsylvania a runaway tram car crushed two workers at the bottom of a seventy five foot pit. Jeremiah D Small sixty died instantly while Jesse Dorsey colored suffered probable skull fractures and possible death from the injuries. The car detached from its cable and sped down the incline striking the men before the operator could warn them.
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Jeremiah D. Small
Jesse Dorsey
Bittenger
Hanover
Small
Dorsey
Joke ballot to cost county extra printing fees
A Pottsville primary voter cast a Prohibition ticket listing prominent citizens as county candidates. The act creates an extra ballot column and the Schuylkill county commissioners say printing will cost about $100 more next fall.
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Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Silk Thread Scam Attracts Shoppers In Morgantown And Monessen
A newspaper promotion offered ten yards of silk thread for two dollars. Many residents of Monessen, Pennsylvania sent payment to a firm in Morgantown, West Virginia and received silk in return, but a large number did not. United States authorities and local police are investigating the scam.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monessen
United States
McKinley Home Donated for Nonsectarian Hospital
The McKinley home in Canton Ohio has been donated to Bishop Ignatius F Horstmann for use as a non sectarian hospital. It will be open to everyone and is named Mercy hospital after being bought by Mrs Rose Klorer for 20000 dollars.
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McKinley
Canton
Ignatius F. Horstmann
Cleveland
Rose’ Klorer
Mercy Hospital
Runaway Car Wrecks Susquehanna Train Kills Nine Lumbermen
A work train on the Susquehanna and New York railroad near Laquin Pennsylvania was wrecked by a runaway car after a steep grade descent. Eight lumbermen died at once, one died later in hospital, and fifteen were seriously injured.
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Susquehanna & New York Railroad
Laquin
Child Dies After Ingesting Pills From Mother
Three year old Theodore Donn of Plymouth Pennsylvania died after swallowing pills his mother kept for neuralgia. The pills contained a powerful narcotic. State officials warn farmers not to spray fruit trees for San Jose scale while trees are in bloom to avoid injuring fruit.
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Theodore Donn
F. Z. Donn
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
San Jose
Grand Jury Report Praises County Institutions and Staff
The grand jury led by foreman George D. Landis inspected Alma House Hospital and the insane asylum, confirming overall satisfactory condition. It faults bath and toilet facilities for women, recommends re carpeting and chapel repairs, and commends Steward Grube’s team and Warden Wenger for efficient management.
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Grand Jury
George D. Landis
John A. Watson
J. Frank Bowman
Almahouse
Hospital and Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum
Harrisburg
Norristown
Elwyn
Grube
Remarkable Heart Stitch Saves 21 Year Old Inglis
Robert Inglis, 21, survived two weeks with a stabbed heart after surgeons at St. Joseph’s Hospital New York removed the heart exposed it stitched the wound then reinserted the heart and ribs. The operation followed a Yonkers street stabbing by Powell Forminaky and left Inglis asking for water and details of his case.
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Robert Inglis
St. Joseph's Hospital
New York
Inglis
Yonkers
Powel Forminaky
Edward Duffy
Philip McCormick
R. Savine
Ely's Dream Balm Tackles Nasal Catarrh
Quick climatic changes cause nasal catarrh with sneezing coughing and difficult breathing. Ely's Dream Balm claims to end these symptoms in short order without cocaine or mercury and is sold by druggists or by mail from Blg Bros New York.
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Ely
Blg Bros
Warren Street
New York
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