Sea Monster Sighting At Gull Lake Terrifies Bathers
Two Cincinnati visitors near Eslamssoo Michigan report a monstrous sea serpent with hair like growth and phosphorescent scales. The creature grabbed an oar, hissed, and a 20 to 25 foot tail lashed the water as the couple fled to shore, later rescued by a passing launch. Officials mention a prior 1893 sighting at Gull Jake with livestock losses.
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Allendale
Gull Lake
Eslamssoo
Mich
Harry Kemper
Misa Carrie Wirthin
Cincinnati
Kemper
Aguinaldo
Kalamazoo
Jake
Woman thinks she has Cyrano nose and hides it
Alive Mulcaby, 22, of Cincinnati, believes she possesses a Cyrano de Bergerac nose and must conceal it. She hides her nose and avoids street exposure while otherwise rational. Relatives fear dementia after a remark about her nose triggered the delusion.
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Mulcaby
Thomas Mulcaby
Winchell Avenue
Cincinnati
The Lady and the Snake in Harrold SD Home
Mrs Uertha Grebel at Harrold South Dakota faced a rattlesnake while writing a letter. A large rattler coiled near her table startled her, prompting a mad exit from the house and a return with her husband to confront the intruder, which had vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uertha Grebel
Harrold
S. D
Hull
Prodigal Son Reenactment at Delaware Camp Meeting
At Trinity church Delaware Ohio a Methodist camp meeting closed with a prodigal son skit. George Wilson entered in ragged clothes asking for his share and was welcomed by Rev and Mrs Daniels. He received new clothes from the pulpit as a calf roasted for the congregation. New Zealand and Iceland cited as free from cattle diseases.
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Trinity Church of
Flytrap caused a plury by Wilkesbarre couple
Mrs Armand Smith of Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania accused her husband of trying to keep flies from his head by spreading molasses and plant leaves near him while camping at Lake Winola after rain. The scene terrified her as flies swarmed the area and she feared danger. He freed her from the insects and was arrested next day. Alderman Donahue urged a reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Smith
Wilkesbarre, Ps
Lake Winola
Smith
Donahue
Eloping couple turns back on marriage plan
William Hawes and Miss Mayme Rhine, aged 22 and 19, eloped to Nashville to wed without mother’s consent but returned to Union County by night. They sought a license, then visited a minister, yet the girl refused to proceed, pleading for her mother’s forgiveness and to go home. The license was returned and the couple departed.
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William Hawes
Mayme Rhine
Union County
Nashville
Will
Hawes
Wear Brothers Clothes Sparks Rogers Park Party Lark
Ten young women aged 17 to 22 in Rogers Park Illinois held an after hours gathering at a resident's home on Saturday. They swapped their clothes with their brothers and wore them for part of the evening then danced by lantern light on Touhy avenue before a short parade. Refreshments were pursued but sherbet had vanished as brothers learned of the lark. One participant remarked the stunt had not happened before and might recur.
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Rogers Park
Ill
Touhy Avenue
Chronicle Mystery as British Vessel Loses Chronometer
The British steamer Granada sailed from New York with Captain Murchison aboard and a lost chronometer. The crew sent the chronometer ashore for regulation, but the messenger was distant, forcing the ship to return. The error cost one outbound and one inbound pilot fee totaling $200. Special Delivery popularity in 1899 exceeded 52 million stamps, with messengers traveling an estimated distance of nearly 1,000,000 miles.
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New York
Granada
Murchison
West Indian Island
United States Mail Service
Niles
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Michigan
Cyrano
the Lady and the Snake
Mente Coed
Wanderer
Killa Carr
New Zealand
Iceland
Mr. and
Ure. Amstis
Wilkesbarre
Tae
Sara
Daley
Pis
Senulos
Lion Copper
Ngaties
Nell
Lion
J Deont
Javelen Sigaimmee
Dorothy and
Hes Perends
Fruit Picture
Naval
Lydiss’ Scissors
Game
India
Wil
Woolsohm
Toledo
Obie
S.S
Sarah Miscner
Bristol
Tenn
Sears
West
Moutcomery Ward
Madinen Mt
Calenges
Lanbher
Ena
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