Woman Driver Triumphs With Pine Knot Victory
Mrs Jessie Prindle drove Pine Knot to win the trotting race at Highland Park. After seeing the horse distressed by ill treatment, she offered to drive him, shed her hat and adjusted her attire, then guided the horse to victory across heats two and three, earning local praise for her skill and courage.
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Highland Park
New Brunswick
N. J
Pine Knot
Jessie
Jessie Prindle
Herseut
Mrs. Prindle
Army chaplain applications reveal varied letters and quirks
Candidates seek volunteer regiments chaplain roles as laws push for increased pay for service. Notes show odd phrasing and unusual requests, including one asking Mrs McKinley to review papers and a Philadelphia clergyman citing a Decoration Day parade talk. A Black applicant mentions years in the medical museum and seeks employment.
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McKinley
Megaphones Find New Use in NYC Cathedral Construction
Builders at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights employ two megaphones to communicate between the top of arches about 150 feet above street level and ground crews. The devices prove cheaper and more durable than telephones, with expectations of broader adoption among construction teams.
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Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Morningside Heights
New York City
Woman slays buck after fierce encounter in Mount Union
Special to the Baltimore Morning Herald reports Mrs Ezra Shoupe of Saltillo, Huntingdon County, fought a five-prong buck, wounded it with a rifle, then killed it with a knife after being attacked repeatedly. She was knocked down and her clothes torn, but cut the deer's throat. the head is mounted as a trophy at the Shoupe home.
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Baltimore Morning Herald
Mount Union
Huntingdon County
Ezra Shoupe
Saltillo
Shoupe
Coast Defense Shoal Forts Considered for New York Approach
Engineers face delays securing land for coast fortifications as owners resist high prices. A plan proposes using shoals off Long Island and Roamer Shoals near New York for 12 inch guns with ammo chambers and limited garrison. Congress is asked for 200000 dollars to buy sites, with conversion costs to follow.
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Board of Arbitration
Long Island
Minister of Haiti Rides Electrified Car for First Time
An automobile invaded the diplomatic corps as Haytian Minister Leger, new owner of one of the electric vehicles, rode down Pennsylvania Avenue. Delighted by the ride, he grinned while guiding the car, nearly colliding with a heavy express wagon. A youth passenger warned and steered to safety as the minister studied the mechanism.
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Leger
Pennsylvania Avenue
Colored Republic
Babies Swapped at Union Station Causing Frenzy
Two families in St. Louis, the Jones and Smiths, swapped babies by mistake at Union Station. Nine Smith children and eight Jones children arrived on the same train. Each parent grabbed the other's child, triggering a frantic scramble and near-mutinous efforts to reunite.
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Jones
Smith
Union Station
St. Louis
Henry Jones
Springfield
Alfred Smith
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