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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1908
Page
46
A recount of historic fires in Peshtigo Wisconsin and Hinckley Minnesota highlights the destructiveness of great blazes. Eyewitness descriptions describe towns engulfed by infernos, rivers crowded with fleeing survivors, burned bodies, and heroic rescues amid scorched landscapes.
The article surveys bans on whistling from Berlin police actions to ancient proverbs, noting Bismarck and Macnamara as public figures who whistled. It links whistling to cultural taboos in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and discusses its social impact from servants quitting to theater audiences whistling as a form of contempt.
A blazing train battle with fire fronts and burning trees as workers, villagers, and two Chinese stay aboard the car amid sparks and shifting rails. Firefighters fight all day, securing a midnight victory as losses loom for timber and water resources.
Guests including G H Glover E G Babcock and Misses Murr from New York F J Lancaster Edgemets Loomis W Skiddy Stamford and others from Boston Pittsburg St. Louis stay at Belle Terre club. Labor Day motor beat regatta to be held over a two and a half mile triangular course.
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