Wealthy Father Sacrifices Blood To Save Son At St Luke's
A dramatic three transfusions saved Leighthorn Middleton, a 25 year old New Yorker, after typhoid malaria and severe hemorrhages. His father, A W Middleton of Bristol Construction, offered his own blood after matching tests showed the blood type suitable. Dr Fruere and a team of surgeons oversaw the risky procedure at St Luke's Hospital as the son fought for life.
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Four Bomb Outrages and Political Turmoil
Local news briefs report bomb outrages and political contention, including campaign issues, mayoral influence, labor struggles, and a fatal police incident. Navy and international notes appear alongside weather and market summaries, with mentions of a naval militiaman and political unrest.
Blood transfusions save two men in moral crisis
In a surgery scene Velock coordinates a desperate blood transfusion chain between a father and son. After three transfusions the elder Middleton exhausts his supply, but the younger patient shows no early improvement until the final withdrawal of blood and renewed hope emerges for the remediary system against the germs threatening the young man.
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Mother Gives Skin to Son in Experimental Graft
Nutley New Jersey report of Mrs Iain Colwell donating skin for her severely burned son William Colwell aged about five. The operation, the third time, used skin from five volunteers totaling about 150 square inches grafted to his back and shoulder, with potential for another procedure if advised. The boy’s father, a cooperage manufacturer living on Vreeland avenue Nutley, previously burned in an accident with matches.
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Apoplexy Kills King Elk at New York Zoo
The New York Zoological Park’s King Elk Stanley died yesterday from apoplexy after showing illness on Thursday. Keeper John Quinn and park veterinarian Dr W Reed Mair found him dead in the shelter house. Stanley, among the zoo’s oldest residents, was brought to the park twelve years ago by Dr Taylor of Colorado and named after the famed African explorer. He had notable feats including acting in moving pictures shot in the elk enclosure, with photographer KR Sanborn’s footage later shown nationwide.
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Bogus necklace found near Paris sparks 650000 reward case
Police in Neuilly near Paris investigate a claimed pearl necklace found behind the Dauphine restaurant in Bois de Boulogne. The piece, supposedly worth 650000 dollars, is linked to a London dealer and a 14000 dollar reward amid doubts the pearls are genuine. Two South Americans are alleged to have dropped the necklace on the restaurant terrace.
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Seal Hunt in Schuylkill Escapes from Philadelphia Aquatic Escape
Five seals escaped from the Fairmount Park aquarium in Philadelphia and swam along the Schuylkill River as a flotilla of boats and a large crowd of pursuers tried to capture them. Only three have been recovered. spectators watched as the animals surfaced and teased their would be captors. Army of boys planned to trap them in shallow water.
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Grant and Bride Share Extensive California Estate
U S Grant, son of the former president, reportedly signed a prenuptial agreement giving his wife Mrs America Workman Wilson most of his roughly 21 million estate. She would control the estate until his death, with assets distributed to his children or to her son from a prior marriage if he dies first. The couple’s marriage sparked secretive arrangements and a subdued public celebration with only a dozen attendees despite invitations.
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Sunday Drownings and Bomb Attacks Alarm New York
Rescue crews battled multiple water deaths as five drownings were reported along the Hudson and East River near Pelham Bay Park and Roosevelt Street. A series of dynamite explosions damaged tenements and shops around Manhattan, with injuries and property loss reported but no confirmed fatalities beyond the drownings.
Cyclist bitten by crab causes crash in Philadelphia
Harold Wilson, riding near Kensington and Lehigh avenues after visiting WIlwood, had one of six crabs escape from a basket fastened to his motorcycle. The crab crawled up his neck and bit him, fracturing his skull and sending him to Episcopal Hospital.
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Pankhurst Foils Detectives in Decoy Plot
Mrs Pankhurst evades police after a decoy plot as she leaves her Westminster flat. Detectives pursue a veiled woman and a crowd blocks access before the person is identified as not Pankhurst. The bluff exposes police misdirection and the militant leader has disappeared. A separate report notes a fire at Belly Cale in Birmingham destroying a sabert linked building once used as an orphanie home.
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Liner Dodges 60 Whales Off Coast Near New York
The steamer Pring Sigismund steered away from a flock of whales yesterday afternoon off the coast toward New York from South American parts. An officer ordered the helm to port and the engineer to reverse engines. The vessel avoided collision by timing maneuvers as passengers counted around sixty whales, with the water officer noting more than that number.
Priest Sentenced to Prison for Parish House Fire
Father Loudrais, curate of the parish, received sixteen years hard labor after confessing to setting fire to the parish house to claim insurance. The blaze occurred on a windy night about four months ago, killing an old man tied to the parish for over thirty years. Firefighters spent hours fighting the flames, and investigators found a large kerosene purchase linked to the crime.
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Woman Dies in Church Prayer Service in Brooklyn
Mice Curran, 23, of No W DeKalb Ave Brooklyn, collapsed and died from heart disease while praying at Poneman Church of St John the Haptiet near Wil loughby and Lewis Aves. Worshippers carried her to the vestry before Dr. Pierce from Bushwick Hospital arrived.
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Bryan Cancels Lectures For Mexico Conference
Secretary Bryan of the State Department cuts three days of lectures this week to confer with Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and President Wilson about the Mexican question. A conference is expected Friday, with Bryan returning to Washington if his presence is needed. A letter to Bryan offered a paid publicity post, while Rev Dr Edward Young said Bryan would not live on his salary and urged him to curb lecturing for national unity.
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Hawthorne Plans 4000 Mile Walk Home
Jul ian Hawthorne, aged 67 and inmate at a federal prison, anticipates parole next week and vows to walk 4000 miles to New York. He trains by circling the prison walls daily, aiming to regain life and craft material for a future book. Also mentions Dr Morton likely release and a Hudson River Day Line note.
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Julian Hawthorne
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Turks Retake Adrianople and Balkan Front Shifts
Turkiye forces seize Adrianople after brief fighting with Bulgarian defenders. Romanian troops advance toward Sofia from the east, threatening Bulgaria as Europe’s authority collapses. Telegraphed reports from London and Sofia describe new Turkish frontier along the Maritza and imminent war implications.
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Bulgars Murder 50,000 In Four Months
London July 21 There is a published record of savage Bulgarian troop brutality in Macedonia The Daily Telegraph correspondent from Demirhissar describes Serres a town of about 50 000 population and details of atrocities reported amid reporting from the front lines
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