Double Drowning Claims Four Men Off Doc's Island
In Atlantic City on August 7 Rev Edward Connell and Claude Friendship, a Philadelphia real estate agent, died after a sailboat accident near Doc's Island Brigantine when the boom hit Friendship and knocked him overboard. Connell, who could swim, jumped in to assist but was stabbed at the neck and both men disappeared. The incident left two other sailors uninjured as the boat tacked and the men sank.
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Preacher
Atlantic City
N. JL
Edward $J. Connell
Absecon
Claude Friendship
Philadelphia
Doc
Cornell
Double drowning reported as others failed to find bodies
People from Philadelphia reported the death of Friendship son of Realty Company president in Philadelphia. Rev McConnell begins first charge at Absecon. In Bryson City a court rules Mary Evans white in the case against the county board of education over access to public schools.
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Friendship
Philadelphia
Realty Company
McConnell
Absecon
Bryson City
N. C
Mary Evans
County Board of Education
Bombarded Moors Kill 150 In Casablanca Landing Fight
Casablanca on the Moroccan coast is said to have been bombarded by French cruisers amid an uprising. Moors reportedly fired on a landing party, with about 150 Moors killed by a marine volley and shelling as Europeans sought refuge in consulates. French and Spanish forces tightened control, shells striking nearby villages and the market area.
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Tangier
Casablanca
Casabizuera
Hoth
France
Spain
Dilie
Morocco
Ihe
Europe
Anatole
Hi Torce
En- Sis
Don Alvaro de Bazan
State Police In Pursuit After Fatal Stabbing
Police pursue suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing at Wis place. The assailant allegedly stabbed a woman in the throat and fired shots, with three shots linked to her death. Authorities report the suspect fled the scene and remained at large.
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New Cais Pal
Douwsyman
Wis Place
Tr Wale
Lost Lansdowne banker found dead in Willlow Grove Park
A Lansdowne banker named Harey B reemer was found dead on a table in Willow Grove Park after death by poison. His disappearance a week earlier is linked to the Lincoln Tensi company where he served as an officer.
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Park
Philadelphia
Harey Breemer
Lansdowne
Ton
Willow Grove Park
Weymern
Lincoln Tensi Company
Pagbers Divided on Capitol Investigation Report
Penna Capitol investigators split on recommendations as James Scarlet James Stranahan and lawmakers near completion. The panel aims to present a digest of Harrisburg testimony to Governor Stuart next week, with no open discord or added legal steps slated.
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Harrisburg
Scarlet
Stuart
Todd
Body Packed in Trunk Murder at Sea Between Cities
A trunk from Monte Carlo to London contained a woman's dismembered body after arrival in Marseilles France. A man and a woman, owners of the trunk, were arrested. Autopsy indicated the woman was seized from behind and stabbed. A Monte Carlo commission was dispatched to probe the crime.
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Monte Carlo
Marseilles
France
London
Galds
Lightning Kills 860 Yearly Under Trees Warns Of Dangers
A weather bureau study shows about 860 Americans are struck by lightning yearly with trees the riskiest shelter. The article notes Vermont to New England as a danger belt and cites higher risk for outdoor workers. A separate report details a young woman mauled by a man, tied to a tree, and rescued by youths before police.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Cea Est
Soucthern
Vermont
Thase Padre
Indignities to Dead At Trenton Insane Hospital
Rev John May testified at the Trenton State Hospital for the Insane inquiry that a funeral shroud contained a corpse with a cut face and bruises, noting only a soiled shirt remained. Grave digger John H Marquis corroborated the record while clothing dealers testified hospital prices were inflated by as much as 20 to 64 percent.
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Trenton
Trenton N. J
State Hospital For the Insane
House
John May
Neshaonic
John Gray
John H Marquis
Hosital
Tor Hospital
Nearly Diewrs In tce Cream Freezer
A three year old boy fell headfirst into a Water filled ice cream freezer and was rescued after two minutes unable to cry out yet revived later by medical staff. Father carried him home after two hours, reporting the boy’s near death experience and return to consciousness.
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M. L Ruakir
Tor
Ant
Conquetil
Houston
Tex
Whita
Longview
R. Gibson
Olde Gibson
J. M. Spicer
Peanuts Best of Food Bulletin Claims Protein Lead
A damaged snippet cites a bulletin claiming peanuts offer more protein per unit than beef, noting higher energy content and a comparison to a steak. The text is garbled with misspellings and unclear sourcing but suggests a USDA or similar department note on peanut nutrition.
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Terheles
Cy Aucot
Saft
Sauna Bulletin
Uee T Sates
Agreentine
Railroad Wreck Kills Four In Pennsylvania Split
Four dead and many injured after a Buffalo and Allegheny division train struck a derailed gondola coal car near Kelly Pennsylvania. The Titusville train No 76, traveling about 60 miles per hour, derailed, engine and cars overturned. Among the dead is engineer M B Irwin of Oakmont and Mrs Alonzo Huff of Johnstown with her infant. Many injured suffered cuts from shattered glass as two women in the second coach survived with minor injuries. A lynching narrowly averted later at Conover North Carolina involved a negro suspect in an assault on a white woman. The report also notes Pittsburg moving to annul the Philadelphia Company charter and collect tolls and rents, and a fatal wagon accident near Longview Texas.
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Pittsburg
Buffalo and Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railway
Kelly
Titusville Earness
Alonzo Huff
Johnstown
M. B. Irwin
Oakmont
George Cochran
Rimesburg
Irwin
Huff
Charlotte
N. C
Conover
Yanks Petree
Petree
Emma Sigmon
Catawba Springs
Newton
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