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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1922
Page
8
As Swatow lies in ruins after the typhoon a Swatow Chamber circular in Hongkong reports 28 000 dead or missing in the disaster. Bodies drift in the harbor and up to fifteen miles from port complicating burial efforts. Relief funds flow from Hongkong with ships bringing food and aid while bandits prey on the vulnerable and ghouls loot the dead.
Fourteen year old Helen Jangofft sails alone toward a convent in Germany after her Vladivostok merchant father Serge Krangoff sends her to safety from Siberian bandits. He recently met her in Japan and arranged schooling in Germany. She boards the Reliance at Grand Central to begin the voyage.
A boy about two or three years old, son of Robert Winward of Steelville, drowned while bathing in Octorara Creek near Shrookside, Lancaster. Authorities believe cramps caused the accident as water depths were shallow except in few spots.
Freeland Pa Aug 9 C L Lewis acting administrator in the estate of W Cruikshank reports that his wife while sorting clothing owned by the late Mrs Cruikshank found $250 hidden in the hem of an old dress. Mrs Lewis prepared to donate the dress and other articles to charity.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at an unclear, possibly garbled note about a person named Fee Lory Man and a referenced event or item, but lacks readable details to form a concrete news item or summary.
An August report from Uniontown Pennsylvania describes a diphtheria outbreak at Gray's Landing with four cases and one death, plus a typhoid fever epidemic at a Brownsville tent colony where thirteen patients are hospitalized. A One-man car collision in Reading killed James Q. Geiger, 77. In Wilkes-Barre a family fell ill after eating cakes bought in New York containing poison.
Berwick where American Carana Foundry worker Gales Farrer aged 80 was fatally crushed when a steel plate fell from a crane in the smithshop. The incident occurred August 9.
Weehawken New Jersey August 9 Police Recorder Caeser Walton proposes a novel corrective if minor offenders avoid jail or fines. The plan sets offenders to sweep streets near their homes after business hours wearing white suits and a back placard reading It must do this for ten days. Previous cases included a weekend jail sentence to avoid family hardship and a schoolboy ordered to spend an hour in jail each night for thirty days.
Vermon Connecticut Royster, dead hero and president of the Royster & Brothers Candy Manufacturing Co, among seven siblings named Virginia, Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Arkansas, Delaware, Wisconsin, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota. He was a son of James Daniel Royster and grandson of David Royster, early Raleigh settler.
Four men trapped in the Harris Forbes building at 28 Federal Street suffocated when fumes from exploding painting materials filled the basement. The victims were John Cane of Philadelphia, foreman painter. William Dempsey of Philadelphia. Albert McCoy of Brighton. and an unnamed man believed from Philadelphia.
London August 9 A Strabane telegram to the Exchange Telegraph company says a settlement between the Ulster government and the Free State authorities is imminent with terms virtually arranged in London negotiations. Downing Street denies any Irish negotiations, while another telegram quotes later officials denying a settlement is at hand.
In Bhenandork Pennsylvania on August 9 a man named Smaskey perched on a three story chimney of his home and refused to come down. Police fired a warning shot into the air to scare him. Bricks loosened and he fell to the ground sustaining probable fatal injuries. He is believed to be demented.
Police from Revere and Lynn hunt for limousine owner after a crash on the Lynn-Boston turnpike demolished a watchman’s shanty in Lynn. The impact killed watchman Christopher Bocciazi of Revere and the vehicle left the scene as repairs were underway.
In Swedesboro New Jersey workers at a West Broad street gravel pit uncovered a human skeleton. The bones appeared ancient and the find sparked murder mystery rumors among locals.
A note on superstitions in Mexico where no sensible girl accepts marriage on a Tuesday, deemed the unluckiest day of the week for weddings, reflecting local customs and timing concerns.
Dr H Burger reports in the Nederlandsch Tijdschrift v Geneeskunde that removing more of the side wall of the throat yields a new vocal cord closer to normal when a malignant tumor is present. Voice improves in most, with one case still hoarse.
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