Reub Defuses Fourth of July Ruckus Farm Drama
Enos Judkins and his farm hands plan a quiet Independence Day but young Reuben secretly rigs rocks and powder for a dawn display. A night of blasts shakes the town, drawing ire then unexpected village pride as Enos faces a larruping and a surprising public commendation for the bold, safety-minded stunt.
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Enos Judkins
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rordial fares
Cecilia Loftus and Her Pet Kitten
The article recalls Cecilia Loftus once known as Cissy Lottas and later Mae Ceca Brown. It notes her fondness for pets, highlights her early stage start, and mentions her stages names tied to Sir Henry Irving era.
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CECILIA LOFTUS
Cissy
ass Loftus
Cissy Lottas
Indy
Sir Henry Irving
Cecilia
Mae Ceca Brown
Village Fireworks Plan Spurs Doctor’s Hesitant Involvement
In a tense scene, Enos Indkins and villagers press the doctor to join a Fourth of July event planned around fireworks and a dinner. Reub and Renb are central, with debate over how the blast rocks were used and who bears responsibility. The doctor, once isolated by the community, senses a new, uneasy belonging as plans unfold.
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Enos
Reub
Renb
Tonos Tudkins
Fudkins
arinkle
Enos Indkins
Fuel for Sea Fighters Tests Briquettes as Smokeless Ocean Fuel
Washington experts test a smokeless briquetted slack coal fuel at Norfolk and St. Louis facilities. If successful, battleships may switch to briquettes to gain power with minimal smoke, aiding emergency fuel supply and potential fleet tactics. Federal control of forests noted as public policy context.
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United States
Hampton Roads
United States geological survey
Norfolk
Washington
D. Evans eer ued
Admiral Dewey
Manda bay
St. Louis
Lostman Found Awakes As Tailor Charles Brewin in Plainfield
A Burlington, New Jersey tailor vanished on November 8, 1908 after a sleep like death and woke four years later as Frank Johnson in Plainfield. Aphasia left him unable to recognize family or his store, but memory gradually returned aided by his son and a Plainfield trolley conductor. The family believes he is the same man, despite his insistence he is Frank Johnson.
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Charles T. Brewin
Burlington
N. J
Frank Johnson
Plainfield
N.J
Charles T Brewin
Brewin
New Jersey
Miss Brown’s
Frank G. Johnson
Alfred Woolman
Miss Brown
Woolman
Brewins
J. H. Buchanan
Ileaca
Johnson
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Suicide by throat cut with pocket knife in Altoona
John Sechler a 40 year old railroad shopman slit his throat at home with a Darlew knife on July 2. He had been ill for several days and left an aged mother two sisters and a brother who depended on him for support.
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ENOS JUDEVIS
Reuben
Enos Judkins
Mars
Judkins
gruttty
Altoona
John Sechler
General Humphrey Retires As Army Quartermaster Chief
Washington July 2 Brigadier General C F Humphrey quartermaster general of the army was placed on the retired list with the rank of major general Major James F R Aleshire assistant quartermaster general was appointed to be quartermaster general
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CG. F. Humphrey
Washington
CF. Humphrey
army
James FR. Aleshire
Swimmer Drowns After Clinging to Rescuer at York
York Pa July 2 Claude Lease 19 a boastful swimmer clung to Michael Cochran as they swam Lease vanished and both went under Cochran freed himself and survived while Lease drowned in the attempt leaving Cochran shaken but unharmed
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York
Claude Lease
Michael Cochran
Lease
Cochran
Nashville saloons segregated in uptown district
The legislature passed a bill allowing Nashville to confine saloons to the uptown district. The act took effect Monday and about 100 saloons were forced out of business.
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Nashville
Tenn
uptown
Washington preacher links sun to hell in eight year study
Rev Zed H Copp assistant pastor of Bethany Presbyterian chapel shocks his Washington congregation with a discourse asserting that the sun embodies many Bible definitions of hell. He says the idea formed after eight years of study and claims no other place matches the Bible’s hellish description.
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Washington
Zed H. Copp
Bethany Presbyterian chapel
mer
hell
BASE BALL SCORES AND ARIZONA INDIAN OUTBREAK FEARS
Scores from National and American leagues listed with multiple games across divisions including Brooklyn Boston Chicago and New York. An Indian outbreak fear reported at Fort Apache Fort McDowell after a self defense shooting near McDowell leads to sheriff and deputies deploying protection. Gill warned by Apache and Navajo allies to leave the reservation.
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Philadelphia
New York
TRondelphin
Brooklyn
Gaston
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Laws Cincinnati
Athleties
Washington
Detroit
Altoona
Trenton
Chester
Reading
Biechlyp
Allentown
El Paso
Tex
Fort Apache
Ariz
Fort McDowell
Austin
Hayden
Phoenix
Explosion Fire Destroys Ludlow Leather Works and Stores
Fire sparked by an inflammable matter explosion in a local shoemaker's shop in Ludlow, a hamlet near Warren, caused about 40000 dollars in damage. The blaze threatened the residential area until shifting winds pushed flames away. The leather specialty company's factory and two general stores burned, with several small buildings damaged.
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Warren
Ludlow
here
leather specialty company
Cupid Must Move In Greenwich Lovers Cleared From Fences
Police order lovers to keep moving along Sound Haven Avenue as summer visitors from nearby areas repeatedly gathered at night to declare affection to nurses and maids, disrupting sleep and work.
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Cupid
Greenwich
L. I
Sound Haven avenue
Man Sutted Neck Out of Joint
Atlantic City July 2 Surgeons work to straighten Axel Harrold neck after he dislocated his back bone by butting a punching machine. The wager aimed at driving the indicator out of the top led to his head striking the punching target and him losing consciousness.
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Atlantic City
Axel Harrold
Axel
Mint Output Breaks Record in U S Mint Philadelphia
A Philadelphia report shows the United States Mint produced a record total of 182,825,251 coins in the fiscal year. Domestic coinage reached 177,073,194 pieces valued at 35329484.9918. Panama orders totaled 1,800,000 coins and 3,962,000 were minted for the Philippines.
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Philadelphia
United States mint
Panama
Philippines
Carnegie Gifts 25000 to Roanoke College Endowment
Roanoke Va July 2 President J B Morehead of Roanoke College Sarlem Va announced receipt of a 25000 check from Andrew Carnegie in fulfillment of a promise to give that amount after 35000 had been raised. This addition of 60000 enables the trustees to establish two new chairs at the college.
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Carnegie
Roanoke
J. &. Morehead
Roanoke College
Sarlem
Andrew Carnegie
Geologist to Wed Fifth Wife at 81 in Chicago
Ossian Guthrie, geologist and engineer, 81, will marry his fifth wife, Elizabeth F. Flower, 46, in Chicago on July 2. He declares marriage natural for man and woman and notes his prior four marriages as proof.
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Chicago
Ossian Guthrie
Elizabeth F. Flower
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