Girl in White Jumps Into Mississippi River
A young novice, Martha Deckette of St Charles Missouri, leaped from the Notre Dame Convent bank into the Mississippi before witnesses on a river deck. Efforts to recover the body failed as the swift current thwarted rescue attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grouude
Notre Dame
Carondelet, Mo
Sisterhood
Mississippi
Kien Oe Binter
Martha Deckette
Charles, Mo
Tag Lockwood
Frederick Cox
Bowtman
Hottha
Surgeons Relive Heart During Pioneering Operation
A dramatic account describes Dr Hart and assistants performing a heart extraction at a city hospital. They removed Wyatts heart through a left chest incision to inspect a one and a quarter inch wound, then reseated the organ and sutured vessels before restoring it to the body, with reports that the patient will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slane
Waatt
Hart
Walt
Anchor Holds Auto On Edge Of Ravine
Professor Harry Moore and his two daughters were saved when he improvised an anchor and rope device to stop a four cylinder car that jammed its brake and teetered over a 300 foot cliff on a mountain road south of Phoenix Arizona. The father’s quick action halted the vehicle and kept the occupants from falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Moore
Wen
Phenix
Ariz
Eny
Professor Moore
Ban ishment Island Plan to Root Out Anarchy Proposed
Dr. Walker Kempster of Milwaukee advocates an international drive to banish anarchists. He proposes a US led commission with England France and Germany to select an island for exile, guarded by an international force, with global cooperation to prevent escapes or outside influence. The plan mirrors Loyal Legion ideas once pressed after President McKinley’s assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iid
Madrid
Walker Kempster
Milwaukee
United States
St. Louis
England
France
Germany
Kewpster Leflover
Wisconsin
Loyal Legion
Kempster
McKinley
Kent
Congress
Spooner
Sa Eato
Bia
Kotpater
Buns Rede
Spain
Milwankee
Tooweselt
Liam Goldman
New Jersey
Eltizena
McKintey
Tam
Brooklyn Painter Attempts Suicide by Gas in Prison Room
Alexander Mitchell of 428 DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn was found unconscious in a gas-filled room at Cumberhill Street hospital after tying himself to a chair to die. Neighbors reported a strong odor and the door was forced to rescue him. He was revived by doctors and remains in custody.
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Alexander Mitchell
DeKalbarene
Brooklyn
Cumberhill Street
Mitchell
Burglary Suspect Plays Grand Piano in Elyria Home
In Elyria Ohio a burglar woke a family by playing a grand piano during a break in. The intruder John Schmunk claimed to be a musician by trade, later said he entered to rob, and was given a twenty dollar bill to begin his upward path again.
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Glaksio
Allenbauer
John Schmunk
Automobile wrecks Nyack store after high speed crash
An automobile owned by John Juhss of New York city crashed through the front of a large Nyack store on Broadway. The car, carrying pleasure seekers, came from West Point and could not be steered in time. Clerks and customers fled as the vehicle demolished the front, but the occupants escaped unharmed and promised to cover damages.
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Marakesh
Mesfew
Derlaion
Collee
Lake Tithara
South
Antica
John Juhss
New York
Ecity
Nyack
N. Y
Mr. Judns
Broadway
W. W. Devgitt
Tomrance
Larry's Love Wins on Immigrant Ferry
Larry Donovan rises from footman to coachman and plans a future with Ellen Mearn but loses her to Tim Kearny in New York. A chance encounter with Nora MacManus in distress leads to romance, a hasty ceremony, and a shared voyage back to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Donovan
Hemstead
Eulua
Larry
U Sung
America
Ellen Mearn
Old Country
Flten
Ballymoran
Kiléo
Lares
Yen
Ellen
Cedric
Elen
Eten
Ireland
Shure
Amt
New York
Aden
Palth
Tand
Tim Kearny
Nelal
Itabe
Nora MacManus
Innishowan
Nora
Sho
Tie
Giana
Khare
Eilien
Na Be
Tila
Kearny
Lawrence Donovan
Tin
Nort
Thin Keamy
Aonb
Clubs for trolley men illuminate Union ward leisure
A Flatbush Avenue LRT conductor describes company unions formed to aid workers. The Jamaica avenue club building costs 40000, with branches at eight other stations. Facilities include reading rooms, a gym, theater, vaudeville and pictures. The self supporting clubs offer sick pay and death benefits, while the main HQ reports a 5000 positive balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Avenue
New York
Humor and Philosophy Bits From a Local Page
A collage of quips and verse notes on daily life, manners, and social mores. It pokes fun at poverty, punishment, dancing around weather, and small jokes about barrooms, phonographs, and hospitality, with light ironies and playful rhymes.
Setting Itself Right Medicine Tit Slur Damage
The passage mocks long held beliefs about medicine and industry, claiming Canada does not lag in weather or medicine, noting roses bloom year round and straw hats are valued in January. It warns against future oddities like selling Greenland tracts for orange groves and ridicules speculative trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coes
Greenland
Fragmentary Verse and Snatches of Wit on War and Life
Seemingly random lines on women hats war and religion mix with stray poems and quips. The collage mentions a late war Japanese moves and a boxing slam about Swansea, ending with blurred reflections on sight and fear.
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Commenton
Mohammed Mesfewi
Marakkesh
Morocco
Messen
Serenty
Abnogh
Anuvah
Amate Dethens
Don
YU Chilestow
Satan Abdul Aziz Fiuit Mestoewi
Marakeseh
Bowdeir
Atti ML Wood
Hye
Woodland Cemetery
Samford
Conn
Mer Lowe
Stamsford
TRE
Dralader
Notre Dame Convent
Browns Wersell
Philadelphia
Arixonan
Awiel
Sland Privon
Reda
Walter Kempster
Yamada Naokama
Japapess
Isome
Boe
Avo Relceno
Jamey Aveibauchs
Elyria
Piane
Allenbauch
Automobile Wrecks Store
YHR
Consignee D'Arcy
Mackay
Rocky Mountain
Ife
Wii
Clare Belle
Busiheas
Dia
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