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Rescuer Hobson Saves Lady From Drowning
Captain Hobson of Merrimac ferry rescues Miss May Cerf who falls from a yacht near Alton Illinois. She is revived after being pulled from the Mississippi, while other items note deaths, a fatal burn, and a Tennessean tragedy.
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Hobson
Lady Beom
St. Louis
Richmond P Hobson
Merrimac Fare
Miss May Cerf
Jas
Missisaipptrior
Chautauqua Grounds
Alton
Ill
Miss Cerf
Hopson
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Stenographers’ Association
Harrisburg
Manila
Andrew Carnegie
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Sinko Hatta
New York
South Carolina
New Jersey Board of Pardons