Plague at Boston Sailors At Large After Quarantine
Asiatic cholera reached Boston with one death as two sailors from an Italian port vanished after detention. Mrs. To massino Masthodemco died at Gallup Island detention hospital. The board of health fumigates the Italian district and quarantines residents while tracing contacts and inspecting 25 families and about 50 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Samuel Durgin
board of health physicians
Washington
Millionaire Hobo Seeks Senate Chamber for Tramp Convention
A flamboyant figure dubbed the Millionaire Hobo plans to stage a tramp convention in the Senate chamber, citing publicity value and a radical, tongue in cheek challenge to social norms amid uncertainty over venue approvals.
Cholera scare in New York appears contained
New York July 24 health authorities say prompt detection and quarantine at Belle vue hospital and fumigation of infection sources at the landing house will avert a broader outbreak. Manuel Bermudies the Spanish sailor’s condition remains unchanged at Swinburne Tyland and no new cases or deaths are reported at Hoffman Island where several hundred immigrants are under observation.
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New York
Bellevue hospital
Manuel Bermudies
Belevue
Swinburne Tyland
Hoffman Island
Doty
Rural York grasshoppers raid grain and other notes
Telegraphic briefs report section of York county Pennsylvania plagued by rusby winged grasshoppers damaging grain mainly oats. A six foot snake slithers from a barn near Gnatetown suspected of milking cows. A seven foot six inch black snake found in a Big Valley stall feeds on fresh trees and is killed. Baroness Von Groyse widow of Philadelphia businessman George S. Wilkins arrives from abroad to address servant girl questions by importing Filipino workers. A boy Howard Pew, eleven, dies after being thrown from a car on Atlantic City streets. Syrian Fadiu Mallah, twenty one, shoots ten times from a Theshire streetcar killing a motorman and a bystander, wounding others. he is arrested.
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York county
Charles Reilly
Gnatetown
Amos Karstetter
Big Valley
Lewistown
Von Groyse
George S. Wilkins
Philadelphia
Ocean avenue
Atlantic City
N. J
Howard Pew
Fadiu Mallah
Theshire street railway
North Adams
Mass
George E. Hart
Pittsfield
Martha Esler
Adams
Injing
Starved on mountain top child found after eight weeks
Two-year-old John Salamney of Alden, missing for eight weeks, was found dead on Wilkes-Barre mountain. He climbed to a flat rock overlooking the valley, starved after wandering away during a ball game with his father. A well-worn shoe near the rock indicated his struggle to reach the summit.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Salamney
Alden
hall
Big Hay Fork Fell On Him In Critical Condition
Pottsville Pa July 24 Mimer Kunkle a farmer of McKeansburg south of this place was nearly scathed and had his skull fractured in a fall during hoisting a hay loaded fork at a barn. The fork struck him on the head and his gaping wounds required eighteen stitches. His nose was fractured as was his skull.
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Pottsville
Mimer Kunkle
McKeansburg
Death by Own Action in Middletown Tragedy
Prominent Middletown residents Edward D Crans and his wife were found dead in their home after a suicide pact dating to March 18 1911. Letters to Executor Dr EM Schultz directed no funeral services and burial beside their deceased children. The couple left letters and had long kept up appearances despite financial decline and daily grave visits by friends.
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Middletowa
N. J
edward D
Crans
Mr. Crans
Cransy
Middletown Dailyress
EM. Schultz
Has a strenuous job pushing wheelbarrow to win wager
Frank Orr of Charlotte plans to roll a wheelbarrow from Atlanta to New York to win a $500 bet. He left Atlanta June 23 with nothing but water and no matches, losing two hunger days in North Carolina. He travels about 20 miles daily and aims to reach New York by August 10, hoping to arrive sooner.
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Atlanta
New York
Manassas
Frank Orr
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Orr
Washington
Fleeing From Fire in Stamboul Constantinople
Fire sweeps the Stamboul area near the war ministry in Constantinople driven by a north wind. The vast district, oldest and most crowded, sees residents flee toward Marmara as flames roar skyward. Details are scarce due to widespread panic amid speculation the war ministry burned.
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Stamboul
Constantinople
ministry of war
Marmara
war ministry
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