Little Girl Survives Mower Disaster in New Jersey Field
In Washington New Jersey a 5 year old girl escaped death when a mower driven by her father ran over her wrist as she lay on the ground. The blades cut deep but the child saved her hand by pressing against the ground as the machine passed. The father, George Humment, faced a lack of farm help during harvest. A separate item reports two men arrested in Plainfield for blackmail tied to crimes in New Castle, Pennsylvania, claimed as Nicola Soblance and Joseph Noveilla.
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Washington, N. J
George Humment
Plainfield
N. J
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Nicola Soblance
Joseph Novélla
Bessemer Limestone Company
New Casile
Wave of Crime Prompts Alarm Over Murders and Assaults
New York July 27. Police confront a surge in assaults on young girls with two murders and a 5 year old attacked. Virginia Barish 17 and Annie Falkoweko 5 subjected to brutal crimes as Commissioner Bingham warns parents to guard children. A 34 year old shipfireman Joseph Noewiak accused. Dennis O Shea severely beats suspect Neuman after infant screams, Bellevue hospital reports show 17 such cases in 30 days.
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New York
Virginia Barish
Annie Falkoweko
Bingham
Earish
North Beach
Roshance
Kings County Hospital
Littlé O Featold
Staten Island
Joseph Noewiak
Dennis O'Shea
Harlem
Joseph Neuman
Neuman
Bellevue Hospital
Black Fly Pest Deadly at Algonquin Park Camp
Six Canadian campers die from blood poisoning after black fly bites near Algonquin Park, prompting John Griffin to return from a hunting and fishing trip. Griffin, a seasoned hunter in the region, says the pests are the most numerous and deadly he has ever seen.
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East Aurora
John Griffin
Algonquin Park
Canada
Mr. Griffin
Dominion
Bullet in brain removed after six months at work
Lancaster area reports Israel Anderson of Columbia shot in December. The bullet entered above the left eye, lodged in the brain, and was not removed until recently. He returned to work five weeks after the injury. doctors expect recovery following removal at Columbia hospital.
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Lancaster
Israel Anderson
Columbia
Anderson
Columbia Hospital
Miraculous cures at Shrine of St Anne session
Thousands attend the novena at the Shrine of St Anne in Kankakee Illinois. Several attendees including Mary Pierce Daisy Lamond George Neary and Michael McCormick reported healings after nine days of prayer. Pierce said paralysis kept her from walking for four years while Lamond regained sight reading without glasses. Neary and McCormick, once cripples since infancy, walked from the church for the first time in memory.
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Shrine of St. Anne
Kankakee
Shrine of
St.Anne
St. Joseph'’s Church
Mary’ Pierce
Delphi
Ind
Daisy Lamond
George ‘Neary
Lost Nation
Michael McCormick
Kinsman
Perilous top of sleeper ride ends in fainting travelers
EL R Buckley hotel clerk and George Elliott actor from New York were found unconscious on arrival in Cleveland after climbing to the top of a sleeper on the 20th Century Limited as it left Buffalo. They said they were broke and seeking to beat a route to Chicago, clinging to guard rails during the perilous ascent and rapid exposure. Both men were well dressed.
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Cleveland
EL R. Buckley
George Elliott
New York City
Buffalo
Chicago
Died As In Dream Horn Dreamed He Would Be Killed By Train
New York July 27 David Horn Jamaica newsdealer ignore dreams yet faced a fatal fate Friday crossing Long Island tracks in Richmond Hill He was struck by a Jamaica bound train hurled 30 feet unconscious and died before a doctor arrived Also included are reports of Mrs Mars McDowell burned by gasoline stove blast in Pensathenten North Carolina as her husband Wilmer McDowell tried to save her
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Horn
New York
David Horn
Jamaica
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Pensanthen
N. C
Mars MeDowell
Park Avenue
Wilmer McDowell
McDowell
Lightning and flood save Augusta cotton mill fire damage
A bolt of lightning struck the Augusta cotton factory setting a fire in the card rooms and triggering the automatic sprinkler system. Flooding from the system quickly extinguished the blaze. Large quantities of goods were damaged and machinery shaken.
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Augusta
Stine Suffered Dreadful Diphtheria, Child Dies
A fragment from a July 27 report describes a boy contracting diphtheria after a bee sting event and jail of the neck. He was treated but worsened, deteriorating to convulsions and locked jaw before death at the hospital.
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Stine
Ralph
Would-Be death by own action lacked nerve at Niagara Falls
July 27 report from Niagara Falls states Au gust Overbeck of Baltimore Md was arrested as he sat on the Niagara gorge trunk preparing to leap into the river. He read The Man With the Iron Mask to steady himself. He had come to the falls to end his life and spent the night in the gorge because he lacked the nerve to leap. Rieter Gets Fine and Jail Term. Roanoke Va July 27 Thomas Divers one of 28 men indicted for rinsing by a arandher that investigated the wrecking of Greek restaurants here two weeks ago by a mob was tried in police court. He was fined 50 and sentenced to 20 days in jail. Divers is the fourth man to get a fine and jail term. Grief Drives Woman Insane Worcester Mass July 27 Driven insane briefly after the death of her child Miss Sarah J Cooke is dead at the Herbert Hall sanitarium. Three weeks ago Mr Mand G Learned died at peritonit Se devoted to her was d Cooke that the day following the funeral she became insane.
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Gara Falls
Overbeck
Baltimore
Niagara Gorge
Dumas
Niagara
Rieter
Roanoke
Thomas Divers
Divers
Worcester
Mass
Sarah J. Cooke
Herbert Hall
Mand G. Learned
Peritonit
D Cooke
Covington farmer dies after bull gore incident
Newton A. Berry, a wealthy Covington, Georgia farmer, was killed when a mad bull gored him. The tragedy highlights rural dangers and farm animal risks.
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Newton A. Berry
Covington, Ga
Warner Will Case: Widow Battles Estate Deception
Clinton July 27 final arguments wrap a notable Warner will case. The white haired widow seeks a dower share from John Warner's $1.5 million estate. She alleges her father was white and that her stepmother Isabella Robinson Warner deceived her about the value and nature of the wealth.
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Clinton
Warner
Isabella ‘Robinson Warner
W. G. Cochran
John Warner
Minnie Harrison Mettler
Chicago
Arabella Warner Bell
Clnton
Fuller
John Werner
Puller
Thief Loots Private Bank in Chicago Heist
In Chicago on July 27 a thief robbed a private loan bank, stealing Leonard Malone’s 2000 in gold and 1500 in checks. Malone’s checks were endorsed and negotiable. the suspect gained entry claiming to post posters, but Malone alerted staff as the man fled through the back.
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Srleak
Chicago
Sprivate’ Loan Bank
Leonard
Malon
Malone Front Railroad
Man's Face His Own Property in Edison Suit
Newark July 21 Vice Chancellor Stevens rules that a man’s face is his property like his name in a chancery suit. Edison allege d that Edison Polyform Manufacturing used his likeness and a signed certificate recommending the compound. Decision cites self-ownership of facial likeness in trademark style dispute.
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Newark
N.J
Stevens
Thomas A. Edison
Edison Polyform &Manufacturing Company
Edison
Hidison
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