Captured by a Tiger English Sportsman Tells All
English sportsman John Bradley recounts escaping a Bengal tiger attack in Burma. Dragged through forest clawed and tossed by the beast, companions fired but failed to stop the animal. Bradley halted further harm only when helpers arrived, the tiger briefly released him, and a gunshot finally influenced the creature to retreat.
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John Bradley
Burma
Akbar
Sahib
Grant
Cressure
Der
Man killed in May's Landing rail crossing crash
Samuel T. Bailey of Camden president of Parr and Bailey oil cloths died from internal injuries after an auto crash with an electric Pennsylvania Railroad train at May's Landing New Jersey. His wife and chauffeur J G Tripp were severely hurt as the car was demolished and hurled against a fence amid high winds.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel T. Bailey
Camden
Parr & Bailey Company
J. G. Tripp
Pennsylvania Railroad
May’s Landing
Bailey
Cape May
Afay’s Landing
Airs
Tripp
Irs
John Tripp
Big Thomas
William Paul
Philadelphia
Poisoned Milk Substitution Targets Local Resident
Detectives investigate a poisoning attempt on Ela Abrams at her Camden home after she drank milk containing bi-chloride of mercury. Neighbors revived her, Dr. Poehin treated her, and prosecutors pursue suspects linked to a bottle later found not belonging to Clem ents Moore but substituted.
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Camden
N. 5
Kim Birs
Ela Abrams
North Second Street
Elergreans
Scovel
Abrams
Clements & Moore
Burglars Carry Off Safe From Jersey Hotel
Skilled cracksmen dragged a safe half a con from Giessuc kel's hotel in Irvington took it behind a barn blew it open with dynamite and escaped with 5000 in cash jewelry old coins and papers. Newark detectives joined Irvington police as four men suspected in New York East Side were named. In a separate item Charles Snyder, an elderly lawyer, died by his own hand using gas and chloroform with a complex apparatus to self administer the poison.
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Jersey
Newark
N. J
Giessuckel
Irvington
Iris
New York East Side
New York
Charles Snyder
Sing
Snyvder
Estates recovery drive for Springer estates in Delaware lands
Organize to Recover Estates reports 1000 descendants in Cleveland seeking to recover the Charles Christopher Springer estates once linked to royalty of Sweden. Land bought from William Penn includes a 144 square mile tract and 2600 acre parcel with Wilmington city on part, dating before the Revolutionary War. A second item notes Peter Walsh, a Pittsfield laborer, visiting his cousin Thomas F. Walsh in Washington after years apart.
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Cleveland
Charles Christopher Springer
Royal House of
Sweden
Delaware
William Penn
Wilmington
Washington
Peter Walsh
Pittsfield
Mass
Thomas F. Walsh
Cripple Creek
Bor Chum
Ireland
Mock duel ends in boy's death in Pittsburg suburb
Albert Kleer nineteen is in custody at Carnegie suburb pending coroner's inquiry into John Young eleven who was killed during a pretend duel after both boys fired at a target. Young died from a fatal gunshot as revolvers were found empty.
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Pittsburg
Albert Kleer
Carnegi¢o
John Young
Young
Farms chairman fled from New York amid news brief
Brief items report a Trunk Line association chairman and two others fleeing a New York home. A Mountain Lake Coal Company fire near Scranton destroyed three dwellings causing 25000 in losses. Milwaukee veteran James Clancy celebrated his 100th birthday at the Walloner Soldiers' Home. Farmers Telephone in New Jersey was sold to Bell Telephone. A coal train wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio near Bracshaw Maryland killed brakeman William Stefler and injured Conductor Thume.
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Merest, Ocean and Monmouth Councel
N. J
Bell Telephore Company
William Stefler
Thume
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Bracshaw
Financial sentiment improves but industrial activity unchanged
R G Dun and Co reports improved financial outlook driven by new railway bonds and high security prices, while mercantile and industrial conditions remain steady with small trade volume and mixed iron and steel market signals. Dun reports debt financing for rail work and crop progress forecast brighter business, yet quot.concessionsquot. may still unlock deferred demand. Rev. William Bryce Barrow dies at 70, with ties to Bethlehem smallpox relief and leadership roles in Sayre hospital. Dynamite incident disrupts Chester trolley line with two blasts, driver unhurt and three suspicious men seen nearby.
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New York
R G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
William Bryce Barrow
Plainfield
N. J
Willam Bryce Barrow
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Barrow
Packer
Robert Packer
Allentown
Reading
Carlisle
Sayre
Newark
N. J. Peoria
Greenbush
N. Y
Base ball scores and standings from yesterday
American League results show the Athletics beating Boston 5 to 4 in 11 innings at Philadelphia and Detroit defeating Chicago 4 to 2. Washington tied New York 4 apiece. National League games included Boston edging Brooklyn 8 to 7 while other games were postponed. Tristate League reports include Wilmington Johnstown 11 innings and Lancaster Harrisburg 13 to 11. Bank president in Manasquan, Morgan Delancey Magee, commits suicide. bank closes, reopening planned Monday.
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Philadelphia
P. N. York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louie
Waskt
Athletics
Detroit
Brooklyn
McIntyre
Bergen
Fergnson
Young
Bowerman
Tristate League
Wilmington
Johnstown
Kroh
Cooper
Jackson
Grady
Trenton
Altoona
Stonings
Glassburner
Starmagle
Mattern
Osilike
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Brentan
Smith
Emerson
Reading-Wiliamsport
WLP
W.L.P. Williamps
Johnston
Wilming
Reading
Harrish
Manasquan, . J
Morgan Delancey Magee
First National Bank
Manasquan
Manasquan Inlet
Magee
John Terhune
James Terhune
Terhunes
Indigestion Cure Promises Quick Relief With Diapepsin
A health ad extols Papesian tablets called Triangules of Dianepsin for chronic dyspepsia. It claims five minutes after a 22 grain dose digestion vastly improves, relieves stomach heaviness belching and headaches, and urges a 40 cent case for home use.
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Pape
Agricultural price list fragment with assorted grains
The notice lists prices for corn yellow and white ears and shelled, with per barrel and per bushel rates. It includes several grades and unit prices such as No 2 red 96c and 93c for No 3 red, steamer 60c, and shelled corn with 67c per bushel.
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Bay
Raven
Timothy
Ino
Har, Nor Banes
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