Striking Prediction of British Bishop at School
The late Richard Mansfield, famed Shakespearean actor, recalled from England's youth. A bishop guest urged a boy to pursue acting but warned against it, while Mansfield later quipped only he rivaled Garrick in fame. His career featured generosity to a sick child and dramatic anecdotes from tours.
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Richard Mansfield
United States
England
Mansfield
bishop of
Littlefield
Slylock
New York Globe
Steaven
Garrick
Mr. Mansfield
Palmer
iis
New York
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Boston
London
Beerbohm Tree
Slepworth Dixon
Cheapside
smaells
Savage club
Hepworth
Chicago Record-Werard
Beaucaire
carpenter
Cleveland
Bear shot from moving machine on Miller trimk road
Edward Fillatrault and Victor Huot have been operating a motor vehicle near the White Face and Paleface rivers where they reportedly shot a bear from their seat on the machine by the Palefaee river as described by the Da- Inth News-Tribune.
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TDanth
Edward Fillatranit
Victor Huot
Miller trimk
Whiteface
Paleface
Da- Inth News-Tribune
Fillatrault
Palefaee
North Carolina mountaintop mill aims to transform hills
An experimental cotton mill planned on Green River near Zircon North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge, seeks to pioneer southern textile methods, provide labor at home, and forge schools and churches among mountaineers as a social and industrial venture. It promises abundant water power and a local labor supply, while touching on child labor issues and safety reforms.
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North Carolina
Hill
Blue Ridge mountains
south
Charleston News and Courier
Green river
Zircon
X. C
America
South Carolina
Viedmont
Piedmont
Wife kills husband then drags body into woods
In Lynchburg Virginia on September 4 a farmer Joseph Peetes was shot and beaten to death by his wife after a domestic quarrel. She tied a wire to the body hitched a mule and dragged it into the woods where police say she concealed it. The suspect claims self defense and is jailed at Nedford City.
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Lynchburg
Joseph Peetes
Nedford City
Protecting coal miners European refuge scheme follows accidents
European efforts to shield coal workers gain urgency after a spate of mine disasters in Germany and France. Scientists focus on chambers of refuge as a safety solution amid ongoing industry accidents and debates over protective measures.
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Germany
France
News Nuggets On Gov Hall Son Creek Chief Porter's Death
John W. Hall son of former Delaware governor died at Dover after a long illness. General Pleasant Porter chief of the Creek nation died at Vinita, Oklahoma Territory, of paralysis aged 66. Emigrants to South American ports last year reached 130600, compared with 287000 arriving in the United States.
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John W. Hall
Delaware
Dover
Pleasant Porter
Vinita
Z. T
United States
YACHT CAPSIZED DURING BARNEGAT BAY SAILING RACE
Five young men from Camden Philadelphia Island Heights and Harkon were rescued after their 30 foot open yacht capsized in Barnegat Bay near Forked River due to entangled sheet lines and strong breeze. A fisherman found and towed them to Island Heights. No serious injuries reported. Earlier, John Francis Prenet Schell of Philadelphia drowned canoeing near Burlington at Rancocas Creek.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Barnegat bay
William Haddon
Eugene Sullivan
Camden
LeRoy Webb
Philadelphia
Howard Derby
Lodge Parker
Island Heights
Haddon
young Harkon
Island Heights Yacht club
dleep
John Francis Prenet-Schell
Rancoccas creek
Burlington
N.J
Rancocas
Woman Killed In Feud In Clarksburg West Virginia
Mrs Fred Pickett wife of the Bijou theatre manager was shot through the heart on the front porch and killed. Thomas Hannon of Han non Murray saloonists surrendered to officers. A long standing family feud is said to have caused the crime.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
I'red Pickett
Bijou
Thomas Hannon
Hannon & Murray
Clam Eating Race in New Jersey Camp Ends
In Brookvale New Jersey on September 4 the clambake of the Montclair and Bloomfield camps of the Sons of Veterans held a contest to see who could open cook and eat the most clams in 105 minutes. Higgins beat Donald Ferguson by eating 200 clams to 185.
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Brookvale
N. J
Montclair
Bloomfield
Sons of Veterans
rank Higgins
Donald Ferguson
Higgins
Ferguson
Gunner Found Shot Near Wilmington Marshes
George W. Hendrick was found dead in the marshes near Wilmington as the reed bird season began in the region. An empty gun and two shells suggested an accidental death by the gun firing when he fell, according to police.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
George W. Hendrick
Body riddled with bullets in Alabama alley
The dead body of Jerry Johnson, a colored man, was found in an alley at Lewisburg near North Birmingham with five bullet holes. Authorities believe it followed an attempted assault on Mrs. W. W. Ellard. A coroner's jury ruled death from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown attackers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jerry Johnson
W. W. Ellard
North
Lewisburg
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Mothers
Mrs Sullivan of Flatbush and Mrs Walters of Woodlawn report improvements in health and ease of childbirth after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They claim strength during pregnancy and happier, healthier babies, praising the remedy as essential for motherhood.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sullivan
L. 4th Street
Flatbush
Lydia E- Pinkham
Lydia E.Pinkham
Geo. Walters
Woodlawn, Ti
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydia EK
Lydia
Tts
Tried to Wreck Train Two Foreigners Suspected
Syracuse police arrested two young foreigners who cannot speak English in connection with an attempt to wreck the Buffalo special on the New York Central at Jordan. Ties were placed on the track but a nearby excursion train reduced speed. the pony trucks derailed but no major damage occurred. The suspects were found loitering and arrested hours later. Aged Woman Dead In Woods Bridget Ryan was found after 12 days in Twakehurst New Jersey. Death due to exposure was reported by Coroner Parker after Mrs Ryan and her daughter picked huckleberries. the search began when they separated. Overhaul Battleships Four battleships Georgia Maine Kansas and Kearsarge ordered to League Island navy yard for overhaul and ready for sea duty by December 15 Under navy orders heading for the Pacific coast.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Buffalo
New York Central
Jordan
here
New Jersey
Niagara Falls
Twakehurst
N. J
Bridget Ryan
Bob Ireland
Whiting’s
Parker
Tom’s River
Philadelphia
League Island navy yard
Pacific coast
Georgia
Maine
Kansas
Kearsarge
North Atlantic
navy department
Emma Graham’s suicide after leaving school in Pittsburg
Emma Graham an 18 year old Elizabeth high senior left school after her mother refused permission and shot herself in the side with her father's revolver. She was taken to Mercy hospital where doctors say she will die. In Bridgeton Garfield Moore died of tetanus after being struck by a board allegedly thrown by Andrew Johnson. An excursion train on the Canadian Pacific derailed at Orangeville Ontario killing six passengers.
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Pittsburg
Emma Graham
Elizabeth
Mercy hospital
Garfield Meore
Bridgeton
Andrew Johanson
Canadian Pacific railroad
Orangeville
Ont
Teddy Jr A Hop Picker President's Son Tackle Sack Breaking Job
Theodore Roosevelt Jr the president’s son begins hop picking in the Jordanville area Herkimer county at the Kruger mansion two miles from Jordanville The work pays 30 to 40 cents per box and is described as back breaking and democracy in action with worms bugs and vine scratches on hands and no social classes in the yard
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Utica
N. J
Jordanville
Herkimer county
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Kruger mansion
Roosevelt
Baseball Scores From Yesterday’s Games Across Leagues
Results include Cincinnati 4 Pittsburg 2 in 7 innings of rain, New York 2 Brooklyn 0 in 1st game, Brooklyn 1 New York 0 in 9 innings for the second, Chicago 5 St Louis 0, Athletics 15 Washington 6 and 9 1 in 24 game 5 innings, Boston 3 New York 2 first game, New York 10 Boston 5 second game, St Louis 1 Cleveland 0, Detroit 9 Chicago 6, plus Tri-State League tallies Williamsport 2 Johnstown 1 Harrisburg 3 Reading 1 Trenton 4 Wilmington 2 and Altoona 4 Lancaster 2. President Roosevelt plans shifted for Sept 25 departure to Washington before western and southern trip. Antwerp riots flare as dock laborers clash with police. militia summoned.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Athletics
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Willilamsport
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Reading
Trenton
Wilmington
Altoona
Lancaster
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Chicago Record-Herald
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New York Tribune
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wareee
Louisiana
Texas
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Atlantic
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King Edward
Leslie Cotton
MRS
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TEDDY, JR
Antwerp
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