Happenings: storms, accidents, and oddities loom large
A collection of clipped notes reports snow in Leadville May 31, a fatal lightning strike in Howard County Nebraska, multiple near misses in Baltimore and Chester Pennsylvania, a brave Lexington Avenue child saving a brother, and a young girl injured after saving others. Also notes a giant mushroom find near Millvale and valuable whale excrement used in perfumery.
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Daily Press
Leadville
Col
Howard, Co
Neb
Ignatz Siutek
Baltimore
Edward B. Upton
Upton
Chester
Emma
Mary Laird
Benny
Angelina Melandy
East One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Lexington Avenue
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Harlem
Moffiat
New England
Moffat
Pittsburgh
Allen J. Willetts
Carnegie Tech
Millvale
Overexertion and Exertion The Marathon Craze Warns
A historical note warns about the dangers of long distance races like the marathon. It cites American dominance in recent summers and notes medical authorities cautioning that sustained endurance efforts strain the heart and can harm young athletes, urging restraint and careful training.
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England
Tuberculosis Among Cattle Spreading Says USDA Report
The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry reports a rise in bovine tuberculosis, estimating about 10 percent of dairy cows are tuberculous. Testing shows reactions from 2.79 to 19.09 percent across states, with over 18 billion pounds of meat inspected and about 16 million pounds condemned due to tuberculosis.
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Bureau of
Washington, D. C
The
Medical Journal
Advertising by film and talking records reshape sales
A middle West manufacturer introduces a new advertising method using a motion picture act with a playwright actors and talking machine records. Films promote the product and are sent to city representatives who offer them free to theatre proprietors. The campaign includes flying New York to factory journeys and a rapid machine assembly finale. Also notes literary figures and a note on ambergris confusion.
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Middle West
France
United States
Motion S Picture Theatres
New York
Dreadnoughts and reform ideas noted across papers
Quoted thoughts on German invasion and British defense mix with calls for reform from the Boston Post and New York World. Cuba’s unrest, Elihu Root’s policy goals, and Chicago accident reporting laws are discussed alongside a Shanghai piece about dramatic humor and stage punishment in Chinese theater.
Stamp fans uncover playful royal portrait on English stamps
A Parisian philatelist reports a curious feature on English stamps viewed with a magnifier. The inverted King Alexander crown illusion shows a young woman placing a hat, with eye as the head and eyebrow as the hat, creating a whimsical imagined scene.
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Paris
Alexander
Peter
Landon
A New Nimrod Joke on a Train Misadventure
A New Nimrod recounts a tale where a train allegedly struck four deer but the storyteller explains the engine derailed and veered into the woods after the deer. The exchange unfolds with incredulous questions from listeners as the New York Times note appears.
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New York ‘Times
Fish swarms drive locals to claim vast catchs in Australian lakes
In Western Australia near Perth and Yanchep waters receded leaving creeks and lakes crowded with fish. Locals report two pound golders found in rows with stringed bands playing behind a screen. A landowner notes fish are so thick it is easier to shoot them than fish with a rod. A party in Mrs Poore's dining room features Meyerbeer opera talk and awkward flirtation as a guest tries to charm a daughter.
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Hughh Perea
Perth
Golder
NASA
Carnation
Kidney Pills Bring Quick Relief Says Virginia Spitzer
Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia speaks of decades of kidney pain and partial blindness. She says Doan's Kidney Pills quickly eased her suffering and restored strength after a hospital stay. She urges others to remember the product name and that it is sold by dealers for 66 cents a box.
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Dean
Mia
Virginia Spitzer
Buena. Vista
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffato
Australia land area and population estimates 1906
The article records Australia covering 2 874 501 square miles. It gives an estimated white population of 4 119 481 in 1906 and an estimated aboriginal population of about 76 060.
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Australila
Memoirs of Dan Rice Clown of Qui Daddies Ady Bookseller Ad
An Ady bookseller touts Maria Ward Brown's Memoirs of Dan Rice Clown of Qui Daddies as a laughter source. The 500 page illustrated volume covers Rice’s humor and Civil War era persona, priced postpaid at $2.50 from Book Publishing House 434 Leonard Street New York City. Little Yates County is described as uniquely dry with every town voting no license UP-36.
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ADY
Dan . Rice
Maria Ward
Brown
Rice
Artexias Ward
Address Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
New York City
Little Yates
N. Y
Icense
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Lydia I
Lynns
Libby
Goed
Tuo
Great Britain
Robert Browning
Alfred Tennyson
John Bunyan
Mayfewer
Boston
Thomas de Quincey
Walt Whitman
Armsbergris
WORTH
George Meredith
Westminster Gazette
Engking
New York World
Boston Post
Republic of Cuba
New York Herald
Philtelphia
Elihu Root
John Hay
Putnam's Magazine
Gaillard Hirant
New York State
Bale
North
South America
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Pubic Service Commission
China
Shanghai Mercury
Mr. Bunan- Varilla
Washington Herald
Glenn
Bill
Dan Rice
Telle
Show Life
Japan
Korea
Man East
Ren
sTokes
Paxton Toilet CO
MASG
Learry
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