A Dangerous Home Adventure With Bear and Rattlesnake
Jake Aldrich, a California miner near Diamond Springs in El Dorado County, slept in an old boiler for warmth. A bear entered the boiler, followed by a rattlesnake, and after a tense confrontation Aldrich killed both the bear with a pistol and the snake. He then crawled back inside to sleep and woke early to inspect his nocturnal game.
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Bear
Snake
Jake Aldrich
California
San Francisco Call
Jake
Diamond Springs
Dorado County
Brain
Woman Misreads News, Falls Into Wash Tub After Horse Death
In Chicago an Italian-born wife of a peddler faints upon hearing news of her horse being killed. She misinterprets the report, believing her husband was gored, and collapses into a wash tub with her baby. An interpreter later clarifies the accident involved the horse, not the husband.
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Maretta
Chicago
Daily News
Kaffir Footballers in England Show Skilled Play
A Kaffir football team from South Africa tours England for a series of association rule matches. They are described as fairly clever at the sport. Meanwhile a new long distance Loo Pelenhone Line connects Chicago and Dallas with very satisfactory test results.
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South Africa
England
Loo Pelenhone
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Postage Stamp Walks In Brooklyn Saloon
A New York Times style tale unfolds with a drunken man seeking a postage stamp. The stamp slides around the floor and even climbs the bar while a cockroach bears the stamp on its back, prompting the bartender to end the scene with a mallet and a puzzled patron.
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New York Times
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Barkeep
Courage, Faith, and a Boat on Lake St. Clair Rescue
Dr. Carter Helm Jones and his wife and two children survived three hours adrift after a capsizing on Lake St. Clair. The children and mother saved the day with brave acts and steadfast prayers. They clung to an upturned boat until help arrived, aided by distant rescuers who ferried the mother and children first before pulling the minister from the water. The family credits faith and the children’s courage for the rescue and expect the mother to recover fully.
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Lake St. Clair
Worcester
Carter Helm Joms
Carter Brooke
Catherine Paige
Rushmere Club
Dr. Jones
Jesus
Mrs. Jones
Big cigar making firm Caympania General of Manila dominates market
The Caympania General of Manila, the world’s largest cigar maker, employs 10,000 workers and annually produces about 80 million cigars, 40 million cigarettes, and nearly 3,000 tons of tobacco.
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Caympania General of
Manila
Still Obeying Orders From an Old Doctor
A Minneapolis message recalls a man who, about 30 years ago, was advised by a local doctor to drink whisky three or four times daily "until I tell you to quit" as an alcoholic tonic. They met again in Denver this fall, and the man solemnly said he was still following the prescription, believing it helped him greatly.
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Minneapolis
Denver
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