Insect Bites and Odd Animal Feats From Springfield to Rockaway
The Seattle Star reports strange insect bites in Springfield Massachusetts with ulcerlike faces and a man nearly losing an arm. A 27 pound carp flipped a Bloomfield New Jersey boat on the Rockaway River, sending anglers into the water before the catch was claimed. A Riverside Connecticut chow dog disguises as a black bear after a $100 reward failed to lure it from the woods. Pittsburgh hosts 24 monkeys breaking loose in a science chase, eight remaining at large, with one held over lace curtain damages. A serenading cat escapes a bullet that grazes a girl while a man shoots at the animal.
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Pitteburg
Anny
Perlor
Pajama Wearing Millionaire Major Phipps Dies
Major William Arthur Phipps, a recluse living in pajamas for four years at the Hotel Van Nuys, died after a two day uraemia illness. He kept a constant bar bill of ale and whisky, had monthly music by four singers, and employed multiple servants for his wife and mother in law in the adjoining suite.
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United Press
Los Angeles
van Nuys
Arthur Phipps
Phipps
Odd bits of news from across the plains and cities
A collage of brief items: M L Young died of heart disease after stopping a car. Wilbur Good asleep in a barber chair with a dream of an aeroplane. Hermann Roseer sues over a prize rooster’s misbehavior. New York health board avoids condemning the communion cup. Rev Percival Baker to leave Maywood church. a burglar flees leaving stolen goods behind.
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Bloomfield
Wilbur Goodenough
Bernstein vows fight against anti Jewish critics in Paris
Paris August 5 Henry Bernstein dramatist who withdrew his play Apres Moi from the Francaise after three duels over insults says he will continue his fight until the last Jew baiter is silent He is a grandson of William Seligman of Boulevard Haussmann and of James and Jacob Seligmann noted bankers in New York and London.
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Paris
Henry Bernstein
Flota
Apres Mol
The
Francaise
Bernstein
Willam Seligman
Boulevard Haussmann
American Chamber of Commerce of
James Seligmann
New York
Jacob Seligmann
London
Lake Washington Strawberry Fields Open to Public
Lake Washington strawberry fields open to the public offering fresh pickings at 15 cents per gallon.
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Lake Washington
Lightning Kills and Injures Aboard In Ju ly 1911 Chronicle
A historical list recounts multiple lightning deaths and injuries from 1907 to 1911. Tristam B Johnson died while golfing in Washington on July 16 1911. Arthur H Ramagge was electrocuted in Hartford on July 18 1911 while talking on a telephone line. David Emory and Thomas Brown were torn by a dynamite explosion triggered by lightning in a Catskill Aqueduct tunnel near Cornwall on Hudson on July 22 1911. A Pennsylvania coal miner died on July 5 1911 after a lightning surge followed an air intake. George F Fletcher of Taunton Mass was killed while embracing his wife on September 22 1908. Mrs Charles Steele and a baby and a four year old were killed in Indianapolis on June 21 1907. the children survived.
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Tristam B. Johnson
Washington
Arthur H. Ramagge
Hartford
David Emory
Thomas Brown
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson
Pennsylvania
George F. Fletcher
Taunton
Mass
Charles Steele
Indianapolis
Investigation Probes Livestock and Meat Transport Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a sweeping inquiry into rates for hauling livestock and meats that will affect 150 railroads. The probe begins September 11 in Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma City
Note from Mrs Casey Jones Reveals Casey Jones Song
A Missouri note reports a Tennessee wife learning a song was written about her husband Casey Jones. Dr. O W Snodgrass describes removing a rifle bullet from a boy named Frank Ritchey who sang Casey Jones. The wife asks for the song to be sent to her.
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Casey Jones
Louis
Sterday
O. W. Snodgrass
Tennessee
St. Louis
Ja. Jones
Frank Ritchey
Arctowski Seeks Unite Sciences In 12 Year Plan
Henryk Arctowski head of the New York Public Library science department pursues a lifelong project to correlate all known sciences and map their interrelations. The Polish scholar, who studied in Paris with Mme Carie, aims to complete the vast opus in about twelve years.
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Henryk Arctowski
New York Public Library
Arctowski
Paris
Carie
Bath Fine Won’t Deter Defiant Suspect
Antonio Irvovano was fined 10 dollars plus 7 52 costs for free passing on railroad property in Waterbury Connecticut. Unable to pay he claimed poverty and faced possible confinement until a guard found a $200 stash to settle the fine and costs before he left.
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Waterbury
Conn
Antonio Irvovano
Costa
Irvovano
Irrovano
Jim Ham Lewis Invited to Paris Geographical Society
Paris reports Col. Jim Ham Lewis once congressman from Washington has been asked to address the Geographical Society of Paris. The society requests the speech be delivered in English due to his well known mastery of the language.
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Jim Ham
Paris
Jim Ham Lewis
Congress
Washington
Geographical Society of Paris
Poisoned Pet Tragedy Hits Local Street
Two Third Ave N residents report pet deaths from poisoned meat. Mrs. M. Greenwood's fox terrier at 316 Third Ave N died, while Patrolman W.H. Farley on the same street lost a Newfoundland. A fox terrier and a large dog were victims amid ongoing concern over a dog poisoner abroad.
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Third Av. N
M. 8. Greenwood
W.H. Farley
What Do You Want With 400 Parasols
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock and Senator Gilbert Hitchcock of Nebraska live in a Connecticut apartment. A bill addressed to Mr Hitchcock, the Connecticut, reveals four hundred parasols bought as dancer favors for Miss Helen Taft. Mrs Hitchcock finds the bill humorous and wonders about the purchase amid a bachelor hall setting.
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Washington
Frank WH. Hitchcock
Gilbert H. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Connecticut
Oeeral
Senator Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Vaccination Is a Menace Highlighted in Bonded Case
In Chicago on August 6 Vac Hutchinson testifies in depositions for anti vaccination litigation carried to St Louis. The case centers on mandamus actions to force the St Louis board of education to annul a compulsory vaccination order using common vaccine virus against smallpox and tetanus fears.
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Chicago
Hutchinson
St. Louis
Deason
S J. Louis Board of Education
Senate to pass tariff revision bills over veto predicted
Leaders in both parties expect a wash of tariff revision votes in the Senate. The Underwood cotton revision faces southern Democrats who reportedly will not bring it up now. A coalition of Democrats and progressive Republicans is forecast to push wool tariff revision and farmers free list bills past a presidential veto.
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Senate
Congress
Two Crippled Fugitives Sought in Ida and N.Y.
Grangeville Idaho sheriff seeks Chamberlain charged with embezzlement and crippled left arm. Caldwell Idaho seeks P A D Perry wanted for fraud with crippled left foot. Both believed hiding in this city. Also note Hazzard trial disruptions and Berlin talks on ambassador pick Leishman.
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Grangeville
Ida
Chamberlain
Caldwell
P. A. D. Perry
Perry
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