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Oddities with a Toe and Cakes in a Lively News Roundup
A quirky column reports a Pittsburg man amputated his own toe with a pocket knife after doctors advised amputation. It also recalls Lily the cook's humorous mispronunciation of English and a brief note on a failing train robbery syndicate, Lowe and Ebeling, with total earnings of about 1024 over two and a half years and looming prison time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy” Andrews
Pittsburg
Lowe & Ebeling
Wiliam Lowe
George Ebeling
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Northern Pacific
Idaho
Great Northern
Washington
Toaho
Hitlyard
Wash
Seattle
Missouri
Glencoe
C. F. Lathrop
Martin Salismand
Arlington
Lathrop
Fallemann
London
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