Brave Polgat crewman survives shipwreck off Philippines
Alejandro Lorenza, a halfbreed sailor, escaped the Polgat sinking by leaping clear and drifting for hours. After finding a hatch cover as a makeshift raft, he and a Filipino survivor endured freezing water and thirst until rescuers in a boat plucked them from the bay. Lorenza credited sheer will to live and noted his strong desire to survive.
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Polgat
Mataboa
Philipines
Alejandro Lorenza
Ober
San Nievra
Cavite
Alejandra
New York Herald
Double Performers and a Singers Night in Terre Haute
A society event featured Mrs. Carrie B Adams leading Terre Haute’s community singing while Maj Birch Todman State was the expected speaker but Major Bayh sang a solo. The evening included interruptions and humor as the audience reacted to the unexpected turn and Adams’s coat incident. A separate note from Salem Oregon recounts a complex family mortgage and marriage license event with entwined in laws and relationships creating potential family tensions.
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Carrie B. Adams
Terre Haute
Maj. Birch
Todman
Adams
Major Bayh
Mr. Bayh
Vera
Flenroxe
Mrs. Adame
Adama
Indianapolis News
Streets overrun as litter worsens in city
A flawed campaign effort leaves refuse spilling into streets. Children report 18 serious offenders who drop paper from schools, scattering it along public spaces, ruining a patriotic image and prompting concern over cleanup.
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New York
Meret
la Ae
Behon
Schophone Amateur
Walford’s Visit Shaped by Aunt Addie’s Reputation
Walford hoped to visit his Aunt Addie but carried a dirty face. His mother warned that Aunt Addie would be ashamed of him with company and feared judgment. She suggested Aunt Addie would simply call him one of Margaret’s boys.
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Walford
Addie
Margaret
Ancient marsupial survives as living fossil in South America
In Venezuela a tiny six inch long creature named Cendestes, oldest living representative of a predatory marsupial group, has persisted for millions of years. Discovered by Dr. Wilfred H. Osgood of Field Museum nine years ago, its study reveals it as a mirror of the past and a key to early mammal evolution.
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Fastmessee
South America
Hiekt Museum of National History
Wilfred H. Osgood
Museu
Osgood
Venezuela
Field Museum
Ospend
Cendestes
Snakes Dodge Autos On Mountain Highway Route
Uniontown hotel man George F. Titlow reports snakes have learned to dodge automobiles. A snake hunt near a culvert shows 17 rattlers and 11 copperheads killed in 20 minutes as reptiles moved to pass under the road rather than cross the highway. Multiple observers failed to see any cross-traffic.
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George F. Titlow
Uniontown
Titlow
Words From Home Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
A Shepherdstown resident, W. L. Shell of Gorman Street, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble and backache after using the remedy as directed from Gibson's Drug Store. He reports improved kidney function and relief from lumbago and pain, urging others to try the product. Foster-Milburn Co. markets Dean's Kidney Pills nationally.
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Shepherdstown
Dean
Gorman St
Shestierstown
Gibson
Shell
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfra
Buffalo
N.Y
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N. W. Myers
Jas. W. Strider
John A. Washington
S. W. Washington
J. J. Wysong
Discounts Daily
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S. Lee Philips
F. Alexander
Lewis G. Albin
Farmers’ and Merchants Deposit Co
Charles Town
W. VA
I. W. William
Wm. E. Feed
Robert L. Withers
Burns
R. W. Alexander
W F. Alexander
Thornton T. Perry
Norrin
C. F. Wall
H. T. Miler
B. D. Gibson
G, J. Miller
S. J. Hodges
Harrion Schley
Franklin Lyne
Jefferson Security Bank
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W. P. Licklider
H. C. Marten
J. H. Hill
M. D. Folk
C. J. Miller
Jos. H. Kout
Camel E.E. Bittmyer
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Sxret
Geo. M. Knott
M. H. Crawford
Geo. F. Turner
G. W. Hoare
R. McQuilkin
W. Harry Staley
J. D. Muldoon
G D. Wysong
E. H. Reinhart
N. T. Seeder
JoSirider Moler
John L. Meyers
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Charles Town, W. VA
G. E. Hughes
A. M. S. Morgan
G. B. Hughes
B. F. Langdon
G. W. Shall
Chas. R. Langdon
M. O. Reuss
R. C. Rissler
L. D. Getzendanner
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Ore
Bork
Hott
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Ansuet Kluge
Mra. C. Ik. Kayser
Kayser
Mts. Kinge
St. Louis Republic
Fletcher
Castoria
Castor
Tax Gmierson
York
Gastoria
Jefferson County Telephone Company
Central
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Charlea Town
Metto
H.C Getzendanner
BROWN
Just
A. S. Dandridge & Co
Shepherdstown, W. V
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Automobile Service
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Washington, D. C
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