Wild West Battle Near Runnells Ends With Escape
Three bank robbers attempting to rob the Farmers Savings bank of Runnells fled 50 miles on hand cars, exchanging fire with a citizen posse. The chase ended near Cordova after dynamiting the Adelphi post office and forcing a dawn search. the outlaws escaped into the woods as daylight arrived.
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Runnells, Ta
Farmers' Savings Bank of
Runnells
Cordova
James
Adelphi
Wabash
Jury acquits man in killing wife to end her pain
In Paris a jury acquitted Edmond Baudin, a mechanic, who shot his dying wife after she begged to die to end her suffering from asthma. Baudin testified he was moved by her agony and immediately surrendered to police after the act and a failed suicide attempt.
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Paris
Court of Assizes
Edmond Baudin
Mmne
Baudin
Sandin
Ex S of Justice
Raudin
Mule Attacked by Carnivorous Mule in Saginaw
In Saginaw Michigan Marsh Hutchins a west side ice cream wagon driver was nearly killed when a male mule mauled him. The animal bit and chewed his right arm from shoulder to elbow before neighbors arrived to rescue him. Hutchins survived the savage attack.
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Saginaw
Mich
Marsh
Hutchins
Sleep Walker on Fire Escape in Milwaukee Rescue
Sleep waking actor Lowell Sherman of the Shubert theater was found asleep on a fire escape 60 feet above ground at two o clock in the morning. Patrolman Poult Schuts and hotel attaches rescued him from the perilous position after he reached the escape during a somnambulistic episode.
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Milwaukee
Republican House
Lowell Sherman
Shubert Theater
Poult Schuts
Governor urges tobacco growers to fight night riders
Gov. Wilson told Kentucky independent tobacco growers to organize a liberty league and kill nocturnal invaders. He said pooling tobacco is voluntary, letters询 show fear and questions about militia protection, and he pledged to pardon anyone who uses arms to defend home.
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Frankfort
Girl Mangled by a Bear at Idora Park
Selma Lewis, ten, daughter of Fred Lewis, was crushed by a large black bear at Idora Park while feeding the animals with acorns. Her neck suffered severe claw injuries and doctors feared for her recovery.
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Youngstown
Idora Park
Selma Lewis
Fred Lewis
Mrs Hyler Describes Husband As Perfect Man
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs Hyler defending her husband as perfect while a skeptical listener questions the idea of a perfect man. The exchange highlights attitudes toward marital ideals in the period dialogue.
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Mra. Hyler
New York expedition seeks Sahara cotton lands in Africa
Allison V. Armour and Jordan L. Mott of New York lead a large force to explore the Sahara for cotton in Erythrea and surrounding oases. They plan to reach Ghat in the Touareg country with camels, hoping to secure military escort from Bornu’s sultan and strike toward Lake Chad.
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London
Sahara Desert
Allison V. Armour
Jordan L. Mott
New York
Africa
Armour and Mott
Isidore Morse
John McFadden
Erythrea
Egypt
Morse
McFadden
Red Sea
Kassala
Rhodesia
Rome
Heidelberg
Tripoli
Ghat
Toureg
Sahara
Tamassanin
Tarso
Lake Tchad
Gultan
Bornu
Carrier Loses Job After One-Cent Yearly Wage
A Galena Iowa carrier who had carried nails along an eight mile route since 1881 for the pay of one cent a year has been dismissed from the post. The termination ends a long, odd wage arrangement and reflects changing postal practices.
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Post Office Department
Dodgeville
Mineral Point
Milwaukee
Galena
All
Nail
San Jose scale threat to major apple orchards
Washington reports a new bulletin from the department of agriculture warns that the San Jose scale is spreading to principal United States apple orchards and is likely to reach both western and eastern states. It stresses careful fumigation, proper solutions, and suitable weather to prevent scale survival and later fruit infestation.
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Washington
San Jose
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Gathering of Gum Profits From Maine Spruce Trade
Maine woods produce over half of the five tons of genuine spruce gum used in the nation. Old growth spruce is scarce, pushing prices up and creating a gum picking industry employing 200 men seasonally. Packers lease lands, tap trees with horizontal gashes, and sell gum at Bangor retailers for 15 cents an ounce in spring. A Boston druggist once bought two tons at 50 cents a pound and sold later at up to $2, netting about $5,000.
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Bangor
Woods
Maine
Boston
Brown
Cottage City
Penobscot
Body Turns to Stone at Portland Cemetery
The body of Paul Limerick, buried ten years, was exhumed at Mount Calvary cemetery and found petrified. The face except nose and eyes remained natural, hair and mustache intact, body dark brown. It is Mount Calvary’s sixth petrified case in recent years. five men needed to lift the coffin.
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Portland
Ore
Paul Limerick
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Mount Calvary
Limerick
Halt on Reckless Gambling London Society
Gossip spreads about extreme gambling by west end club members including young diplomats and aristocrats. A diplomat reportedly lost 12000 dollars, another officer in a cavalry unit 400000 in six weeks, prompting bankruptcy and patronage of complaints from King Edward leading to resignations over high stake rules.
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London
West End
Edward
House
Big Hat Blocks Pass in Swiss Gorge Incident
A Bernese Oberland paper reports a fashionably large hat trapped in a narrow Aar gorge near Merigen. The wearer could not pass, the hat wedged between walls, and tourists behind waited while men freed the headpiece after she removed it.
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Berne
Bernese Oberland
Aar
Meringen
Oklahoma airship landing plan in Muskogee talks
Amos P. Gibson, head of a company erecting an eight story building in Muskogee Oklahoma, orders a roof prepared to accommodate a future airship landing platform.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Amos P. Gibson
Gardiner Woman Credits Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
A Gardiner Maine woman says Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her organic troubles and a severe female weakness after three months of use. The testimonial urges others to try the remedy before surgical options, noting Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia
Lydia Ds. Phinthams
United States
Lydia J. Pinkham
Dorothy Walworth Describes Stork Visit At Yonkers Parsonage
In Yonkers at the First Methodist Episcopal Parsonage five year old Dorothy Walworth recounts meeting her baby brother with a tale of seeing a stork in a cage in the Bronx. She claimed the stork winked and promised to bring a sibling, proving her confident anticipation.
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Dorothy
Dorothy Walworth
Yonkers
Bronx
Papa
Practical Man Adopts Laugh Rule For Health
A serious business man recalls an alleged joke and laughs, then confesses he does not see the point. He claims he has made a rule to laugh at all jokes because it is good for health.
Editorial Amenities and Hair Jokes Recounted
Editor Junkin of the Sterling Bulletin with red hair and WWdster Cretcher of the Sedgwick Pantagraph with no hair clash in a humorous exchange. Junkin asks how hair was lost, Cretcher quips he pulled it out.
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Junkin
Sterling Bulletin
Wwdster Cretcher
Sedgwick Pantagraph
Mac
Cretcher
Banker’s Nerve Restored by Postum Over Coffee
A Chattanooga banker credits Postum with restoring his nerve control after coffee caused tremors and slow mental processes. He stopped coffee, started Postum, and reports steady hands and clear thinking into advanced age. Read the book The Road to Wellville. grocers sell Postum.
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Chattanooga
Tam
Postum
Wellville
Impligs
Apneara
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Santo Domingo
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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