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Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1906

Page

4

Woman Killed by Wolves in Wichita Mountains Cave

In Lawton Oklahoma a woman’s body was found in a wolf den after a suspected wolf attack amid frequent wolf and coyote assaults on calves and yearlings. Reported attacks on people have led to calls for extermination with government action and potential bounties for wolf scalps as a game preserve remains unfenced and unstocked.

Wichita Mountains Lawton Okla Mouns United States Congress Forcat

Change in Oil King Rockefeller Leaves Golf and City

New York reports that John D. Rockefeller has stopped golf, left the country, and returned to his city home after ministers urged his gifts be rejected due to how his fortune was acquired. Insults in pulpit discussions allegedly aged him years in weeks and left him hurt by taunts over tainted money, though he claims the allegations are unreasonable.

New York John D. Rockefeller Lakewood N. J West Fifty-fourth Street

Dawson miner sets world record hoisting dirt by windlass

Tacoma reporter notes Charles Cook, a Grand Forks miner near Dawson, raises 35 buckets in under 15 seconds and later 33 buckets in 60 minutes from 68 foot shaft. Judges deem feats remarkable, with miners from Klondike praising the strength displayed.

Tacoma Wash Charles Cook Grand Forks Dawson Cook Gavin Guleh Klondike Minera

Witnesses Describe Three Black Men at House

In a testimony reported by the Minneapolis Times, a witness recounts that three men were present at a house that night. The witness specifies all three were black, and confirms they were distinct individuals rather than the same man returning.

Minneapolis

London Society Spies and the Trade in Secrets

A London Truth correspondent signed as A Shopkeeper and a Gentleman argues that society spies flourish as out of work wardens turned directors now trade secrets. Tradesmen buy tips on rich rivals and failing bankers, while customers turn on each other, turning modern English society into an association of enemies posing as friends.

London Truth West End Truth

Kite Flying Animals in Natural History

A fragment notes animal locomotion resembles kite flying and parachuting. It cites parachuting mammals such as various squirrels, birds like pigeons, reptiles, and fishes, while kite flyers include spiders and flies.

Mother Attacks Principal At School In San Francisco

In San Francisco California Mrs J D Galataine tailed Principal McCarthy of Washington grammar school and struck him in class provoking a warrant for her arrest on battery. McCarthy a cripple said Galataine’s son was beyond discipline and the incident followed a final instruction to stay home until well behaved.

San Francisco Cal McCarthy Washington Grammar School J. D. Galataine Cahauisa

Vesuvius torpedo backfires injuring own ship in practice

Newport Rhode Island reports a strange incident on the torpedo firing range as the cruiser Vesuvius launches a practice head torpedo that returns and hits her side. No one is harmed and the vessel reaches the torpedo station safely. The event prompts speculation that some Russian ships may have been struck by their own torpedoes in far east fighting.

Newport R. I Far East

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