Lightning Pranks Cause Destruction in Rochelle Park Home
A New Jersey bolt struck the Ackermann residence, ripping walls, melting a clock, shattering bric a brac, and injuring no one. Windows showed molten glass, the dining room suffered heavy damage, while a neighbor’s writing pen vanished as the bolt moved through adjoining rooms. Nearby, William and Charles Jacobs escaped after a barn firework struck a horse, killing it, with only shock and a lone hole in the barn as evidence.
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Jersey
John Ackermann
Rochelle Park
N. J
Ajax
Mr. Ackerman
Ackerman
William H. Jacobs
Charles H. Jacobs
Aberdeen
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Snake charmer in Greeley jailed after rattlesnake attack
Gordon King known as Count Salvatore faced charges of disturbance resisting an officer and assault with a deadly weapon after hurling a three foot rattlesnake at Sheriff Florance near the depot. A chase ended six blocks later with King recaptured. four more snakes were found hidden on him.
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King
Florance
Negro Turning White in Chester Pa Case
Fred Hopkins, a Black man in Chester Pennsylvania, is reported as gradually bleaching to white skin with large white facial spots. He married a young White woman a few years ago and they live together happily.
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Chester
Fred Hopkins
Hopkins
Minister Preaches by Torchlight in Heat Filled Church
Rev. R. N. Merrill of Mahonington Methodist Episcopal church announced a sermon in the dark in the Dark Church of Newcastle Pennsylvania. The lights were out due to heat and the crowded venue drew many young parishioners as the minister stood to preach.
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Newcastle
R. N. Merrill
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mahonington
Sacred Song Charms Snake on Vale Ranch
In San Bernardino California three women sitting on a lounge under trees began singing Nearer My God to Thee after a rattlesnake crawled from beneath a cushion. The snake paused as they hummed and the women slowly moved away. They then killed the snake with clubs.
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California
San Bernardino
Cal
Vale Ranch
F. P. Dunlap
Harry Allison
W. A. Vale
Mrs. Dunlap
Egg Hatched In His Stomach in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh William Douglas ate turtle soup containing a turtle egg. The egg failed to cook fully and germinated inside his stomach. He was operated on and the partly hatched egg removed. The egg had enlarged fivefold and doctors cited the unusual durability of turtle eggs.
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Pittsburg
William Douglas
Douglas
Pig Killed by Accidental Dynamite Discharge
A seventy five pound pig owned by Joseph H. Sell of Pennville died after chewing a dynamite cartridge that accidentally mixed with its feed. The explosion shattered its lower jaw and caused instant death in Portland Indiana.
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Portland
Ind
Joseph H. Sell
Pennville
Man Helpless in Forest Fire Drives Through Flames to Save Family
Louis Nissen recounted driving nine miles through a burning Wisconsin forest to rescue his mother sister and brother in law from a farmhouse nine miles north of Ogema while flames and smoke blocked the sole road. His touring car ferried his rescuers to safety and returned for others including a liveryman Strube and four strangers amid collapsing timber and blazing marshes.
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Chicago
Louis Nis
Mr. Nissen
Wisconsin
Richard Wachsmuth
Strube
Nissen
Ogema
Wachsmuth
Mr Nissen
Duluth
Minn
Police Hero Rescues Eighteen In Bronx Fire
Patrolman Thomas J. McManus, on patrol near Arthur Avenue, carries three Penno children from a smoke filled building and earlier saved the Errico, Romano, Penno, and Tarranzio families. He guided parents to evacuate others and returned multiple times to ensure everyone reached safety.
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New York
Thomas J. McManus
Hese Penno
Lulu
Matilda
McManus
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Street
Arthur Avenue
Bronx
Nicholas Errico
Pietro Errico
Antonio Romano
Ferdinand Penno
Frank Tarranzio
Erricos
Romano
Penno
Tarranzio
Great Run With The Grand Piano On The Train
Chicago locomotive engineers recall a wild concert by a French pianist who wowed them with machine-like control of a steam locomotive. The ride ends in a crash at a meet point, left the crowd amazed and the pianist bowing to spectators.
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Chicago
Jim Nelson
Boy’s Ashes Shipped by Mail to Japan from Denver
A Denver couple sent their five year old son Shizuma Nakano’s cremated remains to Yokohama by registered mail. The two pound tin box, weighing within limits, was mailed after cremation at Riverside cemetery. The post office allowed shipment of a corpse as long as weight and registration rules are met.
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Denver
Col
Yokohama
Japan
Shizuma Nakano
Saboto Nakano
Shizuma
Orient
Riverside Cemetery
Nakano
Register Department
Register Department of the Post Office
Sanderson
Egg explosion injures Findlay woman in kitchen
In Findlay Ohio Mrs Nettie Reipie was badly burned when an egg exploded in a frying pan splashing hot lard on her face and hands. The cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Ohio
Findlay
Dog Buried With $150 Casket in Missouri
A yellow cur named Babe received an elaborate burial in Nevada Missouri after being found by nine year old Martha Odell. The pup lived with the Odell family and was buried in a $150 To sewood casket in the family plot.
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Joplin
Martha Odell
O. M. Odell
Missouri Pacific Railway
Odell
Nevada
Three-Eyed Chick Hatches At New Jersey Farm
A chicken with three eyes and two mouths hatched on the premises of Mrs. Frank B. Anthony in Queenstown New Jersey.
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Queenstown
N. J
Frank B. Anthony
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Lee
Abe Martin
Hans and
Pat
Scott
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