Steeple Jack Works On Troy seminary towers
An Albany steeple jack and two assistants have spent weeks repairing the St. Joseph's Provincial seminary towers in Troy. They raise an eight foot gilded cross on each of the four spires while using rope-based ascent and no scaffolding. The work echoes a family trade dating to the 19th century with caution about dangers and past fatalities.
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Troy
St. Joseph’s Provincial Seminary
Sisters of St. Joseph
George Ferguson
Albany
Methodist University
Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Albany Penitentiary
Navy
Rural Auctioneer's Quiet Power Over Abandoned Farm Saga
A Collier's themed meditation on the rural auctioneer as the dramatic final act of a failing farm. As families desert the land, a posted sale looms and locals inspect stock and household goods, while Jonathan Woodman and kin face an end to their lineage.
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Collier
Jonathan Woodman
The Day They Celebrate Ojibways at White Earth
The Day They Celebrate Ojibways of the Mississippi mark yearly acceptance of the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. The article notes a shift from wards to citizens owning land with signed deeds and suggests June celebrations may yield to July 4 as their future rejoicing time.
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White Earth
Minnesota
Mars Funhouse Miscommunication Sparks Cosmic Alarm
An uneasy scene unfolds as observers notice Mars racing away from Earth. Martians deny stealing canals and joke that Crytro plans a visit, while Earth scientists seek to understand the startling space event.
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Space
Mars
Earth
Crytro
Deadly tornadoes and floods ravage the Midwest
Brown Down St Louis reports tornadoes and waterspouts across Illinois Kansas and Minnesota. Cities hit include Kenia Pana Xenia and Ortonville with at least 20 deaths and many injuries. In Pana three block wide wind path and wrecked buildings. Xenia reports homes damaged and poles toppled leaving darkness. Ortonville sees 26 Italian laborers killed or injured as box cars topple and wreckage fills the area. Relief committees form as damage spreads.
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St. Louis
Kenia
Pana
Illinois
Abilene
Kan
Kansas
Xenia
Tll
Robert Holman
Edward Davis
Frederick Holman
Emmet Coleasure
Robert Fleming
Hmmett Coleasure
Henry Howland
T. B. Howland
J. B. Tully
H.L. Hiliott
Baptist
Ortonville
Minn
Minnesota
Big Stone Lake
Cara
Bomb Explodes at Holy Rosary Parish Celebration
A bomb exploded during a postponed St. John’s Day celebration at Holy Rosary church in Kansas City. Three people were killed instantly and several others injured including two policemen and a man severely wounded. The blast followed a festive day with fireworks without incident.
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Kansas City
St. John's Day
Holy Rosary
Miners Trapped After Don District Explosion In Makowska Pit
An explosion in the Makowska wine pit in the Don district leaves 150 miners at work. Rescue teams pull many to the surface alive but 24 are found dead after a gas exposure.
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Negovka
Russia
Don
Handcar Struck By Freight Train in Platte Canyon
Nineteen men riding a handcar on the Colorado & Southern line in Platte canyon were struck by a moving freight train on a Sunday night. Two were killed and two severely injured. eleven others were seriously hurt.
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Baileys
Cal
Platte Canyon
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Sean
Severe earth shocks hit Neupommern in Biemarck archipelago
Shook the Antipodes reports severe earthquakes recently in Neupommern formerly New Britain in the Biemarck archipelago. No fatalities are reported. Sydney observers note tremors felt across the region without loss of life.
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Sydney
Australia
Neupommern
New Britain
Biemarck
Bolivians Attack Argentine Legation in La Paz
A mob burned through the night and surrounded the Argentine legation in La Paz after President Alcorta's boundary ruling over the Acre district. Troops were dispatched as Peru and Bolivia dispute the Acre claim tied to Brazil’s $10,000,000 purchase, raising fears of wider conflict.
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Lapaz
Bolivia
Legation
Alcorta
Peru
Senor Fonseca
Acre
Brazil
Two Men Die In Canadian Auto Race Crash
At Blue Bonnet track during the second annual Canadian Automobile Club meet in Montreal two men died. C K Batchelder of Newport Vermont and J Twohey of Montreal perished after Batchelder’s Stearns car left the course and overturned on the back stretch. Twohey died on scene. Batchelder succumbed to injuries shortly after.
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Montreal
C. K. Batchelder
Newport
J. Twohey
Canadian Automobile Club
Blue Bonnet Track
Batchelder
Stearns
Twohey
Burman
Vaudeville Star Hurt in Summer Park Shooting
Miss Alice Inson, a vaudeville singer from Kansas City, visited Shreveport and witnessed a shooting behind the scenes at Summer Park. A bullet fired by Miss Neill struck her friend Miss Robinson in the temple, shattering the skull and entering the brain. Miss Robinson, en route to New Orleans for an engagement, remains alive but with little hope for recovery.
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Shreveport
Alice Inson
Kansas City
Summer Park
Neill
Robinson
New Orleans
Maj Long Killed by Auto In Washington
Maj J W Long retired U S Army was struck by a car in Washington on Friday. He died three hours later at Emergency hospital after being taken to the Russian embassy. Driver J W Lawrence was learning to operate the car. Andrew Y Bradley and Galen Green assisted. Green and Lawrence were arrested for manslaughter and released on bond.
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Maj.Long
Washington
J. W. Long
J. W. Lawrence
Andrew Y. Bradley
Galen Green
Lawrence
Green
Highland Electrocution Ends City Light Chief’s Life
Highland Illinois on Friday night faced a deadly incident as Fred Weiss, city electrician and head of the electric light plant, was found electrocuted in the plant. This marks the third violent death at the plant within a year, with two prior electrocutions.
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Highland, Ill
Fred Weiss
City Electrician
Miss Leila Banger Dies By Suicide In Bathtub
Miss Leila Banger aged 23 daughter of Dr and Mrs John Banger committed suicide at her Baltimore home on Friday. She was fully dressed and reclining in a bathtub. insomnia is cited as the cause of her self destruction.
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Bathtub
Baltimore
Leila Banger
John Banger
Explosion damages Texas Oil Co. barges in Providence
Two men were probably fatally injured as a plan at the Texas Oil Co. in Providence was badly damaged and four lumber schooners burned to the water’s edge by an oil explosion in two oil barges. The barges carried 135000 gallons of oil and were destroyed.
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Providence
Texas Oll Co
Street Duel Over Woman Ends in Fatal Shooting
Monroe Louisiana July 10 A street pistol duel left W J Webb dead and 8 L Bracey wounded Bracey and Webb were longtime local business figures and the quarrel stemmed from a dispute over a woman.
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Monroe
W. J. Webb
L. Bracey
Webb
Bracey
Fatal Shooting in Wilmington Dispute Over Collections
In Wilmington on July 20 19 Shields was shot and killed by Jo Stevens during a dispute over collections. The incident occurred in one of the city’s alleys and authorities are investigating the case.
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Wilmington
N.C
R. Shields
Jo” Stevens
Stevens
Tariff Bill Passes in Senate After Long Night Vote
After over 13 hours in session the senate approved the tariff bill by 45 votes to 34. Republican insurgents Beveridge Bristow Brown Burkett Clapp Nelson Crawford LaFollette opposed, arguing the bill broke campaign promises of revision. LaFollette spoke for three hours and efforts by Aldrich stalwarts were rejected.
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Washington
Senate
McEnery
Louisiana
Beveridge
Indiana
Bristow
Kansas
Brown and Burkett
Nebraska
Clapp
Nelson
Minnesota
Crawford
North Dakota
Cummins
Iowa
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Chicago
Taft
House
Dingley
Courting Death on a High Bridge Rescue
Mrs. George Mulliner of Shamokin Pennsylvania saved five year old Mildred Hertzog from being ground by a Reading railway train on a high bridge. She reached the platform with the child as the locomotive passed, narrowly escaping death.
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Shamokin
George Mulliner
Mildred Hertzog
Reading
Mildred
Mulliner
Woman Killed by Burglars in Flatbush Home
Mrs Sophie H Staber wife of George Staber a wealthy paper importer was shot while rushing to save her only son from two burglars at their home 453 East Eighteenth street Ditmas Park Flatbush The burglars have been captured and confessed.
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New York
Sophie H. Staber
George Staber
East Eighteenth Street
Ditmas Park
Flatbush
Couple killed by electric train near Forest Park
A middle aged couple believed to be husband and wife died Thursday when struck by an eastbound electric train near Forest Park, a suburb of Chicago. They had likely been fishing on the Desplaines river. A certificate reading Mary Kelly St. John's parochial school Johnstown Pa 1904 was found on the woman.
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Chicago
Forest Park
Desplaines River
Mary Kelly
St. John’s Parochial School
Johnstown
New West Bound Record Set By Mauretania
The Quaardiner Mauretania arrived off Sandy Hook lightship at 9 16 Thursday night and clocked four days sixteen hours and thirty six minutes for the long westbound voyage, cutting seventeen minutes from its previous best.
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New York
Quaardiner
Mines Resume at Belle Vernon After Eight Months Idle
Four large mines of the Pittsburg Coal Co. in the Monongahela and Youghiogheny valleys will resume operations on July 12 after eight months idle, restoring employment to nearly 2,000 miners in Belle Vernon near Pittsburgh.
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Belle Vernon
Pittsburg Coal Co
Monongahela
Youghlogheny
Double Hang in Indiana Pa for Soldier’s Murder
A July hanging in Indiana Pennsylvania executed two men for the murder of veteran Robert Tozler at Glen Camp Doll near the town. The condemned were Cohoe Veltre and Bruno Garbone who were hanged Thursday.
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Indiana
Cohoe Veltre
Bruno Garbone
Arcipaeti
Robert Tozler
Glen Camp
Doll
Kidney Disorder Warns of Tiredness and Pain
Alonzo Adams of Osceola Tow a says kidney failure caused constant pain and weakness until Dean's Kidney Pills cured him. He warns that dullness and urinary issues signal kidney trouble and urges immediate attention before condition worsens. For sale by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Alonzo Adams
Osceola
Towa
Dean
Voan’s
Foster-Milburn .Co
Buffalo
Old Maid Resigns in Witty Exchange about Marriage
In a short quip between true resignation and a doctor’s comment, Old Maid resigns to the notion that marriages are made in heaven, prompting the doctor to remark and Old Maid to withdraw.
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Old Maid
Mother Bird Drives Boy From Maple Tree
On Mainstreet Dallastown Pa a boy climbed a maple tree to view a robin nest. The mother bird swooped down pecking at his hands and face before the child fled to the ground and returned home.
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Dallastown
Philadelphia minister loses sermon notes reads Bible
A newly ordained Philadelphia minister, nervous and flustered, admits he has lost his sermon notes and plans to read a few chapters from the Bible instead. The Sunday Magazine illustration captures his blush and pause as he speaks to his congregation.
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Philadelphia
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Tuberculosis Sanatoria Boost Local Property Values
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that 67.5 percent of tuberculosis sanatoria and hospitals benefit community health and property. More than 62 percent have increased surrounding property values.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Burning String For Purifying Sick Room Air
A Harper's Bazar tip suggests burning a soft string attached to a chair back after lighting and blowing it out to produce smoke that improves the room atmosphere for invalids. The method relies on a small spark to generate noticeable purification.
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Harper's Bazar
Origin of a Famous Human Food Grape Nuts
A historical note outlines the creation of Grape Nuts as a brain and nerve builder. It credits albumen and phosphate of potash from food and claims daily consumption improves brain activity and reduces fatigue. The piece mentions the inventor Mylan Potts and the staple’s digestion friendly formula.
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Mylan Potts
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