Tomb of Trapper Emanuel Peterson in Northern Cabin
Royal Northwest Mounted Police Constable M. Chappins traced the fate of Hudson Bay trapper Emanuel Peterson who died alone in a Fond du Lac cabin. The body was found preserved with a diary stating he was very sick and feared dying alone amid blizzards and wolves.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Emmanuel Peterson
Hudson Bay Company
Fond du Lac
Emanuel Peterson
M. Chappins
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Lake Athabaska
Edmonton
Chappins
Canada
Corps of Scarlet Rer
Prince Albert
Big River
Isleala
Darnier
Hudson Bay
Peterson
Baby smothered in moving incident in Oakland
Mrs. Joseph Valada placed her month old baby on a mattress during a move in Oakland. She covered the infant with a blanket while packing. An expressman, unaware of the baby, rolled the mattress into a wagon and tied the bundle, leading to the child's suffocation.
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Oakland
Cal
Joseph Valada
Expressmaun
Bear Story Told by Trouble Man in Fog
Joseph Titman of Stroudsburg recounts a near encounter with a huge black bear while repairing a telegraph pole. He fired all cartridges, the bear climbed the pole for hours, then ambled off after Titman signaled for help. Titman laments he could not shoot his own troubles. Dense Chebeague fog endangers two fishermen. they cling to seaweed as two rescuers spot them and pull them from the rising tide.
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Hardwick
Joseph Titman
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Stroudsburg
Titman
Central
Chebeague, Me
Chebeague Island
Augustus Dyer
John Griffin
Hampton
Elijah Estes
Frank York
Dyer
Griffin
Maine
Farmer Sets Dynamite Trap. Injured In Accidental Blast
Henry Koehler a 58 year old farmer from West Cornwall Connecticut rigged dynamite over his barn door to deter night thieves. He forgot the trap and opened the door causing an explosion that left him with painful cuts to both legs and thighs and he is hospitalized.
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Winsted, Conn
Henry Koehler
West Cornwall
Koehler
Imprisoned in Bank Vault Near Tulse Oklahoma
C T Everett assistant cashier at First National Bank took his wife child and parents to see the bank vault on a Saturday night. The child closed the safety deposit vault door trapping them inside until a caller freed them, leaving all members unharmed.
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Tulse
Okla
C. T. Everett
First National Bank
Fire Department
Otter
Fatagano robbed in Bronx court scene
Frank Fatagano, 47, a Bronx driver, awaiting arraignment in the special sessions court, claimed a $20 robbery in the jail pen before a judge and clerk. He had admitted failing to support two children, and was paroled to allow partial payment of $47. The judge noted low morale and thieves in the courthouse.
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New York Court
New York
Court of Special Sessions
Bronx
Frank Fatagano
Arthur Avenue
Fatagano
William Cullen
Daniel J. Murphy
Lightning Wrecks House but Family Escapes Unhurt
In West Hazleton during a severe storm a lightning strike tore through the home of Leonard Ferrari. The bolt ripped plaster, shattered most windows, and dumped soot from the chimney, but Ferrari his wife and six children woke and escaped without a scratch despite being covered in debris.
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Hazleton
Leonard Ferrari
West Hazleton
Ferrari
Infant killed in sow attack at Preched home
Five children at the Fred Preched residence in Pretty Rock North Dakota awoke to screams of their infant brother and found the three month old baby torn to pieces by a sow. The children rescued the infant but it died hours later.
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Pretty Rock
N. D
Fred Preched
Mystery Clears Up Train Boy Identity
A confusing incident at a New York station ended when the good looking boy who tried to board for Paltimore was identified. Interfering witnesses clarified the confusion leaving no further questions about his identity.
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New York
Paltimore
Notice of Election in Floydale School District No. 19
South Carolina Dillon County orders a vote on increasing the common school levy by 5 mills. Election date set for Tuesday June 1 at Floyd's store. Only taxed electors with receipts and registration may vote. ballots read Yes or No. Board members Moore Cousar Rogers supervise. Signed May 20 1921.
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South Carolina
Dillon
Floydale
County Board of Education
School District Election Sought For Two Mills Tax
A proposition in New Holly School district No. 10 seeks an election on June 1 at the New Holly School building to levy two mills for purposes specified by the trustees under the Civil Code. Moore, Cousar, Rogers appear as members of the County Education Board.
Minturn School district to lev y 4 mills for common schools
Election ordered for June 1 at McLaurin's store to decide on increasing the levy for common school purposes under Sec. 1741 Civil Code 1913. Trustees serve as managers. named are Ww C Moore A N Cou sar R B Rogers and County Education Board members.
Bargain Fashion Sale On Coats Dresses And Shoes
All coat suits discounted 1 to 3 off regular price. Ladies dresses in tricotine poret and serge from 24.75 to 16.50, silk georgette 16.50, white silk wash skirts 18.50, georgette waists down to 4.95, white waists to 3.75 1.95 and 1.19, under skirts 1.95, silk petti coats 9, middy suits from 4.95 to 19.50, 13.50, 8.75, 6.50. Boys suits 3.95 2.95 1.75 and Clover Brand 19.50 to 9.75. 36 in taffeta mesaline $3.50 to 2.15, voile 59c, Mary Jane pumps 4.95, canvas pumps 2.95, canvas oxfords 2.75, ginghams 25c, aprons overalls 1.50, black silk hose 1.50, cotton hose 25c, work shirts 1.49, 2 in 1 shoe polish 10c.
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Trapper
Canadian Northwest
Bear
Trouble Man
Brain
Ansistant
C. Moore
H. N. Cousar
New Holly
New Holly School
Co. Moore
N. Cousar
A. 8. Rogers
the County Education
Minturn
McLaurin’s
Georgette
Clover
Taffeta
Mesaline Oe
Oxfords
Mary Jane
R. R. Avenue
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