Driven Into the Quicksands Apache Death at Rio Grande
An account from Hermosa New Mexico recalls six cowboys luring an Apache brave to ride into quicksands above the Upper Rio Grande to avenge an army captain. The scene features a slow struggle, a death chant, and the burial by sands as the pony sinks, with a final fiery gesture and eagle feather souvenir.
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Bud Peeble
Bud Peabien
Hermosa
N. M
Rio Grande
Mr. Peebles
Mace
Billy
Bane
Russian refugee recounts marriage to her brother in court
Olga Baramoff testified in a New York children's court that she was married to a deserter who claimed to be Constantine Palloff, later discovered to be her brother who stole her savings. The man vanished with her money, triggering grief and a warrant for the brother's arrest.
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Olga Baramoff
New York
Mev
Barnmof
Ahe
Grand New York
Eat Alde
Siberian
Constantine Palloff
Brothler
Pheasant Defeats Gamecock In Island Battle
An illustrated tale describes a dramatic duel near Smith's Island off Connecticut where a Mongolian pheasant defeats a Brigham Young establishment gamecock. The pheasant dominates with spurs and bill in a brutal fight, ending when it severs the windpipe of the defeated bird and claims the domain amid cheering hens and chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Captain Prank
Government
Smith's Island
Connecticut
Pecaguo
Mila
Woman Hod Carrier Arrested For Wearing Male Attire
Chicago woman Martin Maud forty four worked as a brick hod carrier on a twelve foot ladder at 1008 Wrightwood avenue. She wore male clothes to keep the job saying her husband is dead and she could not find other work. Policeman Warner arrested her for attire. Judge Maxwell fined her twenty dollars which she could not pay, leaving her confined until friends paid.
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Chicago
Mra
Martin Maud
Wen
Wrightwood Avenue
Maud
Warner
Sheffield Avenue
Howband
Mra. Maud
Maxwell
Boxbend
Judge Maxwell
Costa
Chicago Avenue
Lnter
Saved by an Umbrella on the Santa Fe Train
A switch engine crew returned toward divisional headquarters after wreck work when a car detached and sped along at speed. An engineer Ireman and two switchmen were killed instantly, while a lone man atop the car, clinging to an umbrella, was ejected but parachuted to safety as the umbrella opened and he descended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Ireman
Ula
Seven Days In Icebox Held Man Suffering Typhoid
Chester A O Connell twenty two years old endured seven days in an empty refrigerator car icebox while imprisoned with no food save two soggy potatoes and foul water. He escaped the car near Jacksonville Florida and was taken to Lincoln Hospital New York where doctors treat typhoid fever. He traveled from Bath Beach after quitting work and rode freight trains seeking employment, hiding in the icebox until the car halted and he called for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. O'Connell
Lincoln Hospital
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Bath Beach
O'Connell
Thomas
Elef
Jacksonrine
Heroic Ride: New York Officer Captures Runaway Horse
New York police officer Thomas F. O Grady leaped from his mount and chased a runaway bay horse through a crowded city street. He grabbed the animal by the mane and punched its nostrils to slow it, bringing it to a halt after a near mile chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. O'Grady
New York
Rando
Police Department
Forget It Says Dead Man Aims at Wake in Brooklyn
Dead man Green enters his own wake preparations in Brooklyn after a swimming contest near Washington Street dock ends with him sinking. Though revived at Blackwell Island Bridge, witnesses recall the incident as Green was unable to hear signals and was pulled from the water. Neighbors offered condolences to Mrs Green as Jackie responds to the scene with defiant words.
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Tackle Green
Brooklyn
Green
Lis York Street
Fulton Street
Washington Street
Battery
Covey Island
John Ryan
Jackie Ant
Ryan
Recreation Pier
Hewitt
Ponent
Kyaucie
Bin
Hewat Green
Flo
Blackwell's Island
Mra
Jackie
Luvitys
Jackle
Woman Fatally Entangled by Spinning Wheel Accident
Mrs. Mary Gill, 24, died at the Mecormick division of International Harvester on Western and Blue Island Avenues when her hair, let down in heat, was caught in a spinning twine machine and her scalp torn away. Co-workers panicked and tried to help as the machine stopped. the body was removed to an undertaker on West Nineteenth Street. Deputy Coroner Harney presided over the inquest. Gill’s husband testified briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grill
International Harvester Works
Western
Blue Island Avenues
Alris
Harvester Works
Hinton Street
West Nineteanth Street
Harney
Seckdon
Gill
Local Business Classifieds and Ads Snapshot
Fragmented ad clippings show small businesses and services, including real estate agents, a bottling works, a veterinary hospital, a livery barn, and a general office listing. Mentions London street addresses and vendors offering buy sell exchange, auctions, and cheap homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Street
Pain and Expense in Regular Dental Examinations
The notice discusses routine dental checkups to detect issues early. It warns that decay or tooth problems may exist even if unseen, urging readers to undergo modern dentistry with moderate charges during prescribed periods.
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Pache
Sands
Russia
Frank Lassen
Hodcarrier
Man “Hout
Florida
Atlanta
Charlottestown
N.C
Dave
Nighte
Nike
O’grady
Ebout
O'Grady
Madison Dvenion
Thirty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
Willian Abraham
Hollister
Dead Man
Jackie Green
WASTH
MALO
Farming Street
Clark Real Estate
Btar Bottling Works
Gloger
Galizer Snd
J. R. Smith
Veterinary
Connection
P. Perry
Uplon Street
Jone
Frederic Berryman
Studio 400 E
Church Cor
Ada L. Bowen
Mills & Brown
W. H. Clark
Telephone L
Campbell & Crock Conner
H. P. Davis
J. Hy Vahey Star Co
Goetting
R. le
Moon, Healey
Chan
Rudasiil
Mia
Stanley
Shearer
Smith
George Turner
Wingo
Zachman & Myorw
Marion
Wu's
Otsfer
Aie Algema Shears
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