Mill worker is real Samarit an Harvey Lohr starts Elm Park playground
Massillon Ohio August 2 The father of the children's playground movement Harvey Lohr a mill worker toils at furnaces and steel ingots near a cottage with tracks and mills nearby He built Elm Park 1912 from scraps using a grove gifted by C L McLean The park draws hundreds of children reducing illness and improving sleep and appetite Mothers Club students seek city help to expand playgrounds
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C. L. McLean
Elm Park
Lohr
Mothers’ Club
Lohr’s
Fragile Woman’s Court Tale Ends With Fainting
Ada Broughton a 30 year old woman from Rice Lake Wisconsin told police of a life of labor to support two children and an invalid husband. She wore men's clothes and worked in Dakota wheat fields then hired out to a circus as a roustabout and collapsed. She is in a local hospital as relatives travel to Rice Lake.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Plenty of Meat but Wrong Kind in California
In the Sierras near Doner Station bears emerge after hibernation seeking food. Hunter A W Lorraine killed a 150 pound bear and shipped meat to Sacramento for sale in local markets. He notes bears are plentiful this year but public demand for bear meat is unlikely to grow in northern California.
Widow Pays for Lost Tickets in Railroad Conductor Case
New York report notes conductor John R. May was killed in Mineola on January 11, 1912. Before death he collected two tickets worth 4.22 dollars. after his death the tickets were missing from his pockets and the widow paid their value. The railroad later settled his widow at 7,000 dollars. May left 6.29 in savings in addition to the widow's payout.
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May
Lost fortune in jewels at Newport cottage
Burns detectives search for clues after a theft of 75000 dollars in jewels from Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey at her Newport summer cottage. No window or decor tampering and staff cleared of suspicion due to long service records.
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Newport
Burns Detective Agency
Charles Cary Rumsey
Missionary Geo Eddy seeks thirty volunteers for orient work
Aug 2 in Kansas City Geo S Eddy a missionary with seventeen years of global outreach calls for thirty men to join his peacemaking and aid mission. He plans fifteen volunteers as doctors teachers and preachers to serve China among fourteen provinces while the rest will be sent to other countries where he has bases.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Eddy
Sherwood
Leavenworth
Kaw
China
Corea
Siberia
India
Ceylon
Turkey
Family of four begins 1500 mile walk to Minneapolis
The Tubbs family Mr A L Tubbs Mrs Tubbs and their two sons aged 11 and 9 start a 1500 mile trek from Sandpoint Idaho to Minneapolis. They haul baggage in a wheel barrow with a bicycle wheel and a barrel. Route follows the Great Northern Railroad with a Glacier National Park stop planned. Arrival in Minneapolis expected by October 1. The trip is labeled for health though weight loss is noted.
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Great Northern Railroad
Glacier National Park
Montana
Minneapolis
Tubbs
Woman paper hanger breaks male work barrier in Wisconsin
Mrs Albert Jones of Menasha says she is the only Wisconsin woman making a living by paper hanging. She learned the craft before marriage while papering a house for her mother and later in her own home after her honeymoon. Her husband suffers tuberculosis and she supports a family of four.
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International News Service
Menasha
Vic
Albert Jones
Wisconsin
Jones
Worker supports three babies with limited papering jobs
The city aids a mother who works only a few days at a time to provide for herself and her three young children. The Woman's Club supplies milk and eggs, and she earns from 75 cents to a dollar per room, ceiling included, with inexpensive paper and pride in her AI craft.
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Woman‘s Club
Little Dog Spot Gift 70 Mayor From Sailors
New York Aug 2 four jolly sailors hailed City Hall at dawn and presented Mayor Gaynor with a small dog. Commissioner Joe Ryan took the animal to his room and awoke to find the pup asleep on the carpet. Dog’s breed uncertain, called Little Dog Spot by Ryan.
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New York
Tars Hall
Gaynor
Joe" Ryan
Ryan
Minas Geraes
Senor
Brazil
York
City Hall V Park
Mr. Ryan
Tropics
Central Park
Joe
Constipation Treated with Chamberlain's Tablets
Advertisement notes constipation causes many ailments and urges use of Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular, claimed to prevent diseases. Sold by all dealers.
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Ife
Chamberlain’s
Cat epilepsy myth sparks a pun on feline illness
A dialogue features Mrs. Pester asking about her cat’s fits and epilepsy. Mr. Pester replies cats do not have epilepsy but joke about cat alepsy, highlighting a playful mispronunciation rather than medical context.
Lightning bolt damages Crystal Falls home without injuries
A bolt struck Gus Malmberg's house in Crystal Falls Michigan on August 2. Mrs Malmberg and three children were at the kitchen table yet escaped harm. The lightning cratered walls torn plaster and exposed rooms with yard torn as if by a drag.
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International News Service
Crstall Falls
Mich
Gus Malmberg
Crystal Falls
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