Family Dwells High in A Tree Home In New Jersey Suburb
In Haledon New Jersey a German laborer Daniel Rausch and his wife with five children live in a hand built tree house around a walnut trunk. They erected the upper home among branches after buying land on Katz avenue and Pompton road with a six month deadline. The dwelling is uneven and rocks in wind but the family remains hopeful despite winter ahead.
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Haledon
N. J
Paterson
Rausch
Germany
William Buschmann
O'd Henry
Katz Avenue
Pompton Road
Rauch
Buschmainn
Daniel Rausch
Chicago Ballots by the 1.125 Million Printed for Fall Election
The Chicago election commission plans to print about 1,125,000 ballots for the fall election, including 109,000 women’s ballots. With up to 400,000 registered voters, packaging and storage details fill warehouses as Chief Clerk Isaac N. Powell coordinates delivery, ink, mucilage, and 6,000 booths for 1,125 polling places.
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Pyramids
Washington Monument
Rockies
Masonic Temple
Lake
van Buren Street
Chicago
Kansas City
Memphis
Buffalo
St. Paul
Isaac N. Powell
Goulds Visit Gothenburg and Marstrand Yacht Festivities
Mr. Howard Gould visited Gothenburg Sweden where his yacht the Niagara caused a sensation. He then went to Marstrand for festivities with King Oscar granting an audience on board. The Goulds participated in a regatta and the Niagara was illuminated for the occasion. Lunch with King Oscar followed before sailing to Copenhagen.
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Gould
Howard Gould
Gothenburg
Sweden
Mr. Gould
Morstrand
King Oscar
Marstrand
Copenhagen
Planet Gyptis Named From M Coggia Discovery
The small planet discovered by M Coggia at Marseilles on March 21 1899 No 444 has been named Gyptis.
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Gyptie
M. Coggia
Marseilles
Gyptis
A Clock Napoleon Owned by George Reuling
A clock once owned by George Reuling of 103 West Monument Street Philadelphia priced at 300 dollars. It vanished from Dr. Reuling’s home during a recent break in and was recovered after a lengthy search. A monster green sea turtle weighing seventy two pounds was netted by Charles McCarten Roscoe Storey and Harvey Pace in the bay near the Hum mocks, a rare catch for southern waters.
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Hoss George Reuling
West Monument Street
Philadelphia
Dr. Reuling
Charles McCarten
Roscoe Storey
Harvey Pace
Brooklyn Times
Dying Bank Robber Brady Once Penniless in New Rochelle
The famed thief Jim Brady, once a top bank robber with allies like Jimmy Hope and Frank McCoy, lies near death at seventy four near New York. Prison, reform, and years of poverty follow a career of daring heists as doctors say he has a fighting chance.
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Sig
Jim Brady
Westchester Armsionce
New York
Jimmy Hope
Big Frank McCoy
Bill Miller
Grets
New Rochelle
Mysteriou
Pennsylvania Avenue
Julius Doherty
Jersey City
Baz
Brett R
Montreal
States Internal Revenue Commission
Quebec
Three Rivers
United States
Brady
Buffalo
Oldest Civil War Veteran William Welch Turns 100
William Welch of Claremont New Hampshire, likely the oldest living Civil War veteran, celebrated his centennial. Enlisting at 62 in the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, he served until 1865 and recalls serving under five future presidents Grant Hayes Garfield Harrison and McKinley. The day improves the deed.
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William Welch
Claremont
N. H
Welch
New Hampshire Volunteers
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Giants Threefold Sports Rally at Grasmere in Cumberland
In Grasmere Cumberland England locals gather annually for wrestling running and jumping events. George Steadman and George Lawcer were longtime wrestlers with Steadman winning preliminaries this year but losing to Hexam Clarke in the final round. A crowd of notable Cumberland athletes appears in a snapshot from the finish.
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George Lawcer
Grasmere
Steadman
Hexam Clarke
Messrs. Steadman
Clarke
Cumberland
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