English Fishermen Battle Giant Devilfish on Panuco River
A party of English anglers led by Captain A Paget and including Sir Charles Cost Major Ramsden Lady Juliet Duff and Capt Molyneaux encountered three enormous sting rays in the Panuco River near Tampico. One ray was harpooned but escaped as boats were towed downstream amid wild excitement. The fish reportedly measure at least 18 feet across its winglike fins with others similar in size.
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Panuco River
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
A. Paget
Molyneaux
Charles Cost
Major Ramsden
Robert Duff
Juliet Duff
Tarpon
Panuco
Tampico Cor
Boardinghouse Quip On Women As Pessimists
A boarding house philosopher opines that every woman harbors pessimism in her heart, seeking the worst when calamity strikes and not being content until she hears it. The remark reflects a snappy, cynical take on female outlooks from a bygone era.
Toasties Advertise Crisp Wafers at Low Prices
Post Toasties promotional note touts fully cooked thin wafers toasted to a crisp golden brown. Ready to eat from the box with cream or milk. Describes exquisite flavour and delicate texture suited for all appetites, mentioning 10¢ and 15¢ pricing for sizes.
Secret court maneuver halts Paris marriage plan
A Washington drive by a New York social circle sought to block an impending international marriage between a Garwood relative and a supposed Italian nobleman. The group aimed to alert Paris via a cipher State Department message through the American embassy, with claims the alleged suitor was actually an Austrian-born physician with a wife and son in New York.
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Bieta
Baris
Washington
New York
London
Paris
John PB. Quinn
Z. Henning Nelms
Church of the Assension
Frances A. Garwood
State Department
Department
Slaughterer Rampage at Somerville Plant Kills Five
Thomas Murphy, a pig slaughterer at North Packing in Somerville Massachusetts, went on a brutal attack killing five men and injuring four more with a sixteen inch knife. He screamed like a pig as he slashed victims and caused chaos before officers subdued him. Murphy, described as morose and troubled by headaches and blood scent, is said to be about 500 years old.
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Massachusetts
Thomas Murphy
North Packing
Somerville
Mass
Murphy
Promoters Get Prison Terms in Two Queens Mine Fraud
Tyro Queena promoters Jim Missouri Frank H. Horn H Snyder and Raymond P. May were sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth federal prison with $500 fines each for fraud in marketing the Two Queens mine in Arizona. John E. Horn received a $500 fine in Kansas City. E B Horn, ill at verdict, will be sentenced later. The judge gave John B. Horn, 22, a lenient option of no fine if the amount was paid immediately.
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Tyro Queena
Jim
Missouri
Frank H. Horn
H. Snyder
Raymond P. May
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
John E. Horn
Kansas City
Two
Queens
Arizona
E. 8. Horn
United States District Attorney
John B. Horn
Lightning Kills Babe in Arms During Nebraska Storm
A severe northeast Howard County thunderstorm in St Paul Neb results in lightning killing Ignatz Sintek’s infant child as the mother, unscathed, cradles the dead babe. The storm damages homes and livestock, with the region marking one of its fiercest and most damaging in history.
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St. Paul
Neb
Howard County
Qunon
Ignatz Sintek
Robbers Burn Women's Feet in Belmont Home Invasion
Five masked men broke into the Belmont residence of 90 year old Mrs Minnie Ashe and bound her daughter Mary Ober and granddaughter Minnie Ober. They held lit candles to the women and ripped their feet with flames before fleeing after finding only 3.50 dollars. Miss Ober summoned help once freed. A lynching threat loomed as community outrage rose over the brutal act.
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Belmont
Minnie Ashe
Mary Ober
Minnie Ober
Miss Ober
Farming notes on stock, rape pastures and crop care
A collection of farm tips covers lamb fattening, horse value, and the value of a strong farm telephone link. It urges sheep near barns, gradual diet changes, and safe spray practices. It discusses hog profitability, catch crops with rape, and practical strawberry planting and hoeing techniques for clean rows and durable beds.
Vreneh de the fanminge of elerance inspires a demand
An unclear report from a Paris event shows Mas ter it and avoid the error by a Rangorien. The Rancorian entered & Rewilon Duval in Paris, stared at the met, and he muttered about a Dig department etere in Rue du Rac. He ordered common office goods in French, including paper pins and envelopes, amid a market scene.
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Oridow
Misa
Elerance
Duval
Paris
Tahina & Cancen A la Presse
Supreme de Sale
Dig
Etere
Rue du Rac
Pears Kidney Pills Endorsed By New York Man
A Merle or Merle, in says he used Pears Kidney Dins to relief kidney pain and fatigue after years of misery from kidney secre tions. He endorses the Dean’s Kidney Pills now, stating they gave him health. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. 50 cents a box. Telephone directories of current lane in New York City would form a seven and a quarter mile high stack.
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Widoy AL Plekerith
St. Merle, In
Ig 1
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co. Tittle
N.Y
New York City
Haarlem
Waukind
W. U. Warren
Bleecker Bt
New York
Holland Medicine Co
Scranton
Buying Allen's Veet-Ease For Quick Foot Relief Abroad
A long advertisement style note touts Allen's Veet-Ease powder as a leading foot care product used worldwide. It claims 30,000 testimonials, claims cures as you walk, reduces friction to save stocking costs, and warns against imitations. It also references eye salves, teething syrup, and Japan’s rising trade, mingling multiple product pitches.
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Allen
al Jen
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restores Women's Health
Personal testimonial from Mrs. Willie Younes of Rockland cites backache relief after three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promises root-cause relief for female weakness and invites women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's free advice in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Rockland
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Younes
Columbia Argenue
Lydia E. Pinkhant
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Yearlong eczema relief with Cuticura remedies
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas suffered severe itching and scaly skin on ankles feet arms and scalp for twelve months. After ineffective treatments he found relief after five to seven applications of Cuticura Ointment plus Cuticura Soap and Pills and was completely cured. Boston manufacturer Potter Drug & Chem promotes the remedies.
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Cutburn
Henry ‘Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
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Seattle
Mre. Winslow
Wiod College Win Bottie
Japan
Nova Scotia
Houltaod Mediums Co
Scruton
Capauies
Beate
Sonu
Posey
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