Civilian saves policeman from daring bandit
Manuel Ruiz a Mexican of El Paso Texas attempted to hold up a uniformed patrolman at Thirty-fifth Street police station wielding a German automatic pistol. James Walsh a civilian passerby tackled Ruiz with a bear hug, enabling Patrolman McNamee to cuff the attacker. Ruiz was bruised by onlookers before arrest. Walsh hailed as a savior by witnesses.
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New York
Manuel Ruiz
el Paso
Tex
Thirty-fifth Street
James Walsh
Walsh
Ruiz
McNamee
Bellevue
Thirty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Neighbors Aid Fire Hit Home Near Elizabethtown
In Elizabethtown New York friends from twenty miles rushed by car to Vernon Wrisley’s home after a fire started by a defective chimney. Nearly a hundred autos lined the road as occupants aided Mrs Wrisley and her two children to flee while volunteers battled rain and flames to prevent spread.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
Vernon Wrisley
Girl 6 Gathering Eggs Buried Under Nest Box
Lois Roberts six years old suffocated when a nest box toppled in her father's chicken house at St. Catherines Ontario while gathering eggs. A playmate present slept nearby uninjured. Police and local officials will review the accident details.
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St. Catherines
Ont
Lois Roberts
Finds long lost son in Philippines furlough request
Mrs Charles Collins reports her ex husband had kidnapped Sil-Hers son when he was two. The now twenty one year old soldier serving in the Philippines has been located and has applied for a furlough.
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Charles Collins
Philippines
Mil
Batesville mother slays infant to spare troubles
Mrs Verne Evans of Batesville Arkansas killed her seventeen month old daughter by slashing the infant's throat with a razor to spare it the troubles of life. Police say Evans had been released from a hospital for the insane two months earlier.
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Verne Evans
Batesville, Ark
Firemen Rescue Farce Ends With Cow Hunting Farmer
Westbury, L. I. Charles Cosby sped to town at dusk to report a Polish farmer trapped in an old well near Meadow Brook. Fire Chief Buck and 200 men searched the area, but the rescuer kept misnaming the trapped man as John Mogmogmogsky and John Bogbogzsyski before Fireman Oliver Blansfield finally retrieved Cosby, who asked about his cow and left the scene with the man still unsure of his own name.
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Westbury
L. L
Charles Cosby
Buck
Cosby
Meadow Brook
John Mzmzmzmzzzski
John Mogmogmogsky
Chief Buck
Oliver Blansfield
John Bogbogzsyski
Husband Beater Made to Kiss Her Scared Mate
New York report says mechanic Anthony Troskowsky and his wife Blanche faced West Side magistrate Le Vine after a dispute. The judge ordered them to embrace and kiss, they complied to a point, but Blanche left alone amid fears of a violent reaction from her husband. They have no children and wed six years ago in Hoboken.
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New York
Anthony Troskowsky
West Sixty-eight Street
Blanche
Levine
West Side Court
Anthony
Hoboken
Troskowsky
Wanderer Steals Pigeons in Park to Buy Food
Edward Johnson an eighteen year old without a home admitted stealing two pigeons from Central Park to sell for food. In Yorkville court Magistrate William A. Sweetser sentenced him to one day in jail after the birds fluttered around the courtroom. The birds were returned to the park.
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Wanderer
New York
Central Park
William A. Sweetser
Yorkville Court
Edward Johnson
Johnson
Owl Attacks Hunters in Congers Lake Woods
In Suffern New York two men Bradley and Harris Ellis were attacked by a large owl as they lifted a freshly killed deer near Congers Lake. The bird nearly pierced Ellis eyes with its beak and scratched Bradley on the hands before they shot it.
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Suffern
N. Y
Bradley
Harris Ellis
Congers Lake
Ellis
Drownings Near Dahlgren Naval Station Reported
Two men drowned in a foot of water at the Dahlgren Virginia naval station after inhaling gasoline fumes. Norman R. Vreeland of Belleville New Jersey, an engineer, became unconscious in a pit and Frank Leonard Crain of Galva Illinois, a chief quartermaster, went to help him and also died.
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Washington
Dahlgren, Va
Pet parrot buried beside mistress in Spring Grove graveyard
In Spring Grove Ohio the body of Mrs Viola Dillingham was laid to rest and her pet parrot was buried nearby in a small grave. The bird had been owned for fifteen years and died the day after her death occurred.
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Spring Grove
Viola Dillingham
Father of 23 at 70 Adopts Another
Habor Beach Michigan report says Peter Essenbacher aged seventy, father of twenty three children, has adopted another child. He has been married twice and his second wife is living.
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Habor Beach
Mich
Peter Essenbacher
Wooden Leg Heroic Rescue Averts Tacoma Suicide
Despondent man with a wooden leg jumps into Tacoma bay after losing work. Artificial limb aids buoyancy but man is saved by a bridge tender who spots him and pulls him to safety. Local humor and yard pests referenced in passing.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Aldrich
Charles
Baby Saves Family From Fire in Linn Home
Mrs J H Creps woke to her baby’s cough and found their Linn home afire. She roused her husband and they escaped with no injuries as flames damaged the residence.
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Baby
Linn
J. H. Creps
Down's Kidney Pills Enduring Relief Testimonial
Neighbor Mrs Trevarthen of N Clayberg St Bessemer Mich testifies typhoid fever left kidneys unhealthy causing back pain, fatigue, dizziness, and nerves. She credits Dean's Pills with strengthening kidneys and restoring health after a day’s work. 60 cents at dealers Foster Mills corp Buffalo NY.
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Fom Trevarthen
N. Clayberg
Dean
Foster-Millburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo, N.Y
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