Signal man fatally struck by fast freight near Westfield
White a 26 year old unmarried signal man for the Lake Shore Railway Company was working two miles west of Westfield New York when struck by an eastbound fast freight Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a fractured skull and died within 24 hours after being taken to the Chautauqua sanitarium.
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White
Andover
Lake Shore Railway Company
Westfield
N. Y
Chautauqua Sanitarium
Blast causes deformed chicks in Tarrytown area
Irving W. Coates reports blasting across the river injuriously affected poultry. From 52 high priced eggs in his incubator only five hatched, the chicks born deformed. He observed shell hatchlings reacting to blasts by lifting legs to ear to protect ears revealing a possible cause.
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Tarrytown
Irving W. Coates
Coates
Injured Towerman Faces Critical Condition
William H. Maloney of Geneva New York Central towerman was crushed by a train wheel while boarding a locomotive to his tower. He remained conscious smoking during transport to hospital where surgeons reported a doubtful recovery due to severe leg injuries and other bruises at age 23.
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Towerman
William H. Maloney
Geneva
N. Y
New York Central
Former Bath Banker Arrested in New York City
John Cayen head of Wilcox & Co. bank at Cohocton, failed six years ago, was arrested by Sheriff Milton Mavison in New York City and brought to Bath New York for arraignment on indictments for securing money under false pretenses. He disappeared in June 1905 and evaded arrest since. he also ran a bank at Painted Post which failed when Cohocton bank suspended payment.
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Bath
John Cayen
Wilcox & Co
Cohocton
Milton Mavison
New York City
N. Y
Caven
Painted Post
Tragedy as Thomas Callan Hurt in Canandaigua Accident
Thomas Callan, 200 pounds, fell from a building being moved along Main Street Canandaigua New York and struck the curb. He suffered a broken right shoulder several cracked ribs head and hand injuries and has been unconscious with suspected internal injuries. He was taken to Memorial hospital by ambulance.
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Thomas Callan
Canandaigua
N. Y
Memorial Hospital
Train Express flyer ditched after Little Falls wreck
Detectives say eastbound American Express flyer on New York Central No 34 was ditched by train wreckers after the Little Falls derailment. A brake shoe wedged in the switch near the derailed locomotive and five cars supports the theory.
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New York Central
American Express
Little Falls
Plunger Walton Dies Noted Racetrack Figure
Colonel Francis Theodore Walton known as Pluheger Walton died last Friday at his New York City home. He was a prominent racetrack plung er of a generation ago who drew attention from bookmakers in both hemispheres for large bets reaching six figures in a single afternoon.
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Francis Theodore Walton
Pluheger Walton
New York City
Bell Telephone gains control of Syracuse and Utica networks
The Syracuse and Onondaga Independent Telephone and Home Telephone Company of Utica with subsidiaries are acquired by Bell Telephone interests. The deal includes a cash payment of 1 250 000 to security holders.
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Onondaga Independent Telephone Company
Syracuse
The
Home Telephone Company of
Utica
Both
Bell Telephone
Brakeman Killed At Avon As Foot Caught In Rail
Harry C. Carr aged 30 of Rochester a brakeman on the Erie railroad was killed at Avon New York when his foot caught in a tail and a coupling mechanism and two cars passed over him while he was cutting a car from a train.
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Harry C. Carr
Rochester
Erie Railroad
Avon
N. Y
Carr
Rescue Alert Ends Desperate Arctic Wait for Greely Survivors
June 22 1884 at Cape Sabine the Greely expedition survivors faced death as a gale collapsed their tent. James W Norman aboard Proteus signaled rescue after US Navy ships anchored below the ridge. Only seven of twenty five lived to that evening highlighting a near total loss.
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Elison
Connell
Brainard
Long
Greely
Biederbick
Payer
James W. Norman
Lady Franklin Bay
Norman
United States Navy
How Well Do You Know the People You Know
A New York World piece explores how many people a person can truly know by name. It estimates most individuals know about one thousand names, far fewer than imagined, and suggests memory limits and shifting acquaintance over time.
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Main Street
United States
Rhode Island
Providence
New York World
Hat fitting tip from New York Sun
A business man advises a method to keep a derby on in windy weather. He explains heating a new hat over a gas jet and letting it cool on the head to achieve a perfect fit, claiming the hat will stay secure in any New York gusts.
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New York
New York Sun
The Quote: Wealth that Does Not Decay Is Knowledge
A brief aphorism notes that true, enduring wealth lies in knowledge, asserting it remains unaffected by time. The line credits Langford as the author of this maxim.
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Langford
Three Friends and a Fencing Tragedy at the Gym
A friendship among Gerald Herbert George Tisdale and Charlie ends when a fencing duel turns deadly. Jealousy and pursuit of Helen Deane ignite the match as blood is drawn and a door reveals the love triangle. Charlie escorts Helen home as the wounded men tend their wounds.
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Gerald Herbert
George Tisdale
Gerald
George
Charlie
Athletic Club
Helen Deane
Helen
Three Hundredth Anniversary of the King James Bible
Sunday April 23 marked the 300th anniversary of the King James Authorized Version of the English Bible published in 1611 after work by 47 scholars at Oxford and Cambridge. The article notes its long dominance, later revisions, and a Bible chronology from 1360 Wycliffe to 1901 American Standard Version, with a library hint on Bible resources.
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Oxford
Cambridge
John Wycliffe
William Tindale
Magnificent Sweet Peas seeds offer and price
Edgar A. Higgins of Avoca New York advertises eight half ounce packets of top sweet pea varieties for 25 cents postpaid. The offer includes orchid countess Spencer white Spencer Lavende Spencer Asta Ohn as well as Queen of the Market aster and double poppies. Higgins claims better results than promised and asks for coin remittance.
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Countess Spencer
Spencer
Lavende Spencer
Edgar A. Higgins
Avoca
N. Y
Reddy Smith on Matrimony
A Washington Times column argues marriage fails when a husband is financially exploited by a spendthrift wife. It cites a salesman in a clothier shop who shares his earnings but suffers when his wife racks up debt, exhausting his savings and leaving him unable to pay his own bills.
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Jimmie
Washington Times
Marooned on Island Within Lake Ontario Tragedy
Nel son Luff, living seven miles from the mainland on Lake Ontario, kept his mother alive with home remedies for seven weeks while heavy seas and ice blocked escape. With no undertaker available after her death, he built a coffin from nearby boards, placed her body inside, nailed the lid, and buried it in a snowbank waiting for spring.
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Lake Ontario
Nelson Luff
Ontario
Mr. Luff
Henderson
Crushed by Rock Kills Man in Little Falls NY
Fred Van Wie a 48 year old resident of Little Falls New York was killed when a rock weighing about a ton fell from a cliff near his home and crashed through the roof. The rock rolled about 200 feet down a slope and carried him from a second floor bedroom to the cellar as a woman and child on the floor below escaped injury.
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Fred van Wie
Little Falls
N. Y
van Wie
Keiran Pleads Not Guilty In Larceny Indictments
Patrick J. Keiran former president of Fidelity Funding pleaded not guilty in Norwich New York to two indictments charging first degree larceny He was remanded to jail in default of bail The indictments allege he obtained 10000 from the First National Bank of Earlville on a false financial statement
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Patrick J. Keiran
Fidelity Funding Company
Norwich
N. Y
Keiran
First National Bank of
Earlville
Judge targets tramp nuisance in Dunkirk
Judge Nugent moves to abate the hoboes problem in Dunkirk New York. Police court sessions sentence several offenders to lengthy terms in the Erie county penitentiary as gangs of tramps use vacant barns on the city outskirts to beg and steal.
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Judge Nugent
Dunkirk
N. Y
Erie County
Parkhurst Acquitted in Canandaigua Larceny Case
The jury in Canandaigua New York acquitted Leonard A Parkhurst former treasurer of Sisk Manufacturing and one of three indicted officers of grand larceny holding no criminal intent was shown in the trial.
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Leonard A. Parkhurst
Sisk Manufacturng Company
Canandaigua
N. Y
Baby's Tongue Almost Severed by Bathroom Fall
The 18 month old Arthur Vickery of Geneva New York nearly lost his tongue when he slipped in a bathroom and fell with his chin hitting the tub edge. The tongue was caught between his teeth during the fall.
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Arthur Vickery
Geneva
N. Y
Bath Pastor Accepts Call to Knowlesville Church
Bath Presbyterian pastor Charles Nobie Frost announced he has accepted a call to lead the Knowlesville church in Orleans County and will assume duties in June. Frost has pastored Bath for over 13 years as the town reads of upcoming changes. The North American previews a Sunday mystery on Christian Ranck’s Christmas Eve murder in Paradise township ahead of its April 30, 1911, publication.
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Bath
Knowlesville
Tev
Charles Nobie Frost
Bath Presbyterian Church
Orleans County
Dr. Frost
Bath Church
Pennsylvania
Christian Ranck
Paradise Township
Lancaster County
Ranck
Sunday
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Plunger Walton
Miles Coverdale
Higgins
Reddy Smith
Parkhurst
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