Gasoline Fire Drowns Four In New Jersey River
Four members of a Belleville and Waterbury party aboard a 25 foot launch drowned in the Passaic River near Newark when a lamp ignited gasoline drippings aboard the craft. Victims include Mr and Mrs Pan Kopf, Miss Katherine Ward, and Walden Davey twenty. Family guests and hosts were aboard watching a test run when the blaze started. Burke and his wife and kids leaped to safety, while Mrs Kopf and Miss Ward fled to the water. Davey attempted rescue but was overwhelmed by a clinging swimmer resulting in the tragedy.
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Jap Poachers Captured Near Behring Sea
Dispatches report two Japanese poaching vessels with fifty nine crewmen captured by the revenue cutter Bear near St Pauls Island the main seal island in Behring Sea One vessel painted white to imitate a U S revenue cutter.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Revenue Cutter
Treasury Department
Revenue
St. Paul’s Island
Behring Sea
United States Revenue
Locomotive Sparks Start Fire in Grover Hill Blaze
Sparks from a locomotive caused a fire in Grover Hill near Lima destroying nine business places and two homes. The blaze consumed about half the business district and caused an estimated loss of 40000 dollars.
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Lima
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Here
Scores On The Ball Fields In Big League Standings
Chicago August 17. Standings and daily scores for the major leagues with details from St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Denver. Game results include hits errors and batteries across both nations leagues and association play with Saturday tallies and weather notes.
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Denver
Largest pickerel ever caught on Kankakee river in August
Dr L Fi Recher and Herman Rogers camping on the Kankakee river near Morocco Indiana mourn the loss of a giant pickerel weight about twenty eight pounds. Rogers hooked the fish and, after a long struggle, the doctor joined in but the monster leapt and knocked Rogers down and struck the doctor with its tail before escaping back into the river.
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Herman Rogers
Kankakee
Rogers
Five Men Killed in Benson Mines Blast Near Syracuse
Five men died instantly in a premature dynamite explosion at Benson Mines Iron Ore company. The blast occurred as workers tamped a charge, sending rocks flying and injuring others. Victims identified by clothing fragments. panic spread among French Canadian residents. the sole survivor in the dynamite gang was left insane by the shock.
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N. Y
Benson Mines Iron Ore Company
Benson Mines
Benson
Carthage and Adirondack
Carthage
Nobleman in the steerage on Cunard Lucania arrival
British nobleman Sir Grenville Cave Brown Cave traveled in steerage on the Cunard Lucania arriving in New York. He avoided his title and used the name Mr Brown, saying he did so for the experience after years as a cow puncher in the west.
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England
Peace critics lash Roosevelt and Hobson at Mystic meeting
At Mystic New York, August 17, universal peace leaders condemned President Roosevelt for expanding battleship fleets and accused Captain Hobson of hypocrisy in his peace writings. Speakers included Rev Alfred E Love and Charles P Hastings while the union backed abolishing the navy as unnecessary.
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Pigeons Trained by Modena Boys Sail Skyward in Flamboyant Display
In Modena Italian youths raise brightly colored flags atop roofs to signal vast flocks of pure white pigeons. The birds respond to waves and whistles, fly high then return, and even “battle” for prizes as owners watch. More than 100 flocks exist, each with hundreds of birds trained to obey flag motions and simple cues.
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Modena
Game of Syllables for Language Study
A classroom word game uses foolscap strips to hold syllables from two to four syllables long. Players draw three syllables and form words, returning two if no word is made, keeping one, and drawing again next turn. The winner is who forms the most words within an agreed time or number of turns.
Dog rescue training aids injured collie in distress signal
A collie learns to emit a wailing distress call to summon human help when seriously injured. In extreme cases the dog is trained to rush to the hospital tent for snabb assistance.
The Young Artists Wen and a Soldier at the Post
The narrator recalls a childhood drawing by a brother showing many men by poles. When asked, the boy explains that every soldier stands at this post, revealing a child's vivid impression of military duty.
Folded Paper Riddle About Eating Eyes Nose Mouth Beard
A curious riddle describes folding a large paper then eating out the eyes nose mouth and beard. The piece suggests a whispered childish trick or craft, with no clear person, place, or event tied to a real news item.
Just Missed an Awful Death
Bedford Indiana August 17 James Jef fries employed at the lime kiln south of the city fell over the top of a kiln he was filling landing on the stone ten feet below which he had previously dumped in He was badly burned before he could be rescued and had the stone not become thoroughly heated he would have been roasted alive
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Bedford
Ind
James Jeffries
Juvenile attack on jailer ends in critical condition
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 17 four Negro inmates seized Jailer Mont Casey as he entered the cell room and two others joined, attempting to wrench the jail keys. They beat him while two white men accused of murder arrived to aid him, using mopsticks to drive off the attackers. Casey remains in critical condition.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mont Casey
Casey
Shah Advances With Electoral Law Commission
Teheran August 17 reports the shah has issued a decree authorizing a commission to draft an electoral law for a new two chamber parliament. The plan envisions a senate and a chamber of deputies to replace the existing structure.
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Teheran
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Two Illinois Men Killed by Train at Hannibal Missouri
Alta Leng of Jacksonville Illinois and Kenneth Reynolds of Buffalo Illinois were struck and killed instantly by a freight train while walking in the middle of the tracks in Hannibal Missouri. The incident occurred August 17. Local authorities investigated the accident and notified families.
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Oil
Alta Leng
Kenneth Reynolds
Buffalo
Hannibal
Red Cross Dogs Train in Rome College
A Roman college trains dogs as Red Cross nurses. About 500 collies are said to have left for the Russo Japanese war. They locate wounded soldiers then bark to rouse them. Each dog carries a gray blanket with a red cross, two flasks, two biscuits, a splint, bandages, a silk handkerchief, and a probing instrument.
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Rome
Red Cross
Funhouse Mask Craft Sparks Laughter
A playful art tip guides readers to paint a cartoonish image on paper, fix the print over the face, and wrap long strips around the head to pin behind, creating a humorous mask suitable for childish costumes or parties. The simple steps emphasize quick assembly and silly effect.
Wife and William Ponder Fearful Moment at Corksh Drawn
A fragmented dialogue shows a frightened wife pleading with William who has just returned from his club. He insists the situation must be faced immediately rather than delayed until tomorrow, indicating an urgent domestic matter.
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William
Tainted Money in Pittsburg Post Commentary
The poem quotes Nixon Waterman asking whether a millionaire’s money is truly pure, noting public doubt about the giver’s wealth and intentions as readers debate the integrity of large gifts.
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Nixon Waterman
Pittsburg
Her Example In Arithmetic
A brief verse depicts Louise solving a simple multiplication on a slate. The child forms a four by two product, showing the idea of four times two as eight. The quatrain captures a classroom moment with a teacherly prompt and a confident, fluent response.
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Louise
The Puzzler No 3 Word Syncopations Clue List
Three puzzles ask to syncopate phrases by dropping three letters to yield new phrases. First item hides a phrase meaning a lid and a support. Second item yields a word pair with request and a wager. Third item yields a phrase linking a huge wave with sick and a salute. Also noted is No 89 Schoolmaster's Puzzle.
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Eatlor
Schoolmaster urges pupils to seek the correct answer
The schoolmaster wishes to impress a precept upon his pupils and requests them to find the correct answer. New York Globe describes the moment as a teaching gesture guiding students toward thoughtful problem solving.
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New York Globe
Property Lords and Tenants Tale
A compact report describes landlords expanding estates and tenants renting land under new arrangements. The piece notes leaseholds, rents, and local dynamics shaping power between landowners and those who work the fields. The tone mirrors a period newspaper brief with focused facts and named places in the region.
Shakespearean Jumble Titles Found Eleven Plays
Rearranging the provided word set yields eleven Shakespearean play titles such as Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, King Lear, As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, Othello, All’s Well That Ends Well, and The Tempest.
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Athens
Windsor
Venice
My riddle about a brave pet and sea-tall tulip
A riddle speaks of a tame animal with a free spirit, a heady group at the lead, a tulip towering above the sea, and a whole that the hunter dreads. It blends imagery of domesticated companionship, leadership stature, and a looming threat to hunters.
Wordplay on seed to stature to throne surname clue
Puzzle entry presents five word transformations by adding letter pairs to base words to form new terms. Each clue yields a themed set leading to a radiant surname of a famed general through the initials of the resulting words.
No 94 Spring Greeting Supply missing rhymes
A fragmentary verse piece evokes spring through a magical bell and fleeting life. The speaker longs for the bell to chime a joyful greeting to a rose shaft showing a bloom, conveying a tone of renewal and memory without complete rhymes.
The King's Court Riddle List
No 95 presents a riddle series with a king character performing varied actions. Each line describes a king that strangles derides adheres observes constructs acquires labors gathers fruit searches loves water looks in helps gardening quivers loves a pipe destroys sways to and fro.
Stag Dinner Recollections Reported by Kansas City Times
A Kansas City Times note recalls a stag dinner that proved a great success with the group. Attendees reportedly felt effects for days, some looking pale and unable to eat solid food for a couple of days after the feast.
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Kansas City Times
That fellow drinks like a beast
A brief Baltimore American quotation contrasts a heavy drinker with a notion of restraint suggesting beasts drink only what they need and water.
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Baltimore
Key to the Puzzler and Divided Words roundup
A list of Puzzler numbers with wordplay and visual tricks. No 81 Amputations hints by inserting letters in words, No 82 Enigma Marbles, No 83 A Queer Language Frying dying set wet Had bad, No 84 Geographical Puzzles Canada Connecticut Painfield, No 85 Connected Squares, No 86 Puss In Boots turn picture upside down and look behind, No 87 Divided Words with pairs such as Corn ice Humor House Cur tail Man age Pli aut grant ed al.
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Canada
Connecticut
Grant
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