Richmond Swimmer Trick Sparks Drowned Rumor Then Returns by Canoe
Charles Harding, famed Fulton swimmer, vanished midriver during a diving stunt causing fears he had drowned. He later surfaced in a canoe, explaining he dove for air and currents, traveling nearly a mile from his clothes before returning to concerned relatives. Fireman Williams doubted the tale but kept quiet during the scare.
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Richmond
Charles Harding
Harding
Fulton
Chesterfield
Williams
No. 4 Engine House
Odd Diversion of Charity in Shippensburg
Shippensburg Pennsylvania residents recount a strange charity episode as vaudeville actors Robert Evans his wife and their paralytic son seek help. A divided local church scene clashes over aid while pool rooms and cigar stores raise funds to send the family to Steelton, sparking wide gossip.
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Shippensburg
Robert Evans
Little
Evans
Evanses
Sherman House
Steelton
Man Weds His Former Wife in Atlantic City Ceremony
Russell T. Blackwood a Philadelphia druggist married Gertrude Bennet of Woodbury Conn at Chelsea Baptist church Atlantic City. He recalled their twenty year old split and says they plan to stay a few days then return to Philadelphia. The ceremony was performed by Rev Thomas J Cross who noted his own twenty year marriage anniversary.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Russell T. Blackwood
North Fifteenth Street
Philadelphia
Gertrude Bennet
Woodbury
Conn
Mr. Bennett
Thomas J. Cross
Train Crash Near Big Clifty Ends Without Major Injury
In Louisville Kentucky a fireman on an Illinois Central train knocked sensing to stop after spotting the engineer slumped on the cab floor with blood on his face. A rock smashed a cab window as splinters littered the scene. The engineer Louis Bullock was found unconscious but doctors in Big Clifty said the injuries were not serious.
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Louisville
C. A. Leatherman
Illinois Central Railroad
Louis Bullock
Big Clifty
Leatherman
Bullock
Riot at Conduit Plant Leaves One Dead Six Hurt
In Hastings on Hudson New York a strike riot at the National Conduit and Cable Company left one man dead and five others seriously wounded including a woman authorities reported.
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Hastings-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
National Conduit and Cable Company
Exile Possible for 18YearOld Maid Over Red Switch
Minneapolis report says an 18 year old servant may be deported to Sweden after stealing a red switch from her mistress. Policewoman Emile Glorieux tracked the switch from a Lowry Hill boudoir to a Cedar Avenue dance hall, leading to questions and a police station inquiry. The mistress has not decided the girl’s fate.
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Minneapolis
Sweden
America
Emile Glorieux
Lowry Hill
Cedar Avenue
Miss Glorieux
Vail Wins Oratorical Contest Despite Mumps at University School
Herman Vail son of County Commissioner Harry L Vail won first prize in the annual university school oratorical contest while recovering from mumps. He spoke on The Hudson Bay Company and earned the Sherman prize named after Mrs Henry Sherman. Benjamin Foss took second with a speech on The Commission Form of Municipal Government.
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Herman Vail
Harry L. Vail
University School
Vail
Hudson Bay Company
Sherman
Henry Sherman
Benjamin Foss
Not Ousted Cook Refuses to Leave Tacoma Woman Says Bread Bricks
Dunkerley sought to eject his cook Jane Doe West over bread and biscuit remarks. West denied leaving the house saying she was ordered to stay by Mrs Dunkerley currently visiting North Yakima. Constable Shaw filed the report and court action paused with no immediate arrest.
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Tacoma
T. R. Dunkerly
Dunkerley
Jane Doe West
Fred Shaw
North Yakima
Shaw
Grazed Young Man Taken To Asylum
Fred Swanson twenty one year old man found in a mentally unbalanced state was taken from his Olds area home to Mt. Pleasant to be committed for treatment. He traveled from Ottumwa to Brich ton then Washington where lawman and a sheriff assisted his return to his home near Olds. Doctors suspect excessive snuff use contributed to his condition and his religious delusions involved claims of power to heal or destroy.
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Fred Swanson
Olds
Mt. Pleasant
Swanson
Ottumwa
Brichton
Washington
Lan
Mark Pratt
Sheriff's Office
A Route for Each Day Encourages Daily Usefulness
A sanest philosophy for women urges making the most of each day avoiding future worries and past regrets. By living with determined daily effort to be useful, cheerful, and helpful, a woman's life is set toward success.
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