Strange Suit Prompts Call to Break Up Snake Worship Sect
Hutchinson Kansas July 31 an appeal to county attorney Hellinger seeks to dissolve a religious sect of snake worshippers numbering about thirty three who call themselves the true followers of Christ Women and children reportedly bitten during meetings by venomous reptiles. Township Commissioner Grubbs says two women and a child were bitten with the child now not in critical condition Authorities say they are powerless to act until a death occurs from the practice.
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Hutchinson
Kas
County Atorney Hellinger
Sec
Grubbs
Belle of the Navy Becomes Divorcee in Norfolk
Elsie Manny Abele, once famed as the belle of the navy after her marriage to Lieut Clarence Abele, was divorced in Norfolk superior court. The trial featured testimony about gay naval parties and criticism of women involved, with papers showing her past hospitalizations for alcohol abuse. The couple wed October 7, 1902 at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York. Mrs. Abele is the daughter of Rear Admiral Henry N. Manney U S N retired.
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Boston
Mass
New York
Abele Ia
Henry N. Manney
Lightning wrecks Seaville home in fierce storm
In a severe thunderstorm lightning struck south Seaville home of George H. Tripple, tearing off shingles, melting wires from pictures, and stripping gilt from paper. The roof suffered large rent, rain caused additional damage, and the family escaped injury as damage reached several hundred dollars.
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Cape May Court House
N. J
George H. Tripple
South Seaville
Wild mitch frenzy as McGeehan hits game winning drive
Elizabeth N J July 31 2 000 fans at Atlantic league contest watched Danny McGeehan captain of a visiting team hit a long drive over left field fence in the ninth to tie the game at two Allentown rooter Martin McPherson convulsed when the umpire called a foul and was rushed to hospital fearing a burst blood vessel doctors fear for his life as the crowd remained on edge witnesses noted McPherson has followed the team on the circuitabouts.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Mitch Frenzy
Danny McGeehan
Allentown
Leftield
Martin McPherson
Umpirte
McPherson
Thief Returns Part of Stolen Loot in Youngstown
A robber who struck Physicians' Pharmacy on North Phelps Street sent back 50 dollars of the money, about 100 dollars total was stolen. The silver coin was mailed in a package addressed to The Drug Store near Raven avenue with an unsigned note claiming participation by the writer and a partner.
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Youngstown
Physicians’ Pharmacy Company
Phelps Street
Raven Avenue
Bulls Kill Man on Farm With Fatal Bull Charge
John Selforg was gored to death while working on the McClellan farm near Oakland Tl. after a young bull cornered him against a corn crib and charged repeatedly. An inquest was held as the bull’s fury continued to threaten the inquest party and others narrowly escaped harm.
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John Selforg
Te McClellan
Nile
Ooaland
Sir
Selforg
Choking Incident at Street Car Ends with Dismissal
Albert Richards of Greenwich is brought to Jefferson Market Court on July 4 for choking a rider aboard a street car on Fourteenth Street. Witness Philip Cohen testifies Richards blocked a passenger, brushed her, and reacted with threats before being choked. The magistrate discharged Richards and warned against choking streetcar riders.
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Albert Richards
Greenavich
Jefferson Market
Philip Coen
Premonitions of Death Tied to Coppider Case at Central Hospital
Reports关联 a series of dreams and strange experiences in Coppider’s family after his admission and before his death at the Central Hospital for the Insane. A sister dreamed of Coppider in a violent encounter with his father and later told others without knowledge of the death. A brother in Terre Haute requested leave to travel home after hearing of the death, arriving at Clay City shortly before the body was found.
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Clinton M. Coppider
Central Hospital For the
City City
Tme
Terre Haute
Clay City
House Upset In New York River Tow At Hoboken
A boat club house being towed down the North River overturned near the Pa Avon a ferry of the Erie line. Crews paused on the ridge pole then resumed as the house sank to the river bottom. Tugboats continued towing, spectators watched the odd sight as the damaged club house was set right side up on the Hackensack shore due to rising Hoboken riverfront values.
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New York
North River
Pavonia
Erie
Erie Boate
Tuedo
Jamestown
Hackensack
Hoboken
First Aid by Mother Saves Girl From Gas Exposure
A New York city girl, 18, was overcome by gas in her bedroom near Broadways and Lefferts Avenue, Morsals Park in Queens. Her mother, awaiting an ambulance, pumped air into her lungs and moved her to the kitchen with windows opened. the homeowner revived her before the ambulance arrived.
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New York
Bigamist by Joke Ends With Short Jail Term
In St Joseph Missouri July 31 Robert Buck a Riverside farmer received a letter from wife No1 claiming divorce and he wed a second time. Wife No1 produced a bigamy warrant but confessed it was a joke. Buck pleaded guilty but Judge Collge sentenced him to two days in the county jail to satisfy the law. Wife No2 accompanied him to the jail.
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St. Joseph
Mica
Robert Buck
Riverside
Buck
Bucks
Wife No
Prayers Lead to Arrest in South Bend Train Incident
Thomas Vincent Crockett of Buffalo New York, a man with a fixation on prayer, was arrested by South Bend police after being seen praying on a Lake Shore train. He rode in the blind baggage area, alighted at a ditch, resumed devotion near water, and was jailed where he continued praying despite the disturbance.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas Vincent Crockett
Buffalo
N. Y
Crockett
Lake Shore
Fire-Fighting Novelty Could Speed Fire Response
Buffalo tests a motorcycle equipped with a powerful extinguisher for rapid response to fires. A trained first aid firefighter arrives before the engine and often quenches incipient blazes in minutes. The innovation, imported from Germany, may prove valuable in American cities.
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Buffalo
Broadway
Germany
Blindness Cured at St Anne Shrine Pilgrimage
In Kankakee Illinois a three year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Fountaine, reportedly recovered sight during the St Anne shrine nine day novena ending the pilgrimage. Led to the altar by her mother the child opened her eyes in fright and cried for joy as mournful crowd watched her. The blindness began at seven months from blood poisoning after whooping cough.
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Kankakee
Ill
Lilian i
Edward Fountaine
St. Anne
St. ‘Anne
Fll
Eagle Fights Girl in Oakland Garden
Eight year old Themla Wade, daughter of Floyd Wade, was attacked by a large eagle while digging potatoes in a Oakland Indiana garden. She fought the bird with a hoe and their mother rescued her, causing the eagle to flee after repeated attacks and grazing strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Ind
Tramp Peddler Sets Fire to Hall. Girl Quenches Flames
A tramp peddler set fire to the hall of twelve year old Leatha Kline in Orange Township near Bloomington Pennsylvania after she refused to buy or admit him. Leatha cooled the flames by soaking her hair in water and escaping unharmed as the peddler fled pursued by farmers.
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Bloomington
Leatha Kline
Orangel Township
Reading fireman dies from stickpin injury
James Wentzell a Reading fireman living near Potsville was pricked by a stickpin in a little girl's dress while helping her home from work. Blood poisoning developed despite arm surgery and caused his death.
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Potsville
James Wentzell
Treasury urges banks to issue five dollar notes for crop season
Treasury announces economy and improved work under Secretary MacVeagh. Comptroller Murray says banks can ease small note demand by issuing about 94 million dollars in five dollar notes, replacing larger notes as redeemed. Banks with no five dollar notes urged to submit orders immediately. plates cost 75 dollars.
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MacVeagh
Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington City
Murray
Terasury Department
Two-Tailed Lamb Stuns Louisville Yard Workers
At Bourbon stock yards in Louisville a drover finds a lamb with two tails one tail at the proper place and another growing from the front shoulder while the worker wonders if the animal is being driven to slaughter or backed in the creature is kept as a curiosity and sent from Birds Kentucky by David Ellis.
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Louisville
Bourbon
David Ellis
Birds
Boy injured when buggy wheel revs trap foot
Otis Chapman, twelve, son of Jerry Chapman of Bloomingdale, was badly hurt when his foot caught in a buggy wheel. The horse moved, tossing him with each revolution. Doctors feared amputation but now think it may be avoided.
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Otis Chapman
Jerry Chapman
Bloomingdale
What a Woman Will Not Do In Regaining Fat
Fragmentary note describes a woman’s refusal to undertake certain actions for weight loss and references a herb drink as part of a bantering discussion. The text lacks clear events or named entities.
Hook worm believed to cause laziness in Indiana
Health officials warn that uncinariasis or hook worm may affect workers in the southern part of Indiana. Dr. Charles Wardwell Stiles of the Marine Hospital Laboratory is urged to visit for full study. Dr. J N Hurty says the microbe is widespread and that some patients lose will to work until treated. He cites Dr Stiles as the authority on hook worm and recounts a case where a worker regained vigor after cleansing the system.
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Indina
United States Marine Hospital Corps
Board of Health
Charles Wardwell Stiles
Marine Hospital Laboratory
Indiana
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Stiles
Dr. Hurty
Murdered son tied to typhoid claim as murder probe widens
Floyd Parker twenty six, son of Mrs Albert Miller of Evansville Indiana, died after arriving from Clovis New Mexico. Authorities fight conflicting reports with a blow to the head and a typhoid diagnosis. coroner's jury unable to determine death cause. Parker reportedly murdered at Clovis July 4. Parker owned a ranch near Clovis and had worked for Illinois Central Railroad. Officials in Evansville pledge to investigate.
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Evansville
Ind
Floyd Parker
Albert Miller
Franklin Street
Glovis
N. M
Parker
Clovis
Illinois Central Railroad
Has Hubby in Trunk Restored by Big Four Raid
Mrs. Greene of Cleveland Ohio, a lecturer, had her husband’s ashes in a trunk among items mistakenly sent to Marion Ohio. The trunk, belonging to Milas Alice Dean of Kansas City, caused alarm when delivered to Mrs. Greene who feared the ashes might be harmed. The correct trunk was finally restored and its contents remained undisturbed.
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Greene
Cleveland
Columbus
Marion
Green
Milas Alice Dean
Kansas City
Self-slain father found before christening at Cleveland home
Frank Pollock was found dead in a shed at his Cleveland residence less than ten minutes before he and his wife were due to attend the christening of their first born child. He died by his own hand using a razor, discovered by guests arriving for the ceremony.
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Frank Pollock
Ihis
Cleveland
Young Man Killed In Fort Wayne Far Wheelhouse Accident
Thomas Langley aged twenty two was electrocuted while cleaning the engine fire box at the Pennsylvania roundhouse in Fort Wayne. A brief spark during a talk of an electric light sent an electric current through him. he died after an hour, with a noted heart weakness contributing to his death.
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Thomas Langley
Pennsylvania Roundhouse
Fort Wayne
Althrough
Auto Crash Kills Meredith. Styner Escapes Serious Injury
William Meredith of Pine Village was killed instantly in a Wabash river embankment crash near Lafayette. George Blackwell of Montmorency suffered serious injuries, and Harry Styner, son of Postmaster Jacob Sturrer, buried under the car but unhurt beyond shock. Styner, an assistant clerk of the senate, drove the auto on a Sunday pleasure trip to the German National park and survived a dramatic plunge with multiple trees. Blackwell was hospitalized in Lafayette with broken ankle and internal injuries. Meredith’s neck was broken.
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William
Meredith
Pine Village
George Blackwell
Wabash River
Lafayette
Harry Styner
Jacob Sturrer
Montmorency
German National Park
Styner
Blackwell
Senate
Ligonier Starts Long Planned Sidewalk Project
Ligonier has ordered three miles and a half of new sidewalk to be laid at the expense of property owners. Work has begun and the once essential sidewalks are becoming a reality after decades of waiting.
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Ligonier
Japanese pagodas act like ancient seismographs in earthquakes
In Japan pagodas and bell towers use inverted and regular pendulums to minimize earthquake motion. A heavy timber mass in hollow wells allows pendulum-like swinging to absorb shocks and keep structures upright. Simla's April 1965 quake moved about two inches, far from overturning large buildings.
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Japan
Simla
Son Must Pay Board to Mother in Ohio Case
Columbus July 31 A local justice of the peace ruled a son is responsible for his mother’s board and lodging. Francis L. Kintz refused payment when billed for 299 dollars, claiming their relationship barred collection. The court granted judgment to full with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Bertha Robleder Pleads To Live After Yard Fire
Five year old Bertha Robleder of Louisville Kentucky died Sunday night after her dress caught fire while playing with matches in the yard. Her screams drew the family's attention but she was badly burned, pieces of flesh peeling away as onlookers reached her side. She bravely begged the doctor to save her life so her parents would not worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bertha Robleder
J. Robleder
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