Lion or Panther Terrifies Keyser Area. Circus Escape Suspected
A reported large feline seen near Keyser and Piedmont terrorizes residents. Witnesses describe a lion or panther attacking livestock, dragging a 1409 pound hog, and fleeing into the mountains with dogs in pursuit. Local rail workers and hunters increase patrols as fear spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iptrril
Slaugnter
Rey Amich
Biedmont
Astott
Gon Bitwell
Hever
Keyser
Christmas tableaux at St Patrick's Academy draw crowds
The first Christmas tableaux were presented in Carll Hall for St Patrick's Academy and Sunday School children. Local youths acted as Joseph and shepherds, with a Santa Claus operetta, as the parish praise noted gifts sent to Belgium and praised the performers.
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Carll Hall
Donald Beatrice de Ee
Louse Toung
Messrs Trims
Jones Luke Fegan
Edward Re Heloo
Norman Frenet
Claus
Hernan
Sante Tivis
St. Pirecks Parish
Belgium
Phart
Margaret Degnan
Mary Wadgson
Dorothy Clipper
Marie Illiott
Louise Kirsch
Helen Slattery
Dorothy Andh Marie Alen
Edna Clostair
John Ohrien
Roger
Antoine Dubos- Slere
James Hanneasy
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Mies Kath
Lachey
Girl Anxious to Save Lover Dies After Farmhouse Visit
Miss Rabel McCormick, 24, drove half a mile along a country road to a farmhouse to fetch a doctor for her dying companion Charles Cashholer after he was shot during a roadside encounter with Charles Seward, 21. Cashholer died minutes after arrival at the farmhouse. Seward was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganstia
Heroara
Poward
Adopt Japanese Trains Oysters to Make Pearls
Garret P. Serviss describes Japanese pearl farming led by Dr Mikimoto. Women divers work offshore to collect oysters, diving depths up to 75 feet, learning pearl cultivation from infancy, while pearls form through implanted irritants and years of growth. The piece covers oyster biology, notable gems, and historic values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett P. Serviss
Mikimoto
Japan
Mikimote
100000 Heroin Pills Seized Three Men Held as Peddlers
In New York the Bowery raid netted more than 100000 heroin tablets and over five pounds of loose heroin valued at at least six dollars an ounce. Three men Edward Hine Gordon Cauley and Alfred Strasberg were arrested for possession with intent to distribute. Police followed a suitcase from a trolley car to a Second Hatree address then to police headquarters where the haul was opened and catalogued.
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United States
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York
Shah of
Philip II of
Sprain
Yousoupo
Philip
Washington Post
Bowery
Edward Hine
Gordon Cauley
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alfred Strasberg
Richard Oliver
Tjtoan
Henry Boeger
First Street
Gramid Central
Albans
Second Hatree
McCauley
Polles
Oliver
Strasberg
United States Drug Manufacturing Company
Weat
Philadelphia
Newark
Albany
Canada
Jean Lafitte
Blackbeard
Lathobe
Morgan
Buccaneer
Kidd
John Paul Jones
Admiral Nelson
Emden
Lustern
Cocoa Island
Cocos Island
Cocos
Two Philadelphia Matrons Open Children Clothes Showroom
Two Philadelphia society women, Mrs. Meredith Batley and Mrs. Curtis Patterson, will open a showroom over Mrs T Walley's residence featuring children's clothes for boys and girls and lingerie blouses. They toured New York for models and hired seamstresses, aiming to supply Philadelphia with stylish children garments and women’s fine blouses.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Meredith Batley
Curtis Patterson
New York
Three House Members III Ill in Providence Hospital
Three members of Congress Godwin of North Carolina Wilson of Florida and Brumbaugh of Ohio lie ill at Providence Hospital with little chance of leaving before the recess. None of the patients is reported as seriously ill.
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Godwin
Wilson
Brumbaugh
House
Representatives Godwin
North Carolina
Florida
Ohio
Sare McK
Providence Hospital
German Singers Entertain at Washington Saengerbund Musicale
The third Washington Saengerbund musicale drew many members and friends to 31 C Street NW. It featured solos, choral items, and instrumental numbers performed by Edith McCoy White, Edith M. Brosius, John H Nolan, B R Seel, Onofry, Sherman, W R Judge, W H Eichner, A Goodson, A Seidler, and W Nackley. committee chair G Pauls and members organized the event.
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Washington Saengerbund
C Street Northwest
Edith McCoy White
Edith M. Brosius
John H Nolan
BR. E. Seel
Onofry
Sherban
W. R. Judge
W. H. Eichner
A Goodson
A. Seidler
W. Nackley
G. Pauls
John Alt
Charles H. Bauman
G. A. Beauverd
William Berena, Jr
Detlef H. von Foettcher
R. Brauner
Jacob Bruezger
S .F. Hahn
JG. Hainicke
J. Painter
J. P. Redeker
C Richter
JL. AL Scheverman
G. Schilling
AL Schuitela
G. H Schulze
R. Schneider
M Siebert
John Waldman
John Wisachhusen
Poisoned Wives at Fort Myer and Washington Home
Mrs Pearl Hayes 24, wife of a cavalry sergeant at Fort Myer, was found by her mother after taking four bichloride of mercury tablets at 1119 Sixth Street NW. She is at Emergency Hospital with slim chances of recovery. Also Miss Lelia Saunders 19 of Norfolk, in a Sixth Street rooming house, swallowed bichloride of mercury and was partially conscious but physicians give little hope.
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Pearl Hayes
Fort Myer
Sixth Street
Emergency Hospital
Washington
Treasury Truck Victim Dies in Writday Collision
David H Arnold, 41 A street northeast, employed on a United States Treasury Delivery truck, died yesterday afternoon at Emergency Hospital from a skull fracture after a collision with a delivery wagon on E street between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest. Coroner Negiit to hold an inquest at 11 this morning. Arnold, a New York City native, entered government service from Wayne County Michigan on December 14, 1897.
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David H Arnold
United States Treasury
E Street
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Negiit
Arnold
New York City
Wayne County
Mich
Food boxes for the needy to go by parcel post
Plans announced by the Commission for Relief in Belgium to gather food boxes for infants or adults, shipped by parcel post at wholesale cost. Infant box costs $3, weighing 33 pounds, includes condensed milk and cereals. adult box costs $2.50, about 60 pounds, with beans, salmon, oats, cornmeal, flour, sugar, prunes, and can opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Darling
Commission For Relief
Belgium
New York
Plana
Commission For Relief In
Indiviuale
Eform- Miltess
Parte
Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Daring career of Emden and piracy legend at Cocos Island
The article recounts the Emden's daring three month cruise, its destruction off Cocos Island, and the fate of its crew. It notes the 40 men left ashore who seized a collier, raided Pacific trade, and were later captured aboard the Elford. It contrasts romance with modern naval history and praises Captain von Muller.
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Emden
Cocos Island
Cocoa Island
Indian Ocean
Sydney
Himden
Pacific Ocean
Panama
Emden Teople
Germany
Madras
London
Karl von Muller
Jemtchug
Keeling
John Glossop
Rhineland
John Ross
Watherland
Cocos
Manila
Landen
Commeres
Pacific
Malacca
Folo
Lieut von Muecke
Jolo
Paris
Empresas
Japan
Elford
Taerce
London Times
von Muller
Lfe
Timden
Xmas Dinner Cheap Says Commission Merchants
Commission merchants predict lower Christmas dinner costs this year due to abundant Washington area food supplies. Fruits are unusually cheap with grapefruit prices down from last year and oranges celery lettuce in plentiful supply. Vegetables show high storage stocks and normal to lower pricing. Meat markets remain unsettled with turkeys and geese prices easing after recent dips and cold waves. Eggs in cold storage meet demand while fresh eggs stay high.
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Washington
Commission
California
Florida
Movements of Ocean Steamers on Transatlantic Routes
Shipping news lists several liners and routes including AMHIY Lu and Minnewaska from London and Liverpool to New York, 81. Paul from New York to Liverpool, La Touraine from New York to Havre, and Adriatic from Liverpool due at New York at 6 30 a m. today with no delays reported.
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Amhiy Lu
St. Louis
Liverpool
New York
Minnewaska
London
Paul
la Touraine
Havre
Adriatic
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