New Orleans Notes On Yellow Fever Rise And Response
Official report shows 50 new yellow fever cases and 12 deaths in New Orleans as of 6 p.m. yesterday, with 963 total cases and 154 total deaths. Dr White reorganizes fumigation and screening under district headquarters to accelerate containment, citing concealment of cases and residence changes as key spread factors.
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Storm Causes Widespread Damage and Fatality in New York
A violent thunderstorm with high winds and heavy rain struck New York and surrounding areas. A boathouse sheltering many was struck by lightning, killing Miss Jeanette Freer, 20, instantly. About a dozen others were rendered unconscious but recovered without injuries.
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American Auto Tour Reaches Paris After Long Run
Gen. Charles F. Manderson of Omaha arrived in Paris after an auto tour that included Tibet island, Holland and Belgium. The journey will continue after a brief Paris stay. Mr and Mrs Robert Burton of Cedarhurst New York left Paris by car for Evian for a cure, while Mrs Burton tours the Breck forest. Mr Van Duser of New York joins the party.
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Mutineers Sentenced in Pruth Trial at Sebastopol
Sebastopol August 15 mutineers from the training ship Pruth face verdicts. Of fifty three, fifteen acquitted, four condemned to be shot, three given life penal servitude, and the rest to shorter terms. Court recommends commuting two death sentences to life and two to ten years.
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Roosevelt to witness Plunger submarine test at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt plans to observe a Plunger submarine demonstration on Long Island sound near Oyster Bay within the next week or ten days. The craft is being prepared at the Brooklyn navy yard and arrangements are under way.
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Kis er Loses A Leg In Glenville Race Crash
Earl Kiser, the auto racer, lost his left leg in a Glenville race crash near Cleveland on Saturday. The physician reports he is resting comfortably and progressing well and should recover unless unforeseen complications arise.
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Fireman Killed as Truck Hits Elevated Railway Pillar
Fireman William Dayton was instantly killed when Hook and Ladder Company No. 3’s truck was thrown against an elevated railroad pillar on Taird Avenue after being struck by a street car. Several crew members narrowly escaped death in New York. Rescues Three at Baths La Crosse, Wis. William A. Powell, a prominent young lawyer, is mentioned in the same dispatch.
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Baths la Crosse
Wis
Wtlam A. Powell
Fragmentary town notice from storm damage report
A damaged clipping reports a storm damaging the eastern county area. It notes corn flattened, telephone lines down, and barns and sheds moved. Powell is identified as nephew of Dr Frank Powell.
Mining Camp Night in a Storm as a New Arrival Sighs for Comfort
Harper's Magazine narrator arrives at a western mining camp set in the foothills of table mountains. tents and dugouts fill ten square miles while a teamster offers to squeeze a traveler into a shared bedless corral amid a thunderstorm. The town glows with saloon lights as rain and dust surge through the night.
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Philip Verrill Mighels
Reat
Nevada
Poem Excerpt by Blanche Goodman Praises Own Verse
A fragment shows Blanche Goodman praising her own poetry, claiming rivals cannot match its splendor. The piece calls poetry a polished jewel with mighty diction and ends with a boast that editors will envy the verse yet never get a mite.
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Blanche Goodman
Congressman Green Names Baby in Humorous Exchange
Massachusetts congressman Green met a former employee whose wife had just given birth. The father asked for the baby's name, debating Clara or Nettle. Green suggested Clarinet, and the father replied that Clarinet was prettier. Later Steen heard the father say they named her Clarinet.
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Massachusetts
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Clara
Marie Green
Steen
Squire Hamilton's Taste Remark at a Maine Dinner
A famed Maine lawyer Squire Hamilton reportedly challenged a distinguished guest over dining room taste. While others praised the host's gilded furnishings, Hamilton quipped he would prefer less gilding and more caring, revealing wit about style and hospitality.
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Ed of Centuries Ago Robbers Escape Tombs
Archaeologists uncover a sealed tomb from ancient times where robbers left a gilt staff and a crumpled cushion as they fled. The robbers removed gold and a living population, while a hole in the wall reveals the escape route blocked by discarded chips.
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Alfling
Shoemakers Then and Now and a Childs Prayer Tale
Excerpts reflect historic shifts in shoemaking pay from twelve to sixteen dollars weekly to far lower cobbler earnings, factory work for girls, and a rural repair shop decline. A personal tale recounts Helen reciting prayers and humorously misquoting "Auntie Benson" at bedtime after a family visit.
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Benson
Joplin Boy Questions James Brothers Book Authorship
The Carthage Press reports a Sunday school pupil in Joplin asked his teacher if the James boys wrote the Book of James suggesting a humorous or mistaken inquiry about biblical authorship.
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James
Jewish Soldiers With Scots Regiments Noted in England
A London synagogue recently unveiled a tablet honoring Jewish soldiers who died in the Boer War. The tablet notes that many of these fallen served in Scottish regiments, a curious English observation.
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