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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
Mrs. W. H. Starr bound and gagged in her Prairie avenue flat during a burglary. Two men searched the premises. a pocketbook with $5 to $6 and jewelry valued at $160 were taken. A intruder set fire to the bed, but Starr rolled to smother the flames. husband Dr. W. H. Starr returned to find her hysterical.
Atlanta resident from Ware county writes to Controller General William A. Wright requesting to wear women’s clothing claiming a better fit and disguise. Wright calls the letter queer and declines to reveal the sender’s name to protect the family.
Thousands of small fish swarmed Michigan water intake pipes in Gary Indiana forcing three blast furnaces to shut down. Workers cleared the pipes with shovels and restarted the furnaces once the water was free of fish.
A 1912 Virginia news brief describes a rat infestation in Warrior Rup and Sugar Notch mines after meals ended. Rats overran cellars and chicken coops, attacking fowl including a 12 pound rooster, prompting safety concerns in local mining towns.
A seven year old boy from the Bronx was shot in the groin during a neighborhood game of cowboys and Indians near One Hundred Forty-ninth Street. He lies in serious condition at Lincoln Hospital after initially concealing the injury from his parents.
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