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The INS report said fire destroyed Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge sanitarium while a patient lay on an operating table. The surgeon finished the operation, then helped nurses take the man to the street. Nearly fifty patients and staff escaped, according to the report.
Muskogee Daily News · 1926-02-24 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗The brief said eleven-year-old George Harvey of Wednesbury hid in an old tin trunk and could not get out. Police searched the district; his mother eventually found him cramped and exhausted after twenty-four hours. The paper credited the London Mail for the account.
El Reno Daily Democrat · 1926-11-20 · p. 3
Open the original newspaper ↗Eugene residents complained after two goats spent the night near Twelfth Avenue and Jefferson Street. Their bleating disturbed sleepers, and they reportedly damaged flowers and lawns. The paper said police had the goats’ home address and were investigating.
The Eugene Guard · 1927-10-31 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗A brief described a young cow moose treated by a physician in Patten, Maine, after being wounded by birdshot. It said she then came from the woods to his house daily for treatment and became a pet of local children. This is the newspaper’s account of the animal’s behavior.
Newberg Graphic · 1926-10-14 · p. 12
Open the original newspaper ↗A short Everett dispatch said the city council had passed an ordinance requiring an annual fifty-cent license for every cat. It also stated that unlicensed cats were to be killed. The item reports the ordinance, not evidence that it was carried out.
Capital Journal · 1925-01-28 · p. 1
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