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A new cult “Sect of the Crimson God” is investigated by police, and accused of practicing human sacrifices following “repeated disappearances of persons in the region where the sect is active.”

Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is credited with founding 1800 public libraries, his donations “aggregating $51,596,963.”

An ocean pier near Cape May, N. J. is nearly demolished by a barge carrying “210 tons of stone” propelled by the tide “for a distance of two miles” before it struck.

John H. Sanderson is found dead in his apartment after suffering a heart attack, having been released from Dauphin country court on bail hours earlier.

Skeletons of “colonial residents” continue to be found in Princeton, where a private burial ground used to stand.

Pastor collapses in the midst of baptizing a child, and is realized to be dead upon inspection.

The Protestant Episcopal Church elects two new bishops, Benjamin Brewster and Nathaniel Seymour, to officiate in churches across Colorado and Wyoming.

The renowned "Lincoln Coach" is burnt and destroyed in tragic Sharpsville’s Railroad fire.

Young mother witnesses her child get gruesomely killed by mountain lion while camping.

Richmond’s Finance Committee is asked to put forth $425,000 for the construction of a new High School