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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
6
Edith Richards, wife of M. C. Richards, helped save 14 year old Leo McCann of Chicago from electrocution after he climbed an electric wire pole in a lot behind her home. He grabbed two live wires while challenging companions John O'Brien and Thomas Hamilton.
On a cliff above the Ship, Barbara Graham and Duponceau meet Charles as they prepare to defend against a feared troop. A hidden adversary and a looming confrontation drive them to arm the Ship and vow support for the mysterious adventurer.
A man dangled from wires on a cross tree when shocked. Mrs Richards dragged a ladder to the pole and began rescuing him before another man relieved her and lowered the trapped man to the ground.
A writer in Outing extols large morning glories in Tepic territory alongside rubber tree cultivation in infancy. Descriptions of exotic trees, vines, and a perfume filled forest mix with Civil War era anecdotes of Capt. George Prescott teaching discipline without profanity. The piece closes with a proverb about the cost of fathering a belle versus owning a race horse.
An 18th or 19th century style household tip discusses cleansing yellow teeth with fine salt and weak vinegar water. It then describes using muriatic acid on a stick, avoiding the gums, followed by soda water to whiten teeth, noting the method is not dangerous if used carefully.
A fashion and health column describes summer styles featuring a white Neapolitan braid picture hat with rose satin accents, bronze bags, velvet trims, and new sleeve braids. It also offers beauty tips for hands and feet, hair fashion guidance, and a note on cheerful living and fly control in households.
The piece describes a green straw braid hat with velvet ribbon, a high crown, a draped green scarf, and a large American Beauty rose. It notes a recipe for light puffed squares and suggests pillow filling for softness. It also covers teeth care including brushing, flossing, mouthwash, and tartar removal.
The article surveys fashion shifts with garb from poke bonnets to Spanish lace scarfs and foulards reappearing after years. It blends style notes with a moral on self-reliance, urging readers to cultivate cheerfulness, help sisters, and solve problems independently, avoiding borrowed trouble and fear.
The article urges precautions against massive housefly swarms this summer. It condemns the fly as a filthy carrier of disease from stables and garbage to sugar, butter, and beefsteak, noting its presence near babies and milk. Doctors declare war on the pest.
A piece extols the gospel of happiness for women tied to a cheerful wife boosting a husband's morale during hardship. It also gives a simple cushion filling method using cotton batting cut into squares, baked briefly to dry, with a warning against scorching.
When a baby cries from colic, avoid syrups and old remedies. Use fresh boiled water cooled to a safe warmth sipped from a spoon or bottle. This method often relieves pain and can be repeated safely for relief.
Traffic manager declares hats over thirty-one and a half inches in diameter are classified as wheels. Women wearing such hats must ride in the baggage car or leave hats there and enter bareheaded. Also suggested crafts for old lace curtains turning them into wash cloths by cutting and stitching squares.
The article notes 6 million working women in the country with nearly 1 million widows and about 800 thousand married women whose husbands fail to support them. It also states nearly 100 thousand divorced women are wage earners.
The note suggests that higher duties on stockings are likely urged by safety deposit companies as part of a broader fiscal discussion.
A brief humorous note attributed to a judge offers a quirky household tip about setting a timer and leaving a baby and jam briefly at the table. The playful line reflects light social commentary rather than a formal case.
The report outlines Leon Ling a New York strangler tied to Elsie Sigel who lived in Evansville over a year while running a chop suey restaurant at First and Locust Streets five years ago. It also details epidemics of enlarged throat glands in Muncie and a court ruling in Mitchell awarding Mrs. Kramer $2000 against Volker the saloon keeper for a drunken incident.
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