Preacher Judge Rice Earns Emporia Respect as Fair Jurist
In Emporia Kansas Judge J H J Rice, a pastor of the First Congregational Church, governs the city police court with a reform minded approach. He emphasizes education over punishment and has kept most offenders out of jail. His unique plan includes light fines, church outreach, and using his modest salary to aid violators and their families.
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Emporia
Kan
J. H. J. Rice
First Congregational Church
Bob Hamer
Rice
George
The
Emporm Gasette
Parson
Parson Rice
Emporia Policy Court
Judge
Saves Woman in Red From Bull in Boulder
Larry Fox, a Denver & Interurban motorman, acted quickly to rescue Edith Fair a housemaid at Frank Anderson's home. As Miss Fair raced toward the junction to catch a Denver-bound car, a wild bull charged from a vacant lot and she fled, narrowly escaping injury or death.
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Boulder
Cole
Larry Fox
Denver & Interurban
Edith Fair
Miss Fair
Frank Anderson
Denver
Bull attack near railway steers brave rescue at curve
An enraged bull charged along a railway track as a young woman fled. Motorman Fox extinguished power and brake, leaped from the car vestibule, gripped her wrist, and lifted her aboard just as the beast brushed the car. Miah Pulr fainted, later revived, and the owner Den cee Harding says the bull never acted badly before, blaming the red sweater Mise Palr wore.
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Fox
Miah Pulr
Dencee Harding
Mise Palr
Dying Foreman Kihara Stops Train to Save Passengers
Milford Utah report says Kihara a Japanese section foreman was mortally wounded by Mexicans who attacked near Milford. He used his last strength to place a torpedo on the Salt Lake route to halt the east bound Pacific Limited. The signal stopped the train and Kihara died after being thrown from the car. Authorities pursue the assailants.
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Milford
Utah
Kihara
Salt Lake
Here
One-Armed Jim the Shoshone Dies in Nevada Prison
Reno report states One-Armed Jim a Shoshone Indian and Nevada’s oldest resident, died in Carson prison at age 109 after a 29 year life sentence. He was hanged in 1889 for murder, convicted on testimony from his squad who feared for a railroad agent’s life.
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Reno
Nevada
Carson
Jim
Hypnotist Restores Voice For Beloit College Seniors
Beloit college seniors faced disaster hours before their annual play when leading lady Marie Radcliffe of Milwaukee could not speak above a whisper. Professor J. K. T. Waugh, noted for hypnotic cures, treated Miss Radcliffe and she performed the role after one hour with no voice break.
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Beloit
Beloit College
Marie Radcliffe
Milwaukee
Ur. K.T. Waugh
A. H. Chase
River Falls
Wis
Miss Redcliffe
Sober vow seals fortune trust in Jersey City case
On March 2, 1917 Jerome O'Brien of the Fairmount hotel in Jersey City could win back his fortune if he proves two years of sobriety to the New York County Supreme Court. His wife Ethel sought a conservator, leading to a trust with Empire Trust Co. including a Lake Hopatcong bungalow and $125,000 in securities. The plan would pay Mrs. O'Brien $4,600 yearly and O'Brien $3,000, with potential restoration of the estate if sobriety is maintained. Justice Page approved the arrangement as a provident safeguard against his drinking.
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New York
Jerome O'Brien
Fairmount Hotel
Jersey City
Supreme Court of
New York County
Ethel D. O'Brien
O’brien
Empire Trust Company
Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Trust Company
Justice Page
Wild Hog Hunts Down Two Giants in Arkansas Hills
In Mountain View Arkansas Round Bottom hills a wild hog hunt ended with two large hogs killed. The hogs owned by Newt Wade had stayed in the woods about three years. One hog weighed 243 pounds and the other 250 pounds. Ewing Lancaster killed the first hog after three rifle shots and his companions sought refuge in a tree. The second hog fell while held by dogs.
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Mountain View
Ark
Round Bottom
Newt Wade
Fred Lancaster
Grant Lawson
Ewing Lancaster
Baby's Wild Runaway Ride in Sleigh
Riverhead Long Island two year old son of Harold Young of Baiting Hollow escaped collision with a railroad train during a wild sleigh ride behind a runaway horse. The horse bolted after being frightened by a passing automobile, running a mile before William A. Terry tamed it.
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William A. Terry
Jilted sues for engagement ring incident in Norwalk
Edward Anderson, a local figure, visited Miss Grace Harrigan to reclaim a diamond engagement ring he had given her. She refused, allegedly was grabbed by the throat, the ring taken, and her finger broken. Anderson was jailed for two months on an assault charge by Judge E M Lockwood.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Edward Anderson
Grace Harrigan
Sick Girl Reunites Parents in Indiana Courtroom
Edith Wehmeier cries for her papa as Edith Schwab Wehmeier and Ernest E. Wehmeier reconcile after quarrel. The separation led to assault and battery, desertion, and failure to provide charges, a divorce petition, and a county jail stint ending with a judge dismissing the cases and the couple leaving together.
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Aurora, Ind
Edith
Ernest E. Wehmeier
Edith Schwab Wehmeier
Wehmeiers
Wehmeier
Has a Watch in Her Head Case Heard by Physicians
In Philadelphia a five year old girl exhibits a rare tinnitus case described at a College of Physicians otology and laryngology meeting. The ticking sound in her head has lasted two months and is audible to those near the head, though doctors cannot identify a cause. The child remains upright and says she hears the ticking constantly but is not troubled by it.
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Philadelphia
College of Physicians
Phone A Burglar Alarm In Philadelphia Sparks Arrest
In the North Keystone exchange a vigilant telephone operator foiled a burglary plan and led to the arrest of one of two men. Vera McMenamin of Germantown identified the suspects after overhearing a intruders’ menacing exchange and the sound of metal. She alerted Ridge Avenues police and helped locate the crime scene.
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Philadelphia
North Key Stone Exchange
Vera McMenamin
Germantown
C. C. Strauss & Sons
Frank
Ridge Avenas
Hesa
Polly the Parrot Undergoes Gland Removal in Springfield
In Springfield Missouri Mrs A L Bailey had her parrot Polly operated on by two doctors for a diseased gland. The bird resisted anesthesia and the operation lasted an hour and a half. Polly, aged fifty years in parrot terms, was later taken home after the procedure. Polly can talk on the telephone whistle and recall origins.
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Springfeld, Mo
Polly
A. L. Bailey
Deathbed marriage ends twenty year concealment
In Woodleaf North Carolina Lucy Luker later known as Mrs Lucy Gibbons dies of tuberculosis after a deathbed confession. Her husband A C Gibbons, already longtime husband in law, quickly marries her officially in Salisbury to legitimize their twenty year union and children. The couple had eloped to South Carolina years earlier and lived as husband and wife under the claim of South Carolina law.
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Salisbury
N. C
Woodleaf
Lucy Luker
A. C. Gibbons
South Carolina
Gibbons
Local marksman fires Civil War musket at prize
Bayville New York resident Herbert Feldmeier used his grandfather s Civil War musket to shoot for a prize. He described his aim as a high target in the local contest.
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Bayville
N. Y
Herbert Feldmeier
Glenwood Springs Rancher Injured by His Own Teeth
Emil Freidheim of Grand Valley suesor reports being bitten by his false teeth. While reading in bed he sneezed, two teeth broke off, and with his full weight he stepped on them, biting his foot and causing a painful injury shown by the dentist's bill.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Emil Freidheim
Grand Valley
Freldheim
Veteran George Smith secretly wed at Buckley Post event
Akron resident George Smith aged eighty one, a Grand Army veteran, secretly married Mrs Harriet B Camp aged seventy. He wagered he could marry unseen, and revealed the license at a Buckley Post meeting. The marriage record was entered in the probate court’s old book.
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Akron
George Smith
Buckley Post
Post
Harriet B. Camp
Paroled boy repays theft in Atchison Kansas
In Atchison Kansas a former resident of the State Orphans home, now paroled, returned $12 with interest to an Atchison county farmer from whom money was stolen. The youth was arrested but parole was granted by Judge Jackson. A letter accompanied the repayment thanking the judge for the second chance.
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Atchison, Kan
Bkc Willis
State
Atchison County
Jackson
Granite coat absorbs moisture in water test
A statement notes that a coat made of granite would be stiff yet flexible in thin sheets and might seem storm proof. The United States Geological Survey reports a cubic yard of dry granite immersed in water would absorb about four gallons of water after a short time.
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United States
Geological Survey
Unbusinesslike Transaction From Eatonton Money Order
A man walked into the Eatonton post office and requested a three cent money order to pay a debt to his society. The cost of the money order was three cents and it required a two cent stamp to mail, making it likely the smallest money order ever sent from the town.
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Eatonton
Children compare fathers in court room jests
A fragment shows children joking about their fathers roles with lines about a minister and a lawyer. Elsie notes her father truly preaches while Grace mocks lawyers. A judge row remains incomplete in the exchange.
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Elsie
Grace
Revival at Riverside and Main Street Churches in Jacksonville
Jacksonville reports ongoing revival meetings led by Rev Dr R Y Neighbour at Riverside Baptist Church with daily 3 pm and 7 30 pm sessions. Williams and choirs praised. many respond to calls for surrender. Prophesy lectures and Prophecy talks at Main Street Baptist Church draw interest as Neighbour predicts near event age.
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Riverside Baptist Church
R. Y. Neighbour
Neighbour
Main Street
Main Street Baptist Church
R. E Neighour
Bin
Riverside Church
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