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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
4
In 19th century Constantinople a surgeon operation on a girl at the sultan Abdul Hamid’s order without consent, first testing doctors on another patient. Josefa Schmeider sues the doctors for damages claiming unethical coercion and dangerous medical experimentation.
In Cleveland Ohio a jury acquitted Patrick H Gallagher of violating the Schaefer free lunch law by running a barroom counter offering ten sold lunches for a cent payment per patron. Testimony showed customers received ten lunch tickets, ensuring the meals were not free. Local saloonists cheered the verdict.
Inez Morton, a rancher's daughter near Greeley Colorado, saved herself from serious injuries by cutting off her unusually long hair after it caught fire from a kitchen range. She used scissors left on a table beside her.
In San Bernardino on September 7 C W Lane’s Plymouth Rock rooster earned a reputation as a slayer of big rattlers. The Lane family camped in Devil Canyon all summer and the bird added the sixth rattler of the season. Local banker H H Ham uses turkeys to thin snakes at his summer camp.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Senator Lotsman noting a comprehensive record of campaign costs as more than a simple listing. He recalls negotiating after votes exceeding what was required, referencing a broader expenditure statement.
A humorous exchange has one man planning a vacation that spans the entire country as he jokes about reading summer resort literature during his travels. The lighthearted dialogue underscores a traveler’s grand, tongue in cheek plan.
Boston corresp says Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant was wounded at Vicksburg by Caleb Perry, a wartime sharpshooter. Perry’s firing broke a youths excursion near river defenses, and Grant reportedly received only a reprimand. The claim challenges the injury's military duty linkage.
A company originally chartered as a tele phone firm built extensive city tunnels for freight transport. The plan shifted to revive telephone service using the tunnels, with a 20 000 instrument system and multiple stations, while the firm remains under receivership.
Willie A. Hendricks of East Twenty-first and Albert streets showcased Magoon and Oregon improved berries grown on a city lot without irrigation. He planted 1,000 plants and harvested 56 boxes in the first picking, with some berries over five inches in circumference and one reaching 7% inches.
A playful豪 meditation on apples claiming they are informal, roaming fruits that entice theft and wanderers. It argues apples thrive outdoors and even in cities, coaxing people to abandon formality for carefree larks, with scenes of rides, opera stands, and pockets full of fruit. The piece treats the apple as a rebellious, charming companion.
A hygiene student from Chicago recounts moving three times in six months due to landlords objections to babies sleeping outdoors. Real estate agents and tenants debate the fresh air cure, fearing the view of beds on fire escapes makes buildings look like tenements and sparks threats of moving out.
In a humorous piece a breezy elevator boy named George reacts to varied office titles from colleagues including the famous sounding George the fifth. The text then notes in London lamps cause 500 fires yearly with 219 and chimneys 17 percent.
A London Daily Mail summary reports Mr Herrod’s lecture before the Farmers Club showing bees as vital to crop yields. It notes bees fertilize apples and strawberries, New Zealand’s clover seed success, and Darwin’s claim about flowers thriving where cats are numerous. Photographs illustrate bee dependence across gooseberries, currants, apples, and pears.
Peter the goose, gifted by Hon. Adolphus Graves in Canada, became the regiment’s famed pet. He marched with the guard each morning and once saved a sentry by distracting a rebel with a bold flyby. His end came when he was struck by a cab near the barracks, a quiet finale for a celebrated bird.
Mrs DeAysker questions a cook about leaving over an extra fifteen cents weekly offer from Mrs Razer. Mrs Von Holmer cannot confirm if the departure was for the money or a new place, saying the cook wanted change.
Alfred H. Brooks, chief geologist of the Alaska division, announces that one fourth of Alaska comprises a coal field. The Geological Survey official spoke in Washington about the extent and potential of the coal resources in the territory.
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