Take Your Medicine Motive From 19th Century Journal
SWEENY Texas AP Mrs Ray Whitmire wife of Sweeny s former mayor has an effective lever when her seven children refuse their medicine She could brew cayenne pepper salt vinegar alcohol and water to coax them The book is Gunn s Domestic Medicine one of America s oldest medical journals owned by her family since 1700s It contains early remedies for dropsy sore throat asthma and other ailments with practical cautions and old time instructions
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Sweeny, Tex
Ray Whitmire
Sweeny
Whitmire
United States
Gunn
Rita Hayworth Hospitalized Delays Broadway Rehearsals
Actress Rita Hayworth, 42, is hospitalized in New York City delaying rehearsals for Step on a Crack set to open on Broadway October 17. A hospital statement calls her condition slight anemia with complete nervous exhaustion described by an agent. She remains for several days of checkups.
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Associated Press
Rita Hayworth
New York City
Broadway
Hoboes Name Queen King At Convention
Hoboes elected at the 62nd Hobo Day in Britt Iowa name Tom McDougal of Lisbon as king. Michigan Sue from Garden City Michigan is crowned queen after declining to reveal her real name, while Scotty defeated last year’s king Harry Bettison of Ashland Nebraska. About 15,000 visitors attended and saw 1500 gallons of mullin stew served.
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Scoopshovel Scully
Michigan Sue
Tom McDougal
Lisbon
Scotty
Harry
King David) Bettison
Ashland
Neb
James
Michigan
Sue
Garden City
Mich
David
Encephalitis Deaths Reported In Florida
In Pinellas County two more deaths among ten new probable cases were reported in an encephalitis outbreak. Dr. Harry C. Card, county health officer, said the deaths bring the toll to six among 34 strongly suspected cases since July 31. This marks the third outbreak in four years.
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ST. Petersburg
Pinellas County
Harry C. Card
County Health Department
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