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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
6
A reflective essay warns young women against nightly revelry and cocktails risking health and beauty. It contrasts heiresses and shopgirls, describes routine sunlight rescue, and stresses the lasting power of kindness in marriage and affection.
A speeding motorcar thundered down a hill, overturned and trapped the driver beneath it. A village policeman approached and sternly demanded the driver’s name and address amid the wreckage.
Most Rev Edward J Hanna was confirmed archbishop of San Francisco succeeding Archbishop Riordan. A photograph shows him in robes at St Marys cathedral.
The fragment declares a vast savor or desideratum that defies common preparation. It contrasts this with ordinary dishes, noting the flavor grows wild and was tasted crude, yet surprisingly agrees with the speaker without discomfort.
H A Merithew a retired hardware merchant of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania and California real estate investor committed death by own action in a lodging house room by inhaling gas. He left four notes to his wife and presumed son Lyle outlining despair as his end neared. He had recently returned from California and sought treatment at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.
Descriptive travel sketch recounts arrival in Lisbon via Tagus Bay and Belem Tower. Writer praises city’s hillside beauty, waterfront bustle, and picturesque fisher folk while noting modern architecture's monotony. Also includes a note on England's anthem attribution and a personal lament fragment touching on love and departure.
Harry E. Brock of Seattle, arrested driving an unlicensed car with two Chinese hidden in sacks, confessed to running a seven month smuggling operation paying $200 per person from Canada. He said the Hop Yick Co in Portland was the destination and Vancouver merchant Ching Chong Kee acted as Canadian agent. Brock claimed to have walked and driven routes from near the border.
Harry Levine a fifteen year old Brooklyn pupil attempted to poison himself after learning he must take an examination in mathematics. He carried a phial of iodine, bought to relieve a finger, and swallowed it after being told his name was not on the exemption list. He was rushed to St. John's hospital and later returned to school to face the history exam.
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