Prosecution Sparse in Redding Case and Local Notices
Special to The Farmer. Redding May 25. Joseph Tomlinson, 57, died last Saturday at the Sanford school where he had aided in care. His illness began a year ago. inter mal canter diagnosed, funeral at Dr Shefton Bungalow with Rev. Cunningham. John Westerburg accused by August de Bruycker of selling farming implements and taking 4200 in proceeds. no warrant yet. Mrs Mary Ann Merwin died Friday at her daughter Mrs Charles O Perry’s home. Survived by two children. Frederick Shaw, nine, underwent appendectomy in Bridgeport. recovering well. Updates on John Carroll and wife, both ill. possible operation deemed too risky. Public tea room to open June 10 at Ezra Bassett cottage Putnam Park road run by Miss Eleanor Osborn. Miss Haynes assisting. Fire Co No.1 held well attended dance at Grange hall. proceeds about 15. Public dance season strong. Georgetown Sunday baseball thriving with wins over Norwalk and Danbury. School closes June 23. teachers expected to stay. Memorial Day cricket clash planned Ridge between Crane Fire Co 1 and West Redding Co 2. parking nearby.
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Redding
Joseph Tomlinson
Sanford School
D. S. Sanford
Tomlinson
Huntington
Q St. Is
Sioux Falls City
Chicago
Westerberg
Claetherterberg
Mary Ann Merwin
Charles O. Perry
Newtown
Lyons Plains
Weston
Perry
Alice
Brown
Norwalk
S.C. Shaw
Bridgeport
John Carroll
Putnam Park Road
William Gill
Eleanor Osborn
Haynes
Grange Hall
Fire Co
Brett Nash
Hugh C. MecCotlam
Merwin
Georgetown
Danbury Bunch
Ridge
Memorial Crane Fire Co
Ridgs In
West Redding
Williams Infant Dies After Short Life
The infant son of Mr and Mrs George P Williams died last Friday after living only a few days. A general collection will be taken up. Heavy frosts and ice formed on Thursday and Saturday nights along river valleys. uplands escaped. Fruit prospects remain excellent. John G Stetson builds a new tennis court at his summer home in Pleasant Valley, bringing the count to two on the property.
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George P. Williams
John G. Stetson
Pleasant Valley
Perilous Fulminate Elimination at UMC Factories
Detailed report describes safety upgrades in fulminate handling at Remington UMC plants in Bridgeport. New wet and dry mixing systems use large scale hopper mixing, shielded stations, and automated bagging to prevent explosions. Implementations aim to reduce fatalities while preserving production needs, with tests praised by plant mixers and company officials.
Presbyterian Assembly Ends Heresy Rift With Licensing Rule
Atlantic City May 25 The General Assembly adopted a report urging presbyteries to require clear and positive belief in fundamental Christian tenets before licensure for ministry and to defer licensure for candidates until they affirm essential doctrine. The move aims to resolve the dispute sparked by the New York Presbytery and Union Theological Seminary over views not aligned with church teachings.
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Atlantic City
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
General Assembly
Committee On
New York
Union Theological Seminary
New
Death by own action in Bar Harbor Express tragedy
Mary Hopko of 203 Pine Street committed death by own action by jumping in front of the Bar Harbor Express at Burr Road crossing Monday, coroner John J. Phelan finds. The couple, unhappy, quarrelled after visiting a Fairfield house and split before the act. engineer Gustave Morring Weg also operated the fatal train.
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Mary Hopko
Pine Street
Bar Harbor
Burr Road Crossing
John J. Phelan
Drew Hopko
Phelan
Fairfield
Gustave A. Morrimweg
John B. Reynolds
New Haven Road
President and Mrs Wilson attend Dr Grayson wedding
President and Mrs. Wilson visit New York for the wedding of Dr Cary Grayson to Miss Olive G Gordon. Reports of Kaiser’s coming visit prompt Italian calls for Italy to declare war on Germany. Methodist Episcopal general conference at Saratoga votes 468 to 325 to continue publishing all church magazines.
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Wilson
New York
Cary Grayson
Olive G. Gordon
Kaiser
Italy
Germany
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Saratoga
N. Y
Musterole Ointment Puts Relief in One Rub
Simple rub on application relieves sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck and other cold symptoms. Musterole, a white mustard oil ointment, claims faster relief without blistering. Sold by druggists in 25c 50c and 2.50 hospital sizes. avoid imitations. The Musterole Company, Cleveland Ohio.
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Musterole
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Why They Walk In Circles From Unequal Limbs To Courteous Hosts
A 19th century science note explains that slight leg-length inequality makes people circle as they move, with left legs often longer causing rightward bias. It cites 10 percent equal limbs, 55 percent left longer, 35 percent right longer, and notes universality across sexes and races. It also recounts a business courtesy tale of Boldt and Waldorf Astor, then describes the silver fox and its history, and briefly mentions a Russian recruiting practice with selective levies.
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Fred C. Kelly
George C. Boldt
New York City
Philadelphia
Boldt
William Waldorf Astor
A Test of Philosophy and a Recruit’s Odd Rite
The piece recalls a peculiar military training scene where a recruit, if measured for height and deemed medically fit, moves to an area for head shaving front while the back is shorn if rejected. A separate vignette describes Slowbetter, calm yet prone to mishap, who amid a car fire calmly quips that he needed a shave and haircut anyway.
First Free School Raised in Massachusetts Bay
The first free school in the United States was established in Massachusetts Bay in 1641 by the general colonial court. By 1647 towns with fifty households were required to establish schools under a 25 dollar fine later doubled in 1671 and again in 1683.
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United States
Massachusetts Bay
General Colonial Court
Lead Soldiers Heavy from War Return Home
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a caller asking a boy named Wille about his toy soldiers. The boy confirms they are heavy because they are on their way home from the war, carrying a lot of lead.
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Wille
Yonkers
No Sympathy and age in love quotes from 19th century papers
A collection of quips and quotes from Louisville Courier-Journal and Youth's Companion. It includes a line about ages under and over forty defining fools and a joke about gold left uncov ered in air being stolen. It also contrasts peace with mere tranquillity and mentions a proverb from Dutf.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
A Sound Reason Not Too Thick in a Louisville Cou teaser
A fragment from a newspaper page shows dialogue between mistress and Jane about answering back, followed by the clipped line about life and immortality and a brief note on fishing conditions in a lake. The text ends with the phrase we have to use this lake avigation.
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Mistress
Tane
Jane
Louisville
Nematode Diversity and Panama Canal Chains
A zoology expert estimates hundreds of thousands of nematode species with most still unknown to science. Parasitic nematodes afflict vertebrates, many species unique to specific hosts, while free-living nematodes outnumber parasitic ones many times. The Panama Canal locks employ large chains as fenders, hydraulically operated, yielding under impact to protect gates.
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N. A. Cobb
Cobb
Panama Canal
Popular Science Monthly
Cantral's Advice on Clear Speech and Telephone Etiquette
The London Globe urges precise speech when using telephones, stressing to name the exchange before the number and to clearly pronounce consonants. It highlights distinguishing five from nine and saying oh for zero to avoid confusion, alongside courtesy to the telephone operator. It also notes Gold Bells as a snippet about Mexican and Central American coinage and Costa Rica gold lis, praising bird and grotesque head motifs.
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Cantral
London Globe
Mexico
Central America
Costa Rica
Opal superstition linked to brittle stonework
The superstition around Opal began with stonecutters who asked each other about cutting success. They warned that Opal contains 13 percent water and is very brittle, making precise cutting challenging.
Commercial Activity Question In Star Item
The Indianapolis Star features a note on commercial activity explaining the term and its implications. The item mentions a boy named Little Lemuel Say and a paw as a playful device, followed by a brief anecdote about borrowing five dollars for a week and avoiding repayment for a year.
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Lemuel
Paw
Indianapolis Star
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