Missouri News Nuggets highlights in early 20th century roundup
Kansas City reports Frank E. Gannett plans bid for the Kansas City Star with Eastman Kodak backing. Bloomfield court sentences trio in a Meda Pewitt attack case. Jefferson City notes state finances and public service moves. Cape Girardeau, Moberly, Bragg City and other towns report robberies, fires, marriages, reunions, suicides, and civic events.
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Kansas City
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester Times-Union
Rochester
N. Y
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Memphis, Tenn
Justice
Jefferson City
Tennessee
Ernest Green
Empire Electric Company
Joplin
State Public Service Commission
City of
Seneca
Electric Light
Grand Falls
Poplar Bluff
Howard Rains
John Rains
Brandon Hospital
Liberty
William P. Massey
Massey
Kearney
Bragg City
Pemiscot County
Sedalia
Alma V. Steele
Arthur L. Lacer
Raymond D. Lippard
Hill Gunmen Freed After Hillsville Tragedy
In Virginia, last members of the Hillsville clan, Wrights Edwards and Sidna Allen, receive pardons from Governor Byrd. The 1912 Hillsville courtroom shootout killed the judge, state's attorney, sheriff, and a juror, ending amid arrests and later executions for Floyd Allen and Claude Allen.
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Richmond
Hillsville
Carroll County
Wesley Edwards
Sidna Allen
Byrd
Edwards
Allen
Floyd Allen
Postman Freed of War Stain Reinstated by Coolidge
William A. Hock of Newark, a letter carrier discharged for alleged disloyalty during wartime, is reinstated by President Coolidge. He says he feels reborn, credits the new uniform and resumed duties after eight years, recounting his mother’s death following the stigma.
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Cal
William A. Hock
Newark
Hock
Postal Service
America
Coolidge
Hunter Fights Grizzly. Attack Kills It Near Cody
Cody Wyoming resident Vern Spencer killed an enraged grizzly after it knocked him 20 feet with a swinging paw. He and a companion had wounded the bear and Spencer, while trailing the wounded animal, fired again and dropped it as it rushed him, ending the danger.
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Cody, Wyo
Vern Spencer
Cody
Spencer
Hit by His Past Divorce Case Ties to Panama Indiscretions
Newark report details Charles Howard Capen of Port Richmond as the subject of a divorce suit filed by his wife. She alleges indiscretions by Capen in Panama about twenty years ago, linking his past to present marital proceedings.
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Newark
N. J
Charles Howard Capen
Port Richmond
S. 1
Panama
Pyrrhus ambition failed as Rome rose to world power
The piece recounts Pyrrhus of Epirus aiming to conquer the world after 318 B C. He invades Italy with 28 000 troops and war elephants but suffers costly victories at Heraclea and Beneventum. Rome endures, while Pyrrhus retreats to Epirus and dies later in Argos, illustrating the rise of republic strength over empires.
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Yrrhus
Epirus
Alexander the Great
Pyrrhus
Alexander
Greece
Rome
Italy
Adriatic
Heraclea
Gulf of
Tarentin
Aseculum
Sicily
B. C
Beneventum
Momen
Youth Hangs While Asleep Rescued by Mother in Geneva
In Geneva Switzerland eighteen year old Fritz Kesler was found hanging from the ceiling by his mother who heard a struggle. She cut him down and revived him, and he believed the tale only after she showed the severed rope.
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Geneva
Fritz Kesler
Switzerland
Parents jailed after child kept tied by rope for year and a half
Chicago reports Eddie Rook a four year old bound with a five foot rope to a wall staple for 18 months while his parents worked as a painter and server. Police found him crying with food nearby and two kittens nearby. The couple were fined 100 each and jailed for three months. Authorities seek a new home for Eddie.
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Chicago
Eddie Rook
Eddie
Joseph Rook
Hear Heart Beat Now on Phonograph Record
For the first time in medical history the sound of heart beats was recorded on phonograph records and reproduced for a class of physicians. A hundred doctors from the United States and Canada listened through stethoscopes to engravings that aid diagnosis. Dr Richard Cabot of Boston and Dr Clarence Gumble of Philadelphia developed the device after 18 years of work.
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Boston
United States
Canada
Massachusetts General Hospital
Richards, Cabot
Clarence Gumble
Philadelphia
Winter in North Fatal to South Sea Bride
Milwaukee mourns Lillian Pearson a Samoan born bride who married Navy officer John F. Digert after meeting in Tutuila. The couple wed with governor's consent and traveled to Milwaukee where a northern winter and pneumonia proved fatal for the young woman far from home.
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North Fatal
South Sea
Milwaukee
John F. Digert
Tutuila
Navy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Digert
Lillian Pearson
United States
Tags Will Track Whales Itinerary In Pacific
Pacific whalers plan to tag dozens of whales off the Canadian coast and Falkland Islands. Harpoons will carry metal markers with origin details, enabling researchers to trace movements when tagged animals are later captured.
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Victoria
B. C
Pacific Ocean
Canadian
Falkland Islands
Wife Slaps Husband Over Bridge Game in Court Fight
A New York wife is accused of slapping her husband during a bridge game to protest his method, and she seeks judicial decision on whether her action was justified. The case centers on conduct in the home and matters of marital dispute presented to the court.
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New York
Deer thwarted collision slows Illinois Central train
An Illinois Central passenger train engineer was forced to slow the train west of here to avoid striking a deer on the tracks.
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Deer Rockford, I
Here
Understanding Bright's disease and kidney health
An article explains bright's disease as the chronic kidney condition tied to aging and hardening of vessels, with causes including long term poisoning and high blood pressure. It contrasts this with a rapidly developing pediatric form from infections, and outlines symptoms, potential poisons, prevention by avoiding exposure to poisons and infections, and keeping children in bed after scarlet fever measles and diphtheria.
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UCH
Bright
Preventing Diphtheria The Schick Test and Immunization
Diphtheria can be controlled and wiped out through Schick testing and toxin-antitoxin protection. Observations show 30 to 40 percent of children are naturally immune, while susceptible children can be saved with vaccination. Despite progress, deaths persist due to ignorance and indifference, urging universal school screening and immunization.
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Schick
Edward
New York State
New York
Wise Division of Time Made by Elevator Man
A feature profiles William Winlock, a colored elevator operator at the Federal Building. He explains a personal philosophy of life, noting he minds his own business for half the year and lets others’ affairs be for the other half.
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William Winlock
Federal Building
Winlock
Billy
Indianapolis News
Electric light speeds plant growth with lamps
Experiments in England show four crops of vent can be raised on one ground in a year using electric light. Easter lilies and daffodils grown under 1,000 watt lamps bloom in four days versus four weeks. Six hours from midnight prove most effective for stimulation.
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England
A Fair Game of Bridge
In a light exchange two people discuss a woman who plays a fair game of bridge only when she is watched, noting courtly admiration for her skill and conduct.
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la Grange
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William H. Wiesemann
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W. A. Dunn
Mo. Pac
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Rich Hill
L. E. Brown
William Jewell Baptist Church
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Health
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