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Newspaper
Clearfield Herald
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
9
Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma, one eighth Cherokee, faced a trial where the opposing counsel bullied him. Owen declared he would protect himself if the court would not, prompting a violent interruption as a rifle driver struck the lawyer. The next day bystanders mocked Owen as “like the rest of those Cherokee Indians.”
Representative Henry D. Flood backs Stephen Noah in his bid for the crossroads store postmaster spot in Spottsylvania Va. Flood writes I take pleasure in supporting Mr Noah noting the Floods supported him years ago. New York American reporter cites the endorsement and local political backing.
Samuel A. Thompson of the wee rivers and harbors congress cited an old test observed by a certain people. A baby was shown a coin a Bible a cloth and other items to guess the future trade by which the child would be drawn. The baby seized all items provoking the father to exclaim the child would be a railroad man.
Representative Dixon recalls a constituent who paid $10 for flattery about his distinguished father. Senator Kern notes the compliment was worth the money, Dixon counters with a quip about his grandfather. The exchange highlights perceived vanity in political circles.
Nat Goodwin told aspiring actresses at a New York theatrical supper to avoid overspending on Easter hats. He recalled his wife presenting a $95 hat and joked about the price, saying he was surprised by the expense and the hat’s grandeur.
Morse, once jailed in Atlanta for a fifteen year sentence, was released after about two years when President Taft commuted his term due to terminal illnesses. He now returns as a prominent figure in business after his election president of the Hudson Navigation Company.
In Hampton South Carolina May 31 a mob seized Richard Austin after a posse shot him while arresting him for murder. They hacked burned and burned the corpse to ashes before authorities could intervene. Austin had killed J Frank Bowers Fred Edenfield and Dr S C Moore earlier. Governor Cole Blease offered a reward for identification of the body.
John Sands recalls St Kilda legends of a disease called the strangers. The islanders fear new arrivals carry illness beyond the health of ships from Harris versus Glasgow or London. He notes a severe headache jaw stiffness rough cough and rapid pulse among natives during an Austrian vessel visit.
Richard Grant White in Words and Their Uses notes transpire means to breathe through and pass off insensibly and is a French cognate to perspire. He argues perspire is English for bodily secretion, while transpire is figurative for knowledge moving from a limited circle to public circulation.
A London Home Notes remark jokes about heat causing water to boil in poultry troughs. An American ditto replies that New Jersey farmers sometimes feed hens crushed feed to prevent hard boiled eggs.
Bud Anderson rises as a bright new lightweight contender after knocking out Sammy Trott and threatening Kaye Brown. The article ranks him among California’s rich boxing scene led by Willie Ritchie and Joe Rivers, notes his farm background near Medford Oregon, LA break with Tom McCarey, and suggests he may outgrow the 133 pound limit as his stock climbs on the coast card.
Nap Rucker hailed as the best left handed pitcher in the National League drew a modest price of 500 dollars in a draft dispute. Connie Mack had no money to bind, the commission annulled the contract, and Ebbets secured the pitcher at the spot before other magnates.
Hannes Kolehmainen possesses fifteen American distance records and two world marks and has the best Olympic 10 000 meters performance. Observers say the Finnish runner could become the greatest ever with further improvements, aiming to surpass Alfred Shrubb for three to ten miles.
Joe Tinker, Cincinnati Reds manager, touts Chief Johnson as a potential bright spot. He notes Johnson’s smoke, curve, and overall tools, comparing him favorably to Walsh and predicting a solid big league future. The article mentions Johnson’s background with St Joseph and a Chicago White Sox decision.
The article describes uncanny mountain sounds in the Pyrenees heard as wind moves through gullies. Natives attribute superhuman voices. scientists explain wind trapped between cliff faces forming organ like pipes. Two cliffs have been nicknamed snorers. A San Francisco Chronicle note mentions a dead man’s hand remedy. Nottingham residents use earthworms with lime for rheumatism a claimed cure.
In Northamptonshire a sick child’s hair placed in meat fed to a dog was believed to transfer illness. Cornwall folk fed bread and butter from a family named John and Joan to cure disease. Gypsies used roast dormouse for whooping cough and Lancashire lore claims riding prevents it. A Sussex charm tied a live snake around the neck for goiter as noted by Rev Coker Egerton.
A hunter recalls lions seen leaping and performing voluntary gymnastics to practice their jumps. He led two companions around a rock to illustrate the stance and then returned to begin a dual leap. The roaring pair kept "talking" throughout the curious scene.
The Christian Science Monitor notes that pronouncing program with the French ending sounds odd to many readers. It argues that while gram is pronounced as in English, the full word program loses the final sound when shortened. The piece questions why telegram is not treated the same.
A playful drawing shows a wife counting her purse while a husband frets about money markets. The light exchange turns on their similar gestures and the son's likeness to his father, prompting a quiet joke about the father’s mannerisms.
An exchange between two employers discusses a boy named Tox who has worked in the office for about half an hour and has been with the firm six months.
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