Snake Bite Cures Cancer in Pike County Case
A Pike County farmer’s wife, Mrs. Wilhelmina Lodwig, reportedly recovered from a long standing cancer on her left leg after a rattlesnake bite while harvesting huckleberries. Her swelling subsided, the cancer transformed to a running sore, four days later discharge stopped and healthy flesh color returned, with further healing noted in town visit.
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Port Jervis
N. YA
Wilhelmina Lodwig
Millrift
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Cigarette Habit Among Chicago Women Grows in Shops
Chicago reports show a rising cigarette trend among women, tracked by tobacco dealers, beauty doctors, and physicians. Stores stock female oriented smoking outlets, while doctors caution on heart effects and nervous disorders.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Gouch
Mmaker
Weyers
Ips
Matthews Daughter Delivers Mail Like Her Father
Sabetha Kansas story features Mary Matthews a 20 year old student and substitute rural mail carrier for a month. She matches her father J P Matthews pace with precise hourly mail drops and swift horse changes, earning 66 dollars while maintaining his promptness record. Matthews keeps same schedule and box access as his routes while Baker University education continues.
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Sabetha
Kan
Mary Matthews
Mixes Matthews
J. P. Matthews
Mr. Matthews
United States
Miss Matthews
Baker University
Baldwin
Ao Hbrarian
Mise Matthewss
WOOING TERMS ARE MADE Huron 8 D
A Wells Springs in Nebraska foster group of 12 girls surveyed marriage offers from a wealthy Nebraskan who offered to marry any foster mother and adopt the child. The oldest foster mother countered with conditions including sincerity, marriage capability, home, sobriety, language, home evenings, fidelity, and church attendance. The Nebraskan’s reply is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Wesllington Springs
Tris
Want a Royal Palace London rare royal palace offered for sale
London reports a chance to buy the old Palace of Richmond once part of the royal palace at Sheen. It has a storied past with kings, queens, and fires, and includes five reception rooms ten bedrooms and two bathrooms with stables and coach houses.
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London
Richmond
Sheen
Tower of
Edward II
Richard I
Geoffrey Chancer
Edward TV
Queen Elizabeth
Henry Wil
Queen Charlotte
Richmond Green
Coutiing
Stork Lights In Depot At Buffalo Birth Seen At Station
In Buffalo a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs James Ripley of Cleveland Ohio while at Lehigh Valley station Washington Street. The stork arrived during a Grand Trunk wait and the parents who were en route to Hamilton Ontario had the mother cared for by federal attendants and transported to the General Hospital. Both mother and child were reported doing well after arrival. A closing remark notes how rare it is for a self made millionaire to pose as a doctor in university matters.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
Washington Street
James Ripley
Cleveland
Omr
Ripley
Hamilton
Ont
Grand Trunk
Charles Sand
General Hospital
Lami
Women Seek Uniforms for East St. Louis Post Office Clerks
Women clerks at the East St. Louis post office petition for uniforms after Postmaster Messick reports department support. He notes male carriers ride street cars free with badges and suggests a romper waist and skirt in uniform color to curb rivalry, speed deliveries, and improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Joseph B. Messick
Washington
Messick
Post Office
Prison Truck Farm Harvests Big Tomatoes at Missouri Penitentiary
In Jefferson City Missouri Warden Matt W Hall has developed a large scale prison garden on the state farm of 47 acres. The output includes 470 bushels of snap beans 26 500 pounds of cabbage hundreds of bushels of onions and a thriving tomato crop with 11 700 vines yielding up to 40 bushels per day. The garden supplies the prison table improving convicts meals and tax supported operations. Plans for next spring include adding a small cow herd to provide milk and butter for the hospital cutting daily costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Matt W. Hall
John Hramer
Col. Hall
Missouri River
Fer Siviason
Half of bones gone in Detroit man’s final battle
George J. Schwarts of Detroit aged 71 died after ten months on his back with the right side skeleton removed in a pioneering operation. He had suffered a tumor for three years and endured four surgeries before a last attempt Oct. 31 at Detroit sanitarium. Doctors removed ribs collar bone breastbone part of hip and shoulder blade leaving no frame for the right side yet he survived months in a fixed position amid praise for his fortitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
George J. Schwarts
Schwartz
Detroit Sanitarium
Michigan
Alates
Suit Sparks Over Foster Mother Offer in Wellington Springs
A Wellington Springs man proposes to marry one of 32 foster mothers and adopt, educate, and provide for a future wife. He outlines conditions including sincere intent, a stable home, abstaining from other women, attending church weekly, and spending evenings at home. The Nebraskan awaits the response with interest.
Swains Fight For Same Girl In Bronx Bare-Fist Bout
Two Harlem men Frank Jorden and Thomas Sullivan fought over a local girl near Mott Haven creek in the Bronx. Jorden won by knockout after a bare-fisted bout under Marquis of Queensberry rules, with about a hundred witnesses fleeing as police arrived. Sullivan, revived, shook hands and said he would keep his word.
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New York
Frank Jorden
Thomas Sullivan
Harlem
Mott Haven Creek
Bronx
Jorden
Sullivan
Gladiators
Michael Hurley
Frederick Cope
Marquis of Queensberry
Jove
Man sleeps on telephone pole. police remove him
Baltimore worker John Leitner 27 of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co is found asleep atop a utility pole twice in 48 hours. Police respond treat him as drunk. Nearby factory workers pause as Leitner is brought down and identified. In Rhinelander Wisconsin J M Darrow claims a new ice preservation compound di astro cellulone can keep ice indefinitely at low cost.
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Baltimore
John Leitner
Ineman
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Leitner
Timanus' Mille
Mount Vernon Mills
Timanus Mills
Eena
Laltner
Phate
Rhinelander
Divorces Rise Across Prussia Reflecting Religion and Density
Berlin reports a sharp rise in divorces across Prussia with 6756 cases in the latest year, up from 4675 in 1901. Protestant regions show higher rates, yielding about one divorce per 4000 marriages nationwide, while Catholic areas vary with Schleswig Holstein, Westphalia, and Posen displaying lower rates and regional disparities.
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Berlin
Prussia
Schleswig
Holstein
Brandénburg
Saxony
Pomerania
East Proséta
Hesse Nagsan
Hanover
West Prosata
Rhineland
Westphalia
Posen and
Jobetwollern
Pastor paints church as volunteers help Malden congregation
In Malden Massachusetts Rev John Newberry pastor of a Pentecostal church began painting the exterior with the help of congregants. He led a sidewalk service and his wife served lemonade while women sang hymns inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Mass
John Newberry
Pentecostal Church
Newberry
MARRIES IN OLD CLOTHES. FARMER WEDS AFTER CHANGING MIND
Washington Pennsylvania reports farmer Albert Hatfield of Ames Township married Sarah Ames after two license attempts. A year earlier Hatfield had secured a license but the bride hesitated at the altar, prompting a renewed effort. Hatfield traveled from the harvest field, secured a clergyman, and the ceremony took place in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert Hatfield
Ames Town
Sarah Ames
Maifiel
Gut
Femal
Ratfolt
Anis
Hatfield
Matfield
War on consumption urged for wider cooperation in disease prevention
The Nashville Banner promotes a united anti tuberculosis campaign across states with emphasis on prevention. Health cards from Greater New York advise fresh air, clean habits, and avoiding contagion, while urging timely doctor visits, good food, rest, and sunlight for those affected.
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Nashville
Ana
Health Department of Greater
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