Convicts Exchange Identities in Striking Prison Confession
A Houston special reports a bizarre scheme where Hasselmeyer and Kennon swapped identities to shorten sentences. Hasselmeyer offered Kennon $1000 to take his seventeen year term while Kennon would take the three year term, enabling the ruse on arrival at Huntsville penitentiary. The plot unraveled when Gorham knew Hasselmeyer and questioned the pair, exposing the exchanged names and sentences.
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Garham
Huntsville Penitentiary
George Hasselmeyer
Harris County
Gorham
Hasselmeyer
James Kennon
Huntsville
Kennon
Enitentiary
Hesselmeyer
Houston
Tex
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Lancet Attacks Horse Blindness in Harness
The London Lancet opposes placing blinders on horses noting they are useless and ugly and harm eyesight. It argues the horse eye reveals sickness or pain and that drivers would curb the whip when they can see the animal’s imploring eye.
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London Lancet
Hartford Girl Admits Grade Level Humor in Geography
A Hartford girl twelve years old joked about her schooling by saying she was in geography on the second floor. The remark highlights a lighthearted view of academic progression used in a newspaper item.
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Hartford
Hartfordvening Post
Sardines from Maine and New Brunswick to New York markets
The piece describes Maine and New Brunswick herring used to make sardines, including methods of harvesting, processing, and canning. It covers factory work by children, oil mixtures, and the spread of labeled tins such as Sardines a la Francaise. It notes Lubec plants producing thousands of boxes daily and the distribution through New York retailers.
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United States
Maine
Lamoine
Robbinston
New York
New Brunswick
South Carolina
Imost
Lubec
Lasiport
Sun
Poisonous Heloderma Lizard Exhibited at Central Park Zoo
The United States has the only poisonous lizard the Heloderma, shown at the Central Park Zoo. Experiments at the Smithsonian left a bitten scientist dangerously affected but saved by prompt care. Saliva is alkaline and injected into a pigeon caused death in nine minutes. Huey snakes in Montana are noted as always victorious.
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United States
Central Park Zoo
Smithsonian
Montana
Huey
N. Y. Sun
The Salvation Army publishes War Cry in many languages
The Salvation Army issued the War Cry in several languages and last year distributed about 250 million copies and $35 000 worth of musical instruments uniforms and badges. The army includes 630 corps with 130 located in unspecified regions.
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General Booth
Salvation Army
Secped Army
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