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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
3
A New York district attorney office report shows unmarried men dominate crime convictions over nine years ending 1912. Among 26,079 total convictions, 11,052 were ages 21–30. 8,293 were ages 15–20. only five were over 70. Grand larceny and burglary were most common crimes.
Senate weighs a bill by Cummins to criminalize impersonating members of Congress or other public officials. The measure would make such acts a felony with penalties of three to five years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, including impersonation across state lines.
Cambridge scientists at Harvard Medical School secretly study the brain of deceased Dr Maurice Howe Richardson ex faculty member. Under Dr B E Southard they test his belief that thoughts form definite lines on the cerebrum’s outer walls and can be read to guide surgical fixes.
In Reno county, Hutchinson, workers are hired to remove green apples from thickly laden trees to prevent branch breakage from the heavy fruit. In Walla Walla, Leslie G. Korkman’s fox terrier dog Chinner accompanied him to court as it halted a case involving a mouse fight, with court officials assisting the proceedings.
In Canton Ohio an ironic prenuptial pact uses bonds to enforce a husband wife agreement. Casian Bartt Jr and Elizabeth Bold pledge $700 farm and $700 cash each, with parents securing the promise against divorce and infidelity. The couple trust their love, while parents seek legal protection against marital pitfalls.
George McGowan of Dansville New York long troubled by rabies fears was believed cured in Albany. He drank beer woke neighbors barking and snapping at a table leg before police restrained him. Doctors called it hysteria not hydrophobia and the man is recovering.
Barney Benson tried the ear blowing cure on a mule and was injured. He is hospitalized in Sterling with broken jaws and missing teeth after the mule struck back.
Mrs. George W. Carr of Yellow Springs arrives at West Liberty train depot to find hearse and clergy awaiting her supposed funeral. A telegram error misinformed her mother Mrs. Eliza beth Shumate that Mrs. Carr had died. The living Carr returns amid a community reunion and condolences.
The Porcupine, a Perry era vessel from the Battle of Lake Erie, is being repaired in Cleveland for the Perry centennial. Raised eight years ago, refitted by Charles G. Bolthouse and B. J. Renners, it previously served in revenue and lumber trades before being sunk near Grand River, Michigan.
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania James Harve Stenger, a carnival company manager, narrowly escaped death when a twenty-five foot python constricted him during unloading. Music played by Mile. La Boneto calmed the snake, allowing it to be coaxed back into a glass case. Stenger revived unharmed after fainting.
Newton New Jersey eighteen year old Harry C Pitman drowned after swimming the Paulinskill river with forty pounds of fish strung around his neck. He sank in a whirlpool near the Stillwater bridge as friends who laughed at his cries initially ignored the danger. Pitman, spearing fish with Ed ward Huff and Lester Huff, had decided to end the night at about 2 30.
Bedford Indiana resident J W Mundy sheds the nails from his toes every two years a practice he has followed since childhood He displayed his left foot showing the old nails and the calloused areas beneath
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