Maniac Nurse Kills to Stop Leaving Asylum
Mrs. Sievie Halliday, a life prisoner at the state hospital for the insane, murdered Nurse Nellie Wickes who sought to leave for professional nursing. Halliday throttled and stabbed Wickes with scissors, then watched from a window as the nurse died. Halliday shows no remorse and will be guarded rather than punished.
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Pinhkill
Sievie Halliday
Nellie Wickes
Miss Wickes
Mra. Halliday
Mrss Wickes
Mrs. Halliday
Misa Wickes
Lamb
Goring
Pelan Minn Woman Gored by Monster Snake
Miss Lena Mathieson, 20, was mowing hay when a reported 15 foot snake, as thick as the Pelan mill smokestack, spooked her oxen and threw her. A large search party pressed to kill the reptile and send its body to the Field Museum in Chicago.
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Pelan
Minn
Lena Mathieson
Minnesota
Field Museum
Chicago
Ferret Attack On 2-Year-Old Girl In Hartford
Mrs. Gaus Pickett of Hartford discovers a ferret sucking blood from her two year old on a bed. The infant was nearly dead when found and the ferret was killed to release the child. The condition of the baby is uncertain as reported.
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Hartford
Conn
Gaus Pickett
Eccentric Millionaire Frank A Ogden Of Madison Wisconsin
The article profiles Frank A. Ogden a Madison Wisconsin millionaire known for frugality and odd habits. He built wealth after Chicago's 1871 fire through aggressive real estate deals, owns hotels and lakefront holdings in Chicago and Wisconsin, and claims a long term 15 year investment approach. He eats at a three cent lunch counter and wears a six dollar suit while declining to reveal his exact age and fortune.
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Chicago
Madison
Wis
Frank A. Ogden
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
Ogden
Russell Sage
Capitol Park
Orden Wie
Painted Post
Bla
University of Wisconsin
Ogdens
New York
Frank Ogden
City of
State University
Superior
Kansas
Washington
Grasses for Pastures by a Farmer Review Correspondent
A Mercer county Illinois reader shares decades of seeding experience for pasture and hay. He endorses blue grasses like blur grass and red top, outlines spring and autumn seeding with oats or rye, clover and timothy, and details sowing rates and harrowing steps. He notes rye resows, sod formation in a few years, and recommends cutting stubble high to shade roots. The author reports consistent good stands over ten years.
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Farmer Review
Mercer County
Ocala
Young Rockefeller Heir Guarded At Rockefellers Estate
Nine year old Nitlhe Fowler McCormick, grandson of John D Rockefeller, is under constant protection during a visit to Forest Hill Cleveland. A French maid and two guards keep watch as he plays with his grandfather and travels nearby, part of a family fortune spanning Cyrus McCormick to Harold and Edith Rockefeller McCormick.
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Nitlhe Fowler McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Rockefeller Place
Fowler
Harold F. MeCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Chicago
Milllionaire
Cleveland
Fowler McCormick
Rockier
Muriel McCormick
Cyrus McCormick
McCormick
Httl
Jack” McCor
New York Memorial on Lookout Mountain Praised by Prince Henry
The Lookout Mountain monument honors Chickamauga battlefield with spectacular views across seven states. Prince Henry lauds New York’s memorial as among the finest in America, noting its upcoming bronze work will be elaborate and carefully finished. Gen. Gorton Granger, a New Yorker, is highlighted among the war heroes.
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New York
Lookout Mountain
America
Prince Henry
Bletorle Peak
Blacking from a Flower in Australian Hibiscus Roots
A note on using the hibiscus species native to Australia for shoe blacking. Julee references a gnu hibiscus variety once employed in traditional polish methods. The text highlights dyeing properties and historical practice within local craft knowledge.
Oil on Macadam Highways Attracts Autoists In Chicago
Road experts discuss oiling methods for roads with Chicago readers. The old Midway boulevard now links Washington and Jackson parks. oiling the south drive makes it smoother yet unsafe for horses, prompting a shift to the un_oiled macadam. Automobilists favor the oiled side, while oil on earth roads shows variable benefits, with the Agriculture Department researching safe European and American practices to avoid risk to horses.
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Chicago
Saya
Midway
Washington
Jackson Parks
California
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Rain Barrel and Sink Arrangement Described
A Prairie Farmer correspondent shows a rain barrel connected to a house eave with a spout feeding a sink in the woodhouse where men wash before meals. One large barrel or two may be used, and during heavy rain the barrels fill readily for use.
Treatment for old harness and land fertilization note
An old harness can be revived by dressing made from three ounces turpentine and two ounces white wax melted slowly. Add one ounce finely ground Ivory black and apply after cleaning and drying the leather. The other item urges more attention to fertilizing farmland.
Pink Pills touted as cure for anaemia and debility
The advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills create new blood for anaemia caused by blood loss or poor nutrition. A testimonial from Jessie Fink of Akron Ohio describes severe weakness, indigestion, and recovery after using the pills. The text lists pricing and mail order details from the Dr Williams Medicine Company.
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Dr. Williams
Pink Pilla
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Bohenectady
N. Y
Frances Lady Waldegrave’s Witty Theater Retort
A Dublin audience once heard Frances Lady Waldegrave respond to a heckler in a theater scene. After her fourth marriage to Chichester Fortesque, an Irishman, a man from the gallery shouted which “four do you like best.” She replied from her box, The Irish man, of course, prompting unanimous applause from the Irish crowd.
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Frances Lady Waldegrave
Chichester Fortesque
Dublin
Longest and Oldest Tunnels Raise Ancient Contrast
The account contrasts the near completion of the Pennsylvania tunnel with the Shiloah tunnel in Jerusalem, dating its use as an aqueduct to about 700 B C during Hezekiah’s era, noting Jewish civilization’s advancements while Europe was described as savage. A separate Chelsea Mass incident involving a round ballot box and square ballots ends with a humorous exchange.
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Pennsylvania
Shiloah
Jerusalem
Hezekiah
Europe
Chelsea
Mass
D—Damart
Grape-Nuts Endorsed For Digestive Health
A health ad urges readers to avoid heavy foods and use Grape-Nuts to ease indigestion and dyspepsia. It cites a Maine user who improved after several weeks of the cereal, claiming greater strength and reduced fatigue. The ad promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville with the slogan There’s a reason.
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Tam
Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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