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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
2
In Omaha, banker J D Haskell and Judge Eric Johnson watched a partridge defend its four young from a hawk during a golf match on the seventeenth and eighteenth holes. The hawk gripped a chick. the mother leaped and a midair duel ensued while spectators waited helplessly.
In a vivid backyard clash, a mother partridge defended her brood against a hawk. Feathers flew as the hen pecked and clawed, driving the hawk to drop a chick. Neighbors Mr Haskell and Judge Johnson aided by scattering to deter the hunter. The wounded chick was later found missing at dawn.
The Nostrola Treatment is advertised as simple and harmless, claiming to cleanse and heal mucous membranes, relieve head noises and catarrhal symptoms, and restore smell and hearing with few applications. Sold in sanitary tubes for sixty days and marketed as worth its weight in gold to users.
London reports the Prince of Wales will debut as a farmer by running a 300 acre home farm at Whiteford in Cornwall to breed superior shorthorns and heavy horses. The project aims to restore Cornwall's historic stock with top pedigrees, providing sires for the duchy and improving overall breeding quality.
A Chicago feature recounts Harry Monroe, famed for guiding Pacific Garden Mission since it rose from Whisky Row prominence. Once a hard drinker, he credits a life of faith, kindness, and personal resolve with saving derelicts. He recalls Billy Sunday, church services, and the mission’s role in redeeming heavy drinkers.
The city is described as a haven for the down and out where kindness attracts hopefuls from the country. The piece notes how newcomers quickly strike and falter in Chicago, yet reflects that kindness may lure them back and out of despair. A separate item reports a workman found paralyzed in an open grave in a Guildford cemetery, dying after rescue. A Newark High School session occurs at night for crews to see the school’s workings.
Cincinnati coroner Foertmeyer, famed criminology authority, warns seven hours sleep suffices for any person. He asserts too much or too little rest fuels disease and crime, claiming long sleepers tend to a mind set of indifference that leads to criminal acts.
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