Suicidal attempt sparks battle over cereal plant
Owosso man Beebe in critical condition after self inflicted wound and bullet in brain persists for 72 hours. Battle Creek stockholders maneuver to block Dr Price and son in law from selling Try-a-bita Yorkville plant amid Marshall circuit court injunctions. Orlin Griggs, jailed for 15 days, vows suit against County Clerk Hart for a broken shoulder after rough handling in Judge North's court.
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James A. ‘Beebe
Circuit
Marshall
Dr. Price
Yorkville
New Jersey
Orlin Griggs
Battle Creek
North
Hart
Griggs
Personal notices from Saturdays Record
Ernest Bower, a Ferris Institute pharmacy student, visits Big Rapids relatives. Local residents Mrs Charlie Johnson, Mrs George Hashell, Miss Tressa Crandle, Mrs A M Smith, Mrs Mary Decker, Mrs Pearl Greenwell, Mrs A B Degan, Cleveland Runck, EL Al Fisher, Alton Bennett, Mrs Wa AL Campbell, 20 Carpenter, Mr and Mrs Ben Montague Jett, Deg de Trafford, Miss Kane, Mr and Mrs A M Lichtenstein, Edith Harrington, Ralph Dalzell, Ben Burkhead, Art Lederle, Lots Lane, Alfred Nelson, Mrs M B Eldred, Mrs Rush, Lily Shields, Edna Willis, A J Ryon, Kate Hickey, Inez Cramer, Prof W A Ferguson, and J W Patchin noted as visiting, returning home, or traveling for holidays and gatherings.
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Ernest Bower
Ferris Institute
Big. Rapids
Michigan
Tonia
Wa AL ‘Campbell
Carpenter
Bendon
el Y
Mre
Ben ‘Montague Jett
Cadillac
Awill
Montague
al ‘Ly Campbell
Eda Campbell
Rapid
City
Edith
Harrington
Grand Rapids
Rush
Frankfort
Lily. Shields
Edna Willis
A. J. Ryon
Vicksburg
Alvin Ryon
Mesick
Kate Hickey
Nessen City
J. Raymen
Harrietta
Inez Cramer
Owosso
W. A. Ferguson
Duluth
Hot Springs
Holiday travel plans loom in Cedar and Detroit notes
Mrs Manly Nixon of Cedar hosted Mrs Mead Vir ton last night and left for Temple this morning. Mrs Jessie W Brabant and her daughter Marjorie plan to travel this afternoon on the Pere Marquette to Kansas City Missouri to visit her son Harold over the holidays. Donna Champney accompanied them as far as Grand Rapids to spend Christmas with her aunt Mrs Etta S Wilson in Detroit.
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Manly Nixon
Cedar
Mead Virton
Temple
Jessie W. Brabant
Marjorie
Pere Marquette
Kansas
Guy? Mo
Harold
Grand Rapids
Donna Champney
Etta S. Wilson
Detroit
Hobo Question Comes Before Dowagiac Officials
Local reports describe a crowded pail of itinerant workers and rising homelessness. Mrs Lulu Long, wife of Eden Long, jailed in the county and likely to be committed to Kalamazoo asylum again, is noted amid a string of civic items.
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Lulu Long
Eden Long
Henry Line
Marshall
Dngane
Kalamazoo Asylum
Kalamazoo
Gratiot ‘County
Ithaca
Sharp Butterfield
Montreal
Marshall Lane
Dwight W. Knickerbocker
C. W. Graves
Eas
Marion
Ind
Marshall Statesman
Shiawassee
M. L. Parshall
Owosso
Chesaning
West Haven
Geological Survey of Michigan
Michigan
Grand River
Saginaw. Bay
Holland
Grand Rapids
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Oscar Hammer
Arabian Hypocrisy and Arab Hospitality Critique
A traveler condemns Arab hypocrisy in seeking money while pretending to uphold honor and hospitality. He claims Arabs justify theft with lengthy talk on tradition, hospitality, and security, manipulating visitors with rhetoric and evasive reasoning.
Prisoner Detention and Extortion Inquiry Mentioned
Fragmentary text implies a discussion of detaining someone as a prisoner to avert blackmail and threats. It notes a person in war context and references extorting money framed as the least acceptable sum or the most extractable without danger to the extorter. The tone suggests a legal or disciplinary proceeding.
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Shonor
Galleon Variant: A Peaceful Trader Turned Maritime Battleground
The galleon described is a square rigged, multi decked vessel with a blunt broad stem and towering stern. Its construction favored dramatic appearance over speed, creating difficult steering and frequent wheel duties, while sailors treated naval maneuvers as land battles. John C. Witzpatrick notes the clash of sea craft and land tactics.
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John .C. Witzpatrick
Serlbrer’s
Waken, My Lord Elphinstone Prank in Sermon Snore
A Dundee Advertiser tale recalls Lord Elphinstone awakening during a sermon on a Sunday. The parson taunts the nobleman for sleeping and demands recall of what was said last, prompting a playful exchange about who truly heard the message.
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Eliphinstone
Elphi Stone
Lord Elphinstone
Dundee Advertiser
Removing and Replacing Corks by Floor Rolling
After withdrawal, a cork expands and often resists replacement. The common trim method fails to seal. A better technique is to place the cork on the floor and roll it back and forth with the foot, applying pressure until it softens enough to insert easily.
Chicago's Policewoman Keeps Peace With Kindness
Chicago's first policewoman, Miss Dorothy Stewart, on duty at the Auditorium theater. Clad in blue jacket and helmet with gold braids, she patrols the lobby to protect women and children. At 22, she embodies a motto that kindness surpasses force.
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Dorothy Stewart
Chicago
Auditorium Theater
New York American
Stewart
Trade of a Swoman and Police Aide at Theatre
A Chicago woman named Sai, daughter of a well known Sethy, discusses a public theater role marked by official determination and her plan to work with the police. She notes kindness at the ticket office as a means to ease crowd tension and hints at past private investigations, though she has not encountered a genuine spiritual lawbreaker.
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Stewart
Iim
Wisconsin girl Wilma Schaefer astonishes musicians
Oshkosh nineteen year old Wilma Schaefer wowed Milwaukee artists by singing a record breaking five octave range extending to one octave above Patti. The Spokane Spokesman-Review’s Milwaukee correspondent reports the voice, cultivated only weeks, soars with trills and pure ascent beyond Patti’s highest note.
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Wisconsin
Adelina Patti
Patti
Wilma Schaefer
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Vis
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Antifog plan and fog dispersal claim in London
A London Globe report quotes Muaggsiora proposing an antifog system using large airprojectors to drive away fog. He claims several devices costing sevenpence each and warns twenty minutes would clear fog. The text then shifts to a Scottish folk encounter about Armstrongs tower and a weather saying involving sheep wool.
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London
Muaggsiora
London County Council
London Globe
Christmas on Taft's Ranch Relish Unique Texas Christmas Tree
Mary Else Muncey recalls a grand Texas Christmas on Taft's Ranch near Corpus Christi. One growing mulberry tree became a glittering showcase as artificial icicles, ribbons, fruit and small toys adorned branches. Grown folk received leather suitcases, beds, saddles, bathtubs and other fine gifts while a band played. Neighbors stayed for an evening of music and cheer as families celebrated a rare festival day on the 175,000 acre Coleman Fulton ranch.
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Taft
Texas
Corpus Christi
San Antonio and
Aransas Fass
Mary Else Muncey
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Claus
The Queen's Christmas Card for the Unemployed Fund
Queen Alexandra maintains support for the unemployed. She backed a Christmas book titled The Queen's Christmas Carol with contributions from Swinburne Austin Hardy Corelli and others. The book, produced almost free of charge, sold at half a crown with all profits going to the queen's unemployed fund.
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Queen Alexandra
Women Lead Field Work In Norwegian Farms
In Norway during planting and harvest seasons more women are seen working in the fields than men. The shift reflects traditional gender roles and seasonal labor patterns across rural communities. Women undertake tasks from sowing to gleaning, contributing significantly to farm output during peak seasons.
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Norway
A Rare Complaint in a Puck Portrait
A dialogue portrays two men debating virtue in commerce. One asks why so many powerful businessmen, after ruthless practices and rising to the top, show softening of the brain while never softening of the heart.
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Puek
Sex and Beauty Debate in Modern Times
A London Gentlewoman argues that men appear more attractive than women today, a troubling perception that perplexes modern women who feel they are falling behind in overall personal beauty.
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London
Never Before Tale Told by Two Lecturers at Lyceum
Two speakers exchange a lively claim about an untold story claiming it is among the best. The Lyceumite and Talent venue hosts the dialogue as a compact anecdote of anticipation and praise.
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Lyceumite
One Way to Be Happy Says St Paul Dispatch
A Saint Paul Dispatch aphorism advises contentment with the apparent value of bread and butter. It warns that seeking deeper occult meanings leads to discontent, urging acceptance of stated measures and quantities. The note reflects a humorous, moralistic voice.
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St. Paul
Cure of Scaly Sores After Measles with Cuticura
Mrs Henry Porter of Albion Nebraska reports she suffered six months with large scaly head and neck sores after measles. After using Cuticura Remedies she healed in three weeks. One bottle Cuticura Soap three items used, seven years later still well. August 25, 1906.
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Henry Porter
Albion, Neb
Probate Court Guardian Petition in Grand Traverse County
In Grand Traverse County on December 4 1907 Judge Fred R Walker presided in the matter of Abraham Holmes an incompetent. John Holmes petitions for guardianship. Hearing set for December 27 1907 at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the probate office in Traverse City. Next of kin and interested parties must appear and show cause. Public notice to be published in Grand Traverse Herald for three weeks prior to hearing.
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Grand Traverse Herald
Coun.v
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Marshall G
Syracuse
N. Y
W. Chase
A W. Ghase
Shase S
Uneeda Biscuit
Onal Biscuit Company
State News
Johnny Armstrong
Ove
Armstrong
Hughshman
Sandy
What Is
Castoria
Centaur
Potter Dow & Chem. Corp
Sele Props
Boston
Erate
Granetrewe
Fred R. Walker
Cedar City
Provemont
Sil4a
Traverry City
Waxford
Mmianintae
VTA Corpe Minn
Seneee
Cadiliag
Ann Arbor
Tolado Dear Rer
Rowland Douglass
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