Mineola Ball Ground Whipping Sparks Crowd Cheer
Miss Jreda Horther horsewhips Ferdinand Stabb at the Mineola ball grounds after he allegedly mocked her. The athletic 19 year old, backed by friends and locals, delivered about a dozen blows with a whip as the crowd cheered, while Stabb fled and Horther's mother and friends debated the incident.
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J’reda Horther
Andrew Horther
Mineola
N. Y
Ferdinand Stabb
Miss Harther
Stabb
Vocahontas
Long Island
Harmless Snakes Valued For Farm Pest Control
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch piece argues for preserving harmless snakes as beneficial to agriculture. It notes snakes eat pests like potato bugs and worms, lists common types, and explains copperheads pose the main local danger while typically avoiding cultivated fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Carolina
Gulf Coast
Florida Peninsula
Mississippi
Aess
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hungary enforces odd punishment for bigamists
London Tit-Bits reports that in Hungary a man convicted of having two wives must live with both spouses in the same house. The unusual penalty aims to reflect the crime in a stark domestic setting.
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Edgar T. Evans
Hungary
London
Floral Scandal in Riddled Verse
A playful exchange from the Washington Herald features a rose and an aster debating bloom adornment with a jab about lily painting and a humorous aside about questionable floral pads.
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Washington Herald
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