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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
7
In a private office scene John Benton learns his nephew John Benton is sharp and aloof. Edith Billings, the stenographer, risks a prank that earns a genuine confession of love. The elder Benton unexpectedly approves the romance and resignations are rejected.
A look at profitable canine work shows owners earning income from trained dogs. Spaniels and terriers retrieve golf balls, with one quartet finding over 800 in a summer. A London terrier helps raise funds by returning unclaimed balls. A Paris bookmaker employs a dog to visit clients, earning about $600 yearly. A sporting dog, especially a retriever, can be worth at least $100 annually for recovering game.
Fragmentary lines quote a parent and a child's fashion remark with an uncertain reference to a modified baby, rendering a cohesive news item impossible to confirm.
In Washington a United States attorney intervened when Louis Garrison, 61, of Stafford County Virginia, sought a marriage license for himself and Myrtle Baldwin also of Stafford. Myrtle, claiming to be fourteen, cried as she disputed the match, saying she was not eighteen and had no idea of marrying. The couple and relatives were questioned by officials, with Myrtle insisting she planned only a sightseeing trip and had no intent to wed.
Col Richard K Lee recounts a cautionary tale of Don Juan Rapida a charming but broke diplomat who wooed a wealthy American heiress. A money lender and a promoter arrange a $5,000 loan with a $10,000 repayment promise tied to the wedding but no promissory notes. The couple sails to Europe and the benefactor awaits repayment as Don Juan forgets his backers. The moral: the borrower’s priority is money upfront in most cases.
A miniature House of Representatives composed of over 100 first term members met at Rauscher's for the first-ever banquet of its kind. A bill by Rep William C Redfield to tax cats and cat parts at 1 dollar, plus an extra duty on Maltese cats, stirred debate between supporters and opponents while the group mused Why is a cat. The event featured leaders such as Oscar Callaway Edwin Underhill Asher C Hinds William D Stephens J Charles Linthicum Henry G Danforth and Steven B Ayres.
The DC Court of Appeals rules that murder in the first degree carries no option for jury to add without capital punishment. Arthur Johnson, colored, must die by, or on, the scaffold for killing John Ofenstein, a blacksmith, in December 1910. The ruling holds the District code supersedes general statutes and that Congress revised local law to provide a compact code for the capital.
A Cincinnati Times Star correspondent recalls a famous Red Ink figure whose weddings end in comic fiascos. The poet, long sober for a stretch, misreads fate as he seeks a license, shows up drunk at the ceremony, and proclaims to the minister that he is there to perform the taking.
The article traces Hungarian origins from Ural plateaus to Hungary’s prairies, noting fierce valor and the maintenance of distinct identity amid waves of invasion. It links language and race to Turks and Finns, marks Hungary as a Christian Europe's buffer against Islam, and highlights repeated wars to repel the expansion of Mohammedan Asia.
An affadavit filed with the supreme court alleges Mrs. Mollie Myers had a towel sewn inside her during a November 1905 operation at St. Vincent's hospital. Dr. Benjamin Friedman accuses Dr. Herman J. Boldt of sending the towel to the New York County Medical Association as a curiosity.
Harper’s Weekly notes the Mechlin clock in St Rombusut’s tower with the world’s largest dials. Four faces stand on each side of the square tower, nearly 37.5 feet in diameter, with hour figures about 6.5 feet tall and hands roughly 12 feet long.
Two California men patent a buoyant jacket with back fins that pivot and are controlled by cords. Springs keep the fins raised until the swimmer kicks, then the fins act as propeller blades to boost speed and distance in the water.
In Japan singing insects are kept in cages like canaries, believed to bring luck, with shops in Tokyo and other cities selling bugs and cages. The practice is emerging as a fad, though Americans may not share the same interest. The morquito and a common cricket are noted among domesticated insects, with tiny cages shown as examples.
The piece notes street games among children, describing a new townwide bounce game using a rubber ball on flagstones with hops and skips. Older children perform turns after each drop, clap hands, and balance on one foot. A counting system similar to jacks determines elimination on missed counts.
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