Aunt Hetty walks daily to meet dead son in New Jersey tale
An elderly woman aged 80 named Aunt Hetty, living in Metuchen at an old ladies home, walks 15 miles daily toward the road to the railway station in pursuit of a son who died long ago. Her routine runs twice daily, seven times after breakfast, totaling about 16 miles a day, driven by a hopeful belief she will find her child. Her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Klein, shares the secret but cannot cheer her, while physicians credit the walk with health.
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New York
Hetty
Metuchen
Dempsey
Aunt Hetty
Koenigsberg
Lewis Klein
Plainfield
New Theory Links Leg Crossing to Appendicitis
Dr Jameson notes a crossed leg posture may strain the appendix and contribute to inflammation. He says it is unlikely to close the orifice but could worsen or trigger irritation, while acknowledging other internal forces may injure the organ.
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Dr. Jameson
Saturday Evening Post
Henry Jameson
Nail Found in Boy’s Appendix Astonishes Doctors
In South Norwalk Connecticut on July 27 Dr William R Chipman removed a rusted inch long wire nail from nine year old Isaac Lipsons badly inflamed vermiform appendix after an operation Lipson recovered Lipsons parents recall no swallowing of a nail The specimen will be preserved for Yale medical school exhibits stressing the unusual finding
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South Norwalk
Conn
William R. Chipman
Isaac Lipson
Lipsom
Chipman
Yale Medical School
Lipson
State board suspends five and expels three at state normal
In Trenton New Jersey the State board of education suspended five young women and expelled three for a campus prank at the state normal school. Juniors offended by a reunion bias raided the kitchen in nightgowns, stole jelly supplies and smeared pillowcases with jelly. They frightened the watchman near the lawn as the girls fled before Matron Boyle.
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Trenton
N. J
State Board of Education
State Normal School
Boyle
Cradle of Methodism Preserved in Pemberton NJ Church
Historic cradle of Methodism in Pemberton New Jersey remains preserved as a residence. The old church dating back 130 years saw Capt Thomas Webb preach in 1710 and 1772 Francis Asbury later Bishop Asbury built up circuits south of Burlington and a new church rose in 1774 serving until 1833. The cradle fostered much of Philadelphia and New Jersey Methodism with strong camp service momentum.
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Philadelphia
United States
New Jersey
Pemberton
Thomas Webb
Francis Asbury
Bishop Asbury
Burlington
Indiana Nebraska issues dominate Republican committee in Chicago
The Silver Issue Chicago dispatch notes Indiana visitor Col. W. T. Durbin, the GOP gubernatorial nominee, and Omaha editor E. Rosewater of the advisory committee. Payne pledged full committee support. A plan to push the silver issue into Democratic ranks was discussed.
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Chicago
Indiana
Nebraska
Republican National Committee
W. T. Durbin
Hoosier
Payne
National Committee
W. J. Bryant
E. Rosewater
Omaha
Soldiers May Not Vote In War Time
In Wali ngton July 27 there are 100000 soldiers serving abroad who will not vote this year. Government officers say they have nothing to do with the fighters voting. Whether soldiers vote depends on each state law where they reside. To vote, laws must not disqualify them due to absence in service and provisions must allow ballots to be cast while in the field. A dyspepsia cure ad follows, claiming quick digestion and relief of stomach disorders with Kodol’s product.
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Waliington
Uncle Sam
Pants SalePromised at The Progress Great Pants Sale
A fragmentary notice indicates pants offered at reduced prices with a $3.00 item marked down to $1.95. The reference to tomorrow suggests a local sale event at The Progress. Details are sparse, but the item and venue are identifiable.
Comic actor not to be judged like others in mental cases
New York appellate division affirms a judgment against Bridget Hoey in a case over deeds by Old Hoss Hoey to his wife Helena G Hoey. The court notes the actor’s long stage career and eccentricities may not prove insanity or paresis, suggesting comic actors differ from ordinary defendants in mental questions.
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New York
Appellate Division
The
Supreme Court
Bridget Hoey
Wm. Hoey
Hoss” Hoey
Deputy Dunn and Roth clash over explanations in school board audit
In a Controller’s office scene Deputy auditor J P Dunn and Safety board Chairman Roth spar over explanations to expert reports. Roth jokes he never explains while Dunn argues the need for accountability. Roth criticizes the current board as Dunn continues writing explanations as reporters linger seeking sources.
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J. P. Dunn
Johnson
Roth
The
Safety Board
Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Frank Reisner
Denver man spared jail for attempted blackmail over dying wife
John Schechter of Denver pleaded guilty to attempted blackmail in New York. The 21 year old cigarmaker sought $50 from Oscar Schein to aid his dying wife with consumption. Judge Foster suspended sentence after testimony praising Schechter and amid help offers from Denver figures. Schechter wept as the judge urged him to return home to his ailing wife.
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New York
Foster
John Schechter
Denver
Colo
Schechter
Oscar ScHein
Schein
Judge Foster
Choked to Death by a Reptile Reported in Marcus Hook
Mrs. Anna M. Jones of Marcus Hook died in Chester on July 27 and family members believe she was choked by a reptile that she claimed lived in her stomach. They opposed a postmortem as a cause of death.
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Chester
Anna M. Jones
Marcus Hook
Last Lincoln aide L E Chittenden dies in Vermont
Henry T. Chittenden of Columbus, Ohio, reports the death in Burlington, Vermont, of his cousin L E Chittenden, a Lincoln era registrar of the treasury. The wartime loan rumor ties to a London lender who provided 1,000,000 pounds sterling for the U.S. government, with bonds signed in a 50 hour signing spree and lasting effects on Chittenden. The piece also advertises Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry for dysentery and seasickness.
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Columbus, CO
Henry T. Chittenden
Burlington
L. E. Chittenden
Treasury
Abraham Lincoln
Chittenden
London
Charles Francis Adams
Court of St. James
Adams
United States
Progress Great Pants Sale At 950 Tomorrow
A fragment notes a pants sale described as great with timing set for tomorrow at 950. Names, places, or organizers are not clear in the readable text. The item reads like a brief classifieds notice.
Hole in the Ground at Riverside Park Lacks Real Lake
Riverside park visitors find a large hole turned into a pretend lake. The water-filled ditch was created when Riverside Construction dug river-bed material for a boulevard. Park officials may fill it from the city water works. until then a small spring sustains a puddle, with shore work planned for proper shoreline and eventual boat use.
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Riverside Park
Riverside Construction Company
Park
Power
Woman in Peoria charged with assaulting dog catcher
Mrs. Jennie Blair is held on 5000 bond to await a hearing for assault with a deadly weapon. Horace Alexander, a young Black dog catcher, tried to arrest Blair's dog over tax tag violation. Blair fired, wounding his right forearm and breaking the wrist.
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Peoria
Ill
Jennie Blair
Horace Alexander
Alexander
Blair
Safety board chief plans new corporation to dodge taxes
Chairman Roth says he and Charlie Bookwalter will form a corporation to be exempt from special taxes, claiming large firms like gas companies and breweries avoid such levies while they were forced by police to buy bicycle licenses.
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Charlie Bookwalter
Chairman Roth
the Safety Board
Bookwalter
Roth
One Hoosier Elected at Presbyterian Convention
Denver July 37 The national convention of the United Presbyterian Church elected officers including President W. E. Nicolli Tarkio Missouri recording secretary Miss Josephine Spencer Iowa press secretary Rev J D Rankin Denver and treasurer E K Marquis Indianapolis.
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Denver
Colo
United Presbyterian Church
W. E. Nicolli
Tarkio
Josephine Spencer
Iowa
J. DD. Rankin
E. K. Marquis
Indianapolis
City Markets in Indianapolis July 27 Prices Across Provisions
A broad list of market prices from Indianapolis, July 27, detailing smoked meats, dried beef hams, bacon varieties, sausage types, lard, fresh pork loins, and ham butts. Includes vegetables, fruits, nuts, candies, canned goods, fish and game, seeds, hides, leather, tallow, salt, flour and feed, oils, cheese, eggs, live poultry, coal retail prices, drugs, and boar-related items. Notable entities include Reliable, Hak, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and various price figures per pound or per unit.
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Indianapolis
California
Indiana
Tennessee
Brazil
Ridgewood A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal
Windsor
Ridgewood
Lion
Jersey
Singapore
Young Hyson
Johnson
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Connecticut
Cradle OF Methodism
Kodol
Dunn and
Conversazione
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Jennie
Metment
W. Washington St
Kentucky Ve
City Markets
Georgia
Sangers
Haddock
Best
Timothy
Kentucky
Canada
G. S. Beef
Tosh Leather. Co
W. S
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
Optum
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