Wormwood Candy To Village Cutups In Quiet Punishment
In a Waterbury area school the new teacher abandons corporal discipline for a “dignified” approach. After a prank with a pink eyed mouse and a beetle, she had Johnny eat wild turnip, then fed wormwood to punish misbehavior. Pupils soon liked the bitter candy, prompting plans for a teacher chemist created preparation.
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Campville
Johnny Bright
Johnny
John
For the Small Boy Coats in Navy and Scarlet Golf Suiting
The article describes matching coats for boys and girls up to five, with sister’s coats featuring hand embroidered collars and cuffs in white or tan linen or white pique. It notes large scallop eyelet designs, linen sheeting materials, the costliness of showroom models, and home-made patterns as a practical alternative.
Runaway Girls Captured After Nine Mile Walk
Four girls named May Bowers Hazel Cherry Freda Schmuck and Lilly May Smith escaped the Indiana Girls Industrial School west of Indianapolis Thursday night. They walked nine miles to the city arriving cold tired and hungry. They sought warmth at the Lemcke building where a watchman spotted their uniforms. Bicycle Officers Simon and Hall then escorted them to the police station.
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May Bowers
Hazel Cherry
Freda Schmuck
Lilly May Smith
Indiana Girls’ Industrial School
Indianapolis
Lemcke
Simon and
Hall
Latiah Bear Dies at Age 8 in Chenoa Farm Hut
Latiah E Bear, valued at $100000, died in a small hut on a farm near Chenoa on November 29. She was eight years old and had lived alone since her husband’s death forty years ago.
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Chenoa
Latiah E. Bear
Fere
New 3 Percent Interest Gold-Backed Notes Debut
Washington reports introduce government issued certificates of indebtedness bearing 3 percent interest. The $50 notes will pass as legal tender and be redeemable for gold, or used to pay grocery bills, with value accruing 3 percent from November 20, 1907.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Three boys interfere with streetcar tracks near Twenty fifth street
A railway tie thrown across the tracks at Twenty fifth street and College avenue endangered inbound Interurban car No. 458 on the Indiana Union Traction line Thursday night. Police believe three boys were seen placing the tie on the rails. This marks the third recent attempt to wreck city cars as obstructions on Hasel and Roosevelt avenues in Evightwood have been found in recent weeks.
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Evightwood
German official arrested for defalcation in Havana
Havana November 9 United Press reports Felix Dahn secretary of the German legation here has been arrested on the German minister's complaint and is held in prison charged with defalcation in his native country.
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Havana
Felix Dahn
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