Cemetery Murder Stirs the Towns
Special to The Sun Bristol Virginia October town factionalism flares over the Ack Hale murder trial of Lillie Davis. Hale denied charges, Roy Hale had killed a brother of the dead girl. The case spurred local divisions as testimony questioned the victim’s character while fiancé John E McRoberts funds the pursuit of conviction amid cemetery shooting claims. An accompanying tale recounts a professor and a piano will transferring musical talent across generations.
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the Sun
Bristol
Ack Hale
Lillie Davis
Roy Hale
Tennessee
John E. McRoberts
McRoberts
Hale
Miss Davis
Old farmhouse piano and the will of a dreaming musician
A professor and his weary wife vacation in a decayed farmhouse parlor where a 1825 piano inspires a sudden stride of genius. A neighbor overhears, a farmer recalls a tragic past, and the musician's vision ends with a strange last will about aging and art.
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H. H. Hudson
Earth
How to Tell Fresh Fish and Fix Old Dishes
Guidance on selecting fresh fish by firmness eyes color and odor. Then methods to mend cracked dishes with paint and tape, renew worn oilcloth with glue, bleach dainty pieces with cream of tartar, and wash delicate fabrics using bran and borax for a crisp, stain free result.
Elderly Fashion Notes for Neckwear and Bonnets
For elderly women the neck dressing demands careful care with soft light colored fabrics next to the face and a prominent mull scarf. Bonnet styles shift away from chin ties to the bonnet toque, while stitching and soutache braid embellish suits. broadcloth, homespun, serge, and cheviot suit daily wear.
Umpire Uses Large Fan As Language At Matches
In Japan visitors note the umpire at wrestling and fencing wields a large fan whose motions form a communicative language. Men, women, and children constantly use fans. Servants blow charcoal fires with a rough paper fan, while farmers employ a stout fan to ventilate grain storage.
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Japan
Preacher links fashion to women drinking in cafes
Chicago preacher Dr. F E Hopkins reports in a 15 year study that 59 percent of women seen entering fashionable restaurants drank hard liquor. He cites assorted cocktails and brands, notes a church trustee among patrons, and warns fashion and social clubs push women toward alcohol. He urges public drinking to be made unpopular to protect young girls.
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F. E. Hopkins
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Chicago
Hopkins
Annex
Dr. Hopkins
Paris
Street Costume Described in Violet Cloth and Velvet
A street costume features deep violet santin finish cloth with wide silk braid, a waistcoat of purple dyed lace and black velvet, and a large drooping brimmed tan and brown hat. The crown is brown silk with purple shaded roses, completing the ensemble.
How Lamp Changes Work in High Rooms
Visitors notice the lighting system in tall rooms uses a long jointed extending pole with a wire finger holder at the tip. The cord releases springs to grip and unscrew the burned bulb while the pole is rotated to remove it.
Castor Oil Pills Proclaimed Typhoid Preventive
From Wheeling report authorities urge a bowel health remedy to prevent typhoid by cleansing the alimentary tract. Blackburn’s Castor Oil Pills are advertised as nourishing the bowel nerves and offered by progressive druggists at popular prices amid broad promotion.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Blackburn
Pitts
Death Dealing Detail and Droll Delights in a City Scene
A humorous column mocks sensational crime talk and social foibles. It riffs on a Philadelphia banker’s loud attire in Lannon, a rush of European marriageable girls, a summer hotel piano, and a Lima church oil well, tying jokes to daily life and local color.
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Philadelphia
Lannon
DIY sewing case over the sewing machine idea
A frugal plan to mount a lemon box as a wall sewing case with a built in shelf and pockets. Line with paper, add cretenne sides with stitched pockets, curtain front, hooks, and a cloth top to hold tools, patterns, thread, tape, and scissors.
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Ad Claims Wide Benefits
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for strengthening the feeble and purifying the blood, claiming cures for indigestion liver troubles catarrh skin sores and various ailments. It promotes Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve, sale by druggists, with a free Medical Adviser offer and details on Pleasant Pellets.
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Sage
Doctor Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Great Singer Walked Away Twenty Pounds
New York reports Madame Sembrich the operatic soprano has returned from the Tyrolean Alps weighing twenty pounds less and appearing younger. She attributes the loss to daily seven to eight mile walks, simple living, two meals a day, early rising, and abstaining from sweets and starches. She urges everyone to walk for health, stating energy is essential to weight reduction.
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New York
Madame Sembrich
Tyrolean
Alps
Building Above Clouds Over New York Singer Tower
During a heavy thunder shower the Singer building in New York would allow sun on the roof while lower stories endure rain. Clouds hover around 500 feet, yet the lantern of the tall Singer building rises above fog, offering New Yorkers a Swiss like sight at home.
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Singer
New York
Switzerland
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Pazo Ointment
Guarantee promises to cure any case of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. The ad presents a bold claim for Pazo Ointment with refund option if not cured within the period.
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J. E. M.roberts
Preacher
R. F. Frazer
Sir Thomas
Europe
Lima, O
Dr. Pierce
Cascarets
James McGune
Mercer
Jersey City
N. J
Bbc
Sterling
Remedy Co
N.Y
Indiana
Delaware and
Ohio Streets
India
Epolis
Carl L. Rost
Mories’ Business College
Indianapolie
East
Onlo St
AB. Vovies
Sans Hah
Scott-Miller Co
New Jersey
Penn
Mass. Ave
Olga Metzger
Tetley K
Ant Mac. Ava
Jos.r. Adams, Painter
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