Man of Mystery in Minnesota Hospital Undergoes Brain Operation
For six years a Rochester asylum patient known as J. C. R. remains unable to speak or recall his past. An X ray found no skull fracture. brain degeneration prompted a cautious operation. Doctors see a slim chance of partial memory return and plan teaching him to talk.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
State Hospital For
Rochester
Waseca
W. A. Chamberlain
Wilking
Baltimore
Naval Department
United States Navy
Miss Bauer Stays In After Foul Ball Nose Injury
In Zanesville Ohio Miss Cora Bauer, 30, was struck in the face by a foul ball during a double header, splitting her nose and causing fainting. After three stitches and medical care she chose to remain at the game despite losing three teeth and potential lasting disfigurement.
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Bauer
Zanesville
Cora Bauer
Navy officers to wear civilian clothes in yards
Secretary Daniels, after a talk with Panama Canal chief engineer Goethals, ordered navy yard commandants to permit officers on duty to wear civilian clothing instead of spotless white uniforms. Officers prefer practical workwear and can now operate lathes and drill presses without fear of soiling their attire.
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Navy
Daniels
Washington
Navy Yards
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Army
Colonel Goethals
Remembered His Host Gift Leaves $100000 and Auto to Hotel Manager
Philadelphia report notes Francis Way Smith wills $100,000 to Samuel W. W. Briggs of the Colonnade hotel and provides for the use of a motorcar owned by Smith plus a $1,500 yearly upkeep stipend. Smith, a bachelor who split time between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, inherited his wealth from his father R Jenks Smith.
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Philadelphia
Francis Way Smith
Samuel W. W. Briggs
Briggs
Mr. Briggs
Mr. Smith
Atlantic City
Colonnade
R. Jenks Smith
Girl Student Lives on Zero Cents a Week in Ithaca Feat
Miss Clara S Loewus a Towanda Pa student at Cornell survived twenty weeks on fifty cents a week while studying violin and completed a year’s work. Her frugal menu included tea and stale bread with peanut butter for breakfast and lunch and a potato with butter for dinner. She says she learned to like the simple fare and did not crave more.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Clara S. Loewus
Towanda
R. P. Sanford
Cornell
Loewas
Loewus
Mrs Agnes Warren Noted for Sixty-Year Colorado Stay
Georgetown Colorado Mrs Agnes Warren aged eighty six whose funeral was held last week lived in Silver Plume for forty five years. She never saw the town railroad station after arriving in Colorado due to a accident that left her crippled for life. She leaves two sons James and Jesse Warren both of Silver Plume.
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Warren
Georgetown
Colo
Agnes Warren
Silver Plume
Motorcyclist Dies After Repeated Crashes at Macon Race
In Macon Georgia Martin A OBrien a local rider was instantly killed when his amateur motorcycle skidded on a slippery track and crashed through a fence into a wall after being thrown earlier with minor injuries. He mounted a second bike and declared I'll win this race or break my neck.
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Macon
Martin A. O’brien
Alfonso Fights For Big Fortune In Lunatic Will Case
King Alfonso XIII of Spain faces a French inheritance dispute over a will written by a lunatic exhumation case. Mme Lacaze Sacaze contests a 1908 crested paper will leaving all property and nobility to the king. Maurice Bernard argues Alfonso’s popularity could aid France through charity.
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Paris
Alfonso XIII
Spain
M. Sapene
Mme. Lacaze
Albert
Luchon
Gayety
Montauban-de-Luchon
Alfonso
Mme. Sacaze
M. Maurice
Bernard
France
Because a bachelor life wards off worry and illness
Daniel Turner of Santa Monica, a Civil War veteran, recently turned 107. He credits his long life and good health to never marrying, arguing that married men die sooner and that death can be a relief for those with a modern wife.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Daniel Turner
Santa Monica
Uncle Dan
Make every orchardist and family inspector against blight
A Prosser Independent Record correspondent argues for deputizing every orchard owner and his family as inspectors to detect and combat orchard blight. He contends trained farmers can rally neighbors, reduce losses, and speed up grove recovery while stressing collaboration and early action.
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O. M. Morris
Pullman
Prosser Independent Record
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