A Doctor’s Story of a Nurse’s Hidden Motive
A physician recounts a case where a trained nurse allegedly attempted to poison Miss Edwards under care. An undercover investigator joins the rounds, uncovering tension between nurse and patient while a later newspaper report ties the nurse to an inheritance plot. The trial ends with acquittal for lack of proven poisoning.
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Nurs
Jernegan
Shea
Mrs. Webster
Jernecan
Jernegin
Webster
Miss Edwards
Plan to promote pure bred sires in state farming
Dr. A. S. Alexander leads a voluntary state and national effort from the Wisconsin University horse breeding department. The program urges every pure bred sire user to join, act as a one man committee, and promote best stock. members pledge to use only pure-bred registered sires, advocate their use, improve breed character and discourage inferior sires and diseased stock amid rising livestock profitability concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Alexender
Wisconsin University
Alexander
Jeagues
Wis
Notice to Milkmen on Tuberculin Testing Deadline
City dairy cows must be tuberculin tested under law. testing should have occurred by May 1 but extended to June 1 to avoid prosecutions. Untested herds face prosecution per Board of Health order.
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The
Board of Health
A New Ilness Involving a Drunken Note
A Chicago broker famed for his fear of his wife, found at his club drunk at dinner, called a messenger boy and wrote a note to his wife saying he would not dine at home as he had been unexpectedly drunk. The note was signed in dramatic fashion in Popular Magazine.
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Flore
Seon
Jernegan
Happy Statehouse ramble reflects old newspaper wit
A brief, humorous exchange from the Statesman features Chloe and Bam joking about marriage and chores. The tone evokes a rural, old time voice with dialect and light domestic humor.
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Chloe
Bam
Yonkers Statesman
Her Own Ticket in Pittaborg Dispatch Dialogue
A fragment from the Pittaborg Dispatch presents a quirky exchange about marriage and a girl’s prospects. The dialog reveals a mother daughter dynamic with a wary tone toward arranged matches and an uncertain future.
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Mamima
Pittaborg Dispatch
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Sire League
Parag
Opera House
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Sun
DU Pont Powder Company
Marshfield
Wood County Insane Asylum
G. S.A Sheerin Howe
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