Officers Shot in Jail Higbee Mo
Dec 18 in Higbee Missouri city marshal Frank Cain was shot and Elmer Magruder killed at 10 oclock tonight in the city hall by three men jailed for robbing a Salisbury railway station. Cain wounded through the right lung, another prisoner shot in the arm, one gunman escaped through a rear window.
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Higbee
Frank Cain
Elmer Magruder
Cain
Salisbury
Fred Anderson
James
Dad Drener
Des Moines
Maygruder
Magruder
Dance Leads 113-Year-Old Oakland Benefit Night
A charity dance in Oakland on December 16 featured 114-year-old Capt. Goddard and 100-year-old Mise Maple Montroth as grand march leaders. Proceeds fund travel for Cast. Tamowl to San Diego to be cared for by friends. Diamond, born in Plymouth, Mass, once aided early railroad building and served as a Civil War government agent. He is a vegetarian and authored a book on ton crevity.
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Oakland
Cal
Dee
Thin City
Goddard
Diamenet
Montroth
Tamowl
San Diego
Diamond
Plcmouth
Mass
Theovernment
Car of 28 gauge galvanized roofing
O. W. Johnston advertises a car of 28 gauge galvanized roofing left the mills on the 17th inst. expected daily sale price is 3 dollars 75 cents cash.
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O. W. Johnston
First M E Church Notes
The note column describes a season of surprises and loud reports from fireworks. It credits Miss Anna Me Cosmck, Miss Adele Niehown, and Miss Leta Davis for planning and staging a recent entertainment. The pastor invites members to Sunday dinners or simple spreads, asking for dates a month or two ahead on a first come, first served basis.
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Anna Me Cosmck
Adele Niehown
Mes Leta Davis
Surprise Birthday Party For Archie Mori
A crowd gathered at the Morris home south of town on Tuesday evening December 15 to celebrate Archie Mori’s 17th birthday. Guests played games such as returning borrowed items and spinning the plate, then enjoyed assorted cakes before departing at midnight amid well wishes for many more happy birthdays.
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Mr. and
Mra
Veste Morris
Archie Mori
Archie
Dream Foretold Death At Warrensburg
Mrs. Jos Caldwell of ten miles south of Warrensburg died suddenly from acute throat trouble after telling her husband and relatives of a dream she had on Monday night predicting she would die in four days. The strange premonition followed by her passing the next morning is noted in local reports.
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Warrensburg
Jos. Caldwell
Woman Dies at 22 After Ominous Dream Forecast
A 22 year old woman who had been married for three years died on the fourth day after buying clothes and making preparations for death. The death followed a dream she reportedly had that seemed to foreshadow the event.
St Louis Live Stock Market reports mixed cattle hogs
Cattle receipts light this week with 2500 arrivals today markets firm on killing cattle and 10 to 12 cents higher than last week except canners. Veal calves steady with top around 5 dollars. Hog trade opened steady for heavy hogs but packers bought at 4 to 6 cents lower. mixed and butcher sows 5.00 to 5.80 with best heavies 5.70 to 5.05. good pigs 4.40 to 4.60. common pigs 3.75 to 4.25. Sheep receipts 1000 with good to choice families 50 higher. best sold 7.00 to 7.50, bulk 4.00 to 4.25. National Livestock Commission Co. Edgar and Ward Piper noted.
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National Livestock Commision CO
Saline Valley Notes On Travel And Local People
Saline Valley notes show many locals passing through to Glasgow and Clay Center, with Joe F. Giger and Geo Giger among visitors. Brisk activity includes Miss Josephine Spritzer in Glasgow and a funeral at Dunkard Church. A Christmas tree lit at Saline Valley school, and Oak Ridge residents trading in Glasgow mark the week.
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Eople
Glasgow
Frank Meyer
Eller
Samne
Josephine Spritzer
Geo
Giger
Little Fork
J. Vanhooven
Clay Center
J. A. VanBooven
Clay Cente
Burg
Joe Davis
Dunkard
Saline Valley
Giger Bros
Henry Spritzer
Oakridge
M. McC
River View Social Notes and Local Visits
Miss Rosa Giger returns home after visits with Misses Zule and Lucile Cott. Harry Johnson and wife traded in Slater Saturday. Mr and Mrs F M Davis shopped for Santa Claus in Slater Friday. Mrs Ray Johnson visited her parents, Mr and Mrs G W Deer, Roy Howard visited Slater. Mrs Mary Hendick called to aid her mother, Mrs Mary Hendick, already listed.
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Rosa Giger
Misees Zule
Lucile Cott
Harry Johnson
Slater
F. M. Davis
Santa Claus
Ray Johnson
G. W. Deer
Roy Howard
P. Nef of Gardeman
Mire
Mary Hendick
Real Estate Transfers and Local Social Event
A list of real estate transfers shows numerous deeds and parcels across Saltonstall, McCormick, and Miami areas, detailing acres and parcel numbers from multiple grantors to named grantees. A large reception at the Lone household in Faleville honors Van Lone and bride, drawing about 290 guests from Marstall. health news notes four subscribers lost to death, including Anne Massie of Bowen.
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Mr Will Lone
Beatifi m
Faleville
Van
Marstall
Anne Massie
Bowen
Teach the art of laughing in tune to Americans
A foreign paper reports Milan will found a wheel of music including laughing reasons in its curriculum. A well known woman urges a U S school of this sort, noting Americans laugh with discord. Experts warn that wrongly produced laughter harms vocal chords while properly produced laughter can be healthy exercise.
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Wheel of Music
Milan
The Town That Took Treatment in Twin Harbors
A fragment from a historic sketch of Twin Harbors Oregon details a booming harbor town’s rise and collapse. Railroads abandon plans, fortunes rise and fall, leaving stores empty and houses for sale before a social club revival sparks change aided by Mrs. Van Cortlandt’s remarks about treatment and a Seattle trip.
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Oregon
Foresta
Cascades
van Cortlandt
Seattle
Mrs. van Cortlandt
Moetheus
Poverty and New Thought Shake Twin Harbor Society
Mrs. Van Cortlandt tells how New Thought prosperity cured poverty and led to mortgage payoff and a house sale. A city council petition follows with two assistants chosen, while a visiting journalist turns the affair into coastwide humorous copy shaped by local citizens and papers.
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Indiana
Revival of Twin Harbors Turns It Into Coast Attraction
The town once neglected, Twin Harbors, became a center of interest as free advertising drew visitors to the Prettiest Town on the Coast. People observed its natural beauty and enthusiasm grew. later newspapers revealed many details about the revival.
Twin Harbors Gains Two Daily Trains And Refitted Hotel
Steamers on the San Francisco line will stop at Twin Harbors daily, signaling growth for the port. The Hite Elephant hotel, once run by Jack Tilman, has been redeemed after his Yukon return with gold, and will be refitted to accommodate summer visitors and travelers, highlighting Twin Harbors as an ideal resort.
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Twin Harbors
San Francisco
Jack ‘Tilnan
Yukon
Vnfertinake Boom-Das
Secret Extra Session Reported to City Council
A letter to the city council announced that treatment would cease until further remittance. An extra session was convened in haste and, though its actions were kept secret, a message addressed to the Tealor may be on file at the local telegraph office.
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Tealor
Twin Harbors Keeps Shining Among Sister Cities
The narrative recalls Twin Harbors rising again in a summer glow to claim an enviable position among its sister cities. Joratt toy onadl is noted in the text alongside N. Marsden, city clerk, Twin Harbors. The passage emphasizes renewal and local pride without detailing concrete events or dates.
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Joratt Toy
Cat Deputized On Half Rations In Bengal Official’s Absence
An Indian civil servant in eastern Bengal leaving his cat with a native steward in Shillory finds the steward approving a deputy cat on half rations after the cat goes three days without leave. The steward Kummer Ghosh signs the note.
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Bengal
Shillory
Himalayas
Kummer Ghosh
Tale of Two Cities in New York and Boston
A vivid comparison contrasts New York and Boston as financial centers and refuges. It notes urban dynamics with residents and visitors facing different pressures, from ordinances to sandbags, and suggests contrasting fates for Gotham and the Hub as they navigate law, politics, and security.
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New York
Boston
Gotham
Hub
A Fighting Snake in Burma and India
The hamadryad is described as the lone snake that attacks humans on sight across Burma, India, Siam, and the Malay peninsula. Though feared above all other reptiles, they are rare and confined to limited districts, causing natives and hunters to avoid areas where they are known to live. The snake supposedly stalks a man like a tiger.
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Far East
Burma
India
Siam
Malay Peninsula
Use of Old Golf Balls as Hen Deterrent
A Manchester Guardian item notes a poultry keeper who also runs an upland links uses the worst old golf balls as pot eggs to tear the broodiness of his hens. The unusual reuse shows practical, wry humor in rural husbandry.
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Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Mildred and Ned AlaTon Discuss Parker Dream
In Somerville Journal prose a playful exchange unfolds between Mildred and Marion about Ned Ala ton hearing that Mr Parker dreamed of Mildred last night. Parker is said to have never been introduced, adding social awkwardness to the anecdote.
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Mildred
Ned Alaton
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