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Newspaper
Newport Weekly Independent
Location
Newport, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
5
A playful dispatch introduces Ella Wikehase six who writes poems for Rubadub Magazine, a nine year old author of four plays in New York, Hortense fourteen with a novel The Cheesepaters, and an eleven month old eager to try typing, as quoted by Detroit Free Press.
A collage of historical advertisements mentions Voot-Ease for foot ailments and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer trials. Claims include cures for cold and coughs with Bronic Quinine, Piso’s Cure for consumption, and Dr. R. H. Kline’s free trial bottle.Mentions of editorial quips are interspersed with dates and locations such as Le Roy New York and Philadelphia.
Dr. P. 0. Hooper, superintendent of the state insane asylum, tendered his resignation in Gay Davis on May 31 to take effect July 1. He cited weariness with the work and a desire to rest. Mentioned in connection with the vacancy are Dr Stinson of Lake Village and Dr Sauer of Hope, assistants to Hooper. His retirement will be generally regretted.
The Pulaski county grand jury returned indictments against Willis Caswell and Mrs Mary Thompson charging murder in the first degree in the killing of Green Thompson on March 19. Green Thompson was found murdered at his home with his body mutilated after being last seen at midnight. Both defendants are out on bond.
Mrs Bessie P Ware was acquitted of the murder of her divorced husband John D Ware after a defense of insanity tied to abusive treatment. The trial noted no defense to the act but focused on mental state. The article also reports the first passenger train crossing the Tron Mountain extension from Batesville to Pewters Bluff on May 27 and plans to extend to Ellville by September 1 with 600 workers on site.
Brief items report Will McDermott and Andy Johnson escaping from Berryville jail, two orphans drowning in the Ouachita near Montgomery county, Cadet J EB Jones winning a Kempner academy gold medal in Booneville, a Camden fire damaging Gordon's confectionery and neighboring barber shop, John Stokes facing murder charges in Jefferson circuit court, salt water found during a Denning artesian well dig, Lit tle Rock church disaffiliation from Guy Davis, Henry Johnson killed at a picnic near Selena, Walter Dickerson killed by a lumber skidder at Pine Bluff, Mrs Marianna Vogel’s suicide in Little Rock, Nelson Harris appealing a June 13 hanging in Helena.
A Chicago Record-Herald digest discusses Baalbek's lore and echoes of ancient civilizations. It links Cain and Nimrod to Baalbek, notes temple stones and Mastodon-era theories, and compares Phoenician worship to Aztec and Inca rites. The piece also touches on trade routes, Solomon's era, and hereditary handwriting patterns across generations.
Chicago Illinois claims Peruna is the finest tonic for weakness after illness with rapid relief and renewed vitality. Mrs Kate Taylor praises it for convalescent cases. Dr Hartman offers free treatment to female patients this summer via The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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