Brief Bits From A Midwestern Paper On Everyday Oddities
A column notes seasonal fashion shifts from straw hats to overcoats and jokes about budgets and local trivia. It pokes fun at political rings, wedding rings, and horse race tips while lampooning social habits and seasonal changes in September.
Poisoner Breaks Down At Last Moment In Salmon Salad Plot
In Lexington Kentucky a servant named Lewis Mitchell warned the family not to eat salmon salad before serving, saving each life after a physician found strychnine in the dish. The servant, long with the family, had been pardoned from prison through Judge Mulligan’s influence, and involvement links to political turmoil surrounding Goebel’s nomination.
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Lexington
James Ho Mullican
United States
Samoa
Bitahing
Lewis Mitchell
Indians to Elect New Chief at Nez Perce Feast
Indians from the northwest are summoned to North Lapwai on the Nez Perces reservation for a feast and war dance in memory of Chief Joseph and to choose a successor to lead the tribe. Mail and messenger summons go to Nez Perces Lapwai Blackfeet Spokanes Colville and others with about five thousand invited. A date for the election will be set later by the chiefs.
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Joseph
Lewinton
Idaho
Indiana
Northwest
North Lapwai
Nez Perces
Lap Vale
iW. HARPER Named Succe ssance in Whiskey Production
Louis Otte leads the Buffalo operation as iW. HARPER is described as a successor in whiskey production tarest and wheat satisfactory for all uses.
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Harper
Louis Otte
The
Buffalo
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