Bull snakes to aid Detroit rat drive in 1909
A Detroit naturalist orders 090 bull snakes from Texas to exterminate city rats. Snakes will be distributed free to applicants with the first to arrive receiving the rat. The plan aims to deter vermin and attract public interest despite skepticism from scientists.
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Detroit
Mich
Texas
Pacific Coast
Lone Star
Vass
Tutti
Bill
Matt Merriam
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Cat Becomes Foster Mother to Chick Brood in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg at Lewis Finfrock Jr’s home a cat that lost her kittens has adopted a brood of baby chickens. The cat cannot nurse them but tries to feed and cuddle the chicks under her protective wing.
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Clarrisburg
Lewis Finfrock, Jr
Harvard Doctor Says Kissing Is Not Dangerous
Cambridge expert Dr. A M Worthington of Harvard Medical School declares kissing is not harmful for healthy couples. He rejects current university theories on microbial exchange and notes the only possible risk may be heart related. He defends bacteria as essential to life and ridicules fears of kissing spreading illness.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
A. M. Worthireton
Medical
Dr. Worthington
Worthington
London lodging house wash drive to purge unwashed
London county council will enforce a three year old power to inspect inmates of lodging houses. Officials will examine persons and clothing and compel owners to have residents washed within 24 hours if found in foul condition.
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London
London County Council
Train kills Newberry woman and injures sister and child
Mrs Cox wife of a Newberry physician died after being thrown from a rig when a train frightened the horses at Broad street crossing. Her sister Mrs Plummer and a child were hurt. In Lebanon high school commencement exercises 41 pupils graduated. Evansville mystery surrounds Arthur Endicott a Poseyville farmer missing a week and reported with carbolic acid burns. George Norn held in county hospital with smallpox exposure after his wife’s burial in Denver. Gary reports first conviction in 25 bootleg cases Gus Veroni fined 100 Oss
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T.vons
Cox
Newberry
Indianapolis
Evansville
George Norn
Horn
Denver
Col
Gary
Gus Veroni
Oss
Strike Takes New Turn In Baltimore & Ohio Labor Row
Washington report says local machinists on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line may broaden the strike to other railroad groups. Firemen and soon engineers committees head to Baltimore for talks on engine repairs and impacts of the stoppage. Master Mechanic Smith posted notices seeking car repairers and laborers, while machinists were excluded, a move not tied to the strike.
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Washington
Baltimore
Smith
Four County School Superintendents Vacant After Resignations
The county faces four vacant superintendent posts as professors resign to farm or relocate. Hershman leaves Fishers for a Tarn estate nearby. Praffmean quits Arcadia to farm a 400 acre Ohio property. Moody resigns from Atlanta to farm near Angola. Hartley resigns from Cicero to create another vacancy.
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Neeblesville
Vicant
Hershman
Fishers Station
Praffmean
Arcadia
Ohio
Moody
Atlanta
Angola
Cicero
Frank Hartley
Raid on Fort Wayne Train Nets Seven Illegal Fishing Arrests
Deputy R D Fleming and deputies stopped a train carrying hundreds of Fort Wayne fishermen returning from Sylvan Lake. They inspected baskets and arrested seven for illegal fishing as wild scenes followed the raid. Fleming believes many others on the train were guilty and vows to continue the crackdown.
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Fort Wayne
Sylvan Lake
R. D. Fieming
Fish and Game Commissioner
Fleming
Will of Rich Miser Sparks Fraud Protest in Fyansville
Burtis d L Cody and William bL Woods, cousins of Marshall McMurran, contest the will of the deceased miser who left 60 400 to Mrs. Mattie Hannan of Vincennes for feeding him bread and coffee at her door. They allege fraud. McMurran bequeaths four half siblings Frank McMurran Mrs James Lawr ence of Madison George McMurran and Mrs Ida Miller of Kansas City.
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Rich Miser
Fyansville
Burtis d L. Cody
William Bl. Woods
Marshall McMurran
Mattie Hannan
Vincennes
MicMurran
Trank McMurran
James Bk
Lawrence
Madison
George McMurran
Ida Miller
Vansasity
Slo
Alleged Horse Thief Charlies Brown Captured
An alleged horse thief named Charlies Brown was captured here by John McLare and Robert Clark of the local Horse Thief Detective association. He is suspected of stealing horses at Westfield and Veedersburg two weeks earlier. Two stolen horses were found with him in Lebanon and he was taken there by Boone County sheriff.
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Westield
Charlies Brown
John McLare
Robert Clark
Brown
Westfield
Veedersburg
Lebanon
Heo
Boone County
Eight Cows Slain After Rabid Outbreak Near Walton
In Logansport eight cows owned by Jayme Zollerman near Walton ten miles south of town were bitten by a rabid dog two weeks ago. The herd went mad racing the pasture and injuring other stock, forcing authorities to shoot the animals to prevent spread of the disease.
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Logansport
Jayme Zollerman
Walton
Here
Umbrella Saves Man's Life in Wabash Incident
August Young a Wabash merchant escaped electrocution when a live trolley line fault sparked and a passerby used an umbrella to deflect the current. He was knocked down but not seriously hurt as workers continued repairs.
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Wabash
Young
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Death Under Train Near Upland
An unidentified man returning from Hartford City was killed near Upland when struck by a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad. His mangled body was found.
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Marion
Hartford City
Upland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Governor backs reformatory expansion plan
Jeffersonville Indiana reformatory superintendent Major Peyton, urged by Governor Marshall and the governor's approval, will seek state funds at the next legislature to add one or two new cell houses. Marshall's visit was thorough and he commended Peyton's administration.
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Jeffersonville
Maj
D. CC. Peyton
Indiana Reformatory
Marshall
Reformatory
Major Peyton
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Milwaukee Woman
A Milwaukee woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing long standing female trouble and back pain after doctors suspected a tumor. The letter, one of thousands, urges others to seek the remedy before surgery and notes Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia & Pinkham
Lydia E. Pukhim
Lydia E. Pinkiam
First St
Silwaukee
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
Lydia IE
Pinkham
Lydia EE. Pinkham
When Her Faith in the Lord Failed
A southern church progress meeting day delays a sister who rides an old buckboard to worship. She explains the horse bolted at a passing train and wrecked the cart. The pastor urges trust in the Lord, she replies she trusted until the bellyband busted and she had to jump.
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Pittsbur
Chronicle- Telegraph
Description of a Mountain
A playful classroom exchange defines geographic terms. The teader asks students to define cape gulf cull and mountain. Christopher answers that a mountain is land extending into the air.
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Jimmy
William
Christopher
Not Exactly What She Meant Sale Notes
Fragmentary chatter mentions a sale of work and a taunting tone about exposing others. The informal text references a mother and expressed reactions to the event with unclear intent.
Fragmented Quote Reflects Confusion Over Paris Honeymoon
A garbled dialogue shows a miscommunication about a wife in Paris. One speaker recalls waiting while the other claims uncertainty over preferred clothing measurements and timing, highlighting domestic discord.
Love and Loss Echoes in a Quiet Verse
A compact ode whispers on life and love, contrasting devotion with poverty and mortality. The author frames affection as a guiding light amid hardship, reflecting on generosity, longing, and the human condition.
Postum Helps Teacher Over Coffee Nerves
A school teacher reports coffee caused nervousness and heart palpitations but after using Postum her irritability faded and mood improved. The letter praises Postum as nourishing and attributes health gains to substituting it for coffee. A brochure titled The Road to Wellville is mentioned, with a slogan There’s a Reason.
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Dovryn
Suss
Postum
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