Memorial for famed foxhound Ring recalls bold cave rescue
Woodruff, United States. The famous foxhound Ring died after six days trapped in a cave while pursuing a fox. Rescue efforts, a dynamited shaft, and a dramatic return to owner R. V. Kelly ended in Ring’s pneumonia‑stricken death. A memorial will follow.
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R. V. Kelly
Floyd Collins
Ring
King
Woodruff
R. Vandy Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Kelly Brothers
Dildine Creek
Old King
Vandy Kelly
Harvey Kelly
Kelly
Maine Banker Wills Fortune to Humanity in Large Estate
George P. Davenport, a retired Maine banker and broker, left an estate of about 1.718 million with 1.5 million to be used by trustees for religious educational and charitable causes. The will names executors and trustees William S. Shorey Arthur J. Dunton and J. Eda Ward Drake and appraisers Oliver Moses Charles Low and Daniel Williams. Davenport died unmarried with one notable personal bequest of 10 000 to housekeeper Nellie A Webber. The will was drawn August 26 1908 and filed in Sagadahoc County Probate Court.
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Maine
Humanity
Bath
George P. Davenport
William S. Shorey
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Edaward Drake
Sagadahoc County
Davenport
Nellie A. Webber
Charles Davenport
Martha Vespers Goodness and the Bleached Sheets
Martha Vesper, long praised as the salt of the earth, faces a social stumble after a misunderstanding over four bleached sheets. A neighbor's lie about theft fuels gossip, exposing how even the best people are not immune to scandal and suspicion within her tight knit community.
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Artha Vesper
Martha
Myrna Jones
Mrs. Pettigrew
Martha Vesper
Asa Vesper
Asa
Charlie
Oregon
Edward
Mrs. Birch
Fanny Fitch's
Julie Breen
Mrs. Fitch
Piper
Julia Breen
Mina
Annie Piper G
Annie
Marta
Annie Piper
Mrs. Piper
Mina Burton
Sewing Society
Castilian Spanish Shaped by Arabic Greek and Basque Influences
Spanish, or Castilian, dominates most of Spain and much of South America. It is praised as "the noblest daughter of Latin." The vocabulary blends Latin roots with many Arabic terms mainly in farming and science, plus Greek words and traces of Basque and Gothic.
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Spain
South America
Legitimating Births by Marriage Joins Unwed Children
Britain allows legitimation of children born out of wedlock by their parents marriage as of January 1 1927 with restrictions if a parent was married to another person at birth. Legitimation dates from the act's start and grants inheritance and birth registration rights.
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Britain
Great Britain
Sea Superstitions and Fishing Beliefs
A bee or small land bird on a ship is a good omen while a hawk or crow in the rigging signals ill fortune. Fishermen think a sharp blow can kill a severed fish after removal from its body, though the tail still twitches.
Why do geese walk in a row questions posed
A brief reader prompt from Hua tersville Democrat invites readers to answer a classic riddle about goose behavior asking why geese march single file, reflecting local curiosity and light local commentary.
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Huatersville
Ala
Democrat
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