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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
7
James W. Gidley a National Museum assistant curator finished exploring the Corrigansville cave for prehistoric animal bones. The find includes 32 distinct forms possibly over 40 with 17 skulls and multiple large extinct species such as mastodon and bears.
Kentucky representative recounts his fall campaign misadventure with a judge candidate. He describes arriving at a county seat, staying in a mansion, sharing a meager supper, and sleeping in crude quarters before seeing a horseman point out the county poorhouse.
In a days story Roy "Put One Over" Glass regionally known for beating opponents in the Virginia House recalls a roadside interview with a boy hoeing corn. Glass teases the youth noting the tall fence between fool and himself as the boy's quiet reply lands with a bite.
Rank D. Hester, head of a War Claims division subunit, was suspended 90 days after Commissioner Saltzgaber deemed a minor indiscretion too severe. A departing clerk, praised by colleagues, kissed him on the mouth provoking the punitive action and local mockery.
About a hundred onlookers witnessed Kilkenny the Irish goat go after Mose the elk after an Angora goat was added to the enclosure. Kilkenny rammed Mose off balance, the goat stood ready as Mose reeled and finally the pair ended in a draw after help from Bess the stag hound.
In the Mississinewa River Indiana thousands of fish including catfish carp white suckers red horse and bass behaved wildly after beer from Indiana Brewery was drained into the stream. Residents gathered as the deputy collector ordered 1 916 barrels poured into the river, prompting comic scenes among the fish.
A frail little man in a gray suit becomes a first day newsie on Euclid and East Ninth. With only 15 papers, he recalls owning a general store before bankruptcy and moving to Cleveland after losing his place at home. He plans to buy 40 to 50 papers daily and notes a boy thief undercuts his customers.
Florence Eisman, sixteen, left Illinois to find William Beyers, twenty four, who had wooed her. District Attorney B J Yockey arranged the wedding in his office after he aided the search. The couple, who began courting in their hometown, were married by a circuit court judge and planned to start a home on Milwaukee’s North Side.
Reverend C S Davidson formerly known as the little minister in Flatbush renounces the Episcopal ministry by burning his vestments and prayer book at Monticello home of Jefferson. He says the church is an aristocracy and proclaims himself a preacher for all the people. He named two Virginia bishops in his charges and has lived near Monticello since last October as assistant to Rev Dr Harry B Lee at Charlottesville's Christ Church.
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois is portrayed as a tireless public servant since 1896. He rose from the Illinois House to speaker, served as lieutenant governor, and led the board of administration directing eighteen state institutions, including mental health and education facilities, amid long workdays and a curious incident with a hospital inmate proposing a barber shop program.
Miss Esther Stewart of Aurora Ontario concealed a $100,000 check in her bridal bouquet when she married Archibald Richards. The Stewart family includes lumber magnate John Stewart and banker T B Stewart, while Richards was a UW Madison intercollegiate sprint champion and track captain.
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