Biting His Horse Leads to Arrest Warrant
Two women told Humane Agents Drummond and Hamel that Fred Doran of Lock Street near Third bit his horse on the lips in a rage. A warrant for Doran’s arrest followed, with Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Holliday as witnesses. The horse was examined at the society stables. no lip bruising was found.
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Humane
Drummond and
Hamel
On Humane Society
Fred Doran
Lock
Third Street
Cincinnati Enquirer
Doran
Jones
Mullein Stalks and Druid Trees Cited in Old Country Lore
The New York Press notes how west folk broke mullein stalks to mock Indian trails and later saw the stalks bend into Z shaped, hunchbacked trees called Druid trees in old country lore. The tale links folk practice with plant growth and mythic naming.
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Old Country
New York Press
Dr Williams Pink Pills advertised as rheumatism cure
An advertisement claims rheumatism stems from blood poisoning and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as the fastest cure. It cites Mrs Browning of Lawrence Kansas reporting relief after two years of pain and notes the pills build red blood, relieve symptoms, and are sold in six boxes for $2 50 from the Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Williams
Entil T
Illiams
Katherine M. Joseph Editor Notice
Katherine M. Joseph, editor. Office, both phones 176, home 2862.
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Katherine M. Joseph
Evening dances and society teas in local churches
The Eleventh Cavalry office hosts a 9 o'clock dance at the Menger hotel. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the South Heights Methodist church holds an afternoon tea at Mrs. William Roberts's home. Parish Aid Society of St. Mark's church meets at 4 o'clock at the rectory.
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Menger
Eleventh Cavalry Office
Evenng
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
South Heights
Parish Aid Society of
St. Mark’s Church
Edith Johnson
San Pedro Heights
Prentice Wright
Harry Hust
Martin Wright
Lee Howell
Irene Wright
Ethel Landrum
Harriet and
May Zipf
Chicago
Mattie Swanson
P. C. Wright
Evelyn Martin
First Baptist Church
L. J. Porter
Social notes from Monterey street kimono party
Mrs J T Smith hosted an all day kimono party at her Monterey street home with guests including Mesdames Albert Burke RPG Callahan Joe Murray L L d George W Hagy and Grace Woodward Hagy Lerline Holtzclaw. Also reports passengers from New York aboard the steamship George Washington bound for Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
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J. T. Smith
Monterey Street
Mesdames Albert Burke
Rpg. Callahan
Joe Murray
George W. Hagy
Grace Woodward Hagy
Lerline Holtzclaw
George Washington
North German Lloyd Line
New York
Bremen
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Otto Koehler
Hedwig Koethe
Helen E. Seeling
Clara Seeling
C. Seeling
San Antonio
Fletcher’s Children Cry For Fletcher’s He Took the Cue
A humorous exchange unfolds in a London hotel as a slow waiter is nicknamed and explained to be “Billiard-cue.” The guest misreads the tag, then learns the nickname stems from earning tips, not a billiards clue, in a light, punchy vignette.
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London
Weather Prophet Hicks Warned 1901 About Heat
Rev Ira R Hicks once mayor of Wellston and weather prophet is cited by the St Louis Times as warning that 1911 would be hot. He attributes the heat to Jupiter's equator cutting the sun's center and predicts little relief from rains, noting a repeat of ten years ago. He says there will be temporary relief but no lasting change.
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St. Louis
United States
Ira R. Hicks
Wellston
Hicks
Jupiter
Mr. Hicks
Free Speech Clash Ends With Arrest After School Oration
Joseph Werner age 16 a Brownsville public school 9 student delivered an oration on American freedom at a commencement. After speeches near St Ann's avenue a druggist interrupted prompting a police response and Werner was arrested for disorderly conduct.
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Brown Place
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street
Joseph Werner
East One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Streets
New York Sun
New York American
Werner
St. Ann’s Avenue
Puppies Prove Sanity In Rabies Case At City Hospital
A shepherd dog held for possible rabies gave birth to three puppies at the city hospital on Thursday as Dr. Harris conducted tests. The newborns confirmed the dog was not mad, easing further treatment for Ruth Lindsay who was bitten on the left cheek.
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City Hospital
Harris
St. Louis
Soulard
Lindsay
Gaid
Hot Weather Drink Morsford’s Phose Aids Refreshment
A condensed notice promotes a teaspoonful of Morsford’s Phose mixed with cold tea or water and sugar as a wonderfully refreshing beverage for hot weather. It highlights ease of preparation and appealing taste.
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Morsford
Dr Wiley predicts end of public smoking in fifteen years
Washington dispatch reports Dr Harvey W Wiley a pure food expert and incorporation member of the Non-Smokers' Protective league foresees public smoking and chewing becoming obsolete within fifteen years. He advocates a strict law to ban tobacco use in public places and on streets to protect nonusers.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Washington Dispatch
Wiley
Stokes Seeks Coin He Says Saved His Life
W E D Stokes asks for a silver half dollar he paid after a June shooting in the Varuna apartments. He believes the coin deflected a bullet, saving him, and funds are sought by a borou gh group including W H Douglas and Stephen C Peckham to locate the piece for evidence and as a keepsake.
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W. E. D. Stokes
Varuna
The
New York Herald
Althugh
James I
England
Dr. Pease
W. H. Douglas
Stephen C. Peckham
City of
New York
L. O. Abbott
Edwin Owens Towne
Bor
Stokes
Long Branch
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