Bees Use Dolls and Rabbits as Embalmed Intruders
A St Nicholas writer reports bees in a hive nibbling clothes from a rag doll and using a cloth rabbit as a support for a comb. The dolls clothes were nearly stripped while the rabbit remained largely intact, prompting questions about bees processing foreign bodies and their possible use of materials as payment for space.
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Farmer Allegedly Forces Children to Plow Field
A Wisconsin farmer near Neenah is accused of chaining four of his seven children to a light corn plow and making them drag it through a 10 acre garden while he guided it. Observers report five children are school age, eldest not over 14. Dr. Wilkie of the Fox River Valley Humane Society intervened, sending five children to school.
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Ancient Eggs for Preacher in Nashville Parish Riot
Rev George Porter faced a hostile crowd in Nash ville Indiana after declaring the Bible a dead letter at Lucas Ridge Church. Eggs were thrown through windows, covering the minister and pulpit as he fled across a road pursued by villagers. Fireman Hoover on a Reading locomotive warned a child on the tracks to lie down but she was unharmed.
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Was Wasting Away and the Kidney Cure Claim
A Salem Missouri man Robert R Watts credits Foley’s Kidney Cure with curing five years of kidney disease after exhausting doctor visits and remedies. The piece warns summer heat and excess drinking can disturb kidney function and urges prompt treatment. Additional snippets reference a preacher’s quip about a new device, Ely’s Cream Balm for nasal catarrh, a joke about the Bulgar family, and a bus driver quip about family members pursuing arts.
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Spiders in History and Odd Accidents
Spiders influenced historic events from David in a cave to Frederick William of Prussia evading poison. A spider saved David’s life per Jewish tradition, while a spider fell into the king’s chocolate cup. the dog died and a gold spider decorates a palace room. Also noted is George Benner of Michigan who accidentally swallowed several teeth and a plate, later found lodged in his stomach with no serious harm.
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Oring Laxative and various remedies featured for women and children
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