World Wheat Crop May Be Below Last Year’s High
Washington reports the world wheat acreage likely the largest ever at about 235 million acres yet yields may fall short of last year’s record 3.624 billion bushels though still near the historical average. Crop reports note losses from wet cool summers in France and North America and revisions downward in many European threshings amid quality issues and lodging.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
The
Department Today
Russia
Canada
Argentina
British India
North America
France
Europe
Not the time for that at London Authors Club dinner
Owen Seaman, editor of Punch, attended a London Authors Club dinner where a discussion on humor followed a story featuring three characters: a bluebottle and two Scotsmen. The tale, noted for its probable realism, showed the Scotsmen drinking whisky as the blue bottle buzzed on a pane. One Scotsman tried to identify the fly with zoological precision asking if Sandy’s fly is a birdie or a Weastie.
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Owen Seaman
Punch
London
Seaman
Sandy
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Hair Repair
An advertisement touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a solution for falling hair with regular use. It claims cleansing antiseptic action, germ destruction, improved circulation at roots, dandruff removal, and restored hair health priced at 60 cents and $1.00. Available exclusively at The Rexall Store, Leo Haydon Drug Co.
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Rexall
Leo Haydon Drag Co
Boyles County Captain Recalls Perryville Battle Youth Observer
Capt. 5. P. Bottoms of Boyle county writes history of the Perryville battle noting it was the war’s fiercest engagement by duration and force. He, then 15, witnessed burying the dead and observed a wide age gap among soldiers including a 13-year-old and a 60-year-old man. Generals Lytle Jackson Terrill and Col Webster reportedly debated survival. The historian promises more notable details from his notes as October 8 marks the 48th anniversary.
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P. Bottoms
Boyle County
Perryville
Bottoms
Lytle
Jackson
Terrill
Col. Webster
Federal Army
Harrodsburg Herald
Death of Aged Marie Attentia in Wash ington County
Aged 98, Marie Attentia known as Fine Times, a Spaniard long noted in St. Rose country for clock repair trade and peddling jewelry, died Monday. Funeral held at St. Rose yesterday, burial in St. Rose cemetery. He amassed a large fortune yet paid little tax, leaving two nieces as heirs.
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Washington County
Marie Attentis
St. Rose Country
St. Rose
St. Rose Cemetery
David Harum
Little Martha Purdom Dies at Five Months
The Purdom home mourns as Martha Purdom, one of twins born about five months ago to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Purdom, dies after prolonged illness. Though frail from birth, she fought illness until Friday. Funeral held Sunday at Bethlehem with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. community sympathy poured in for the family.
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Herman Purdom
Martha
Bethlehem Cemetery
Preaching versus editing in newspaper practice
A reflective piece on the ethics of journalism argues that editors and reporters withhold much information, preferring restraint to provoke harm. It notes newspapers avoid sensationalism, suppress harmful details to protect relatives and the public, and only use power when society demands it. Adapted.
Female shoe shiner in Spokane draws bold marriage offers
Spokane reporter profiles Madame Holland a San Francisco immigrant running a shoe shining stand in the Columbia Building lobby. She recounts being approached by miners from Alaska Idaho Nevada farmers from the Northwest and a Alberta stockman among others, preferring independence and noting she earned her money honestly. Also an ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims quick relief for boils ulcers burns and sores.
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Spokane
Wash
Madame Holland
San Francisco
Columbia Building
Howard St
Alaska
Idaho
Nevada
Konanga
Washington
Oregon
Northwest
Province of
Alberta
Lex~ As
Hilaydon & Robertson's
Reform Urges End to Sororities in Public Schools
A Indiana schoolgirl dies after a street car fall during a sorority initiation. The editorial calls for expelling fraternities and sororities from all public high schools, arguing they create caste lines and social divisions. It opposes knickerbocker attire and braids and urges equality and elimination of exclusive cliques in schools.
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Indiana
Arrodeburg Herald
Monument to the American Indian movement gains support
A national effort to erect a memorial to the North American Indian in New York Harbor receives broad backing from Red Men groups across the country. Cherokee Tribe No. 8 in Louisville pledges support with a monetary contribution and a popular subscription plan. The campaign originated with Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia. a bill was introduced in Congress by Joseph A. Goulden of New York and favorably reported. A similar Senate bill was filed by Mr. Depew. Separately, Frank B. Willett buys a half interest in Leo Haydon’s drug store, forming Haydon & Willett.
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New York Harbor
Kentucky
Louisville
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Weare
Joseph A. Goulden
New York
Congress
Committee On Library
Senate
Depew
Good News Spreads About Emeuric Bitters Endorsed by Traveler
A letter from B F I of Elizabethtown Kentucky extols Emeuric Bitters. He claims the remedy cures stomach upset, regulates kidneys and bowels, and purifies blood while boosting energy. He says the product improves health for both men and women and endorses Haydon & Barton’s guarantee.
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Elizabethtown
Haydon & Artuon
Independent voter Bob Walters and North Island precinct story
An independent voter at North Island near San Diego, Bob Walters, single‑vote precinct boss, controls the entire election process, pays for supplies, and votes himself while campaigning for reform. The piece shifts to a theater review praising Tempest and Sunshine at the Opera House, highlighting performances by Ouina Marion and Dora Sweringen and noting a strong vaudeville lineup led by Buckskin Charlie LaGarde and Kenneth LaGarde.
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Dixie Vaudeville Co
Opera House
Diogenes
Bob Waters
North Island
San Diego
Coronado City
Coronado
Henry Robert Walters
Bob
California
Ital
Mary J Holmes
Kentucky
Ouina Marion
Tempest
Sunshine
Dora Sweringen
LaGarde
Buckskin Charlie
Walle
Springfield
Mame Bers
Kenneth LaGardo
Phil Mack
Old Kentucky
Gypsie LaGarde
Chas
Charlie
Stockton
Cal
Apache Geronimo
West
Haydon
Origin of the Mystic U K The O K origin tale
The death of Cornelius Kendall in Toledo brings forward a widely told story of how the letters O K arose. It traces to his father Orrin Kendall’s Chicago bakery O Kendall & Sons which supplied hard tack to troops during the Civil War. The firm’s stamp O K on crackers popularized the phrase.
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Cornelius Kendall
Chicago
Toledo
Army
Navy
O. K
Reverend G. 8. King to Leave Springfield for Elizabethtown
The pastor of the local Methodist church and a highly esteemed Louisville conference minister has been ill for some time. He will rest from his labor for about a year and will soon move his family from Springfield to Elizabethtown, where he has bought a residence.
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G. 8. King
Lousville
Springfield
Elizabethtown
Adjourning Forever Mexican War Veterans Meet
Twenty eight survivors over seventy five meet in Indianapolis where the secretary declares the National Association of Mexican War Veterans adjourned forever. Conrad Gashe, last survivor, is noted by United Press. A quack ad for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy accompanies the report, touting its curative value.
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Indianapolis
Wom
National Association of
National Association
United Press Report
Conrad Gashe
Futton County
Eleventh United Infantry
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Martha Purdom
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Frank B. Willett
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Mr. Willett
Sun
Mr. Haydon
Haydon & Willett
Dixie Vaudeville Company
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U. S. Army
Sheeee
Cazabethtown
Chamberlain
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