Prairie ship house on Bennet farm draws visitors near Hall’s Summit
Visitors to George S. Bennet’s Coffey county farm in Kansas marvel at a ship shaped structure resembling an ocean liner. The two decked gallery building houses beehives, a cedar den, and water tanks, with a large pond, dam, and a costly prairie ship project valued near four thousand dollars. Bennet plans melon crops across straw stacks to protect ripening.
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Topeka
Kan
George S. Bennet
Hall’s Summit
Coffey County
Blind farmer crafts Braille Bible from Genesis to Revelation
D. M. Spencer of Gentry Missouri, blind since age two, completed a self made Bible using Braille. Seven writers assisted by a reading helper translated words into type he could read. Born 1855 in Princeton, he also built a three room cottage and preaches with strong biblical insight.
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Princeton
St. Louis School For
Devil Chasers Market Quotation in Chicago Stock Yards
The market quotation on gall stones remains at 100 dollars a pound at the stock yards where the article is sold as Chinese devil chasers. A J Little, head of the selling department of a large meat packing firm, said his firm markets about eight or nine pounds a year from cattle slaughter. Some stones are walnut sized, but most are pea sized. All are bought by Japanese who ship them back to Japan for Chinese trade. The Chinese believe the gall stone carries power and treasure it when fashioned into a terrible shape.
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Chicago
A. J. Little
Japan
Fourteen-Year-Olds Elope in Orange Marriage
Arthur Edward James and Ruth Jane Day, fourteen, eloped from South Orange and returned home after hunger and homesickness. Their parents consented to their marriage, which was completed in orthodox fashion in Orange, New Jersey.
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Orange
N. J
Arthur Edward James
Ruth Jane Day
South Orange
Robbed of $75 for "Joke" in Long Island incident
Edward L. Valentine, a Bayshore merchant, was robbed at gunpoint on Smith Street after midnight. A man in a masked face demanded cash and took $75, later found again the same night on the counter. Valentine vows action against those responsible.
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New York
Bayshore
L. I
Edward L. Valentine
Smith Street
Valentine
Sheriff Fights Escaped Bull on County Road
Des Moines Iowa sheriff and his family were in a automobile on a country road when an escaped vicious bull charged the car. The sheriff accelerated and fought the animal to regain control, avoiding serious harm to passengers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bull Attack Destroys Car Injures occupants
A bull charged a vehicle, rammed the machine, and wrecked it. All occupants were thrown out and several were badly injured. The animal then departed without harming the sheriff’s family.
Bear Trap Nabs Timber Man in Queen Charlotte Islands
Vancouver timber cruiser H. W. McGregor and partner Steve McAllister were returning to camp when McGregor stepped in a bear trap. The steel jaws closed on his foot driven through a heavy shoe and socks into his ankle. They failed to wrench free the trap for two hours until they used an axe to shear the bolts and release him.
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Vancouver
B. C
H. W. McGregor
Steve McAllister
Queen Charlotte Islands
McGregor
Civil War Fifty Years Ago This Week
Readings from the Nashville American recount a broad Civil War panorama with battles, captures, and political moves. News notes include Fort Donelson and Fort Henry victories, Western theater changes, and British relations affecting Union sentiment.
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