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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1910
Page
6
The 15 year old daughter of Charles Clayton of Pleasant Plains New Jersey swallowed a large needle five years ago and it was removed from the base of her spine. The needle emerged during a night of pain when an incision and forceps extracted it with anaesthetics. The girl recovered fully.
William Dittenhafer a York Pennsylvania cellar digger found a huge hailstone mass in a lawn. The congealed lump measured thirty six inches long fourteen inches wide and five inches thick and weighed over fifty pounds.
Foreman Henry Johnson of a Bellingham Washington logging camp was decapitated by a falling tree limb. He had been supervising timber felling when the head was found away from the body.
Charles Allison of Nashville Indiana recounts a strange incident by a creek. He carried a gun when he saw a large owl in a dead tree and fired three times. The owl did not fall because a large black snake coiled around it with its head hanging down. He shot the snake then the owl, and both dropped into the water.
A gay gathering marked a wedding in Rome for Signor Gaspare Finale aged ninety five, the oldest Italian senator, and a widow about eighty six. Official witnesses included Senator Greffi aged ninety three, a former ambassador, and Senator Farani aged ninety one.
The 8 year old corpse of Sydney Lascelles, who died in North Carolina, was cremated in New York and handed to heirs of a wife. Lascelles had numerous aliases and marriages, and a glass cover was placed on the coffin to advertise the undertaker’s work. Judge Jones said the body was the most natural eight year old he had seen.
A colossal hour glass in London holds over 100 pounds of sand and flips every 60 minutes via a hydraulic engine. The structure stands about 12 feet tall, with a frame turned by an engine shown beside the glass.
In Youngstown Ohio a black snake killed in a park had swallowed a rubber frog owned by a young girl. The post mortem revealed the lifelike toy caused the snake to bite and swallow it, leading to the mysterious disappearance.
Mrs. William H. Miller of Lock Haven Pennsylvania suffered ill health for eleven months before a violent coughing spell. She expelled a hard bonelike object from her mouth which tests showed to be a tooth. Doctors suspect an extracted tooth from prior anesthesia slipped into the lung.
Frank Bennett, while working near his barn in Columbus Indiana, was attacked by a large rat that climbed up his trousers and perched between his shoulder blades. The rat repeatedly dropped and tried to escape, but Bennett finally choked it to death after grabbing it by the neck.
Campers found a hidden stash inside a cedar log split by an axe on Lake Washington. The plug concealed 600 dollars in gold 68 in silver and 500 in currency dated 1891 tied to Claude Parsons or Parker in Eau Claire Wisconsin. Efforts will locate the rightful owner.
A bolt of lightning shattered a thirty foot liberty pole in front of a Clinton New Jersey hotel. A team of mules tied to a ring were terrified and ran two miles but were unharmed apart from melted iron shoes. Investigators traced the strike to a telephone line from Singac that touched the pole amid a thunderstorm.
The six year old daughter of John O Nelson has two heads but can not sit or walk. Doctors predicted death at birth yet her health is good and she has normal intelligence. She speaks English and German fluently using both mouths.
A European inventor creates a diminutive typewriter the size of a watch. Letters imprint via a ring knob and write on a narrow glued paper strip, making portable writing possible in a pocket size device.
Otto Speltz of Gellingham Washington reports his red squirrel has shredded a five dollar Canadian bill and later a ten dollar US bill. Speltz sent the Canadian shreds to Ottawa for redemption and now watches the animal which he suspects has uncovered a hidden hoard from past years.
The study discusses the Kingdom as the great prize and Bride of Christ. It traces the Gospel Age call from Jesus through Abrahamic typology, the Jewish rejection, and the Gentile mission. It warns that only those clothed in the wedding garment will enter the feast and endure the coming time of trouble.
Mrs. Lee F Bays entertained the J J club with a Halloween dinner Friday. Guests included Mrs Carl F Briggs Mrs R P White Mrs Herbert Steele and Misses Gladys Smock Joy Davis and Jennie Kelly. The Bays family and friends later traveled to Terre Haute to see Culver play Rose Polytechnic. Capt Harold Bays of Culver accompanied them home.
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