Woman Wins Ear Case After Displaying Relic in Court
Edith Matthews brings her severed ear to Harlem court as evidence in a dispute over an ear biting. Magistrate Levy accepts the exhibit in alcohol, and dismisses the case, noting the dramatic demonstration steadied by hospital treatment after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stre
Edith Matthews
Magitrate Levy
Harlem
Mra
Matthew
McKay
Bell McKay
Matthews
Harlin Hospital
Court Delays Case as Bottle Evidence Surfaces
In a peculiar hearing Magistrate Levy delays the trial to court and notes a bottle as evidence about an ear injury. The prisoner is held for a further hearing after the bottle is placed back on a satchel. An court attendant jokes about the unusual evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Emile
Thay
Mantthews
Mrs Ho Sweeney Arrives in Washington Social Spotlight
Mrs Ho Sweeney, wife of the new interior secretary, has just reached Beattie Washington and is seen as a potential social force in the capital next season. A domestic dispute in a separate case led Judge Sears to urge arbitration as a belt and bedchamber conflict was discussed amid testimony of marital friction and a weekly allowance ordered to support the wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ho Sweeney
Beattie
Sweeney
Man in District Court Over Bedtime and Belt Tacks
Herbert Bye of Balem Mina faced district court on a charge of pen support. Mrs Bye testified that her husband locks the bedroom door at nine each night and has assaulted her with a belt tipped with tacks, leaving her cut by the points on several occasions.
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Balem
Mina
Herbert Bye
Woman Falls Six Stories Between Buildings Fatal Collapse
New York tragedy as Mrs Mary Falvey slips from a fire escape platform while entering her rooms. She plunges six stories to strike Charles McNally below, then falls to the sidewalk. Both die from broken necks upon arrival of rescuers. The incident occurs as her husband is away and her children witness the fall.
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New York
Mary Palvoy
Charles McNally
Mra Palver
Mra Falvey
McNally
Mim
Mray Falvey
Fought Over Husbands Ends in Brutal Street Fight
Mrs Blanche Wiles and Mrs Margaret Diddie fought on a public road over their husbands. After blows to the face they scuffled, with Wiles striking Diddie with a rock and inflicting numerous cuts and bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haw Hottom
Blanche Wiles
Margaret Diddie
Pastors in Armies as War Calls Hit Foreign Mission Work
More than 260 Protestant clergymen join the front in the war effort, with German Methodist ministers drafted in south Germany. The Methodist Theological School at Frankfurt closed as students enter the army. Disturbances, broken families, and disrupted parishes are reported by Bishop Nuelson and Rev. Keneat W. Bynnand as they aim to reach French parishes. Turkiye and Tunisian Algeria missions face peril, while Belgian Congo reports threats and distress among missionaries. India and eastern Asia missions encounter financial and trade crises due to the war.
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New York
Karl Taylor
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Germany
Methodist Theological School
Frankfort
Germany
Taylor
Nuelson
Europe
Home Office
Keneat W. Bynnand
France
Minnehaha
Chutchiantern
Turkey
Tunis
Algeria
Miasionarien
Liberte
India
Asia
Tt UN
Noted Woman in London Honored Before War Break
Mrs. James D. Auntie wife of the former United States ambassador to France with Mrs. Linda Thom of Philadelphia were the guests of honor at numerous functions in London prior to the outbreak of war.
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London
James
Austin
England
James D. Auntie
United States
France
Linda Thom
Philadelphia
Special care for fall pigs during farrowing season
The article urges careful management of newborn pigs in September and October. It stresses confinement in warm sunny quarters for the sow and litter until pigs gain strength, then liberal feeding with milk making and nourishing feeds. It advises partial separation from the sow to teach piglets to eat skimmed milk and shorts while keeping troughs clean to promote strong, growthy pigs.
Caring for Hogs at Vaccination
Practical instructions for hog vaccination including pre and post care. Emphasizes clean handling, proper grouping, serum quality, and post vaccination monitoring to reduce infection and improve outcomes. Recommends delaying feed, excluding corn, using laxative rations, and isolating sick hogs after the second treatment.
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Colvernity Farm
Bt. Paul
Mien
Alee
Comforts for the Poultry House Architecture and roosting guidance
Provides practical guidance on poultry house design with emphasis on floor layout, interior arrangement, and roost construction. Details roost height by breed, spacing, and orientation to reduce crowding and injury, plus use of droppings platforms and nesting style to improve hygiene and egg safety.
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Unehan
Work of Skill and Daring Among Japanese Whalemen
The narrative describes Japanese whalers as highly skilled and brave. It details cornering and harpooning a whale, the dangers of dives and air supply, and the crew’s fatalistic view of possible drowning. It notes prayers for the whale and the grisly but routine extraction of the whale’s carcass.
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Arcor
Hi Algo
Battle of Lake Champlain Ends British Naval Hope
A child asks about the Balians and geography while the text recounts the 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain. Commodore Macdonough’s victory gave the Americans control of the lake, offset British Washington raids, and pressured Gen Prevost to end the campaign, hastening Ghent peace talks.
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Lake Champlain
Americas
Commodore Macdonough
Washington
Macdonough
Lake
New York State
Sir George Preventia
Macomb
Vermont
Prevont
Canada
Ghent
Language mixups and travel tales from a multilingual past
A man recalls youthful multilingual mishaps while in Germany seeking safety and dignity. He jokes about blending German, French, and Italian with English to avoid trouble, noting how his mixed speech once drew reactions from locals and officials alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoguist
Germany
The Male of the Species and Patience in German Farms
The excerpt notes farmers in Germany using roosters to hatch age and raise chicks, claiming roosters care for chicks better than hens, even fighting hawks to protect them and staying with the flock longer. Patrice jokes that hens may have the vote there.
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Patience
Germany
Patrice
Automobile Trick Leads To Forestry Study Claim
In a brief overheard exchange, Bill asks what Gill is doing now and JM replies he is studying forestry. The comment follows sighting of Gill in an automobile and attempting to climb, with uncertainty about his exact activity.
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Ares
Papa
Sig
Austria
Wille
Bill
Gill
Tle
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Bye
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Busta
Mick
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