Today is the Day by Clark Kinnaird
A historic-feel column notes October 18 dates and events across centuries, from St Luke’s feast day in 1914 to WWI helmet adoption and military uniforms. It traces Hawkins slave trade in 1564, Roger Williams on trial in 1685, Helen Hunt Jackson’s birth in 1831, and related era reflections with terse, period voice.
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John Hawkins
Plymouth
Cape Verdi
Africa
Queen Elizabeth
Haiti
Hawkins
Roger Williams
Baptist Church In America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tie
Narragansett Bay
Helen Fiske Hunt Jackson
Boston
Gold Medal Haarlem O41 Capsules Ad
An old ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem O41 Capsules to relieve nights with backache and frequent urges. It claims the capsule is a harmless stimulant and diuretic that helps kidneys and bladder, promises restful sleep, and offers the product for 35 cents at modern drug stores. It cautions to buy right from Haarlem in Holland and lists related kidney and bladder symptoms.
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Naarlem
Holland
Ramona and the mistreatment of Mission Indians in America
A historical survey recalls the push for reform sparked by a commission on California Mission tribes, noting the Ramona novel failed to fix wrongs against Indigenous people. It references auction records for horses, biographical snippets of notable Americans, and public inquiries into language and knowledge.
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California
Washington
Calf Born with Extra Limbs and Heads Dies Soon After Birth
In Kincardine an unusual calf with one extra head two faces four eyes and two mouths died shortly after birth. Owner H. Elliott had the animal's head stuffed and put on display, drawing local attention to the bizarre birth.
County Officials Cut Court Supplies In Economy Fight
County commissioners move to bar bailiffs from giving trial scratch pads to attorneys and order half leaf pads with cheaper paper. The clerk says the economy measure targets pads used by bailiffs and county staff across offices.
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Frank Ellenberger
Bacon to Attend Secretaries Conference
Elyria Chamber of Commerce executive committee voted to send Earl D. Bacon secretary of the chamber to the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries convention next week in Cincinnati.
Survey finds 76 percent homes lack hot water
A Commerce Department survey reports 76 percent of American homes have no running hot water facilities. The note adds that Christian missionaries are scattered widely across China.
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Washington, P
Department of Commerce
America
China
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