Salem High Extends Term Opens Ninth Month School
The Salem public schools begin a nine month term under Prof. W. Holt as superintendent. Tax rates rise with the longer term. School grounds receive improvements including a retaining wall on Main Street and graded walks. The Tenmile district high school opens today. rural schools start October 1. W Scott Davis and family visit Erbacon and plan hunting. Mrs Jolly Morris of Pittsburgh visits Morris family. Mrs Gay Rohrbough Hathway of Newport News expected to visit her father soon.
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Salems Public Schools
W. Holt
Hery
Salem
Board of Education
Male Street
Tenmilé
W. Scott Davis
Erbacon
Webster County
Davis
Jolly Morris
Pittsburg
Mr. Morris
Ira Williama
Gay Rohrbough
Fair attractions cater to all classes and tastes
The article notes that special attractions at the fair are varied and designed to suit all classes of people. It mentions that organizers have left no stone unturned to meet the tastes and conditions of mankind.
Cured of Rabies Report in St Louis Hospital
Charles Beardsley, diagnosed with Tarbies, recovered after Dr Harris used quinine injections following two prior doses. The patient showed improvement after the modified quinine treatment, which had been used by a Chicago physician. The hospital notes indicate he was near convulsions on admission and is now improving.
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ST Louis
Charles Beardsley
Haris
Harris
Chicago
Harrie
Police Excluded From Labor Parade After Strike Dismissal
In abwociAveowneEHD St Louis a labor parade formed by operators and workers to protest police actions during a recent telephone strike. About fifty thousand marchers participated, with around 176 unions represented. A regular meeting for the Eagles at 10 o clock this evening in the In K Reed hall on West Pike Street.
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ST. Louis
Recen
Jlabor
Tocn Aerie of
Englea
In. K. Reed Hall
West Pike Street
Nanking Captured by Chinese Government Troops
Shanghai dispatch reports Nanking fell today to government forces after heavy fighting. The city’s defenders reportedly fled through the southern gate as troops solidified control amid the conflict. In unrelated notes, a 14 month old boy named Kenley Thorn shows marked improvement after cholera infantum, with family expecting further recovery.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Kenley ‘Thorn
Col
A. K. Thorn
Tower scenes and mosque visits amid ruined city relics
Fragmentary prose recalls a condemned person, a caravanserai on a town wall, and sun dried mud walls under timber frames. It notes the emir's mosque visits and a crowd near the palace, then shifts to social critique on ambition, income, and future chaos.
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Obes
Ithose
Miasi Christié
Mendota Creek Fish Die After Brewery Beers Emptied
A Mendota report describes fish intoxication after 1081 barrels of beer were emptied into the creek when the brewery shut down for tax reasons. Dead fish filled banks and many fish and amphibians were seen in bizarre postures as heat killed survivors and a police crackdown followed.
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Mendote
Mendota
Court House Without Bible in Luzerne County
A Luzerne County court house lacking an official Bible was revealed during a trial. The building housed no Bible until 1914 when a local ward class funded and commissioned one, with members now inscribing their names on the leaves. Washington reports a navy yard cow driving privilege dispute in Portsmouth and Kittery. A marriage license matter for Earl S. Oagery and Ammie B. Nelt is noted.
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Hay
Navy Yard
Washington
Portsmouth
N. H
Kittery
Maine
Danteln
Kitery
Navy
Night Watchman Narrates Dutch Hireling Surprise
A farmer tale from Youth's Companion describes a tired Dutch hireling who sleeps through the evening, awakens to a coal-stoking routine, and greets the family with a sleepy good morning, remarking he could have been roused earlier. The anecdote reflects farm life and a humorous wakeful mishap.
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Min
Mother
Dinelone
Misslu
Piggies Taken To Picnic Tale Of Motherless Pigs
A Kansas farmer near McPherson keeps a sow that bore ten little piglets. When the sow died just before the Fourth of July the farmer planned to raise the orphans by hand using a nursing bottle. Neighbors offered aid, and John Beeman arranged a box to transport the piglets for care at a distant home.
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McPhreop
Kan
John Beeman
Tarmer
Jayn
Abe
John
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