Germs Moved from College Hospital to Denmark Hill Lab
Over 1.6 million deadly germs were moved from a college hospital to a new lab at Denmark Hill London. The crates carried sealed glass cages with cultures growing on gelatine from Japanese seaweed. In transit safety measures spared any accidents or escapes. The shipment also included relics such as the skeleton of Bishop, the last body snatcher hanged in England, and a mummy from the great plague.
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Sg College Hospital
Portnet
London
Denmark Hill
Tropics
Asia
South Seas
Jeferms
Bishop
England
Monkey-Faced Owls Caught In Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana October 25 John H Roudebush a teacher observed monkey faced owls nesting in a barrel attic. The rare birds hatched in the Roudebush home and the owls are described as changing into golden coin in moments, a claim noted as a current trend in southern cities.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
John H. Roudebush
Roudebush
Sees Double Damages Sought in Two Unusual Suits
In Springfield Massachusetts two damage suits are filed. Frank H. Naylor of Thompsonville Connecticut sues Uris Iron Works for 10000 claiming a timber blow to the head left him seeing double. Morris F. Barry of Westfield seeks 1000 for the death of a dog shot by Daniel Coffey after the dog bit a pig owned by Mrs. Lillis.
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Springfield
Mass
Frank H. Naylor
Thompsonville
Conn
Uris Iron Works
Westfield
Morris F. Barry
Blind man wed the woman who saved his life
John A. Sullivan who is blind was saved from a street car by a calm warning voice five months ago. He later learned the voice belonged to Mrs. Vernis Bagwell and, after a long search, they wed. She had left him at the curb after guiding him to safety.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John A. Sullivan
Vernis Bagwell
Sullivan
Heflin’s Cloak Room Tales Stir Washington Humor Pace
In the Sixty third congress session the cloak room stories of lawmakers trigger laughs on the floor and in the press gallery as Heflin leads a tale about suffragists and a farmyard rooster imploring hens to return to egg laying. The anecdote sparks debate and amusement among senators and representatives.
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Washington
Jack
House
Senate
John W. Kerr
Indiana
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Heflin
Kern
William
Henry A. Earnhardt
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
Jack Garner
Texas
Benjamin J. Humphreys
William E. Humphreys
Victor Murdock
Kansas
A. J. Montague
Virginia
Robert N. Page
North Carolina
J. Ham Lewis
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Williams
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Rosalie Jones
New York
Maryland
Capitol
Mr. Heflin
Precious gems found in worms near Newcastle Wyoming
Five worms were found near Newcastle Wyoming each worm body encrusted with tiny red germs believed to be rubies. Scientists note the worms appear healthy despite the infection and the discovery has spurred a local search for precious stones in the area.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Spain Urged to Endilliteracy Before Morocco Mission
Madrid dispatch quotes Heraldo de Madrid condemning Spain for widespread illiteracy. It cites 12,000,000 illiterate from a 19,000,000 population, 30,000 rural villages with no schools, and 76 percent of children unable to read. The piece mocks the Morocco civilizing effort and calls for internal reform first.
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Spain
Morocco
Lloyd George
Three Elopements Mark Mrs Van Peyma Family
In Kansas City a record shows three elopements by Mrs. Isabelle Van Peyma’s children in a year. Harry Van Peyma, nineteen, left July 4 for Oklahoma City and reportedly married the daughter of his nephew after his arrival. Earlier Maude, twenty six, wed Will Wilt in Olathe, and Ruth, seventeen, married Paul Pickens in Chicago.
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Kansas “City
Isabelle van Peyma
North Fifth Street
Kansas Side
Harry van Peyrfie
Harry
Oklahoma City
S. H. McQuillen
van Peyma
Hoof of a Horse 100000 Years Old Found in Washington
N B Donahue president of the Eldorado Dome Quartz Mining company reports finding a frozen ground hoof thirty six feet deep in a mining claim near Dawson. Scientists who examined the specimen deem it an ideal hoof of a prehistoric eohippus and date it at about 100000 years old or possibly older by around a million years. The horn covering is not preserved and the hoof is small like a young colt's.
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Tacoma
Wash
N. B. Donahue
Eldorado- Dome Quartz Mining Company
Dawson
Chicago equine eats the funnies at Madison and La Salle
Tony, owner of a newsstand at Madison and La Salle in Chicago, laments missing stock after a cab horse named Dobbin ate a copy of a pink and green sporting gossip edition. The horse approached the stand while Tony was briefly away, selecting and devouring one edition.
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Chicago
Tony
Madison and
la Salle Streets
Dobbin
Digest it stomach aid promises digestion relief
An old advertisement promotes Digest it tablets as a modern digestion aid. It claims the product nourishes a sick stomach, breaks down food for absorption, and allows eating freely after a quarter trial pack of twenty five tablets, sold by Van Antwerp.
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Germany
England
America
van Antwerp
Adv
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Manley Simons
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Southern Commercial Congress
Woodrow Wilson
United States
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Birmingham
G. C. Robson Trav
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City Pass. & the Agt
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