Rats Invade Court House Prompted Trapping Efforts
In Indianapolis on Sept 6 rats infested the county courthouse. Charles Howes custodian placed traps after reports of rats roaming the courtroom. Miss Dave Meredith stenographer and Ed Hebbler janitor participated as a rat was driven toward a trap amid loud screams.
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Ianapolis
Court House
Charles Howes
Dave C. Meredith
Superior Court
Howes
Ed Hebbler
Miss Meredith
Hebbler
Wives Boycott Their Husbands at Wisconsin State Fair
The International News Service reports a proposed wives strike in Wisconsin as part of a state wide suffrage boycott of the state fair. Suffragette leader Mrs Monona Jones of Chicago drives the effort to persuade women to abstain from attending the fair if their husbands go.
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International News Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Monona Jones
Chicago
Rats Run Rampant in Courtroom as Rats Note Drawer Thief
Investigators report rats swarming room 5 and basement of probate court. A sack of peanuts kept by Lawrence Dwyer vanished days earlier, blamed on the rodents. Four rats were captured in two days, one approaching stenographer Miss Paetz, halting proceedings until it fled. Judge Ross cast a pencil at a rodent intruder.
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Lawrence Dwyer
Judge Ross
Ruptured People Offered 60 Day Trial of Cluthe Truss
Advertisement promotes a self adjusting rupture truss the Cluthe Truss with a free 300000 person tested claim and a 60 day trial. It promises no cost if not effective and includes a free book detailing rupture risks operations and endorsements from doctors and users.
Woodlawn Declares It Is City’s Baby Kingdom
The Woodlawn suburb in Chicago claims the title of baby kingdom with about 80 000 infants across 200 square blocks and an average of 150 per block. Business men plan to film a baby movie to prove Woodlawn has more babies than Hyde Park Kenwood or other city areas and attract more families.
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Cago
Woodlawn
Hyde Park
Rogers Park
Edgewater
Kenwood
Business Men's Association
Association
John Hayes
Business Men’s Organization
Haye Hotel
East Sixty-fourth Street
Mr. Hayes
Valuable hens in Goldfield with gold bearing gizzard
In Goldfield a pullet owned by Mrs. R L Morgan yielded a gold bearing gizzard and a gold nugget worth 2.50 when opened. Earlier hens laid eggs crusted with gold and two of the largest eggs ever produced were gifted to their owners.
Civil War Veteran Chased by Bees Near Elwood Farm
Elwood Indiana September 6 Cham ness a rifle maker and Civil War veteran went to his farm to check on his tenant. He disturbed a bumblebee nest and was attacked, stung over 150 times. He fled into town while the bees continued to pursue.
Moon runs angleworm farm turning out bait for anglers
Grand Rapids mid September. Moon operates a 25 pail angleworm farm supplying worms to most city anglers. He reports profits near $1,000 yearly and ships in oiled paper packs. A notable worm named Shoshone Pete grew to fourteen inches and learned feeding time cues.
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International News Service
Grand Rapids
Mid
Moon
Michigan
Big Horn
Wyoming
Pete
Indians Embrace Vocational Schools Enrolling 300 Students
Indian students from the five civilized tribes will be sent to vocational schools in large numbers this summer. Haskell at Lawrence Kansas opens September 4 and Chilocco Oklahoma on September 16. Admission requires good health at least one half Indian blood age fourteen or older and completion of third grade with no prior desertion.
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International News Service
Muskogee
Okla
Five Civilized Tribes
Haskell
Lawrence
Kan
Chilocco
Oklo
Haskel
Brown
Girl With Pistol Drives Off Burglary Suspect
Florence Rubenstein twelve armed with a loaded revolver frightened a burglar from her Prairie avenue home in Chicago as he opened a bedroom drawer. She retrieved her father’s pistol from the kitchen, aimed, and ordered him to leave. the intruder escaped through an open bedroom window.
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International News Service
Chicago
Florence Rubenstein
Prairie Avenue
Florence
Marie
Fisherman Boschen Lands 365-Pound Swordfish in Cal Waters
W C Boschen of New York lands a 365 pound swordfish off Whiterock while trolling with flying fish bait. The fight lasts over an hour and a half as the fish leaps and circles the launch, tearing hands and arms. A note adds that a 600 ton steel motor vessel was recently launched in Hong Kong.
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Mr. Boschen
Gaffer
Tech
Europe
Hong Kong
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South Conception Street
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Goldfield
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Army
Navy
Sozo
Thera
B. Luscher & Son
Hires Condensed Milk CO
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