Admiral Osterhaus Plans Canary Bird Farm After Navy Career
Former North Atlantic squadron commander Admiral Hugo Osterhaus retires at sixty one and returns from Germany with twelve canary birds. He aims to start a canary and dove farm, calling his doves the doves of peace, after visiting his ninety one year old father. Brigidier General Peter Osterhaus, also retired, runs a bird farm in Germany. He says he feels lost without work and shares his plans.
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Associated Press
New York
Hugo Osterhaus
North Atlantic
Germany
Peter Osternaus
U.S. A
Admiral Osterhaus
Agnew 5 Short in His Accounts
A filed bill in chancery court alleges a shortage of about 15000 in the accounts of Captain R A Agnew former superintendent and secretary of the Memphis and Arkansas City Packet Company He is ordered by Chancellor F H Heiskell to produce all records in an accounting.
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Memphis, Tenn
R. A. Agnew
Memphis and
Arkansas City Packet Company
Ehancery Court
F.H. Heiskell
Agnew
Father of Cash Wheat Buying Passes Away
James Marshall aged 78 known as the father of cash wheat buying and former president of the local chamber of commerce died at his Lake Minnetonka home after months of illness. Employed by a grain company in 1863 he made the first cash wheat purchase in the Northwest.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
James Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Minnetonka
Marshall
Northwest
Joe the Book Farmer gains fame as farm tale
Harper & Brothers publish Garrard Harris first book for boys titled Joe the Book Farmer. The Mobile newspaper man shows a two acre farm can out-earn ten acres under lazy fatherhood with scientific methods. Harris is praised for boy friendly tone and early magazine work.
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Harper & Brothers
Garrard Harris
Joe
Harris
W C T U Silver Medal Contest Highlights Local Event
The Prichard Baptist church hosted the W C T U silver medal contest where Miss Anno McClure won the medal presented by Hubbard Parker. The program featured a Y M C A male quartet, Edna Mae McDavid’s song, and readings by local youths. An offering supported state convention expenses and the Mobile W C T U’s needs.
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Prichard Baptist Church
Anno McClure
Hubbard Parker
Edna Mae McDavid
J. P. Watters
Ww. Cc. T. U
W. C
Sutherland
S. S. Tam
Whistler
Elna Mae McDavid
Josephine Nelson
Jeremiah
Toney Smith
Nora Kearley
Edward Fortner
J. C. Fortner
Eloise McDavid
Whistler Methodist Church
Royal Street
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil advertised
An old remedy claim promotes Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a surgical dressing that relieves pain and heals wounds at once with price points 25c 50c and 1.00.
Tiverton Meteor Hoax Exposed by Two Youths
Two young men confessed to police that the August 27 Tiverton meteor was a hoax built from sixty pounds of dynamite and copper slag. The device exploded behind Gould's Island to create a sensational event reported in Seaconnet river sighting. Brown University geologist later labeled the meteor as copper slag from a local plant.
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Associated Press
Tiverton
R. L
Seaconnet
Brown University
Suny
Gould's Island
Two Plays Not To His Liking
Chief Magistrate McAdoo ordered warrants for the arrest of principals linked to two plays set in houses of ill fame as a police moral battle unfolds. He called the attended show indecent and immoral and said the other production is under review while authorities weigh how far to proceed against decadent drama and white slavery rhetoric.
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Associated Press
New York
McAdoonn
Isue
McAdoo
Unfortunate Lad on Sad Journey Homeward to Poland
Mike Wasuck a 19 year old Polish boy with a broken back and limbs will leave St Paul on Saturday to travel to Warsaw on a stretcher. He is accompanied by Lydia Keller hospital superintendent who has cared for him thirteen months. Doctors doubt he can stand the trip. He was injured August 14 1912 when lumber toppled on him. He recovered 13000 damages and still has 5000.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Mike Wasuck
Warsaw
Lydia Keller
Christian Science Wouldn't Have Saved Him
London September 9 A man found guilty of manslaughter for relying on Christian Science treatment during his child’s serious illness faced acquittal due to insufficient evidence. Justice Rowlatt warned that if proven, the sentence would be heavy, regardless of religious healing.
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Associated Press
London
Justice Rowlatt
Central Criminal Court
Benjamin Jewell
Jewell
Rowlett
Death of Eugenie Le Moine Didier
Eugenie Le Moine Didier a noted biographer and Poe authority died at his Baltimore home after a period of illness. He was seventy five years old.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Eugenie le Moine Didier
Elgar Allen Poe
Lis
Greenback Kitty Discontinued in St Louis Treasury
W D Vandiver completed inquiry into irregularities at the St Louis sub treasury and will report to Washington. He found a long standing practice of a green back kitty used to conceal errors by diverting surplus from money packages back to the local office. He ordered the fund abolished to prevent inaccuracies.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
W. D. Vandiver
United States
Sub-Treasury
Washington
Vandiver
Regular Democrats Win Out in Baltimore
In Baltimore Maryland the regular and progressive wings of the Democratic party fought a primary battle yesterday with the regulars prevailing. State Senator Charles P Coady won the nomination for congress in the third district to succeed the late George Koenig. Most regular Republican city nominees were also selected.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Democratic Party
Maryland
Charles P. Coady
Congress
George Koenig
Help For Working Girls Advertisements From Lydia E Pinkham
A pair of letters from young women in New Orleans and Saint Clair praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health improvements amid menstrual and illness symptoms. The notices urge others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential replies from a woman.
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New Orleans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amelia Jaquillard
Seventh Street
St. Clair
Lydia E.pinkham
Estella Maguire
Saint Clair
Dothan Lad Ends Life in Personal Crisis Note
In Dothan Alabama Frank Hall a 17 year old shot himself through the heart with a small rifle yesterday He left a note giving funeral directions and asking that his sweetheart attend His parents objected to the marriage due to his youth and lawyers contribute to the liabilities mentioned in the report.
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Dothan
Ala
Frank Hall
Jesse Hall
Brushing Away Particles After Meals and Throughout Day
A brief note advises brushing away particles morning and night after every meal. It emphasizes regular cleaning and ongoing care to maintain cleanliness and prevent buildup.
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