Youth 20, who never walked now has hope
Gerald Wilson of Gilman Iowa, age twenty, with brain birth injury, has two legs operated on and faces six to eight months in hospital. Surgeons at the Christian Church hospital expect him to walk. Local benefactors Dave Manville and Charles Hagerty pledged 1000 dollars to hospital bills and plan a benefit to raise 500 more. He remains optimistic, eager to repay Gilman citizens for their generosity.
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Kansas City
Gerald Wilson
Gilman
Iowa
Christian Church Hospital
Gerald
Dave Manville
Charles Otto Hagerty
Pital Bill
Angel
Manville
Hagerty
Chicago Brides Found for Farmers in West Canada
A Vilna Alberta dispatch reports over 100 letters from Canadian and American women seeking Northwest Canadian farmer spouses. The Vilna Citizens' league canceled overseas envoy plans and shifted to advertising for brides from Ontario and other regions, with interest from Chicago New York Montana and British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Chicago
New York
Montana
England
Ireland
Northwest
Vilna
Alberta
Canada
Citizens’ League
United States
Toronto
Ontario
British Columbia
Chair Decapitates Driver in Wagon Crash
William Purcell of Elmhurst Queens died when a kitchen chair crashed through his car windshield after a collision with a horse drawn milk wagon from Sheffield Farms near Flushing Bridge Corona. The chair struck Purcell in the neck nearly severing his head while the wagon’s horse was killed and the wagon demolished. Driver William Price was seated in the wagon at the time.
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New York
William Purcell
Elmhurst
Queens
Purcell
Sheffield Farms Company
Flushingbridge
Corona
William Price
Flushing Hospital
Learning From Experience Grit Quote on Ambition and Caution
A concise reflective note argues that if experience were a bound and indexed guide it would be used only by those who aim to steer their lives safely past dangers to success. The author emphasizes discipline, foresight, and measured risk as keys to advancement.
Sulphur Clears a Pimply Skin
A skin specialist declares sulphur the best pimple remover and cheapest option. He notes that applying Rowles Mentho Sulphur as a cold cream dries pimples quickly and safely, with druggists selling small jars.
Alarm Clock Through the Ages
A historical note traces striking clocks and alarm attachments to the mechanical clock, dating back to 996 with monk Gerbert credited as an early inventor in this account.
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Gerbert
Wake of Pathfinder Conservatives Move to Build Roads
Conservatives aligned with Pathfinder seek to advance infrastructure projects while critics argue the path blazes through areas once led by radical activists.
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Fat
Wakefield, Michigan
R. A. Marsh
Ernest Schaefer
Phon
Bessemer, Michigan
TEAU
E. A. Proteau
Bessemer Steam Laundry
Fat’s Place
Fat’s
Ford
F.o.b
Detroit
Cox
Wakefield Auto Service
Fredricks
Lincoln Wakefield
Manager Fordson
WM. D. Triplett
Cor
Suffolk & Aurora Sts
Ironwood, Mich
T. S. Crosby
Kerkes
Wakefield
Michigan
The
Wakefield News
A. F. Olson
Buick
Uestion
Hanson Bros
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