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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
11
A gray squirrel named Billie plays with a Maltese kitten near an oak in Melrose, dodging the kitten as it stalks and leaps. Billie opens a nut on cue, while the kitten chases and the pair exchange playful capers for minutes before an elder kitten forces them to retreat.
Mrs. Charles R. Vincent found her late husband's will in a torn pocket of an old sweater she was washing. The document named real estate in Pine Brook New Jersey worth about 500 dollars for her. The widow presented the will to the Philadelphia city hall and it was admitted to probate.
The Houston Post quotes Prof Irving Fisher of Yale arguing the war's cost is small next to its toll on future generations. A reader replies that peace also leaves emptied cradles behind, reminding the professor of quiet losses in peacetime.
Michigan records 2953 deaths in August with 560 infant deaths and 771 births, shifting by age and cause to list tuberculosis lung disease 203, other tuberculosis 47, typhoid 22, and pneumonia 76 among leading causes. Public notices include parole secrecy, jitney regulation talks, and state office relocations as departments consolidate in Lansing.
Hillsdale-Delta Tau Delta at Hillsdale College forms a corporate panel to oversee the project. Chauncey I Newcomer of Bryan Ohio chairs, with Paul W Chase of Hillsdale as secretary Chauncey F Cook of Hillsdale as treasurer Hugh A Myers of Omaha Joseph Cummins of Chicago Charles F Stewart and Ora C Kimball of Hillsdale St Louis named among incorporators. John Hagerman, 75, a longtime resident and veteran, dies of apoplexy while visiting his farm north of the city leaving a widow and several grown children. In Ypsilanti the 50th annual reunion of the Twenty Fourth Michigan Infantry Veterans drew 75 of 225 Civil War survivors with Judge C B Grant of Detroit speaking. The Sunday School convened at the Presbyterian church with R W Gammon D D, Mrs Mary Foster Hunner of Chicago Magnus Burgess of Detroit F S Goodrich D D of Albion and Alfred Ray Atwood of Lansing among speakers. Grand Rapids news notes include nine year old Tony Belka's fall from a Sibley school fire escape narrowly avoiding serious injury.
A playful exchange features a woman asking about her skirt and a man remarking the garment resembles a kilt in length. The vignette centers on flirtatious banter and fashion quip within a light domestic scene.
Face bathing with Cuticura Ointment to red rough itching and pimply surfaces. Nothing better for skin scalp hair and hands than these emollients. Sample free by mail with book. Address Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere. Tasmania imports practically all its hosiery.
Charity exposes neighbors' sins as locals flock to Denison's Coffee, seeking solace and small betrayals revealed in caffeine sparks.
A proverb in the column advises that when a young man believes he cannot live without a girl he should marry her to discover the mistake and test his true feelings.
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