Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-26
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

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Robert l.. Mortimer. wireless opera
tor at the Boston navy yard, lost his
voice by receiving a slight shock. He
came in contact with a part of the app
paratus which was heavily charged with
electricity. shock passed through his
! body. lie could not speak but conveyed
messages to friends by writing
| When her husband demanded a kiss.
| before she started for her days work
| Mrs. Mabel Eddy OF Sioux City, Ia, re-
fused, whereupon he seized and bit her
sayagely in the cheek. This was made
| the basis for an action in district court,
the woman demanding a divorce, which
was granted, after she had supplied
additional evidence that her husband
was addicted to the use of cigarettes.
| A case in the criminal court at To-
ronto probably holds the record for
swiftness, even for Canadian courts, the
speed of which is proyerbial. Horace
! Mountain, mail carrier, was arrested
at 1915 in the morning, charged with
robbing the mails. AT 11:10 he was ar
raigned before the magistrate, pleaded
guilty, and within an hour from the
| time of his arrest had commenced serv-
ing term of four years Imprisonment.
Peter Kleese. the giant police magis-
trate of Aurora, Ill.,, has returned from
Battle Greek a happy man. He has lost
sixty-Seyen pounds, and his clothes fit
| him too much. When Kleese went away
| he weighed 527 pounds. Now he sends
| the beam up to 460 when he mounts
| the scales. 1t was reported that Kleese
had lodged his doctors in Battle Greek
and escaped to a restaurant where he
devoured a porterhouse steak. The mag
istrate. however, denies this, saying that
| he allhl
An irregular shaped bone about FIVE
inches in length and three inches in
breadth, was found in excavating in the
Mud Tunnel of the Lexington Il Eastern
Railroad in Lee county and brought to
the Science building at Kentucky State
college at Lexington, Ky, where
! it was identified by Prof A. NJ.
Miller as a tooth of giant mas
todon, which roamed the forests and low
plains of Kentucky in ancient days. The
/ tooth was found at depth of sixty feet
below the surface of the ground.
! Headed by ten members of the senior
! class, 400 students of Morningside col
| lege at Sioux City, Ia, deliberately
/ walked off the campus and played
hockey" The Selling of the holiday
was apparently not planned, but came
as an inspiration to some of the wise
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\ We're being drilled by the faculty TO re-
ceiye Vice President Fairbanks Instead
/ of wheeling about when ordered the stu
| dents marched straight about to the
woods, where they stayed all day.
John Martin, barber of Milford, Ind,
dreamed few nights ago that he was in
/ danger and was unable to utter sound.
Next morning when he arose he found
that it was only with an effort that he
was able to speak above whisper. Dur
| ing the day. instead of becoming strong
er, his voice gradually failed. He then
consulted Fort Wayne specialist, but
was given no encouragement. The case
| is puZzling prominent medical men.
They say Martin lost his voice through
fright.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James f. Maddrahn of
/ Winsted. Conn, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last week. A year
I ago MIR, Maddraha was in such bad
health that his friends, thought the end
was near. Medicine did him no good.
so he decided TO make himself young
again by playing with children. He
played marbles and other juvenile games
and soon he was robust. He is now
able to work six days a week at his
| trade as carpenter and play Il spy"
with his grandchildren after work. He
never felt younger in his life, he says.
and believes he has found the secret of
long life.
George Hall. contractor, saved an
express train on the Lackawanna from
meeting possible disaster at Berkeley
Heights, n. j. He was returning home
and while crossing the tracks found
that a hig piece had been torn from
one OF the rails. He knew that the ex-
press was due and was at his wits end To
know what to do when he remembered
newspaper he had in his pocket H..
ran up the track 10 meet the express,
and as it came into view he lit the pa
per and waved it in the air Engineer
Talmadge saw the signal and was able
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