Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-03-14
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ing, dipped into its pockets and recov-
cred two watches, his own and an
other. The man at the table said not
a word and DR.. Peel sat down again
and finished his meal. Then he adver-
tised for the owner of the other time
piece.
DR.. Frederick +. Friedman, who
claims to have discovered a cure for
tuberculosis, has made repeated state
ments to the effect that he does not
intend to keep his method a secret. 1t
had been current that DR.. Friedman
planned to grow rich through his dis
covery, which is now undergoing a
thorough testing. He is now in the
United States.
Still men explore the Arctic. With
jalmar Stefansson, who discovered the
blonde Eskimos, is planning to start
for the north next May. He is not try.
ing to find the North Pole and will at
tempt to secure results purely geo
graphical and scientific. The expedi.
tion expects to return to civilization
in 1916.
A news story has it that 36,O00,OO0
lady-bugs have been captured for ship
ment by the California State Insectary
to various parts of the commonwealth.
The lady bugs prey or the melon aphis,
a pest that destroys new vines. The
bugs are valuable to hop growers, also.
A California woman had her savings,
$1,000, in bag and her child dropped
the money into bucket of chloride of
lime, where it lay two days before be.
ing discovered. Nothing was left on
the bills to indicate their denomination
and the unfortunate woman is not
thought likely to be reimbursed by the
government.
A pearl necklace worth $4,000 has
been returned to Mrs. A. A. Sprague
III, of Chicago to whom it had been
given by Marshall Field. The necklace
disappeared mysteriously on a Pullman
car last September between Boston and
Chicago. The police of dozen cities
searched for the gems, while the five,
year-old daughter of night watchman
was wearing them. The girls father
coming home from work one morning
noticed the rope of pearls in pile of
sweepings from Pullman cars. He
thought it was castoff trinket of nc
particular value and took it home. The
child wore the pearls until a jeweler
chanced to see them and informed heI
father of their value. Then he adver
tised his find. He was given a hand
some reward.
Frank James, brother of Jesse James
and with him once an outlaw, is re
ported to be dying somewhere in the
mountains of Idaho. He is in hiding
but not from the officers of the law
He is in the final stages of consump
tion and shrinks from his fellow. .mer
oh a''ouht VI Ms CuHulIlOu.
C. d. Hale, pitcher for the baseball
nine of the Northwestern university
lost two fingers from his pitching hant
while working at lathe the other da,
and had them back in place within
few minutes. The fingers were washe,
and sewed back on Immediately afte
the accident. There is hope that h
may be able to play ball this spring
He is an engineering student and las
season made a good record with tn
Northwestern nine.
Professor Frederick Starr of the d,
partment of anthropology of the I'm
versity of Chicago says that some tim
in the future hair, teeth and little toe
will be missing from members of tn
human race. "Predigested food, hat
and shoes have rendered hair, teeth an
little toes useless" he is quoted 9
having declared, "and the time wi
come when the man, woman or chill
possessing these will be a curiosity.