Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-09-24
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Toledo, O.-Clarence R. Feather
stone, %, went to great pains to serve
we'll a customer named Mrs. Herietta
tombstone, at the restaurant where he
was employed as waiter. She came
every day and he grew attentive. Then
they decided to marry. At the mar
riage license Office, the records showed
they were mother and son.
Winstead, Conn.-Two months ago
Fritz Helmer while working in his
garden lost a SIS bill from his work
shirt. Shortly afterward, while eat
ing boiled cabbage, from the garden,
the bill was found. In the meantime
Helmer had sold hundreds Of heads Of
cabbage.
Benton, Ill.-The modern Enoch Ar.
den, returning to his VIE, first calls
over the telephone. Peter Schessler,
after difficulty with his wife, left
Normal, ILL.,, seven years ago. A year
later the body of a man killed by a
train was Unidentified as Schessler. Re-
turning from LIVERPOOL recently,
Schessler called his sister at Normal
that his wife was about to marry his
brother. Schessler is now in Normal
trying to effect reconciliation.
Pana, Il.-Eight years ago Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Gootch, Of Litchfield, plac'
ed their child in an orphan asylum,
from which she was adopted by Mr.,
and Mrs. George Metzger Of Pana.
Gootch then became wealthy and start
ed to search for his daughter. He
found her recently in Mrs. Samuel P
Mooney Of Pana.
La Crosse, Wis.-This section Of the
country has had winter all this sum
mer. Farmer William Finn got so an
cry because the snow had spoiled his
crops that he picked up SNOWFALL the
other day and threw it at rooster
That day for dinner he ate the first
chicken ever killed by a SNOWFALL in
August in the United States.
Gary, Judiciary taxi jitneys are
waging a war on fat men. The driv
ers get near-sighted when fat mar
stands waving frantically at then
from the sidewalk. Eight jitnevs re
Gently passed by Mayor Tom KNOTS
"Why should we put in one man wht
takes up fifteen cents worth of room?'
said driver. A five passenger jitney
will carry ten slim steer workers at :
nickel each.
Anachuac, Texas.-At the tinre o,
the gulf storm Of the 10th W. F. Maye
was alone at his home on the bank Of
Trinity river. He occupied a room
upstairs. The wind broke out one O.
the windows and the rain came in. tt
keep the water from dripping down OF
the piano in the parlor below he work
ed until morning hopping up the wa
ter. The river in the meantime ros'
to a depth Of five feet in the houss
and he found the piano floating aroun(
the room.
Greenville, S. C.-Authur Warner
has put to shame the three wise mel
who went to sea in bowl by complet
ing 20-mile cruise Oh Tar river in ;
bathtub. He sent his clothes ahead b,
express and they we're waiting for hin
when he arrived. Warren says Dioge
mes and his tub has nothing on him.
Cleveland, O.-fWhat' you
name?' asked the street repair depart
ment timekeeper of a worker. I"
Wonder,' the man replied. 'Don
kid me, what's your name?' "I Won
der, I wonder.'' The man 8 name wa
Hy Wonder.
Richmond, Mo.-Mrs. Catherine Rob
erts. IS years old, was troubled will
swollen gums. A few days later, tn
edges Of a new set of teeth, her third
appeared. Shortly she will have
complete set.
Martins Ferry, O.-Near the River
side Bridge company's factory a house
boat, loaded with pretty young vaca
tionists, was moored. But when tn
girls began to disport in the water ev
cry day, in garbs described as "clos,
to nature,' the workmen in the fac
tory threw down their tools and spen
their time in the windows and on tn
roofs Of the building watching the an
tics Of the fair bathers. Now tn
bridge company is suing to compel tn
girls to move their houseboat.
Dallas, Tex.-Tweet! Tweet! Ever,
time Miss Esther Hoffman, beautiful
young society girl of this town, take
a step, her pet canary sings. She car
ries the bird everywhere with her
dangling from her hand in daint,
cage.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-On the same day
Eva Jackson found sister from whom
she had been separated for twent,
years; helped to celebrate the 21s
birthday of Charles r. Olmstead, AM
then, to cap the climax, married him
The sister is the wife of Arthur Brew
er, friend of Olmstead, through whom
the sisters traced their kinshrD