McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES HERE
ARE BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Condensation OF Weeks News Re-
viewed Without Comment-All
Nations Find Something to
Edify and Instruct.

Nations Find Something to
Edify and instruct.
Richard Townsend of Chicago
smoked and read and dozed in bed.
Then he was awakened to find his
clothes in flames. Hurriedly he
dashed into fire engine house.. The
firemen put him out.
Word comes from Belgium that the
German conquerors of that ill-fated
nation have determined to deport the
entire population of many towns, and
those who object are being sent to
prison.
Harry Patterson, a convict, who
escaped from the Illinois prison honor
farm on Aug. 8. 1915, walked in the
main door of the prison and said his
conscience forced him to return.
By sitting on the vent of gasoline
tank while firemen fought flames In
the galley of his yacht, Capt. Thomas
Condor of New York saved the craft
from destruction.
M. G. Caudell, Louisville mail
clerk, who saved $1,000 out of his sal
airy of 800. has "pyramided" it into
$4,000 in the wheat market.
R. M. Carpenter, 62, of Sedalia, Mo-,
father of 16 children, IL of them sur
viving him, with his widow, died at
st. Mary's hospital.
Watching movie In st. Louis,
Guglielmo Anselmina was so much
overcome by the noble conduct of the
heroine and the embarrassing situa-
ton into which the film led her that
he tainted.
To break him Of the stone-throwing
habit, Judge Lummus Of Lynn, Mass,
has ordered Leonard Croder, 10, to
throw 1000 stones.
William Jennings Bryan has given
up attempting to solve economic prob
lens and hereafter will devote him.
self to moral issues.
Jack London, Al, one of America
best-known authors. Is dead at his
Glen Ellen (Cal) ranch, a victim Of
uremic poisoning. He was i'll only
one day.
Thomas Thompson, Rockville Qnd.)
grocer, has evolved method of stop
ping burglars. He suspended a large
sealed bottle of formaldehyde in his
safe. When robbers blew the safe
open the fumes of the formaldehyde
drove them away.
An express train near Oak Glen
Ill, hit an automobile in which James
Molenear, 81, and Orrin Coy, 10, were
riding. The machine was torn tt
pieces, but the boys were found cling
ing to the cowcatcher. uninjured.
Chicago divinity students have
struck on the high cost Of laundry
work and are now wearing flame
shirts.
While the golden wedding anniver
sary Of John N. Nelson of New Yorl
was in progress Henry Nelson, {
wealthy shipowner of San Francisco
entered the house and greeted hi
brother for the first time in 81 years
Sunk Hunk-Yi, Chinese minister o
the interior, has been dismissed be
cause Of a controversy with Tuan Chi
Jul. the premier.
Mrs. Anna Braun. 104, Of Milwau
kee, is dead from burns. Her night
gown caught fire when she tried t.
start fire in stove.
The plant of the National Biscui
Co. at Los Angeles, CAL. was de
stroyed by fire with loss of abou
$4,000.
The blond Eskimos are peeved a
vilhjalmur, Stefansson, the explorer
because they think he introduced then
to influenza, the explorer wrote to ,
friend from Cape Kellett.
The real reason for w. J. Bryan
visit to New York IL to have his POI
trait painted for the department o
state building at Washington.
Henry Tuerke, 20 months old, VIII
was pronounced cured in New Yorl
following the serum treatment for II
fantile paralysis last summer, Is dy
ing In Baltimore from second a
tack.
Bald pates are worth $1,000 apiece
| At least, that Is what Jacob Baer {
| Cleveland asks as damages for an a
cident which gave him bald pate.
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Kate Mulcahey, who served Mrs.
John McCabe as cook for Al years.
made Mrs. McCabe's heir in wi
just probated in Carlyle, Ill. TIL
whole estate is worth about $500, loot
|
A German submarine torpedoed tn
Greek steamer Start. ALI the passer
gers and crew except three have bee
saved.
Sonora Juanguana Torres villa, wifi
Of Franisco Villa, Is dead at Juadal'
jara. Mexico, according to informs
tom received by friends.
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