Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-15
NEWS FROM OVER THE WORLD
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BY the international News
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FL Paso, Tex, Nov. 15.-James Pi-
rome and Marie Rsbecchi, both of New
York City, aged Is and 13 years re-
spectively, arrived here, looking for
chance to learn the cowpuncher busi-
ness. They were broke and had no
place to go, but explained to a public
sergeant that their ambition was to
become hurlers of the lasso, and bron-
cho busters. They will be sent home
Portland, Ore, Nov. 15.-Georgeous
raiment, including fifty-dollar tailor
made suits and sixty-dollar overcoats,
with which members of the detective
bureau Of the Portland police depart
ment are decorating themselves, is
not chargeable to graft, but to the
war.
The Portland Red Cross Salvage
shop" is just across the street from
police headquarters, and Portland
sleuths have discovered that cast Off
clothing OF Portland millionaires that
have gone to war may be purchased
cleaned and pressed for very moderate
sums.
Hence the general appearance Of
"a million dollars worth of clothes"
when the Portland "dicks" start out
for the days work.
Manchester, Conn.,, Nov. 15.-Dr.
7. H. Weldon, who has been working
overtime combating the influenza To-
cally, tells this one. He found all the
members of a family of eight down
with the disease and only boarder to
care for them. He left medicine
enough for the entire family. When
he returned he found that the boarder
had also contracted the malady and
becoming frightened had taken all the
medicine left for the entire family.
The man later recovered and so did
the members of the afflicted family.
Akron, Ohio, Nov. 15.-Charged
with carrying concealed weapons,
Charles Glass, colored, of Philadelphia
and Hog Island, was arraigned before
Common Pleas Judge Ahern.
"What was this mans condition ?"
asked the judge.
Slightly inebriated," replied the
prosecutor.
mo, sab! No, sab, jedge" protested
Glass. "Deed All wuz not neebrated.
All mought been 'toxicated, an All
guess All was drunk, but when de
prosecutor specify All was neebrated
dat is stretchin' de troof"
Glass was fined $500 and costs.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 15.-"What
part of Scotland do you hail from?"
an enthusiastic British subject asked
kiltie visiting in Cleveland.
Springfield, Ohio" was the unex-
pected answer.
The kiltie, dressed in Scottish plaids,
was a former Ohio boy, George Turn
bull, who was in Scotland when the
that time, but when the call to the
colors came he joined on at once with
regiment of Cameron Highlanders
and was one of the first Americans to
see service against the Huns.
East St. Louis, ILL.,, Nov. 15.-Chief
of Police Sullivan, of this city, has or
dered that card games of every kind
be discontinued in saloons, clubs and
cigar stores between the hours of Z
a. m. and p. m.
The chief characterized his order as
"war measure" and said that any
man who has time to play cards dur
ing the day is not assisting the Gov
ernment in every way possible to win
the war. All violators of the order
will be arrested.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 15.-The peo-
pie who say we haven't real democ-
racy in this country are absolutely
wrong" declared jeff Davis, king of
the hobOes.
jeff then called attention to the fact
that "the Governor (CoX of Ohio)
spoke, the Mayor (Karb, of Colum-
bus) spoke and jeff Davis, king of the
hoboes, spoke" at the annual conven-
ton of the Ohio Federation of Labor
here.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 15.-The
old and the new navies were joined
here the other day when John IL.
Cady, 72-year-old veteran, and Willis
L. Cady, his 1S-year-old granddaughter
made a tour of San Francisco seeing
the sights together.
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