Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-01-01
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During rehearsal Of a hanging
scene, Claude Perry, amateur actor
Of St. Louis, was almost ehoked Is
DEATH
Clara Norton, q Chicago Girl, who
stole medicine for her neither, was
given ten minutes ID Jail
Charles Klein Of Duluth was fined
S25 far stealing a banana from
fruit stand
On the evidence Of two Walters,
who saw her husband kiss another
woman while at dinner, Mrs. Joseph
Gardiner OF Chicago secured d.
voree.
Frank Ellis, an English prisoner,
hid in an empty tank awaiting
chance to escape and was drowned
when water was turned into it with
terrific force.
A.. b. Talbot Of Elgin, H., cele-
brated his saith birthday BY going
roller skating with a grandson.
Nine. Elizabeth Courtrois Of Brus-
sells nearly died Of shock when she
received BY mail knife with note
saying: This knife killed your son.
Later the son wrote that he was safe
in Berlin
Her two dogs fought off bull
which had attacked Mrs. Catherine
Wallace, Of Casper, Wyoming, while
she rolled under fence to safety,
The young son of Mrs. j c.
Thompson Of Davenport, Ia, was
killed by gas fumes in the family
garage
After being missing week, Hen
ri Mardant of Bordeaux arrived
home as funeral services were being
held over body supposed to be his.
Miss Patience Fuller Of London re-
fused to have any Of her bob-haired
friends act as her bridesmaids.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Pink, Mr.. and
Mrs. Black, Mr.. and Mrs. Scarlet
and Miss Gray all live in one block
in Chicago. All are white.
| The small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo Germanovitch of DoweIl, H.,
partially swallowed a toy balloon and
in trying to cough it up inflated the
balloon and choked to death.
An unusual theft in a Chicago lodg-
ing house stole all the shoes belong
ing to fifty sleeping men
John r Edwards, an Australian
bigamist, who confessed to having
seven wives, was given a year in pi.i-
son for each wife,
Thomas Kelley, II, killed Peter
Jackson, 81, in an English poorhouse
because jackson snored loudly.
Miss Martha Butler, an Australian
/ girl, sued Charles Warren, a $40 a
week chauffeur, for $4,000 for breach
Of promise.
Judge Friend reprimanded wit
ness and made him desist from chew
ing gum in a Chicago court.
Two-year-old Arthur Barney of
4 Chicago got his head stuck in a brass
jardiniere and the metal had to be
cut away to release it.
A small negro boy of Greensboro,
Ala, who had picked up fine rooster
running at large, made the mistake
Of trying to sell the bird to its owner
He didn't tarry to argue the matter.
! f. II. Lehman of Rocky Ridge, o.,
has served as mayor Of his town for
more than % years.
4 French detectives have finally adj
opted the use of microphone, wire
tapping and other American methods
Of trapping criminals.
Airplanes now transport diamonds
to the coast from mines in the in
+ terror Of British Guiana
Following an old custom, the alder
men of certain English towns are
weighed daily and their weights re-
corded in the city records.
Airplane service has been main
tanned between London and Cologne,
Germany, two years without an ac-
cident.
Mrs. Hannah Elvorsen Of Chicago,
aged 83, is growing her third set Of
teeth, now having nine new ones.
Miss Myrtle Hewson Of Chicago
identified James Lerberas the mask
man who held her up, by pointing to
his deformed feet.
| Courts of Chicago levied fines a.
mounting to $4,000 against speeders
in one day recently.
George Rose, an Edinburg lad Of
16, after falling through the glass
roof on railway station, landing on
top of coach and rolling of, got up
and walked away.
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