Boone County Recorder . wharf with acrowd of Philadelphia excursionistsSunday. « As two fashionably dressed women,Mrs. John Collins and Mrs. James , were saying good-by on the gangplank and leaned toward each otherfor the last kiss, the baby daughter otone of the women Bllpped from herarms and dropped into the river. Cries of horror went up from a bun-dred throats and women fainted, whilethe hysterical mother had to be re-strained from leaping overboard. A deck hand dropped from theplank, swung by one arm from a beamof the wharf and seized the dress olthe baby, as she rose to the surfac
Boone County Recorder . wharf with acrowd of Philadelphia excursionistsSunday. « As two fashionably dressed women,Mrs. John Collins and Mrs. James , were saying good-by on the gangplank and leaned toward each otherfor the last kiss, the baby daughter otone of the women Bllpped from herarms and dropped into the river. Cries of horror went up from a bun-dred throats and women fainted, whilethe hysterical mother had to be re-strained from leaping overboard. A deck hand dropped from theplank, swung by one arm from a beamof the wharf and seized the dress olthe baby, as she rose to the surface. Ladies Will Act as White Wings. St. Louis, Mo., June 22.—Four soclety women will put on white wingssuits next Wednesday and spend theday cleaning the streets and alleys olSt. Louis. Each one will be assignedto a district and she will have all theschool children of that district and alot of men from the city street clean-ing department, with the necessarywagons, to assist her in cleaning It olits rubbish and He—Then I am to understand thatyou abaolutely reject my offer? She—There is really nothing elsefor it. He—Well, I think it very selfish ofyou. Here, Ive actually gone andpurchased a guide for our honeymoon. One of Bill Nyes. -Referring to a real estate transac-tion made by one Peter Minult, wayback in the year 1628, Bill Nye. in hishistory of the United 8tates, declared:New York was afterwards sold for$24; the whole island. When I thinkof this I go Into my family gallery,which I also use as a swear room, uudtell those ancestors what I think ofthem. Where were they when NewYork sold for |24? The humor of this atrikea deeplywhen one atops to consider what hasbeen the outcome of thia original ln-vestment. Peter Minult, with trinketsand a few bottles of rum, ao(delightedthe native Indians that they gladlyturned over to him the whole of Man-hattan island, now the heart atGreater New York.—New York, theGiant City, National Magazine. % for a revision of tariff
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