News of Yore

“If there’s anyone in the United States or any other country who doesn’t believe there’s a woman in the world who can keep a secret let that person apply at the United States house of representatives. Any member of the house can point out to the unbeliever six women who keep thousands of secrets, and valuable secrets, too, every day of the year.”

"Mrs. Ed Chambers met Elsie Chambers and slapped her face. Mrs. Chambers is the wife of Elsie's brother who, with his father and 17 others, is on trial for the Matewan killings. Elsie gave damaging evidence against her father and brother when she took the witness stand for the state recently."

"While descending in the cage at the Standard mine today the coat of G.T. Farley, a miner, caught in the timbering, drawing him between it and the cage and breaking every bone in his body. When the cage passed his lifeless body was released and fell with great force among other miners occupying the cage. Four of them were struck and seriously bruised by the falling body."

"Little Katie Reese, after passing a sleepless night, was made happy yesterday morning by being taken from her dingy cell into God's air and sunshine. Several noble hearted men, after reading the account in yesterday morning's Critic of the broken-hearted girl's imprisonment, were moved with pity and hurried to her relief."

"The News Standard office was the resting place of the most horrific caterpillar seen in many years. Found on a sumac tree in the chicken yard of V.D. Grove, Hopwood, the monster is 4 3/4 inches in length, 3/4 inches in diameter. It is a brilliant green, with four pairs of legs and a large number of small horns, of a reddish yellow color."

"There is a scar on Eusapia's forehead on the left side, about an inch long, from which issues, during and after a séance, a mysterious cold breeze, clearly perceptible to the hands. When tested by a thermometer, it has caused a fall of three or four degrees."

"James Jelly, the well known farmer of Coshocton route 5 has a black and white hound who is gaining quite a reputation as a snake killer."