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...marines would not stay in Nicaragua "longer than is necessary." ¶As it must to some, rose fever came last week to President Coolidge. It causes a slight irritation in the membranes of his nose and throat. "It is not serious," said the physicians, "but it is annoying." ¶Dover (N. J.) Lodge No. 541 of the Loyal Order of Moose invited President Coolidge to become a member. His secretary despatched the following polite refusal: ". . . He [the President] is not, however, a member of any fraternal organization,* and it is felt that while there is no question of the excellence...
...narcotics. Derived from the unripe seed-capsules of a kind of poppy grown in India and China, it slows the heart, contracts the pupils of the eyes, binds the bowels, relieves pain and fills the brain with languor and strange faces. There is opium in paregoric (baby-soother), in Dover's powder (cold remedy), and in many another household drug, drugs that seem kind. Opium gum looks like black paste. Addicts who smoke it use a small lamp, like a dentist's lamp, over which they give the dark pellet a slow roasting; then they...
...encouragred his father (by asking for more) to write a book of jingles called When We Were Very Young (1924). Writing things was nothing new for Author Milne. He had had plays of his played both sides of the Atlantic (Mr. Pim Passes By, The Truth About Blayds, The Dover Road). But the success of his children's book startled every one. This season he has another book, with Christoper Robin doing things all through it with Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie was Christopher's favorite Big Bear called "Pooh" because of a noise made blowing flies...
...Dover, Tenn., four unmasked men shouldered into the county jail, overpowered Sheriff L. L. Ellis, borrowed his keys. Back in the cells, a voice screamed in prayer. It was Herbert ("Rip") Bell, 30-year-old Negro, charged with beating to death one Rufus Joiner, white farmer. The Negro stopped praying as they ferried him and the sheriff across the broad Cumberland river. On the far bank a throng of hillbillies waited, still and serious. Leaving Sheriff Ellis, they all went into the back country, about ten miles. Next day Dover was quiet and Sheriff Ellis went into the back country...
...Dover, Ohio, last week, four tipplers received a "water-cure" sentence of ten days from Mayor Groh; a gallon must be imbibed on each day; failure as to quantity will mean an extra...