Commits Suicide By Exploding Dynamite Between His Teeth

1917

Fargo, June 30. — Adolph Peterson, 35 years of age, unmarried, a farm hand employed by E. O. Studlein, near Moorhead, Minn., killed himself early this morning by exploding a stick of dynamite between his teeth. NO cause for his action is known. Peterson was injured in an accident several years ago, and at times has been irrational.


Runaway Team Grind 18-Months Babe Into Dust of Barn Yard

Ryder, N. D., June 30 — The 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Johnson of Rice Lake was instantly killed while playing in the barnyard of his home by a runaway team, which took fright on the prairies, and in their mad dash for the stable ran over the little one, grinding him to pieces under their hoofs.


Cromwell's Last Words

Of the great Oliver, who brought Charles I to the scaffold, Thomas Carlyle has written a notable book, and in the fine description of the death scene Cromwell's last words are recorded. When, being restless, he was offered something to drink, he said: "It is not my design to drink or sleep, but my design is to make what haste I can to be gone."

—The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota, June 30, 1917, page 3.