Dog Steals Woman's Purse

1920

Five Boarding-house Suspects Are Freed With Apologies

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Mrs. John Cato, proprietor of a boarding house here, discovered that her purse, containing $59, was missing from her bedroom. Three boarders, and two guests of the boarders, were arrested.

Later the purse, with the money inside, was found on the doorstep of Harry Gaddis, a neighbor, where it apparently had been dragged by the woman's dog. The boarders and their guests were released with apologies.


Ambulance for Horses

The body of an ambulance invented by an Englishman for horses is mounted on a pivot so it can be turned around to enable an animal patient to walk out head first.


Leaps From Bridge to Her Death

FALLS CITY, Neb. - Myrtle Smith, 28, daughter of Louis Smith of Salem, committed suicide here by jumping from the C., B. & Q. Railroad bridge. Fishermen on the bank of the river witnessed her act, but were too far away to prevent it. Her body has not been recovered. No reason is known for her suicide.

--The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 27, 1920, page 3.