tornadoes in kansas, dr. cheatham addresses the med society
1892-05-18 - Wilmington Morning Star
- Sen. Vance’s health seems to be improving
- Three tornadoes on the same day last week in Wichita
- Dentists’ society objects to being classified as “Mechanics” for statistical purposes. Editor praises the noble “Tooth Men.”
- There’s a new crank in Washington Square in New York. He trips ladies with an umbrella and then helps them pick up their packages
- Judging by the reports from St. Louis, the Missouri River must be on the rampage. Then a fun description of its antics (TODO: clip this)
- That Canadian farmer who [gruesome description of suicide] “[got] out of Canada by the shortest route.”
- Interesting lecture at 5th St. Methodist on Chinese Manners & Customs
- “Gone to a higher Court.” Man dies of natural causes while awaiting trial for assaulting a young girl
- Wilmington Light Infantry drills
- Extensive preparations for “old-fashioned camp meeting of the colored people” at Gander Hall this weekend
- Ladies please respond to your YMCA committees if you signed up to provide refreshments at some function or other
- Criminal court: assault & battery, larceny (that guy was of “unsound mind” and was returned to the County Home), more larceny, “affray,” nuisance (guilty, 6 months)
- NC Med Soc meeting coverage. Dr. Cheatham, the president, gives a speech and the reporter is like, weeping and slow clapping
- Paper is torn on the edge, but at the evening session it looks like a paper on “Rectal _______” was presented