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