Remarkable Wisconsin Matriarch Celebrates 104th Birthday
Grandma Shrake of Prairie du Chien marks her 104th birthday with 186 descendants identified. born in Pennsylvania, she moved to Ohio and Wisconsin. five of her ten children and three of their spouses served in the Civil War, highlighting a rare six generation female lineage.
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Prairia du Chien
Grandma Shrake
Cane
Isdy
Sylvester Anlt
Oelwein
United States
Lydia Shrake
Wyoming
Margaret Elder
Rachel Goff
Malissa Spaulding
California
Cora Gulley
Agnes Gulley
Wyalusing
Grandma Lydia Thomas Ault Shrake
Connellsville
Fayette County
Coshocton
Wiliam Ault
Lowren
Sylvester
Margaret
Blas
William
William Ault
Wisconsin
Jacob Shrake
Green County
Wis
Jacob
Bagley
Jane
David
Abner
George
Thirty-first Wisconsin
Eagle Regiment
Mr. Shrake
Home at last after twenty one years of roaming
Charles M. Short, long believed dead by his mother Mrs. M. A. Annett of St. Joseph, Missouri, is found alive in Pratt after twenty one years away. He had left Excelsior Springs for a life at sea, reportedly listed as missing after a ship sinking, and sent only a cousin a message. He now plans to return home to his mother.
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Kansan
Pratt
Kay
Charles M. Short
M. A. Annett
St. Joseph
Short
Excelsior Springs
San Francisco
Nebraska
Falls Asleep Anywhere on Bayonne Street Dock
Roman Kowensk twenty six of 145 Prospect Avenue Bayonne N J was found asleep in the street in front of his home. Passersby rushed him to Bayonne hospital where doctors said he was in perfect health. He was taken home by friends. Police later learned a man slept at Packard's dock and was rescued by Policeman Hunter. Kowensk was then found at police headquarters in a cell and tall asleep.
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Blumbere
Palle
Snoozes
Bayonne
N. J
Roman Kowensk
Prospect Avenue
Bayonne Hospital
Packard
Hast Twenty Eighth Street
Hunter
Mrs Edison Renounces Abbreviated Skirts in Speech
New York Hundreds of women delegates to the Federation of Women’s Clubs convention heard Mrs Thomas A Edison urge modesty in dress for young women. She denounced abbreviated skirts and uncovered shoulders, recalling her father’s advice to “Daughter, be modest.” Mrs Edison added her belief that Mr Edison claimed few women are well dressed.
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New York
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thomas A. Edison
Clyde Ohio a notable Civil War and Spanish American War nexus
Clyde in Sandusky County stands as a historic hub. It produced the highest ranking Civil War officer killed and the first American killed in the Spanish-American War, with ties to the origins of the Women’s Relief Corps. Notable burials include General James B. McPherson and George B. Mack. Local lore credits Hattie McPherson with forming the early Ladies Aid, the precursor to the corps, and notes Clyde sent more volunteers per capita than any town its size in both wars. President Chester A. Arthur was slated to deliver a monument unveiling in 1881 before a train tragedy altered plans.
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Sandusky
Clyde
Women's Relief Corps
J. B. McPherson
Atlanta
George B. Mack
Joel Elliot
Hattie McPherson
General McPherson
First Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies' Aid Society
Elliot
Washington
United States
Charfield
McPhersen
White House
Ohio
Prisoner Finds New Way to Get a Suit
William Shore confessed to Police Captain Campbell that he mooched a suit from a man on the street after persistently following him for two days. Shore said the man finally relented and handed over the clothes.
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San Jose
William Shore
Campbell
Shore
Fuller
Refused to Quit Jail in Munote Ind County Jail
Albert O Harra, sheriff, faced a stubborn inmate Frank Mc Laughlin who would not leave the county jail after his eleven day sentence. A friend offered to bail him out, but Mc Laughlin insisted on serving the full term, praising jail life as a “good, warm place to sleep and eat.”
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Munete
Ind
Albert O'Harra
Frank McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Sherif
Calico Falls From Sky In Windstorm
A windstorm dropped a bolt of calico into Mrs Jenny Harrie’s chicken yard in the north part of Home Missouri. She considered it lucky as calico price was high and she believed the fabric descended from the clouds along the tornado path. The source of the calico remains unknown.
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Home
Jenny Hartie
Harrie
Here
Hog With Six Legs At Rowland Ranch
Workmen on the Rowland ranch near Puente California drove hogs from a pen when they found a hog with six legs. The extra forelegs are perfectly formed and located inside the regular forelegs, somewhat smaller, and used by the animal in walking. The animal is owned by L A Meredith who reports the anomaly.
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Puente
Cal
Rowland Ranch
L. A
Meredith
Wilking
Morgenthau Calls Armenian Relief Urgent Across Nations
Former ambassador Henry Morgenthau relays urgent Armenian distress to the U S public. He urges immediate aid, explains Turkish deportations and suffering, and notes the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief has sent funds, seeking a total of five million dollars for relief efforts across Turkey Persia and Syria.
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New York
United States
Henry Morgenthan
Turkey
Mr. Morgenthau
Russia
Italy
Phang
Constantinople
Morgenthau
American Committee For
Armenian and Syrian Relief
Cardinal Gibbons
Blook Greer
Episcopal Church
James L. Burton
American Board of Foreign Missions
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board
Frank Mason North
Methodist Foreign Mission Poar
Persia
Syria
William 60 Sick as Papa 108 Nursess Him in Balaton
Balaton Minnesota story of William Shequin age 60 caring for his 108 year old father John Shequin Sr who is frail but improving under his wife Louise Bigford Shequin. The elder Mr Shequin was born in Franklin County and fought not in Civil War due to age. the couple celebrated diamond anniversary three years ago and moved from Freeborn County in 1873.
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Balaton, Minn
William
Papa
John Shequin
Mr. Shequin
Prather
Mother Shequin
Franklin
Louise Bigford
Standbridge
Canada
Shequins
Freeborn County
Minn
Wiliam
Weds convict, now works to free him
McAlester Oklahoma. Htta Martin, a young Spanish woman from St Louis, wed John Cleloha, a Bohemian serving a life sentence for murder. It is the first known Oklahoma case of a life term convict allowed to marry, and the bride vows to pursue pardon or parole to free him. He was charged as an accessory in the beating death of David Conway, a bridge keeper on the Midland Valley railroad near Muskogee seven years ago.
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McAlester
Okio
Oklahoma
Htta Martin
St. Louis
John Cieloha
John Cleloha
Abel
Cleloha
David Conway
Midland Valley Railroad
Muskogee
Conway
Burglary at Lustig Home Ends With Child Saved
Mrs Lustig awoke to a negro creeping into her bedroom window. The couple fled in fear leaving their one year old daughter in a cradle. Police found the intruder seated in a chair rocking the baby.
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Aurora
Dorse
William Lustic
W&s
Lustie
Mrs. Lustle
Po. Neemen
Willington Hen Lays Six Eggs in Birthday Feat
In Willington Connecticut a White Leghorn hen laid six eggs in one cackle to celebrate her birthday after an operation by an agricultural college student. A nearby rooster kept guard at a dangerous bridge at Bolteh Notch while traffic half the day slowed for the crossing.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Willington
Agricultural College
Bolteh Notch
Hig
Minnie Howard
Trains Long to Whip Rival in County Race
Robert Noe of Powhattan waited nine years to beat Garrett Bartley in a public race. Nine years earlier Noe, then 4, beat Bartley in a 6 foot effort, sparking a long feud. Bartley moved away, but recently returned to face Noe again, sparking renewed training for the showdown.
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Walts
Hiawatha
Kuu
Robert Noe
Pownatan
Guarrett Bartley
Noe
Bartley
Birtley
Ackley Druggist Praises Adler-ika Quick Action
F D Weaver reports customers pleased with Adler-ika a buckthorn bark glycerine mix claimed to relieve constipation and stomach issues in minutes. Local notes claim one spoonful relieves almost any case and that the remedy even supposedly aids appendicitis, with Sloan's Liniment also advertised for sore muscles and general relief.
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Ackley Druggist
F. D. Weaver
Adlerika
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H Amarjoan
Sean
Ald
American Press Association
Henry Morgenthau
International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated
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Towa
Mr. Growcher
Washington Star
Sloan
Atcjeot and Descarzen Rees
CenTaur
Castoria
Waebotar
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