Wife of Poets Divorce Case Signals Chicago Musical Circles
Mrs Abbie P Cheney filed for divorce from poet and librarian John Vance Cheney in Chicago circuit court. The couple wed in New York in 1875 and lived apart since 1900 amid reports of domestic strife. Cheney, an author and lyric writer, led the Newberry Library, while Mrs Cheney taught music and ran a school at 53 Dearborn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward FP. Younger
Chienko
Abbie P Cheney
John Vance Cheney
Newberry Hbrary Ers
Cheney
San Francisco
Newberry Mbrary
Colorado
Manitou
Evelyn Pope Cheney
Frank Greene
Nearby Brides and the Mystery of Silver Gifts
A fragment discusses wedding preparations and the role of silver in boxes and cases. Mentions Kay ger Zinn, Rookwood, and But we mustn't tell, hinting at hidden valuables for a funeral wedding and unseen details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kayger Zinn
Rookwood
Miss Bertha Mae Roberts Wedding in Indiana Lodge
The wedding between Georgian lumber merchant groom and Miss Bertha Mae Roberts of Indianapolis took place at 8:30 pm in Parlor 2 of a famous hotel with Rev Frank Crane officiating. The couple left for a tour of the East and will be at home after June 1 in Waere sboro. Also noted is Miss Cora Oliphant headed to Manila for marriage to Mr Schoftredt aboard a government transport. Police seek missing Kentucky magnate S Guillot who vanished after Easter, feared murdered.
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Kinsley’s
Mrs. Wilson
New York
Savannah
Waeresboro
Miss Orphant
Cora Oliphant
Manila
Schoftredt
Cebu
Walter Oliphant
Irving Avenue
Sied
San Francisco
Miss Oliphant
Taft
Rome
Paranta
Alabama
Chicago
Guillot
Gethsemane
Grace
St. Mary Chapel
Kentucky
Fredece
Blue Grass
State Normal school needs funds for new building
Letters from the People urge Georgia lawmakers to fund a larger State Normal School facility in Athens. They highlight current cramped rooms, a 15 member faculty, 300+ students, and compare state support to other institutions. George Footer Peabody has offered 10,000 on condition of 26,000 from the legislature, with further scholarships urged from private donors and the Southern Educational Conference. 1902. Atlanta and Fulton County.
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Edward Everett Hale
Boston
South
Beef Trust
Steel Trust
Atlanta
North
Republic
St Hench
Jewett
Snyder
Oregon
James C Patterson
Pallwick
Patterson
State Normal School
Faltor
Clagsie
Athena
Georgia
Mdkiink
Jemele
Legisiatura
Technological School
Georgia Normal and Industrial School
Normal
George Footer Peabody
New York
Southern Educational Conference
Fulton
Fulton County
Athens
Boston Airborne Carpenter Survives Flight and a Humble Lesson
A Washington street carpenter, Harry McManus, briefly became an improvised aviator when a wind gust lifted a board into the air. He descended with a dislocated shoulder but no serious injuries. The episode follows controversy in Massachusetts over a pardoned convict and features comments by Colonel Thomas Wentworth and Captain Dugan. A family elopement ends with a tense parental intervention amid plans for marriage in Berwick Park. Henry H. Rogers of Fairhaven is described as a philanthropist shaping his town’s growth and infrastructure for a legislature debate.
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Russell Hathaway
Boston
Harry McManus
Washington Street
M. Santos-Dumont
McManus
Meneanus
City
Massachusetts
South
Dugan
Detective Bureau
Thompson
Captain Dugan
Arkansas Executive
James Liddell
Devonshire Street
Moors & Cabot
Berwick Park
James Nelson
Liddell
Nelson
Miss Liddell
Oli Court House
Berwick Park House
Evenijng
Papa
Mr. Liddell
Columbia Avenue
Henry H. Rodgers
Mr. Rogers
Fairhaven
Emulsion Drives Steady Gains in Strength and Weight
In consumption and similar diseases, continuous Scott's Emulsion treatment yields cumulative small gains. A daily rise in strength and weight over weeks adds up, with the product tolerable for weeks or months and giving time to help. It aids flesh formation and lung strength. Sample offered.
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Scott
Rogers plans transfer of church site to town Unitarian Society
A Boston plan centers on dissolving the Washington Street Meeting House Association so Rogers can convert the association church into a school, then hand the unit to the Unitarian Society in exchange for the new church buildings under construction for the Rogers gift to the town. The move faces mixed support within the association and awaits legislative action.
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Washington Street Meeting House Association
Washington Street Meetig House Association
Unitarian Society
Rogers
Committee On the Judiciary
Fairhaven
Great and General Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Fi Ja
Mra
Jack” Gardner
Venetian
Fenway
Jack
Longwood Avenue
Ronbury
Fens
John L. Gardiner
Wack
Venetian Palace
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
McCready
Chamberlain
Brockton
Ruth and the General in Leslie's Weekly Lucrative Tale
Ruth Cleveland was rumored deaf mute after birth, a cruel belief rebuked by General Wade Hampton who recalled greeting her as a toddler. The anecdote suggests the president’s daughter spoke with him and quips about a possible elopement and wedding expenses.
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Ruth
Leslie
Ruth Cleveland
White House
Wade Hampton
General Hampton
Gates Keeps 'Em Guessing in New York Market Tale
In New York on May 10, Colonel John W Gates delays Europe voyage until after his market campaign in corn and Louisville and Nashville stocks. He stirs the street with dramatic moves, while a looming compromise may ease Webb Meyer syndicate fallout. Harry Lehr, amid champagne ties and society ties, is profiled as a salaried social figure, and a stolen Murillo linked to Pat Sheedy surfaces with a London connection.
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A. A. Perkens
New York
Wall Street
John W Gates
Europe
Gates
Eiffel Tower
Long
Southern Railway
Webb-Meyer Syndicate
Stock Exchange
Harry Lehr
Harry
Kessler & Co
Lehr
Tag
Blue Bloods
Hal
Beef Trust
Beer Trust
Trust
Chicago
West
Pat Sheedy
Sheedy
Mexico
London
Adam Worth
Mr Sheedy
Patrick
Sheed v
Mulberry Street
Scotland Yard
Copper Cure for Consumption Promises Quick Tuberculosis Relief
Antidotum Tuberculose, the Copper Cure, is touted as a definitive remedy for consumption. The Kalmazoo Tuberculosis Remedy Co advertises free booklets and cites testimonials from A H Dingley and John J Helbig, claiming copper destroys tubercular bacilli and that the remedy cures lung consumptions when ingested.
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Kalamazoo Tuberculosis Remedy Co
Main St
Kalamazoo
Mich
Holt
Dt Fa
H Dingley
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Dingley
John J Helbig
Coxsackie
Kalamazoo, Mich
Picnic at Bowden Lithia Springs Grounds Opens to Public
Permission is granted to use the Bowden Lithia Spring grounds in Lithia Springs Georgia on application to the executors of E W Marsh. Sweetwater Park Hotel under new management for owners is now open to the public.
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Bowden Lithia Spring
Lithia Springs
E. W. Marsh
Gould Building
City
Sweetwater Park Hotel
Eviction in Ireland and Title Insurance in Fulton County
Discussion contrasts Irish eviction suffering with local title losses caused by defective titles. It promotes examination and insurance of titles, noting unique access to Fulton county real estate records, specialized title examination facilities, and a one million dollar guarantee.
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Fulton County
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Abbie Cheney
Brida
Francis Moore
First Presbyterian Churea
Luella Grace Jerrebs
Minneapolis
Reo Moore
Laura Price
Misa Jerrema
Moore
Miss Price
Moores
Moor
Auditorium Hotel
J. Russell Wilson
Waresboro
Whitehall
The
Presbyterian Hospital
EdAtter
Constitution
Audi & Work
Tasto
BORNE
Stiff Boston Gale
Arkansas
Scott & Bowne
Brooklyn Eagle
Champagne House
Consumpton
Freeman Hall
Fin
Hirsch Bros
uehMen
Whitehall St
Bote Agency
Sanister’s Fine Shoes
Ireland
Title Guarantee and Trust
Empire Building
H. Robin Adair
Lowndes Ridg
Pryor St. Bell
Kimbill House
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
Eiseman Bros
Whitehall Sr
Liseman Bros
Washington, D
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore, Md
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