Man sues wife over affinities doctrine love and divorce
D Curtis petitions for divorce from 17 year old wife Mrs Kate E Curtis alleging she sought acting roles, plotted violence, and pursued another man named John Booker while living with relatives in Alabama. He claims she painted herself, read love stories, and refused to leave bed, insisting she could never be happy. He admits devotion and denies causing her unhappiness.
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Kate E. Curtis
D. ©. Curtis
Superior Court
Curtis
Alabama
Madame Sherry Opera Company
John Booker
Kate
Kaiser Hates War Says Andy Carnegie
German city report on Andrew Carnegie peace mission to Emperor William for his jubilee. Carnegie departs for Switzerland after presenting an address from American peace groups. He expresses belief a major move toward world peace has been made and says William is a powerful potential ally despite the title war lord.
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Atlanta
Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
Emperor William
Switzerland
Carnegie
Europe
Chilean With Billion Calls John D. Poor
New York reporter notes Senor Ezequiel Ossio of Chile declares he is the world’s richest man. He claims wealth perhaps four to five hundred millions or nearly a billion dollars, asserting he is a nitrate king and richer than John D. Rockefeller.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Dixie Girl Finds New Poem by Stevenson
Miss Kitty Cheatham, Tennessee girl, at a London recital, included an unpublished Stevenson poem found on a fly leaf of a child’s book. She obtained it while staying with the author’s widow in California last winter.
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London
Kitty Cheatham
Zettle Theater Today
Innew
Robert Louis Stevenson
Miss Cheatham
California
Augusta Set to Unveil Walsh Shaft Monument
Augusta on June 18 prepares for the unveiling of the Patrick Walsh monument. Addresses by Clark Howell of Atlanta Pleasant A Stovall of Savannah Dr Lansing Burrows of Americus Rev Father P H MacMahon of Washington Ga and E B Hook city assessor will accept for the city on behalf of Mayor Hayne.
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Augusta
Patrick Walsh
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah
Lansing Burrows
Americus
P. H. MacMahon
Washington, Ga
E .B. Hook
Reality
Hayne
Marshall Tells Class Life Demands Punch
Vice President Marshall addresses Central High School graduates urging balance of education with character. He warns that career success requires more than schooling and a real man or woman behind the situation, likening preparation to wearing a boxing glove alongside a book.
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Washington
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Central High School
Mountain Preacher's Daughter Becomes Local Hero Flogging Suitor
In Cherokee County an alleged attack on Belle Grier by Roy Owensby sparked a community uproar. Her father Reverend R E Grier supported her actions claiming she defended her reputation and that such attitudes warrant strong response. The story notes Belle faced insults and a subsequent churchside confrontation in a settlement near Woodstock Georgia.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Cherokee County
Roy Owensby
Mercy
Belle Grier
R. E. Grier
New Home Baptist Church
Woodstock
Miss Grier
Mr. Grier
Owensby
Edward
Queen's Fashion Edict 3 Defied at Ascot Meeting
London June 18 Fashionable crowds at Ascot Trace meet ignore Queen Mary edict condemning freakish dress. Women showcased white hair powder patches, Charles II style plaster, plus Parisian slashed skirts and bold hosiery. New crazed quilt frocks and Cubist sunshades drew notice while ostrich plumes regain favor. Pets such as parrots Angora cats appeared with owners.
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London
Ascot
Queen Mary
Royal Pavilion
Joseph
Chantilly
Mississippi graft probe targets state institutions
Jackson dispatch reports Burns detectives under Governor Brewer expect three or more arrests this week as investigations into state institutions reveal alleged graft exceeding 500000 dollars over four years. Officials in state facilities allegedly sold livestock without reporting the transactions, the informant said.
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Jackson
Miss
Burns
Brewer
Brobers
Southern Girl Weds Man Who Rescued Her
Miss Ruth Mellett of Fayetteville Arkansas married Sergeant George De Mar of the Chicago police motorboat detail. He saved her life last fall after she fell into Lake Michigan from an excursion boat.
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Chicago
Ruth Mellett
Fayetteville, Ark
George DeMar
Mellett
Lake Michigan
de Mar
Dix is Slated to Govern Filipinos
Senator O Gorman announced that former New York Governor John A Dix will govern the Philippines, as disclosed in a Washington statement. The historic appointment places Dix in the Philippines leadership role.
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Dix
Washington
John A. Dix
New York
The
Phillippines
O'Gorman
Honest Trade Is Not Barred by Bryan Says
Secretary Bryan discussed with Brazilian Foreign Minister Dr Laura Muller the abandonment of dollar diplomacy. He stressed US desire for honorable commercial ties with Brazil and others, but warned the government will not back enterprises by American capital in foreign lands.
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Washington
Bryan
Laura Muller
Wilson
United States
Brazil
Senate panel backs Stovall and four other nominees
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted to report favorably the nominations of Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia as Ambassador to Italy. B. J. Jefferson of Colorado as Minister to Nicaragua. E. J. Hale of North Carolina as Minister to Costa Rica. Pleasant J. Stovall of Georgia as Minister to Switzerland. and W. E. Gonzales of South Carolina as Minister to Cuba.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations Today
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Italy
B. J. Jefferson
Colorado
Nicaragua
E. J. Hale
North Carolina
Costa Rica
Pleasant J. Stovall
Georgia
Switzerland
W. E. Gonzales
South Carolina
Cuba
Health Scruples Delay Chi Town Bride's Wedding
CHICAGO June 18 Miss Ethel Wahl did not marry James M Harmon today because she believed in hygienic theory that both bride and groom be in perfect health. A throat ailment required a surgical operation, so she recalled invitations and postponed the wedding to the fall.
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Chicago
Ethel Wahl
James M. Harmon
Electric bath transformation idea from Berlin professor
A Berlin professor explains an electric bath method to remove or add fat, described as a noteworthy, exclusive feature in The Sunday American. The piece presents a curious bath procedure as a health tip, noting its novelty for readers.
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Berlin
Society Pays High For Show Antiques In Sale at Auction
Atlanta society held a brisk auction at Packard Motor Company rooms on Peachtree Street for rare mahogany and teak furniture once owned by Mrs. Frances D. Shaw. Henry A. Newman supervised as Shaw estate receiver. B. Bernard acted as auctioneer. Pieces included Sheffield silverware, cut glass, world bric a brac, a two thousand year old Alaska totem pole, and fine 17th century Dutch and Japanese items.
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Atlanta Society
Frances D. Shaw
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Company
Peachtree Street
North Avenue
Henry A. Newman
Shaw
B. Bernard
Sheffield
Fuller's Dream of Movie Fame Ends in Walk Home
City Marshal James Fuller planned to pose as a country squire for a film crew near Bolton. The company went to Tallulah Falls on Monday, leaving Fuller without a promised car and forcing him to walk about twelve miles to return to the city hall.
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James Fuller
Marshal Fuller
Bolton
Tallulah Falls
Engineer Confesses Warned Of Brakes Before Stamford Wreck
Bridgeport, June 18. Engineer C J Doherty testified he was warned airbrakes on his engine were faulty when he pulled the locomotive from the roundhouse before the Stamford wreck that killed six. He broke down under questioning at the joint inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Connecticut Utilities Commission. witnesses said the engine was running 90 miles an hour into Stamford.
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Bridgeport
Conn
C. J. Doherty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Connecticut Utilities Commission
Stamford
Doherty
Chief Beavers Dictographed During Police Chiefs Meet
Police Chief James L Beavers tested a dictograph at the International Association of Police Chiefs convention in Washington He praised the instrument saying it operated perfectly and was genuine He noted it could be useful in certain cases but gave no definite plans for installation The association endorsed the dictograph
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James L. Beavers
Washington
International Association of Police Chiefs
Atlanta
Beavers
Police
Police Chiefs’ Association
Divorce Petition Alleges Abusive Marriage Dates Back to 1912
Mrs. Sarah Ray McLendon of 233 North Boulevard files for divorce from R. D. McLendon in Superior Court saying he forced her to sleep on the floor outside his bedroom door during two winter nights causing a severe grip attack. She also says he frequently swore at her since their 1912 marriage.
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Sarah Ray McLendon
North Boulevard
R. D. McLendon
Superior Court
Austria orders six armed Zeppelins after Zeppelin visit
VIENNA June 18 The Austrian government reports Count Zeppelin’s visit to Vienna aboard the dirigible Sachsen prompted orders for six Zeppelins to be delivered after 1914. The airships will be armed with machine guns.
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Vienna
Count Zeppelin
Sachsen
Flirt Punishment Debate feature in The Sunday American
A symposium discusses flirting with Clara Morris defending innocent flirtation as social necessity while Anthony Comstock advocates punishment proposing thirty days in jail. The piece appears in The Sunday American.
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The
Sunday American
Clara Morris
Anthony Comstock
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