Will to Found Marion Scouten Home for Aged Women
Miller Scouten, who killed himself in front of his elderly, crippled mother, wills a home for women over 63 near Bellingham, with cremation of inmates and funeral deposits to the board. Executors seek a site for the Marion Scouten Home and provide $200 monthly to the brother after the mother's death if funds permit.
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Bellingham
Wash
Miller G. Scouten
Board of Trustees
Miller Scouten
Nooilten
Te Marion Scouten
Scouten
Theodore Scouten
Chicago
Ivory Pig Relic Sold For Intrigue In Burr Tale
Denver buyers chase a mythic ivory pig watch charm linked to Aaron Burr. W W Obert of 1435 Champa Street offers 100 dollars for a small whittled pig lost recently. The relic, carved while Burr was jailed for treason, supposedly traveled from Blennerhasset to the Obert family as an heirloom.
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Denver
Col
W. W. Obert
Champa Street
Aaron Burt
Obert
Oberts
Aaron Burr
Blennerhasset
Ohio River
Burr
No Spoons Allowed in Church Courtship Policy
In Stauffer, Westmoreland County, Free Methodist Church leaders oppose courtship during services though marriages are seen as proper in church. Pastor warned against affection in worship, and Aaron Gadd urged an end to church courtship, promising action if rules aren’t followed.
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Pittsburg
Free Methodist
Stauffer
Westmoreland County
Aaron Gadd
Gadd
Mob Insurance Hits London Merchants
London merchants have adopted a new risk measure called mob insurance to cover losses from rioting or looting. The unusual product targets unrest among unemployed crowds this winter, especially around Parliament, though no immediate threat is implied.
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London
Prisoners Boss Jailor In Bentonville Escape
Inmates broke a jail cage in Bentonville Arkansas after asking Sheriff Russell for tobacco. The sheriff went uptown to fetch it, leaving one prisoner behind who then escaped through a hole. The jailed trio used the chance, and the sheriff chased the fugitives after mounting a horse.
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Bentonville
Ark
Russell
Pitt's House for Sale in Hampstead Heath Landmark
London report describes North End Place Hampstead Heath once home of William Pitt Earl of Chatham now up for auction. The piece recalls Pitt's melancholia era when he shut himself away, the wall cupboard used to receive meals, and ministers' appeals failed to move him from North End despite urgent royal requests.
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London
North End Place
Hampstead Heath
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
Lord Chatham
Boston
North American
Pitt
Chatham
Duke of Grafton
North End
Butler pastor claims earth rotation travel invention
Reverend Phillip Shredanovich of Butler, Pennsylvania, editor of Justness, announces a method to stand still while the Earth rotates, enabling 24 hour world travel. He seeks 100000 dollars, says supporters can lift above the planet and relocate by awaiting a desired place, then descend.
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Butler
Phillip Shredanovich
Newton, Franklin
Edison
Mr. Shredanovich
Widow Fights Will to Remarry in Monterey Estate Case
Mrs. Edie W. Gonzalez widow of Monterey rancher Mariano Gonzalez contests her husband's will to remarry without losing her share of about $300,000. The will sets a trust for the daughter Anita Gonzalez and grandchildren of Francisco Rico with a third to the widow on remarriage. A probate court allows her $750 monthly family allowance as the case heads to a jury in Judge Graham's court.
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San’. Francisco
Edie W. Gonzalez
Monterey
Mariano
Gonzalez
Graham
Anita GC. Gonzalez
Anita
Francisco Rico
Rico
Minnesota forestry chief finds virgin pine forest
General C. C. Andrews, Minnesota forestry commissioner, reports a trip exploring the uninhabited pine lands of Itasca and St Louis counties. While away, he discovered what he believes is virgin pine forest, indicating extensive stands previously unrecorded. Further surveys planned to verify extent.
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Lieves
Middle West
Andrews
Grand Rapids
Thistledale Lake
Hibbing
II T
Thistleden
Lake
Grand
Rapids
Minnesota
Norway
Thistleden Lake
Minneapolis, Minn
C. C. Andrews
Itasca
St. Louis
Millionaires' Church Planned in Wheatley Hills District
A costly Protestant Episcopal church is planned in the center of Wheatley Hills Nassau County. The project stems from rivalries among wealthy families after Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay built Trinity parish Roslyn. Nearby estates of Mrs. Robert Bacon and Harry Payne Whitney, Dorothy Whitney, are said to back the church.
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Millionaires
New York
Long Island
Millionaires’ Club
Wheatley Hills
Nassau County
Clarence H. Mackay
Trinity Parish
Roslyn
Robert Bacon
Washington
Harry Payne Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
Billiards World Championship Draws Top Stars in Chicago
Chicago plans a February March 18.2 world championship with Hoppe Sutton Slosson Demarest and others. Jake Schaefer is sidelined by health. Calvin Demarest looms as Chicago's rising hope. Hamilton Fish Jr a Harvard football captain falls into elite social circles. Johnny Evers linked to Chance as manager in Cubs era. Evers impressed as second baseman with Lajoie as rival. Kia awake nights pondering baseball strategy amid 1900s Chicago clout.
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Chicago
Hoppe
Sutton
Slosson
Calvin Demarest
Morningstar
Cutler
Jake Schaefer
Denver
Schaefer
Billards
Demarest
Johnny Evers
Chance
Evers
Lajoie
Nap
Troy
N.Y
Cubs
Bobby Lowe
Lowe
IDOB
Kia
Merki6
New York
Lucrative World of Fights and Big Purses
The article surveys boxing earnings from early champions to modern bouts, noting high purses for title fights and the vast sums tied to single punches. It highlights Joe Gans, Stanley Ketchel, Terry McGovern, Jack Johnson, and Nelson, plus the financial risks of continuing as champions and the long fortunes some fighters accumulate or squander.
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Joe Gans
Fort Erie
Frank Erie
Gans
Stanley Ketchell
California
Mike
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Australia
Batling Nelson
Packey McFarland
Roosevelt
Nelson
McFarland
Terry McGovern
McGovern
Terry
America
Tom Sharkey
Uncle Sam
Tommy Ryan
Shekels
John L. Sullivan
George Dixon
Baltimore
Jin Jeffries
Lpp
Waddell’s Quick Retort In Camden Bar
Rube Waddell, tending bar in Camden, New Jersey, retorts to Charley White that the table is cold and directs him to the pepper and mustard on the table, turning a dining mishap into a playful exchange.
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Rube Waddell
Camden
N. J
Charley White
Rube
Charley
Mr. White
Delahanty Bets on Ill Begotten Derby Day
Jim Delehanty bets at the track with Dusty Rhoades and Addie Joss during a Cleveland visit last summer. Delehanty frets over a horse he backed that seems to have no chance, puzzled by its uncertain position in a multi-race sequence.
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Mahmout
Vary
Aid Cale
Tom Jenkins
Jrark
Théweienée BF
Jim Delehanty
Jim
Cleveland
Dusty Rhoades
Addie Joss
Del
Rhoades
Delehanty
Conductor Prank Highlights Senators’ Clyde Milan
Clyde Milan among quick wits as Washington players prank a grouchy street car conductor. The group passed 25 cents in copper for tickets, conductor balked at lugging coins, Milan teased to turn funds into the company, mild exchange.
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Clyde Milan
Senators
Washington
Milan
Clyde
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