Divorce Smashes Gould Romance In New York High Society
Mrs. Frank Jay Gould III has been granted a divorce from her husband, the youngest son of the late Jay Gould. The split ends a famed romance of the multi millionaires, detailing old family feuds, yacht life, and a long courtship ending in 1908 with divorce proceedings. The couple share two children and Mrs Gould inherits substantial wealth from the Kelly and Gould estates.
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Jay Gould
Gould
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Capulets
Kelley
Frank Gould
Stock Exchange
Frank Jay Gould
Helen Kelly
Kelly
Helen M. Gould
Goulds
Philanthropist Rogers Helped Helen Keller Sense the World
The late H H Rogers secretly funded Helen Keller’s early education and later mentors. Mark Twain revealed the tale at Norfolk Virginia noting Keller’s remarkable progress from tragedy to notable achievement, likening Rogers’s impact to Joan of Arc.
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Rogers
Helen Keller
Mark Twain
Virginia Railway
Norfolk
Joan of Arc
Umbrella Salesman Poses as British Major at Governors Island
Officers at Governors Island suspend disbelief as a tall monocled man claiming to lead the Seventh Dragoons and traveling with a phantom Maj Banks extols privilege and hosts dinners. Hotel Knickerbocker detectives reveal no secretary or car, and a Niagara Falls umbrella firm links the man to a fraud.
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Nable
A. J
Bertie-McGreal
United States Army
Governors Island
Department of the East
Governora Island
C. M. Janney
Twelfth Infantry
Niagara Falls
Maj. Banks
New York Skyscraping Fence Rivals World’s Tallest
A New Yorker constructs a steel fence 40 feet high near the Williamsburg Bridge. It is intended to rise to more than twice its height, seen as the world’s tallest fence. The fence appears linked to the bridge project and the city’s clearance of tenement blocks, including Sil Berman’s displacement.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Silberman
Fence In Gotham Sell
City rejects property left Silberman a 100 foot by 18 inch strip. He plans a fence for advertising display to block light and air to adjoining tenement. Tenants consider leasing fence space and cutting holes opposite their windows.
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Silberman
Grinnell Wins Missouri Valley Meet at Des Moines
Grinnell College led by Clifford Wells surged to win the Missouri Valley track and field meet at Haskins Stadium Des Moines with 33 points. Nebraska finished second with 30 Ames 27 13. Missouri 23 Drake 10 Kansas 10 South Dakota 1. Wells cleared the high jump on his first attempt to clinch victory.
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Des Moines
Little Scarlet
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Ames
Missouri
Drake
Kansas
South Dakota
Grinnell
Stanton Turner
Knowles
Lambert
Flanagan
F Lee
Wells
Herzog
Norgram
Sony
Clifford Wells
Missouri Valley
Norgren
Lee
Iowa
Is He Guilty Dr Haldine Clemenson in Chicago Jail
Dr Haldine Clemenson an Iowa physician now jailed in Chicago faces murder charges in a case that has unsettled Illinois and Iowa readers. Reports show denials of attacking his wife Norah Jana Clemenson and emphasize family statements that she was a good woman. Neighbors and friends argue over intent and sanity, noting Clemenson’s troubled youth and possible nervous breakdown as he awaits June 18 inquest. His jail hospital care and restricted smoking are cited as affecting his condition.
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Chicago
Norah Jana Clemenson
Thia
Isaiah Clemenson
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Friends of the
Cleminsons
Aame
Young Cleminson
Cleminson
Ind
Tal
Police Transfer Reported In Late Evening Detention
The subject was taken back to the Sheffield Avenue police station and later to the county jail, continuing custody while authorities process the case.
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Sheffield Avenue
Dolliver Leads Opposition to Aldrich Tariff Fight
Revisionist senators attack the cotton schedule while the woolen duties come under fire. Senator Dolliver is expected to lead opposition to the finance committee rates and expose woolen manufacturers duties. La Follette Bristow and others may join. Dolliver may vote against the bill citing the Dingley law as preferable. Washington Star also notes Dolliver as likely to vote no. A strong Republican revolt could intensify House opposition and pressure conference changes.
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Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
la Follette
Bristow
The
Washington Star
House
Oldest Good Templar in Canton Honored
Canton celebrates Luke Roberts the oldest living member of the Independent Order of Good Templars. He recently passed his eighty seventh birthday, marking a remarkable longevity in the local fraternal community.
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Canton
Independent Order of Good Templars
Luke Roberts
Ames Univesity Opens Bedford Stone Agricultural Hall
The new agricultural hall at the state university in Ames is completed and turned over to the college. Constructed of Bedford stone at about $360,000, it adds space for animal husbandry horticulture farm crops soils agricultural chemistry exterion and agricultural journalism. Dedication Wednesday featured speeches by James W Robertson James Wilson Henry Wallace and H G McMillan, with music and a 1000-seat assembly room.
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Ames
James W. Robertson
C. G. M. Prin
Cipal
MacDonald College
Canada
Quartette
James Wilson
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Farmer
Des Moines
H. G. McMillan
Farmers Tribune
Sioux City
Kays
W. J. Dixon
Sac City
Board of Trustees
James H. Trewin
Bill's Affliction and the Baseball Fever
Uncle asks how everyone is and learns Bill is sick with the baseball fever, a comic family moment. The line captures a playful rural tone and a child’s obsession with the sport as a humorous illness.
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Bill
Baby Boy Cured Of Severe Rash By Cuticura Soap
J W Lauck of Yukon Oklahoma reports his two year old son suffered weeks of intense itching and bleeding from a harsh rash. After failing with doctors the skin thickened and blistered but a Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment regimen cured him with no symptoms for over two years. August 28 and September 17, 1908. Potter Drug and Chem. Corp. Boston.
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J. W. Lauck
Yukon
Okla
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Bole Props
Boston
Raleigh Woman Tries To Reform Mountain Girl
A Raleigh woman took in a girl from the mountains for training in order and cleanliness. The girl fled back to the hills, declaring she could not stay because she was tired of neatness. The scene ends with the question why she left and the quoted reply.
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Raleigh, N. C
Raleigh
Mary Jane
Predatory instincts and labor in a free society
A quotation from John Fiske on inherited predatory tendencies in men and the enduring threat of monopolies. It argues vigilance as the price of liberty, noting salvation requires steadfast labor in a treacherous world.
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Polla
John Fiske
Senator Dixon Attacks Tariff Measure as Selfish
The Selfish Invalid Senator Dixon denounces a tariff proposition as selfish and recalls George Cartwright of Missoula who fell ill, groaned, and quipped his wife would rather have the whole family sick than him.
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Dixon
George Cartwright
Missoula
George
To Check Spread of Trachoma Among Indians
Report notes trachoma or granular eyelids spreading rapidly among Indians. Congress appropriated 12000 dollars to the commissioner of Indian affairs for immediate investigation and treatment to check the spread of the disease.
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Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Grape-Nuts Saved My Life Say Newburyport Veteran
In an old testimony a Newburyport man recounts severe illness after October loss of 47 pounds. Magnesia and soda failed, but Grape-Nuts eased pain, cleared his mind, and restored strength within weeks, he says, leaving him 15 pounds heavier than before illness. His wife supports the affidavit.
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Mass
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Wellville
Pligs
Hever
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