The Hunter's Will and a Million Dollar Auction
Marcus Hunter, an orphan who rose from clerk to multimillionaire, dies childless leaving a peculiar will. His estate is to be auctioned after his funeral with only relatives allowed to bid on items, even though most claim no kinship. Bidders target hollow objects and a Lincon bust becomes a flashpoint before chaos ends the sale. The next day papers note he reportedly gave four million dollars to poor institutions.
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Marcus Hunter
Bushees House
Bimeek
Mark
Almagin
Marcus
Mont
Eseb
Abraham Linton
Inmet
Abraham Lincoln
Hunter Pera
Norton
Battle fleet nears Manila in telegraph reports
Manila dispatches outline wireless stations at Malaywang and Mindanao reporting contact with the Atlantic battleship group. Zam and Malabanga stations note distant signals, unsure of fleet position but indicate possible late arrival by Wednesday. Yankton races south to rendezvous with Glacier group. Glazier ahead of the fleet under rough conditions.
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Manila
Malaywnga
Veluard
Mindango
Zam
Mindanas
Malabange
Betwen Zamboanga
Melrose Firemen Fight Fire In Swett Block Mill
Boston dispatch reports Charltons cafe in Swett's block Melrose Main street severely damaged. Fire broke out near 2:40 pm as John Lafave cried alarm. Restaurant stock and interests were destroyed. damages estimated around 4 000 with losses to tenants and property and partial smoke damage to adjacent shops.
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Boston
Robert W. Charlton
Swett
Main Street
Melrose
John Lafave
Ives
William BR. Howks
Connie Corpal
Trast - Moon
Charles F. Altens Eechang
Sud Swett & Lawejny
The Anxious Father
A fragment from a scene in which Willie frets over family roles and timing while Emily directs a domestic tableau with Ben and Bessie cast as the babies. The dialogue hints at domestic tension and theatrical play acting in a crossfire of parental doubt.
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Emily
Papa
Ben
Bessie
Willie
Honest Health Product From California Fig Syrup Co
One of the essentials for happy homes is reliable information on health and quality products. The text promotes an ethical, physician approved family laxative, Syrup of Figs, as a world trusted remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Diver kills giant octopus in Figat
San Francisco report describes diver Martin Land of Coast Wrecking Co wresting free from a giant devil fish aboard the wrecked Pomona in Fort Ross Cove. Tentacles gripped his leg and thigh as he hacked the creature with his knife, finally freeing himself after a harrowing struggle.
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San Francisco
Martin Land
Coast Wrecking Company
Pomona
Fort Ross Cove
Lund
Iver
Jordon Case Postponed Amid Defense Delays
Boston dispatch reports the Jordan case, regarding a wife murder accusation, postponed as defense lawyers seek thorough scrutiny of the indictment. Jesse Livermore, brother in law of the accused, urged caution while counsel review material, with potential special pleadings and further postponement to late September.
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Jense Livermore
Boston
Jorditt
Jerese
Sullivan
Middlews County
Hart
New York
Richard & Teeling
Doston
Jordan
Charles Li
Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Ganshot
Wong
Hank
Jesse Livermore
Pristater
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Big Stomach Relief
An advertisement extols Kodol as a digestant that lets you eat anything by digesting it for you. It claims the product mimics a healthy stomach, prevents fullness and heartburn, and requires only short-term use until the stomach recovers. Available at drug stores, with warning to consult a physician if symptoms persist.
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Kodol
Kodo
Mes
Gas harms houseplants and aging blindness aid noted
Magazine review warns gas leaks damage indoor houseplants even when odorless. Urban life notes growing blindness with age and urges care under aged maintenance rules. Dr Moon of the Philadelphia Humd library promotes teaching and reading for the elderly and insensitive. John Macy quotes in Everybody's October issue.
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Minson
Robert Moon
Pennsylvania
Humd
Kate Barnard Character Sketch Draws Oklahoma Power
May come north in the October American Magazine A J McKelway profiles Kate Barnard recently elected commissioner of charities and corrections in Oklahoma as a potent reform figure. It notes her influence in Oklahoma City politics as a guardian of the poor and a force against the saloon, shaping campaigns and wage scales while aiding workers and families. Brockton Massachusetts reports shoe company talks with Nashua and Rhockton, with union contract disputes and potential plant moves to New Hampshire.
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A. J. McKelway
Kate” Barnard
Charities and Correction
Oklahoma
John
Tom
Jim
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Aloe Manufacturing Firm
W. LD. Brackett & Co
Nashua
N. HL
Nashua Company
Douglas
Rhockton
New Hampshire
W. T. Douglas Company
Douglas Company
Veteran actor Joseph Wheelock dies at Highlands station
Joseph Wheelock a famed old time actor and father of Joseph Wheelock Jr died of heart failure yesterday morning on the railroad station platform at the Highlands of Navesink near Atlantic Highlands New Jersey He was nearly 70 and leaves a widow and a son Wheelock was famed for playing elders or villains and was best remembered as Steve Herbed in May Morn at the Madison Square Theatre He helped found the Actors Home at the Highlands and was a leader in the local acting colony with ties to the Katgo West work in Phoenix Arizona He was en route to New York for rehearsals of a play to open later this week
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Atlantic Highlands
Joseph Wheelock
Joseph Wheelock, Jr
Eucerestal
Highlands
Navesink
Wheelock
New York
Acor
Joseph Wherlock, Jr
Katgo West
Phoenix
Aria
Old Doe Wheelock
Theft
Old Toan
Steve Herbed
David Helgeo
Madison Squarte Theatre
Navervik
Hughes Begins Western Tour In Indiana Visit
Governor Hughes of New York spoke in Indianapolis court house yard delivering a noon address and planned to travel by car to South Bend with stops at Anderson Marion Warsaw Goshen. Business leaders and workers joined in hosting as a platform was erected for the governor’s Republican event.
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Indianapolis
Inn
Hughes
New York
Court House
Ignour
Indianapolin J
South Bend
Anderson
Marion
Walmah
Warsaw
Tate
Marion Club
A Skin of Ben series of the Fea amd
A fragmented OCR item mentions a Ben series and Fea amd with unclear context leaving readers with few concrete facts or named entities to identify a full news item or outcome.
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Athe
Fea Amd
Prussian Academy Inherits Funds For Science Purposes
The Prussian academy of pedantry inherits seven hundred dollars from banker Lampoon who died in Brussels. The fund will be used for scientific purposes and the followers of the academy plan a public fete to honor the bequest.
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Berlin
Prussian Academy of Peinite
Lampoon
Brussels
Probe reveals gift of $7,000 car in Brown & Co case
Receiver Littlefield disclosed details in A O Brown & Co bankruptcy hearing in New York on September 20. He testified about a $7,000 automobile given to Miss Hopper by Edward Huchanan and about a note for $8,000 due. A. O. Brown admitted owning a car fourteen months ago and said he gave it away in March.
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New York
A. O. Brown & Co
Wall Street
Ik Wan exCe Atte Heid
Edward ¥. Huchanan
Little
Auto Turns Turtle Tunnel. Marshall Field’s Daughter Car Plunges
Edward J. Zesky of Chicago lies dying at Pittsfield Crest hospital after a touring car belonging to Mrs Henry G. Dibble of Chicago, daughter of the late … crashed at a sharp Shaker village corner. Miss Mary Lenon and Frederick Hallen, also of Chicago, were in the car. The machine went through a fence down a twenty foot embankment and rolled over. Hallen and Lenon were pinned under the tonneau but escaped miraculously. Zesky suffered brain concussion and skull fracture.
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Worcester
Mase
Edward J. Zesky
Chicago
Pitterfield
Henry G. Dib We
Aea Oe Hete
Crest Hospital
Zeaky
Mary Lenon
Frederick Hallen
Hallen
Miss Lenon
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
A pamphlet touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and argues many surgeries are unnecessary. Letters claim patients avoided operations after using the product, presenting anecdotes from women in Kansas and New Jersey.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
Arthur R
Church Road
Moorestown
N. J
Lydia
Ted
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Trues & Elixir
DR. True
Philippines
The
Barre Opera House
Melrose Firemen
Charlton
Diver
Devil Fish
Jordon
Magazine Review
Eleveee
Borka
Douglas Shoe
Kate,” the “Good Angel
Joe Wheelock
Moe
Eimer
Rene Paice
Seeee Ea
Prussian
Brown & CO
Littlefield
Marshall Field
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