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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
3
In Pittsburg Kansas Peter Sharp’s unconventional marriage ends with his two wives clashing over dinner chores. A quarrel over peeling and boiling potatoes exposes a troubled arrangement that left Peter seeking to rid himself of one wife as harmony collapses.
William H. Andrews known as Bull in Pennsylvania politics expresses elation over New Mexico and Arizona admission. He has long pushed for statehood, noting his twenty five years of residence and his role as Territorial delegate. He recalls Taft signing the bill and asks if New Mexico will be a credit to the Union, urging watchful support.
William Dennis, 83, came to Chicago to wed a fortune teller known as Blanche. He handed $3,000 to her for the marriage and lashed at La Salle street station, but she vanished with the money after promising to call her sister Muriel. Dennis reported the disappearance at the detective bureau.
Ada Wright, eighteen, dressed as Willie Wright, was spotted at Third street and Washington avenue lighting a cigarette. Patrolman Dailey traced the disguise at Central District station, saying the girl planned to ride a freight train to Bloomington, Indiana to aid a sick mother.
Prof Charles W Minard principal of Marquette school Chicago was suspended after his wife Mattie R Minard died by suicide June 1 During a long unexplained absence he allegedly began living with Mrs Bessie Belenger on a Wisconsin farm The board of education had called him before a committee and investigated his whereabouts and conduct amid questions of alleged complicity and secrecy
J. W. Kline, general president of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers, emerges in the dispute involving 25,000 Harriman rail mechanical workers and system management. Based in Chicago, he shaped early opposition to the premium pay system on Harriman lines and led a victorious strike. He is 48, married, a 30-year blacksmith, joined the union in 1890, served on the general executive board since 1901, and gained early prominence in the Union Pacific strike of 1903–04 with later election as second vice-president in 1904.
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