River Mystery Cleared as Rev. Schmidt Confesses
New York police report Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St Joseph's, confessed to murdering Anna Aumuller, a 21 year old domestic. He allegedly killed her with a butcher knife, dismembered the body, and disposed of parts in the Hudson and across to New Jersey. He attempted suicide after arrest.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Anna Aumuller
Hudson River
Schmidt
Bradhurst Avenue
Jersey Shore
Gealt
Germany
That Held Him
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune features a dialogue where Aunt Hsten asks Matilda if a good husband should tell his wife her faults and Lysander counters that a good husband does not think his wife has any faults.
Fashionable distress over missing skirt fit to wear
In a light exchange a wife complains she has no skirt fitting for the moment. The husband replies that the current style makes it acceptable, prompting a wry domestic note on fashion norms.
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John
University Men Buy Olive Land Near Oroville
A California University faculty syndicate has bought 185 acres in the Table Mountain Olive Orchard tract near Oroville to plant olives. Members include Professor Minor, Assistant Professor Vaughan, Professor Smith, Professor H. C. Kerr, and two others, with seventeen university‑affiliated buyers already purchasing homes. The tract is touted as a future famous California colony. The article also notes the late New York Mayor William J. Gaynor’s body aboard the Lusitania and recounts a French revolutionary era anecdote involving Fouquier Tinville’s agent and executions.
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University of California
Table Mountain
Oroville
Minor
The
State University
Vaughan
Smith
Geological
H. C. Kerr
Fresno
Table Mountain Orchards
California
University of Nevada
Cooper
New York
William J. Gaynor
Lusitania
Liverpool
England
Liverpool Town Hall
Better Quality Wanted
Little Elsie tastes mineral water with a wry face then asks for the kind her mother has paid for. The Boston Transcript notes a four year old with a skeptical bite and a thrifty aside.
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Elsie
Boston Transcript
The Very Ideal Dialogue Quip From St Louis Post Dispatch
A brief humorous exchange from the St Louis Post Dispatch features a man praising a bright idea and a woman asking for details. The witty line centers on the idea of the other’s eye as a charming conceit.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Notice of Assessment by Kramer Consolidated Oil Co
The Board of Directors on September 8 1913 levied assessment No 54 of one half cent per share on the capital stock payable immediately to D F Wilson Secretary at 403 Germain Building Los Angeles. Unpaid shares by October 20 1913 become delinquent and will be sold at public auction on November 16 1913 at 8 p m to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs.
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Kramer Consolidated Oil Company
Germain
South Spring Street
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
State of California
Hawes
San Bernardino County
California
D. F. Wilson
Germain Building
Notice of Publication for Final Five-year Proof
Department of the Interior announces Jesse E Hawkins of Victorville California as filing for Final Five-year Proof to establish homestead claim on land described by SE or Section 35 Township 5N Range 5W 8B Meridian. Hearing before the United States Land Office in Los Angeles October 16, 1919 at 10 a.m. Witnesses named: William P Tharpe Henry Woods Anderson A Whitlock Frank L Talmadge Mollie E Sommerpucht.
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Mundiia
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Los Angeles
Cal
Jesse E. Hawkins
Victorville
B. Meridian
Register and
United States Land Office
California
William P. Tharpe
Henry Woods
Anderson A. Whitlock
Alhambra
Frank L. Talmadge
Mollie E. Sommerpucht
Frank Buren
Register
John W. Holt
Calif
Register and Receiver
E. E. Richardson
W. W. Richardson
W. M. Kinard
Pete Snowden
Pearl L. Galliher
Meridian
Joe Dodd
Walter M McKinney
Elsie I. Buchanan
Harry P. Deppy
Florida Everglades muck soil sale promises big yields
An advertisement touts black muck soil from the Florida Everglades offered at 100 per 10 acres with easy payments. It cites Mr. C Chamberlain of Sanford who cleared 23000 from 10 acres with celery and eggplant as proof and invites readers to learn more via a Free Trip to Florida at Hotel Barstow.
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Florida Everglades
C. Chamberlain
Sanford
Florida
California
United States
J. TL. Olsen
Countess Torby's Wardrobe Upends London Royal Household
The arrival of Countess Torby, wife of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, disrupts the royal suite as her extensive wardrobe, believed to be Europe’s most extravagant, fills palatial space and compels Queen Mary to surrender part of her private rooms. A single bubonic plague death in Martinez, California, is deemed an isolated case linked to ground squirrel transmission with plans to boost rodent carrier control on the Pacific Coast underway.
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London
Countess Torby
Michael
Russia
Europe
Balmoral Castle
Queen Mary
Blue
Public Health Service
Martinez
Cal
Pacific Coast
A Servian belief blamed for stopping a robber
A Belgrade report describes a Servian charm said to avert violent death. People believed hatching a chicken under the left armpit and swallowing the bird at forty days gave protection, a superstition that helped an emboldened robber evade pursuit until mounted police killed him.
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Kolubara
Belgrade
First corset introduced to France by Catherine deMedici
The first corset modeled after a knight's cuirass was introduced into France by Catherine de Medici. An iron framework formed the base with velvet outer decor hiding a heavy, uncomfortable device.
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Wsa
France
Catherine de’ Medici
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Youth
Henderson’s Department Store
Barstow, California
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Libsen
Barstow, Cal
Interstate Telegraph Company
Toa
A. E. Axtell
Hinkley
B. Lamantain, Ag’t Daggett
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