Bets It Will Rain Kansas Farmer Bets $30,000
Jim Fikes of Colby Kansas bets against the weather, wagering $30,000 that it will rain in time to yield a bumper crop. He has lost five years running, risking $175,000 on rain and weather outcomes while seeking a 25 to 35 bushel per acre harvest that would make him a millionaire.
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Colby
Kan
Jim" Fikes
Fike
Jim
Mike
Rockefeller
America
James N. Fike
Kansas
Driftwood monument tells tale of murder and scams
A Driftwood cemetery marker cites Warren Mix born 1863 murdered by Robert Clark in 1894 after a boundary dispute. Clark fled the country, while Mix’s killer remains a mystery amid a flood of posthumous legends and a widow's fortune facing relentless, unscrupulous mail.
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Driftwood
Warren Mix
Robert Clark
Mix
Clark
Prisoner of Wealth Mrs Sage Faces Burden of 65 Million
New York reports depict Mrs Russell Sage aged 80 as a prisoner of wealth after her husband’s death. She endures daily appeals from across the globe while trying to distribute a vast fortune with a New England conscience and a desire for a simple life.
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Mr. Sage
Mrs. Sage
New York
Russell Sage
New England
Dogma Leads to Jail in Centertown Arkansas
E P Fair a Centertown banker was sentenced to one year in jail and fined 500 dollars for drawing a pistol on his brother in law James H Stroud. The dispute grew from Stroud’s disbelief in infant baptism and Fair’s belief in it as a core article of faith. A baby arrived at the Stroud home prompting Fair to want it sprinkled. Stroud objected and the quarrel escalated.
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Centertown
Ark
E. P. Fair
James H. Stroud
Stroud
Fair
Husband Averse to Water Sparks Divorce Suit
Marion Ohio woman files for divorce from Charles S. Winch her farmer husband aged 41 in good health. She alleges he never bathed during their marriage except by wading in a stream and refused to bathe their baby. She says he wore the same clothing until it wore to shreds.
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Marion
Charles S. Winch
Curiosity Costs Fingers In Train Yard Accident
Seven year old August Farren of Wilmington Delaware damaged his hand and leg when he struck a railroad torpedo with a brick after curiosity led him to peek inside. The explosion tore from his fingers and scorched his face.
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Wilmington
Del
August Farren
Couple Married by Mail In Calgary Forges Unseen Union
Calgary singer Lawrence Haut and Agnes Taft of Jamestown New York married by mail after exchanging photos and a marriage contract signed by both. Hautsinger will travel to meet his wife in person once arrangements are complete.
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Calgary
Alberta
Lawence Haut
Agnes Taft
Jamestown
N. Y
Rat as Fish Bait Nets 31 Pound Catfish
Nashville Ind man John Wilderson exhausted bait and killed a rat to use as bait. He then caught a catfish weighing 31 pounds with rat remains on the hook. The incident shows catsfManaging fish bait habits in a town fishing tale.
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Nashville
Ind
John Wilderson
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