Love and 3. 3% Fickle Fortune in the Park
In a London park a struggling yet chic woman reveals she is penniless after her parents’ death. Jack Grainger funds her first dinner and offers help, then lends five pounds and vows support. Years later the Daily Argus reveals she is Majorie J. Blakeley, heir to £50,000, and Grainger learns she is an heiress he once befriended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Daily Argus
Majorie G. Blakeley
Messrs. Jollup & Grainger
Jollup
Grainger
Nerther
Majeriek
J. Blakeley
Australia
White Slave to Savage Bushmen
Joseph J. Gill, formerly of Brooklyn, died at sea after a long captivity with Australian bushmen. Presumed dead, his wife remarried. Gill survived twelve years of slavery, escaped to the coast, and later learned of relatives’ status. He had returned to Australia for years before attempting to reconnect with Brooklyn kin.
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Joseph J. Gill
Brooklyn
Shipboand
Gil
Ilis
Australia
New York
Iss
Gill
Thomas Gill
Isabella Gil
Greene Avenue
Joseph Gill
PSI
United States
Sydney
J. J. Gill
Issh
Ism
Frank Johnson
Gul
Athens
Central Australia
Iran
Gin
Inspector McLaughlin
Brooklyn Police
McLaughlin
Joseph J. Gil
Bargain Sealed as He Wins Heart of Sweetest Girl
After entertaining Ma jorie Blakeley and Jack to dinner at his house the man proclaims the bargain is fulfilled. He congratulates the heir and says he has won the heart and love of the sweetest girl on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Majorie Blakeley
Majorie
New York Daily News
Instant Shoe Fastener Aims to Speed Lacing
Milton 8S Brown of Washington DC introduces a shoe lace fastener using leather loops and metallic tubes. The device sits above the eyelets on each edge, guiding laces through short and long tubes so a single pull tightens and secures the upper along the ankle.
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Milton 8S Brown
Washington, PD. C
Trolley Will Connect Kalamazoo and Chicago
The report confirms H E Bucklen of Chicago backs an Elkhart to Kalamazoo inter urban line with ultimate extension to An eela near the Ohio line connecting Chicago and Toledo. Also noted are a new M E F Church dedication set for Dec 14 at Marlette, more rural free delivery routes from Stockbridge, and battles over neckel in the slot machines in Battle Creek.
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Elkhart
Marlette
Stockbridge
Battle Creek
Lansing
Arsenic in His Stomach in Muskegon Murder Case
University of Michigan chemist Dr. V O Vaughan reports arsenic in the stomach of John P Butler found dead at his Muskegon home. Prosecutor Cross says the case will be dropped as Butler likely died by his own action. Mrs Butler has faced suspicion of murder.
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V. O. Vaughan
University of Michigan
John P. Butler
Muskegon
Cross
Butler
Cass County man jailed for two year counterfeit term
George W. Frank of Cass County was sent to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to serve a two year term after a full confession. The crime may trigger more arrests in southern Michigan where Frank worked with a partner named Jones who is in Island Rapids jail.
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George W. Frank
Cass County
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Frank
Michigan
Jones
Island Rapids
Father of Glenwood railroad agent killed by train
J T Hitchcock aged 72, father of the Michigan Central Railroad agent at Glenwood, was instantly killed in Dowagiac by a local train. He had just returned from Massachusetts and was waiting to go home, living with his son at Glenwood.
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Gwosse
Michigan
Clemmie Epple
Arthur Brown
Reform School
Young Brown
Story Spoke Works
Mr. Story
Epple
Upper Peninsula
Oakwood
Calumet
Samuel
Eli
J. T. Hitchcock
Michigan Central Railroad
Glenwood
Dowagiac
Mr. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Lost Boy Found After Two Days in Woods Near Escanaba
A searching party located the nine year old son of Felix Gardner of Fhitreck near Escanaba, nine miles from home. He had wandered into the woods for forty eight hours, exhausted and famished with little food or water.
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Lost Bow
Felix Gardner
Fhitreck
Weels
Escanaba
Opera House and Armory Burn at Grand Haven
Fire destroyed the opera house and armory of Company G, Michigan National Island, at Grand Haven. Both buildings burned to the ground. Ownership held by the Company G stock company. Loss listed as 0.00 dollars, insured for 200 dollars.
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Opera House
Armory
Company G
Michigan National Islland
Grand Haven
Company G Stock Company
Longest Lawsuit on Record Reaches Settlement
Dr Winckler of Lucerne Switzerland presided over a 500 year boundary dispute between Hungary and Galicia over land 70 miles south of Cracow. The tract is owned partly by Prince Ho henlohe and Count Zamoy ski. The arbitrator ruled in favor of Galicia, granting Hungary 20 acres to straighten the boundary.
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Winckler
Lucerne
Switzerland
Hungary
Galicia
Cracow
Prince Hohenlohe
Zamoyski
Posen
Reckless Chauffeur Catches Three Fines
A county sheriff boasts of gathering fines from three speeding drivers. The proceeds were enough to paint his house and buy a piano, as he discusses profits from enforcement in a witty exchange about autos in motion.
Imports rise overall while per capita fall shown
The report notes a 30 percent rise in total imports while imports per person decline from 12.51 dollars to 10.88 dollars. It highlights a mismatch between aggregate growth and individual consumption levels.
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Jack Grainger
M'M
Keer
Devonshire
London
Aso
Ile
Grosvenor Place
Uncle Jollup
State OF Michigan
Kalamazoo
Chicago
Port Huron
Willian Clark
Belleville
Newayzo
Turtle Lake Club
Alpena
Montmerency
Calhoun County
Shelby
Menominee
Alfred
A. W. Bishop
Black River
Livingston County
George Murray
Menominee County
Grand Rapids
John McCormick
Newberry
Menominee River
Reese
William Rainy
Holloway
Britton
Will Hervick
Albion
Munising
Alger County
Lake Superior
Ishpeming
Matt Leppamaki
Nels Pantti
Nellie Cusainao
Marathon
Jesse Edwards
Hlarian Chase
Melville Chase
Eckford
Chauncey Streeter
Montrose
Ludington
Emmet White
Saranac
Stevens
Shaftsburg
Shiawassee
Sullivan
Leeteh
Leslie
Walter Knickerbocker
Mena Creek
Wiliam R. Peek
Kingsley
Ife
Union City
Chester Pell
Jan Bos
Morrice
Tos
Amsterdam
Holland
Verna Stowell
Eureka
Alex Wilson
Ira Ford
Detroit
Pere Marquette Tracks
Crescent Club
Wilder
Ruth
Saul
Israel
Hophni
God
Hannah
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Tie
Jas. King
Wid Currie
Fort Huron
King
Heys
Ter
Charles Mezee
Lreirvit
Jey Witege
Vicksburg
George Mezee
Geneva
Neb
the Sunday School
John R Slater
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