Third Husband on Clothes and Goes in Divorce Turmoil
Oscar a Richland farmer, 22, left home after a quarrel with his bride of four months who has two prior marriages. She suspects he went to his mother’s home after an argument while she took their one year old daughter to Kalkaska with her father. Neighbors say the bride is not to blame for multiple divorces.
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Oscar
Germany
France
Kalamazoo College
J. Perry Worden
Arthur Olsen
Cedar River
Olsen
Frank Shampa
Frank St. Peter
Leanna
Wallace
Shampo
Marshall
Walter Ellis
Ellis
Detroit
Duke of
Manchester
Papa-in
Eugene Zimmerman
Consolidated Systems
Toledo and
Ironton
Ann Arbor
Papain-Law Zimmerman
Burton Mission
Grand Rapids
Schuyler Foster
Allegan
Theresa Chadbourne
Queenie Gray Dies in Birthday Carbolic Acid Act
Miss Queenie Gray aged 21 killed herself in Muskegon by carbolic acid on her birthday after jealousy over kissing another girl during a party trip. Daughter of a Toronto businessman, she despondent for some time and the incident involved her sweetheart and another girl.
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Queenie Gray
Muskegon
Miss Gray
Toronto
Youth Discharged After Self-Defense in Parricide Case
William Laycock Jr. was found to have shot and killed his father in what the court ruled self defense to save his mother and brother. The examining judge at Stephenson discharged the youth and dismissed manslaughter. Albert Laycock testified for his brother while wounded, and Mrs Laycock wept at the release.
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William Laycock
Stehenson
Albert Laycock
William
Layccock
Pioneer Seeks Divorce After Fifty-Two Years of Marriage
Levi Woods, a Kalamazoo territorial pioneer and longtime Presbyterian pillar, asks for a divorce from his wife Mary after twenty seven years of marriage. The Circuit Court is under advisement. He accuses a daughter from a former marriage of stirring trouble and says she induced him to sell Michigan property and move to California, returning later as his wife stayed with her daughter.
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Levi Woods
Presbyterian Church
Kalamazoo
Mary
Circuit Court
Woods
Michigan
California
Man fined in Milwaukee for attempted suicide after drug mix up
Albert Krenske, laborer with prior run ins, was fined £5 and costs in Milwaukee District Court for attempting death by his own hand with carbolic acid. He had been duped by a drug clerk who gave a harmless substitute and alerted police. After a quarrel with his wife he returned, knocked, and collapsed with a carbolic acid bottle in hand.
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Milwaukee
Albert Krenske
Krenske
Kranske
Brighton Census Reports Racial Death by Own Action Claim
A Brighton census claims the town shows the highest rate of death by self action among U S towns. It lists twenty four single member families and seventy six two member families, with only four families exceeding seven members. The village, once populous, now houses 749 residents across about 1 3 acres per person within city limits.
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Brighton
United States
Shooting leaves Burlington youth in peril during hunt
Carl Tomlinson, 18, was accidentally shot by Don Bacher while squirrel hunting near Burlington township. The bullet struck his left side and lodged in the chest. doctors fear for his life. Bacher is distraught over the possible loss of his friend.
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Burlington Township
Carl Tomlinson
Don Bacher
Tomlinson
Bacher
Man Found Hidden in Straw Tick After Theft Charge
Deputy Sheriff Nash found Leslie Musser hidden in a straw tick at his parents’ Boardman home while fleeing officers. He was taken to Kalamazoo on a charge of stealing $14 worth of merchandise from a traveling salesman at Schoolcraft. Officers searched the house and the suspect was caught as they prepared to depart.
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Alamasco
Boardman
Nash
Leslie Musser
Kalamazoo
Schoolcraft
Michigan Central Signalman Thwarts Major Train Wreck
Edward Egan, operator at Kalamazoo, saved lives by derailing a Michigan Central freight to block a Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger train. The freight derailed but stayed upright. four cars toppled in a wreck pile yet no injuries occurred.
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Edward Egan
Michigan Central
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Kalamazoo
Egan
Block Attempt To Save Lives In Desperate Suicide Pact
In Springport, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders drank chloroform and attempted to kill themselves and then restrained a neighbor, Mrs. Thuma, from aiding them. She summoned a physician, but the couple, despondent over a child’s death, were beyond help. Both are believed to die.
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John Sanders
Springport
Charles Thuma
Thuma
Sanders
State Happenings from the Times of Lansing and Beyond
Brief statewide notices report Mayor Lyons of Lansing injuring ribs in a bath, graduates at the State School for the Blind, deaths of Otto Kring and James Barker, a fire escape in Port Huron, and Beal’s East Lansing mayoral prospect. Other items include a deadly mine blast, a child struck by a railcar, drownings near Cement City, a professor resigning, an accidental shooting, assaults, a grim discovery in Marshall, a royal rumor on Detroit, and a public incident of a car going over an embankment. Also Sunday School lesson reflections on faith through adversity and nationhood.
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Mayor Lyons
Lansing
State School For the Blind
Otto H. Kring
Monroe
Indianapolis
Michigan
James W. Barker
Grand Rapids
Martin Fraser
South Park
Port Huron
Rapid
Marine City
Neil Ferris
Washington Griffith
Byron Bereher
Woodstock Township
Silverlake
Cement City
George Warner
Brighton
Warner
Ieart
Prune Habit and The Man Who Keeps the House
A Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts diet and residence with humor. A man who stays where he eats prunes becomes a lobster, illustrating a playful take on habits shaping character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Play Review: Detroit Press Says Actors Were All Bad
A Detroit Free Press summary notes a poorly received performance at the Play. The critic quips that neither villain nor hero stood out as the actors failed to impress. The theater piece drew mixed reactions from the audience.
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Detroit Free Press
Elm and Thorn Tree Romantic Grave in New England
In Newburyport, Hannah Flagg Gould told the tale of two trees tied to emigration. The Old Elm of Newbury fell recently, and The Grave Under the Thorn Tree recalls Marie Felicite Merlande. A thorn tree sprang up over her grave, later replaced on Arbor Day by a new tree beside foreign graves, honoring the forgotten resting place and the writer.
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New England
Newburyport
Hannah Flagg Gould
Newbury
Gould
Maine
Marie Felicite
Pa's Housecleanin and the Burden on Ma
A poem from Woman's Home Companion portraying a rural family scene. Pa returns from work to supervise noon cleaning while Ma bears the hard labor, with children Jim and narrator secretly helping. The piece highlights gendered toil, fatigue, and family dynamics through a humorous yet poignant lens.
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Jim
Father the head of Cameron clan in icy tale
In a portrait of the Cameron family the father is shown as the decisive head who dispenses advice and cures for the cold season. Mrs Cameron humorously confirms his authority noting the family’s improved health, while friends tease about throat troubles. The exchange highlights the central role of the father in household affairs.
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Cameron
Mr. Cameron
New York
Grindle Joins Church After Making Pile
A Philadelphia Press quip notes Grindle, once feared as a business magnate, has joined the church after amassing wealth. The remark suggests the move is to avoid distractions to his millinery business, with a wry exchange on why he waited to join.
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Grindle
Philadelphia Press
Michigan Lawmakers and New State Game Warden Appointments
Michigan lawmakers expect broad patronage if a House bill becomes law, elevating Charles Pierce to State game fish and fire warden with higher pay. The forest fire prevention bill would create deputy wardens and a $10,000 appropriation, while fishing licenses shift to non residents paying $10 and counties face delays on deer licenses before the season starts.
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Charles Pierce
Upper Peninsula
Houghton
Extravagant State Budget Aims for Record 1907
Legislative reporters describe the 1907 session as the most extravagant in state history. Forecasts show a total budget near 9.29 million dollars, with prior appropriations and university tax implications, plus requests for funds for the College of Mines, Agri cultural college, highway department and binder twine plant. The governor must approve or veto the entire appropriation package.
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College of Mines
State Highway Department
Michigan Agricultural College
House approves conference report for constitutional convention
The House passed the conference report by 64 to 23 and, with Speaker Whelan’s support, assured a constitutional convention. The plan creates 96 delegates (three per senatorial district). Primary Aug 13, election Sept 17, convention Oct 22 at the capitol. delegates paid $10 daily through Jan 31. The completed constitution to be ratified by voters in April 1908.
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House
Whelan
Rport
Senate
Capitol
Bailey Proposes Salary Cut for Hillsdale Stenographer
An incident in the House drew attention as Carl E. Bailey, stenographer for the Hillsdale Circuit recently separated from Lenawee county, introduced a bill to reduce his salary from 1000 to 1400 dollars a year. He argues a smaller circuit justifies the salary decrease.
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Carl E. Bailey
Hillsdale Circuit
Lenawee County
Amend Indeterminate Act Passes Senate
The Senate approves an amend to the indeterminate act granting judges power to set maximum sentences, requires the minimum to be at least half the maximum, and allows release on expiration of the minimum for good behavior. It also creates a mechanism for obtaining a hearing.
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Senate
Deadlock Over Railway Bill Sees House and Senate Split
Legislative stalemate persists as the House passes a railway commission bill rejected by the Senate which favors a substitute. Only agreement centers on the reciprocal demurrage section, with both chambers diverging on other provisions.
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House
Senate
End of Long Squabble Passes Senate For Strong Medical Law
The State medical registration bill passed the Senate without amendment ending a long series of squabbles among factions. Michigan will have the best medical law in the country and the board can enforce its standard of requirements.
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Senate
Michigan
Representative Perry’s School Teacher Bill Passes House
The House approved Perry’s school teacher bill by 33 yeas to 27 nays after a tense vote with members changing positions several times in an effort to defeat it.
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Perry
House
Miners Can Get Timber Support Passes House
The House approved by 61 to 10 a bill removing landholding limits for mining companies to secure timber for iron and copper operations. One rep opposed over consolidation fears, and the Governor has been asked for a hearing before signing.
Year Without a Summer 1816 Wreaks Cold Across Lands
In the Danbury Connecticut News summary of Northern diary records from 1810 to 1840, 1816 is described as the year without a summer. January to August saw unusual warmth then extreme cold with snow, frost, and failed crops across New England and New York. The piece notes storms, locked pastures, livestock losses, and widespread privation, with England also reporting no summer.
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United States
Europe
New York
Vermont
New York State
Massachusetts
New England
Pennsylvania
Barnet
London
England
Danbury (Conn
Ohio Court Rules Buckeye Pipe to Accept All Oil
The Findlay Circuit Court orders Buckeye Pipe Line Company to take all oil offered by independent producers at a fair price. The case challenges a alleged two cent per barrel transport rate, seen as prohibitive, and may aid Prosecutor David in forthcoming action against Standard Oil and Rockefeller interests.
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Findlay
Ohio
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
David
Standard Oil
Rockefellers
Iowa Divorces Knocked Out
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that Mrs Edna B Platt who deserted her husband in New Haven and obtained an Iowa divorce to remarry remains Platt’s wife. It holds her guilty of bigamy and declares the children from the second marriage illegitimate in a suit brought by the first husband alleging service by advertisement.
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Connecticut Supreme Court
Edna B. Platt
New Haven
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