Mail Order Wife Ends In Desertion Divorce For Michigan Farmer
Marshall county court grants divorce to Lee County farmer Joseph Sturgis after he testified his three marriages to mail order brides failed. He described sending $800 plus another sum for a trip to New York, only to find the woman invalid and later deserting him after marriage over alleged beauty and lifestyle differences. The case hinges on desertion after the wife returned to New York.
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Michigan
Marshall Vy
Joseph Sturgis
Lee Farmer
Sturgis
New York City
England
Marshall
New York
Lucian T. F. Tull
New Amsterdam Gas Company of
Federal Grand Jury
Detroit
Tull
Head rolls out as thrashers flee scene on Clayton farm
Emmett Cooney and fellow workers near Clayton report a severed human head rolling from a sacks pile in a shed at the late Samuel Bryant farm. Bryant died six months ago and is buried nearby. workers speculated the head resembles him. No local missing person reports have been filed.
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Thrasher
Samuel Bryant
Clayton
Thrashers
Emmett Cooney
Cooney
Mr. Bryant
Delos A Blodgett Dies. Michigan Lumber Magnate
Delos A Blodgett, longtime Michigan lumber magnate and influential figure in industry and politics, died in Grand Rapids at age 11. Survived by his wife, three children, and two children from a prior marriage, including John W. Blodgett, Republican national committeeman, and Mrs Edward Lowe. He founded Osceola county’s first farm plat, started towns Ewart Baldwin and Hersey, boosted regional agriculture, bred celebrated bloodstock at Hersey, and served many years as a West Michigan State Fair director.
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Delos A. Blodgett
Michigan
Grand Rapids
John W. Tlodgett
Republican National Committee
Edward Lowe
Osceola County
Mich
Blodgett
Ewart
Baldwin
Hersey
West Michigan
Inquest Finds No Blame For Metz Relief Train Fire
Rogers City special reports the inquest into the Metz relief train disaster on the Detroit and Mackinac Railroad found no one to blame for the deaths of fifteen passengers. Witnesses described a track derailment at Nowicki Siding and a frantic attempt to save household goods, which contributed to fatalities. Conductor Kinsville warned passengers to abandon the goods, but the advice was not followed.
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Rogers City
Cicero
Metz
Detroit and Mackinac
Nowicki Siding
Kinsville
Lumberman Held Up Near Cedar River by Armed Posse
A posse trapped and captured Andrew Stein after a several hour siege in a swamp near Cedar River. Stein, a suspected highwayman, allegedly shot Joseph Gni etowski, 25, a Crawford Lumber Co. employee, as he walked to work, then robbed him of 25 dollars. Gnie toski was found and taken to Stephenson in critical condition.
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Cedar River
Andrew Stein
Stein
Joseph Gnietowski
Crawford Lumber Co
Gnietowski
Stephenson
Death in Same Manner Claims Two Men
Emil Hagberg and Louis Hauport died in farm wagon accidents at Iron Mountain. Hagberg suffered a broken neck when the wagon veered into a ditch and he was tossed over an embankment. Hauport, driving a team, was jolted from his seat on a corduroy road and died from internal injuries.
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Emil Hagberg
Louis Pauport
Louis Hauport
Iron Mountain
Hagberg
Pauport
Woman Dragged by Horse After Vehicle Spooks Animal
Mrs Bertha Yeager of Silver Creek narrowly escaped death when a horse she drove bolted upon seeing an automobile on rural roads. The horse struck a telephone pole, the buggy detached, and she clung to the lines while being dragged several rods, suffering severe bruises and cuts as the auto sped away.
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Rune
Pole
Bertha Yeager
Silver Creek
Unidentified Man Dies In Maple Ridge Farm Barn Blaze
An unidentified man perished in a barn fire one mile south of Maple Ridge. The structure and season’s hay and grain were destroyed. Bones found amid the ruins suggest a fatal death, while nearby church news notes Bishop Quayle dedicating Hillsdale Methodist church in memory of the late pastor.
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Alexander Rickard
Maple Ridge
Bishop Quayle
New Methodist
Hillsdale
W. A. Quayle
Chicago
W. L. Laufman
Short State Items Highlights
Summarized notices from Michigan towns include deaths of William Minnis in Wheatfield and Walter Marhoff in Kalamazoo, robberies in Holt and Kalamazoo, and a fire at the Riel farm near Oak Grove. Localities report road votes, electric line work, onion sales, and a missing Hillsdale student. Benton Harbor, Detroit, Lansing, and other places appear in brief items.
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William Minnis
Wheatfield
Rochester
Shiawassee
Dorcas
Corunna
Frank W. Floyd
Detroit
Pierce Street
Birmingham
Walter E. Marhoff
Kalamazoo
William Ryder
Adrian Basket
A. E. Silliard
Holt
Edward Woodbury
Muskegon
Stockbridge Elevator Company
Eaton County
Good Roads
Alfred Dunn
Citizens’ Electric Co
Battle Creek
Lansing
A. M. Todd
Grand Rapids
Palma of Cuba Dead President Tomas Estrada Palma
Tomas Estrada Palma, first president of the Cuban republic, died at Santiago on Wednesday afternoon. Though ousted by voters, no charges were brought against him personally as the nation mourns a venerable patriot. Born in Bayamo in 1835, he lived in the United States before becoming Cuba’s leader in 1902 and abdicated to avoid renewed bloodshed, ending his days in seclusion on the Cauto River estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomas Estrada Palma
Santiago
Palma
Pat- Tomas E
Bayamo
Cuba
United States
New Republic
Cauto River
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard Resigns at 74
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, age 74, resigns after a long tenure begun in 1869. He is credited with sweeping reforms that transformed Harvard, breaking the old curriculum and introducing the elective system and broader university integration. He has been called the George Washington of Harvard and the Germanizer of Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard
America
Eliot
George Washington
Arbitral Move by Swiss State Council Stirring US Relations
The Swiss State Council approved an arbitration treaty with the United States. Reports mention a Turkish steamship sinking the Stamboul ferry near Smyrna with 140 fatalities. Other items note wool buyers boycotting Melbourne exchange, the Dalai Lama’s arrival at Pekin causing reform tensions, and various sports, shipwreck, and suffragette events.
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Swiss State Council
United States
Stamboul
Smyrna
Melbourne
Australia
Pekin
Dalai Lama
Ile
Tibet
Max Luttbeg
Jimmy Potts
Normanna
Luttbey
Acrov
Christmas Island
Pacific Ocean
Suva
Fiji Islands
Manuka
B. R. Patrick
U. 8
S. N
House of Commons
London
Mary Leigh
Asquith
Night Riding Stop Led by Tennessee Governor
Governor Patterson rallies troops to dismantle the Tennessee Night Riders after the Rankin lynching near Reel foot Lake. Confession by Ted Burton implicates about twenty others as militia seize ringleaders and prepare trials. West Tennessee land and fishing rights fuel the violence as governors nationwide plan a regional crackdown.
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Patterson
Tennessee
Quentin R. Rankin
Zachary Taylor
Ted Burton
Camp Nemo
Samberg
Burton
Night Riders
Capt
Rankin
Walnut Lodge
Reelfoot Lake
Tom and
Garret Johnson
Will Watson
James F. Carpenter
Rankin and
Taylor
Carpenter
Bayou Deshea
Western Tennessee Land Company
Capt. Rankin
Tasmanians use dead sharks and barracouta as fertilizer
Telegraphic brief reports Consul Baker at Hobart describes a practice in which dead sharks and barracouta are employed as fertilizer. Diaz will not seek re election in Mexico’s 1910 contest, per El Rio Del Hegar. A towboat separation near Manitou Island led to the sinking of the Lizzie A Law while the barge Selden Marvin and fifteen aboard were rescued.
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Barracouta
Consul Baker
Hobart
Diaz
Mexico
el Rio del Hegar
Lizzie A. Law
Manitou Island
Selden Marvin
Roosevelt Aids Health Move
Dr. Charles A. L. Reed announced at the New York Academy of Medicine that President Roosevelt will propose a national health bill and transmit it with his endorsement to the next Congress. He urged 15,000 doctors to back the effort with a campaign for public welfare and warned about pollution and disease impacts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
American Medical Association
New York Academy of Medicine
Charles A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Association
Reed
United States
Ohio
National Board of Health
Army
Navy
Panama Canal
Two Pacific Pirates and a Stolen Ship Saga
Fiji official G C Alexander heads to Callao Peru to pursue piracy tale. Beligan J Mortelmans and T Skerrett held in Servia on piracy charges after forcing the Neu vre Tigre crew to walk the plank and renaming the vessel White Rose. The ship wrecked on a reef near Anamparaa Lagoon in Gilbert Islands. Captain and mate were Italians and two crewmen perished after Mortelmans attacked them with a meat cleaver and threatened to shoot them overboard.
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G. C. Alexander
Fiji Islands
Callao
Peru
J. Mortelmans
T. Skerrett
Servia
Neuvre Tigre
Anamparaa Lagoon
Gilbert Orellis
Skerret
Mortelmans
QODS BENDS AND DICKINSON STAR IN MANY ABOUTS
South Dakota university won its second football game 11 to 0 over Huron college in Vermillion. Frank Mount Pleasant will be Dickinson College quarterback as a junior, while Mo ran edged Hanlon in a San Francisco bout. Major Delmar and George G. failed to break Brockton track records, Lillian R. beat Margaret O. at Columbus, and Wisconsin center Ewald Stiehm is ruled ineligible after a summer-school exam issue.
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South Dakota University
Huron College
Vermillion
Montana
Dickinson
Brockton
Mass
George G
Major Delmar
Lillian R
David Shaw
Cleveland
Columbus
Margaret O
Lillianu R
Moran
Eddie Hanlon
San Francisco
Hanlon
New York Americans
Daniel A. Barry
Arthur Irwin
Barry
Irwin
Hal Chase
Rube Waddell
Hal
St. Louis
John Finan
Edward Burnett
Rube
Wisconsin University Law School
Ewald Stieim
Wisconsin Center
Stiehm
Chicago weekly trade review shows easing money and strong demand
The Chicago weekly trade review from Dun and Co notes bond flotations at a premium and lower commercial paper discounts signaling monetary ease. It reports improved trade, stronger retail buying, seasonable weather aiding distribution, rising demand for Christmas goods, and healthy agricultural output with heavy crop marketings. Bank deposits exceed prior records while mercantile collections lag locally. last week’s Chicago district failures totaled 48, with 13 liabilities over 5000.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
New York Weather and Trade Report Amid Election Quiet
Bradstreet's commercial report notes unsettled weather and weak distribution across many cities with Chicago and New York showing wholesale activity. Cotton goods for spring among the most active lines, while stock movement remains limited elsewhere. US failures equal 239 for the week ending Oct 20, up from prior weeks. Canada reports 32 failures, down from last week.
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Chicago
New York
Northwest
United States
Canada
Grain and livestock prices across multiple markets
The report lists price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grain across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo and Toledo. Notable figures include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 6.15 and cattle 4.00 to 7.60, New York butter 25 to 28 cents, wheat No 2 around 1.00, corn 61 to 67 cents, and oats 47 to 49 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Jenkins mill plant destroyed by fire in Seattle
A large lumber mill in Seattle Washington known as the Jenkins mill plant was destroyed by a fire. The loss is estimated at five hundred thousand dollars and the plant was idle at the time of the blaze.
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Jenkins
Seattle, Wash
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Michigan State News
Alva Solomon
Warner
Charlotte
Whitehall
Montague
Sessions
Otto Davovnski
David Friedland
Justice Court
Monroe
Michigan Telephone Company
Sakowitz, McMillan & Bowman
American Butter and Cheese Company
Camden
Riel
Oak Grove
Frank Wilder
Caro
Eugene Leonard
Watrousville
Leonard
Wilder
Board of Supervisors
Montcalm County
David Hinkle
Freed Island
President Eliot OF
University
C. W. Eliot
Noel
Mississippi
Pindall
Arkansas
Willson
Kentucky
Indiana
Georgia
Alabama
Boy
Captain
Mate
QODS
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