Peculiar Primm Family Tale Of Four Husbands And One Wife
In Dresden Tennessee a single farmhouse hosts Mrs Joseph Primm and her three Primm brothers in a complex kinship. Each husband married the same woman, who bore all their sons, creating a web of stepmothers aunts grandmothers and uncles across generations in a single household.
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Primm
Dresden
Tenn
Joseph Primm
John
James
Jack
Dresden, Tenn
Primm Family Petticoat Sparks Repeat Divorce and Reunions
In a cluttered Christmas quarrel over which son was best, Mrs. Primm left with her three boys after her husband accused her of favoritism. She later divorced Jack, lived with her parents, and after their passing remarried Joseph Primm. The family reunion brings the Primms together for now, with no more children to follow.
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Joseph Primm
Joseph
John
James
Jack
Mary Williams
John Jr
Mary
James, Jr
Jim
Jack Primm
Primm
Jack, Jr
Primms
Munyon’s 3 X Rheumatism Cure Promises Quick Relief
Speedily Restored to Munyon's 3 X Rheumatism Remedy. Advertises multiple Munyon products with guarantees and money back offers. Claims no harmful drugs, 160 doses per bottle, and quick relief for pains, headaches, indigestion, and constipation. Address given for medical advice in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
534
Jefferson Sts
Phila
Penn
Parish of All Strangers forms in Boston church movement
The first meeting of the Parish of All Strangers, a new Boston religious movement aiding theatrical and traveling people, drew Rev. Eugene C Webster as founder. He said Boston hotels and theatres will fund the outreach and that an all strangers church replaces the initial actors focus. A hotel service is scheduled for Victoria on April 21 at 8 PM.
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Parish of All Strangers
Boston
Westminster Hotel
Eugene C. Webster
Alice M., Springer
H. Nelson Raymond
Edwin B. Powell
Edith Gertrude Wales
Thomas van Ness
Victoria
Woman Burned by Newspaper At Somerville Home
Mrs. Jane Deveraux, 35, was burned when her dress ignited from a Sunday newspaper at 60 Oak Street Somerville. Her husband Martin burned his right hand while trying to help. She is in a precarious condition at Somerville Hospital after jumping into bed to extinguish flames.
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Jane Deveraux
Oak Street
Somerville
Martin
Deveraux
Somerville Hospital
Sunday News Flashes Notes of Femininity
Spokane report outlines Miss Alice Ole Bush and Percy Howard Shore marrying after a short letter and photo exchange. They met in Spokane and wed with a ready license as the couple notes fond Northwest ties.
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Sunday News
Spokane
Wash
Alice Ole Bush
Percy Howard Shore
McElroy Bets $250 To Find Wife Within Year
Joseph McElroy of Elizabeth New Jersey signed a contract after betting friends that he would marry within one year. The wager, set at 250 dollars, requires him to wed by April 13 1908 or forfeit the sum to the six bettors.
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New York
Joseph McElroy
Elizabeth
N. J
McElroy
Rival to Dowie in court testifies on marriage
In Chicago on April 14 Charles H. Webster testified he had never kissed his wife Eva and could not justify the marriage. He said he never sought money from her and never exchanged letters. He was being sued. the judge reserved his decision.
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Chicago
Gladstone Dowie
Charles H. Webster
Eva
C E Osgood Co Opens Sewing Machine Department
The C E Osgood Co at 744 756 Washington Street opens a sewing machine department on the third floor near the drapery with a demonstrator. It offers high quality machines at low prices with credit terms and a 10 year guarantee.
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C. BK. Osgood Co
Washington Street
Osgood’s
Osgood
Elsie Janis Faces Vaudeville Switch After Suit
New York April 14. The suit by Milton Aborn Sargent Aborn Theodore Liebler and George Tyler to stop Elsie Janis from quitting for vaudeville grows. Janis published notes asking her manager Tyler to deter Henry Donnelly from leaving the company fearing harm to her career. She has earned 750 weekly but was offered 3000 by Percy Williams and believes the change would be beneficial. The Aherns claim they helped launch her and she should stay.
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New York
Milton Aborn
Sargent Aborn
Theodore A. Liebler
George C. Tyler
Elsie Janis
Miss Janis
Mr. Tyler
Henry V. Donnelly
Percy Williams
Aherns
Elsie
Cleveland socialite files divorce suit after short marriage
Mrs Jessie Louise McMath Stanley McKinnie sues for divorce from her latest husband George A McKinnie a member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club. Once known as Mrs Stanley she had been divorced from her first husband after eleven years of marriage and is described as a prominent Cleveland beauty.
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Cleveland, O
Jessie Louise McMath-Stanley-McKinnie
George A. McKinnie
Gentlemen's Driving Club
Horan Rinn Nuptials at St. Joseph's Church Tonight
Miss Isabel Rinn of Somerville will marry William J. Horan of South Boston at St. Joseph's Church tonight. After a wedding supper at the Lenox Hotel the couple will depart for a three week honeymoon in Atlantic City. They will reside at home after July 17.
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Isabel Rinn
Somerville
William J. Horan
South Boston
St. Joseph’s Church
Lenox Hotel
Atlantic City
Mrs. Horan
Out of work North Adams man shoots self
James Walley Jr a 39 year old engraver at Windsor Print Works shot himself today in North Adams his death follows his despondency over the plant’s failure to re engage him after a two year shut down the tragedy underscores job insecurity in the post shutdown period.
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North Adams
James Walley, Jr
Windsor Print Works
Walley
Rickert dies after field collision during practice
J William Rickert 20 of 28 Boston street dies at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries in a Franklin Field practice collision while trying to join a Tremont street church team. A pitcher on semi pro clubs and winner of two cups, he lived with his mother Mary and sister Theresa and worked at N E Automatic Machine Company on Pearl street.
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J. William Rickert
Boston Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Franklin Field
Tremont Street
Andrew A. A
National A. C
South Boston
National
A. C
Dorchester
Boston Y. M. C. A
Brockton Fair
Mary Rickert
Theresa
N. E. Automatic Machine Company
Pearl Street
New Theory Claims Parasites Cause Chronic Ills
Boston based healer R T Cooper trains spotlight on internal parasites as the source of stomach trouble. A Boston man reports relief after three days of Cooper medicine, alleging a 30 foot tape worm left his system. Cooper vows to prove his claims in Boston while offering to explain his preparations at Jaynes stores.
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R. T. Cooper
Boston
John S. Keen
Trenton Street
Keen
Jaynes
Cooper
St. Louis
Mr. Cooper
Washington and Hanover Street
Pullman tourist sleeping cars from Chicago to Pacific Coast
Tickets on sale daily until April 29 for 49.90 to 52 dollars. Service runs Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays from Chicago to Pacific Coast points. For details contact S A Hutchison Manager North Western Pacific Excursions 300 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Pullman
Boston
S. A. Hutchison
North-Western
Union Pacific
Washington Street
Mass
Cohan to Wed Brookline Girl Agnes Nolan
Brookline residents learned that Agnes Nolan daughter of Mr and Mrs John Nolan of 229 Boylston street Brookline will marry actor George M Cohan in July. Nolan sisters, including Alice, appear in the company and are noted swimmers with prizes.
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Brookline
Agnes Nolan
John Nolan
Boylston Street
George M. Cohan
Third Attempt at Death by Own Action
Henry Brady 22 of 51 Bunker Hill Charlestown made his third suicide attempt in three months by drinking carbolic acid. An emetic at the Relief station saved him. he was released last night. He previously jumped from a third story window and nearly injured himself and reportedly tried hanging in a cell. His crippled mother, who called him the seventh son, fears liquor and bad company.
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Henry Brady
Bunker Hill Street
Charlestown
Brady
Station
Post
Henry
Postmaster Foils Burglars in Long Island Store
L I postmaster at Rosedale New York fooled burglars who broke into the Merrick road store. He hid three days receipts in a stocking and kept the safe empty. Burglars fled with groceries ships anchors harness darning needles dry goods wagon wheels and other items worth about 1000 dollars including bottled whiskey.
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New York
Joe Roekel
Rosedale
L. I
Roekel
George
Merrick Road
Sam
Long Island
American Society of International Law to Meet in Washington
Washington April 14 The American Society of International Law prepares for its first annual meeting April 19 and 20 expected to draw over 500 members. Sessions are scheduled Friday morning afternoon and evening and Saturday morning with a banquet Saturday evening.
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Washington
American Society of International Law
Spring Tonic for Pimples and Skin Boils
A recipe urges shaking Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, then taking one teaspoon after meals and at night. Claimed to cleanse blood by aiding kidney filtration to remove acids and microbes causing eruptions and boils. Take now for a better complexion.
East Boston’s Swimming Horse Topsy Makes Harbor Feat
East Boston expressmen boast a remarkable show by Topsy the horse. The animal leapt from a North ferry boat, swam toward East Boston, dodged a tug, and landed at Lincoln Wharf near his starting point. Owner George R. Hobbs & Co. runs Chelsea and East Boston express services.
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East Boston
Topsy
Boston
Lincoln Wharf
Aged Texan Expects to Reach 300 by Elixir of Life
H H Bourne a 92 year old Texan believes he has found a secret elixir of life and will live to 300. He argues proper application of his system prevents death before 300 and notes his youthfulness and vigor after a 200 mile mule back ride in Mexico. Bourne was born aboard ship in 1815 during his parents' migration from Ireland.
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Claremont
Tex
H. H. Bourne
Mexico
Bourne
Ireland
United States
London move speeds up Edeson and Levey wedding
Henry B Harris sudden plan to take the Strongheart company to London on April 24 accelerates Robert Edeson and Ethel Levey’s marriage. Levey shuns other engagements to join the London trip and marry in the next two months. George M Cohan will wed Agnes Merrill, formerly with George Washington Jr. Company.
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Henry B. Harris
Miss Levey
Grand Opera House
Pittsburg
Mr. Edeson
New York
London
Strongheart
George M. Cohan
Agnes Merrill
George Washington, Jr
Explosion on dredger kills two Spaniards in Key West
An explosion of a boiler tube on the dredger George W. Allen at Key West in the early hours killed Jose Anido and Manuel Agras, both Spaniards, and injured eight others working on the Florida East Coast railway project.
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Key West
Fla
George W. Allen
Florida East Coast Railway
Jose Anido
Manuel Agras
Death after theater shooting in Pittsburg student
Robert M. Crowe 23 nephew of H C McEldowny president of the Union Trust Company died after shooting himself in the abdomen while at a box at a Pittsburg theatre last Wednesday. The incident caused a panic and was blamed on financial difficulties.
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Pittsburg
Robert M. Crowe
H. C. McEldowny
Union Trust Company
Crowe
Shawmut Furniture Co. Starts Special Dining Room Sale
Shawmut Furniture Company at 267 269 Tremont Street launches a one week sale of dining room furniture. Hundreds of sideboards dining tables and chairs are priced to clear space for new arrivals as New England buyers are urged to act quickly.
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Shawmut Furniture Company
Tremont Street
New England
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Marguerite EK. Mooney
Charley
C. E. Osgood CO
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Keep Mfg. CO
KEEP
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the Post
George R. Hobbs & Co
Chelsea
East
Lincoln
Will
Robert Edeson
Ethel Levey
Shawmut Furniture CO
Unece
General Jacqueminot
John Lang
Ulrich Brunner
Celine Forestier
Crimson Rambler
Japan
Hrmning Vines
White Star Clematis Dutchman Pipe
Mnalaneta
Fisher and Holmes
la France
Moss Rose
Alfred Colecomb
Duke of Edinburgh
Hal Maevienn Taran
Ruel Reverlstves
Baron de Rothschild
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California
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