Little Stories of Women Who Figured in Yesterday's News
A Chicago report on Judge Willard Ewen noting divorce trends from sunrise court sessions. He claims the divorce germ peaks at 20 and 40, alimony steadies men, and that church weddings outlive elopements from St Joe and Hammond. He warns girls dream of fairyland marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Williard Ewen
Superior Court
Michigan
Indiana
St. Joe
Mich
Hammond
Ind
Woman 104 Years Old Weary Of Living In Worcester
Mrs Abraham Harpin aged 104 at 53 Lake Street Worcester tells a reporter she does not want more years saying she has lived too long. She believes she should have died 25 years ago and still has full mental faculties and interest in past decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Abraham Harpin
Lake Street
Man in Drag Passes Draft at Granada Bank
A Granada Bank of Spain clerk refused payment on a draft presented by a woman who was later revealed to be a man in disguise. The applicant returned later dressed as a man, prompting bank inquiries that confirmed the impersonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada
Spain
Bank of Spain
Girl in Men's Clothes Strikes It Rich for Love at Miners
Miss Ethel McNeill, a Winnipeg school teacher, wore male dress to hunt gold in western mining regions and found a fortune to save her fiancé Wilson McWhorter from consumption. After disguises in Idaho Montana and South Dakota she struck it rich and plans to marry him in Winnipeg then move to New Mexico for his health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crook City
S. Cak
Ethel McNeill
Winnipeg
McNeill
Wilson McWhorter
McWhorter
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Kingsley Malcomb
New Mexico
Double Wedding in Sonoma Links Two Generations
Richard Ellsworth aged 60 married Jennie Barrett 20 and his son 38 wed Jennie’s mother. Four people, neighbors say the couples courted separately but the double ceremony left the daughter as step mother in law to her own mother and the son as father in law to his father’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonoma
Richard Ellsworth
Jennie Barrett
Jennie
Ellsworths
Barrett
Night Hour Wrinkles Vanish Claim Prompts Secret Offer
An advertisement touts a miracle discovery to erase facial wrinkles overnight without massages or creams. It claims lines vanish and skin firms with a simple method, urging readers to contact Harriet Met a in Syracuse New York for full details under a secrecy pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vo Ae
Harriett Meta
Syracuse, N. Y
Devil in the Choir Controversy At St Pauls Church
New York March 25 The devil has not taken possession of St Pauls choir says Ida Bedell former member of St Pauls M E Tottenville The congregation erupts over reports that John N White former choir leader claimed devil was in the choir Mrs Davis current organist and director rejects criticism calling critics old fogies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Paul’s
Ida Bedell
St. Paul’s M. E. Church of Tottenville
White
John N. White
Davis
Women Brokers Make Men Operators Blink It
Helen Kimber and Nellie Howard, real estate brokers, have purchased 1 600 000 acres along the north border of Mexico and the Gulf of California for speculative purposes. The deal, one of the West’s biggest in years, features land claimed to need no irrigation and to yield up to 75 bushels per acre with possible mineral deposits and two natural harbors for future cities. The sisters have three years in St Joseph and previously worked in Cottonwood Falls Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Helen Kimber
Nellie Howard
Mexico
Gulf of California
Kimber and
Howard
St. Joseph
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Birmingham Girl Named to Christen Cruiser Birmingham
Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham will christen the new scout cruiser Birmingham, under construction in Quincy Massachusetts. She is the daughter of attorney B K Campbell and a student at the Woman's College in Baltimore, named by Mayor George B Ward of Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Campbell
Quincy
Mass
Campbell
B. K. Campbell
Woman’s College At
Baltimore
George B. Ward
Bronze Giantesses Missing On Way To Carnegie Institute
The missing bronze figures titled Art and Literature from New York, part of the Carnegie Institute at Schenley Park, have vanished en route to Pittsburgh. The Music and Science statues arrived and were set, with April 11 dedication looming. A railroad loss is under investigation by trustees official Col. Samuel Harden Church and a dozen tracers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Here
New York
Carnegie Institute
Schenley Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Harden Church
Board of Trustees
Mrs Crocker Seeks Primacy of 1904 Will Ruling
Mrs An-nie J Crocker petitions the Supreme Court to reopen the case contending a juror’s conviction biased the 1904 decision disallowing Ariel H Crocker’s will. The late lawyer left nearly 700000 to his widow with sons largely disinherited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel H. Crocker
Matthew J. Killion
Annie J. Crocker
Supreme Court
Uriel H. Crocker
Annie J. Fitzpatrick
George A. Crocker
Edgar Crocker
Moran
Killian
D A R Reception and Tea for Mrs Masury
An informal reception and tea honored Elizabeth Masury state regent of the D A R at the Pierce building yesterday afternoon. Old South Chapter members hosted with regent Mrs Frank Ellison vice regent Mrs Henry Bishop assisting. Ushers included Mrs E M Stillings Mrs Frank P Endicott and Mrs William H Mitchell. Tea tables were presided over by Mrs Rebecca Masters and Mrs Henry Graves with a corps of young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Masury
Pierce
Old South Chapter
Henry Graves
Two Killed in Canadian Pacific Train Wreck Near Myrtle
Fireman C. Jones and Brakeman H. Howe died when two freight trains collided near Myrtle on the Canadian Pacific. Engineer Hinns and Fireman Horse were injured in the wreck reported from Toronto Ontario march 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
C. Jones
H. Howe
Hinns
Myrtle
First White Child Born in Chicago Dies
Alexander Beaubien, reputed as Chicago's first white child born in Fort Dearborn, dies at age 0? after long illness. born January 28, 1822, in Fort Dearborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander Beaubien
Beaubien
Fort Dearborn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kryptok
Andrew J.lloyd Co
Bursay, Ste Boyne
Buillers
Martha Dean
Boston
Bases
Post
State Street
Mr. Crocker
J. Crocker
Rother
Holgar
Uriel Crocker
Bay State Road
Crocker
New England
Ait
Verona
Lucuyu
Mattings
China
Lle
Vole Cue
Cork
Wilton
Alue
Vjzai Yarus
Brussels
M. J. Whit
B. Crystal & Son
Broadway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!