Andrew Jackson Will Records in Davidson County Court
The last will of General Andrew Jackson, probated in Davidson County Tennessee, is on record. It details debts, burial in a special tomb at Hermitage, and that real and personal property revert to his adopted son Andrew Jackson Jr after debts are paid. Bequests include enslaved people and mementos to descendants. The document dates to 1833 with later amendments and notes the Hermitage home preservation.
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Nashville
Andrew Jackson
Davidson County
Yeun
Plavidson County
Department of History
Jackson
Davidson
Hermitane
Jesus Ghost
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson, Jr
Japanese Beetles Get Tipsy on Geranium Leaves
Philadelphia city entomologist Hermann Hornig reported Japanese beetles feeding on geranium leaves become intoxicated and disoriented, a fact he linked to beetles' preference for the plant. He noted growers once feared the leaves were poisonous, but that belief was unfounded.
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Philadelphia
Tuly
A&p
Herrman Hornig
Hornig
Mrr
Resinol soap praised for clear skin in Baltimore ad
A Baltimore reader reports fifteen years of use and renewed hope after one month with Resinol Soap. She notes two daughters aged five and two also have improved skin and expresses complete confidence in the soap’s effectiveness.
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Baltimore, Md
Police quell riot at Wales colliery
In Abertillery Wales July 29 police were called to disperse a mob of men women and children armed with rocks attempting to prevent officials and safety men from taking control of the mines. The crowd tore up rails derailing coal cars while police dispersing the mob were pelted with stones.
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Abertillery
Wales
One Killed Two Hurt In Auto Turnover At Guave
Greenwich July 25 One man died and two were injured when an auto skidded and turned over on the Mt Kisco Armonk road near Armor Hill. Joseph Fellman 26 East Port Chester died. Louis Senft 84 Port Chester broke arm and leg. Frank Witkowski East Port Chester escaped with minor injuries. Fellman was nephew of Greenwich Police Chief James Nedley and a member of East Port Chester Protection Fire company.
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Greenwich
Joseph Fellman
North Water Street
East Port Chester
Louis Senft
Port Chester
Mt. Kisco-Armonk Bishway
Armor
Frank Witkowsi
Feilman
James Nedley
Protection Fire Company
East
Ferguson couple blames Klan for Texas defeat
Governor Miriam Ferguson and her husband James Ferguson allege the Ku Klux Klan helped drive her past defeat by Attorney General Dan Moody. The couple vow to remain in service to the public and retire around November 1, promising no obstruction to the incoming administration.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
James GH
Aim
Ferguson
Ku Klux Klan
Dan Moody
Vgunon
Stamford girl bitten in Hubbard heights dog scare
Stamford July 29 Special Madeline DeSessa thirteen years old 19 First street was bitten in the thigh by a dog in the Hubbard heights section yesterday The dog, roaming where a mad dog had been killed earlier in the week, caused alarm The wound has been cauterized and the dog is under observation
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Stamford
Madeline DeSessa
First Street
Hubbard Heights
Carter
Pope's audience as Protestant visitor refuses to kneel
Rome July 29. Vatican attaches report great excitement as the Pope grants an audience to visitors. A British Protestant subject declined to kneel when urged by an attache. The Pope appeared surprised but offered no comment and moved on.
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Rombe
Vatican
Heat wave halves egg yield as 13 chickens die at Storrs contest
Storrs reports a deadly heat wave during the thirty-eighth week of the egg laying contest. The week’s flock laid 4,000 fewer eggs than the prior week, averaging about 125 eggs per bird. RW Colman's White Leghorns from Medina, N.Y. posted the top score with 38 eggs, while Dudley Poultry Farm Webster Mass and Adam Glass Mobile Ala tied for second with 55 eggs. Three leading pens changed positions in White Leghorns, Rhode Island Red, and other varieties, with Tolvonen Leghorn Farm Girard Pa leading overall with 1792 points.
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Storrs
Colman
Medina
N.Y
Leghorn
Dudley Poultry Farm
Webster, Mass
Adam Glass
Mobile
Ala
Leghoen
Rnest Craze
Ramsey, S.J
Frank Heitzman, Jr
Gainaville
Alabama
Orioa
Hanson
Leghorn Farm
Corvallis
Ore
Roy LH. Waite
College Park
Rhode Island
Shell Crest Farm
Holliston
Mags
Padrey Bros
Mass
Tolvonen Leghorn Farm
Girard
West Cornwall
Conn
Danbury Man Sued Over Seizure of Auto
Roger E. Van Vechten of Bridgeport sues Danbury resident Fred G. Lee in Superior Court claiming Lee unlawfully seized and forcibly took the automobile Van Vechten bought for 1230 dollars on June 18, with 400 dollars credited on a trade in and a note for the balance. Van Vechten seeks 1750 dollars in damages for the alleged seizure on July 10 and disruption of his sales work.
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Roger E. van Vechien
Bridgeport
Superior Court
Fred G. Lee
Danbury
Lee
van Vechten
Ice
Damaged
Darien bootleg cases continued in Brooklyn men
Four Brooklyn men alleged to run a large bootleg plant in Darien had their cases continued for a week after waiving examination before U S Commissioner Hugh Lavery. The defendants Vita Palerno Camelo Frank Blondi and Joseph Madico appeared with attorney Pasquale Vioni. bonds set at 1990 dollars each. Anthony Campo owner of Noroton Steles hospital faces 1300 dollar bond and will be before the commissioner Monday morning.
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Brooklyn
Darien
Doolin
Manion
Met
Web
Hugh 3. Lavery
Pasquale Vioni
Commis Office
Vita Palerno
Vita Camelo
Frank Blondi
Joseph Madico
Brookly
Anthony R. Campo
Atlantic Street
Stanford
Noroton Steles Hospital
Avery
Greenwich Police Reappoint Lipsett to Force
Greenwich July 29 Special Lipsett has been appointed member of the Greenwich town police by the selectmen. Lipsett was formerly a member of the department and resigned to rejoin the force.
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Greenwich
Specialy
Bes Lipsett
Greenwich Town
Lipsett
Depar
Phone the circulation department for summer subscription
A call is placed to the circulation department to arrange an immediate summer subscription, seeking prompt setup and confirmation of terms.
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