Nightshirt Garb at Party Sparks Divorce Suit
Mrs Stella V Wilson of St Louis seeks divorce from John Wilson. In court she testified he appeared at a Christmas Eve party in their home wearing only a nightshirt and sat in the parlor all evening. The gown hit his knees when seated and he wore no other garment. He claimed it was natural. She added rumors of disrobing toward an open window and neglectful behavior.
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Stella V. Wilson
John ©. Wilson
St. Louis
Death by own action duels in a ball tragedy
Two Polish youths at a Moscow ball duel to the death by self harm after losing an ecarte game. One shoots himself. the other flees to Berlin while the beloved countess accepts a Russian nobleman’s proposal. A separate New York incident reports a passerby setting a woman’s dress ablaze with a lit cigar and fleeing.
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Russia
Moscow
Nidetzky
Komorovsky
Feodorovo
Kemprovsky
Berlin
Interpreter in Melilla Carnival Executed by Cannon
During carnival festivities in Melilla a native interpreter played a burlesque pretender to the Moroccan throne. Days later he was seized outside the city, taken to the pretender's camp, tried, condemned, and executed by being blown from a cannon.
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Melilla
Morocco
Man Credits Snake Bite With Curing Rheumatism
John Chambers of Amwell township Missouri found a six foot black snake while clearing weeds on his farm. The snake darted at his foot and he felt a sting but remained unharmed. Chambers killed the snake and says his years of rheumatism disappeared afterward, attributing the cure to the reptile.
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John Chambers
Amwell Township
Mr. Chambers
Human body bubbles called myelins linked to soap
A New York World report states Professor J G Adams told the Harvey society that the body contains tiny globules named myelins, proposed as primitive soap. Polarized light studies trace their history from Virchow to Loblein, likening them to liquid crystals and suggesting a self cleansing principle in man.
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Harvey Society
Academy of Medicine
New York City
J. G. Adams
Earth
Adam
Virchow
Loblein
Carlsruhbe
New York World
Peanut production across Virginia Tennessee and Georgia
Virginia leads with white and small red peanuts while Georgia favors the small red nut. Tennessee grows white and larger red varieties. Humphreys Perry Hickman and Dickson counties are key producers as peanut farming expands beyond them making peanuts a major cash crop for many farmers. Goobers pindars earth nuts and ground nuts are all names for the crop. The Nashville American notes soldiers sang Grab bing Goober with troops marching through Georgia.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Georgina
Humphreys
Perry
Hickman
Dickson
Nashville
Celluloid Window Lights For Auto Tops
Celluloid sheets are produced in extreme thinness and can be rolled like paper. Transparent windows are cut from these sheets and installed in curtains for automobile tops. The rolled window material can be dented or crumpled, but it appears to be the best available option for this use.
Europe Not For Sale Says Rothschild To Gould
Lord Rothschild a leading member of the world’s richest banking house plays a key role in a commission on Jewish colonization. A tale recalls Jay Gould visiting and being refused, with Rothschild remarking Europe is not for sale.
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Lord Rothschild
Jay Gould
Gould
Europe
New Diamond Field at Christiana in Transvaal Discovered
An alluvial diamond deposit is found at Christiana in the Transvaal about seventy miles north of Wimberley with government granted claims of fifty yard squares. Some 3,000 miners from various nationalities live in huts and tents while surface deposits are worked similar to placer gold mining.
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Christiana
Transvaal
Wimberley
Grooming Machine Delights Stable Horses
Scientific American notes that a grooming machine averages thirty horses per hour in stables. Animals enjoy the massage as a form of relaxation and will often seek out the machine again after being released. The peaceful expression on the horses’ faces serves as strong testimonial.
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Scientific American
Immigration Study Tour By Six Of Nine Members
A Washington dispatch reports the immigration commission planned a four month Europe study tour for six of its nine members. Senator Dillingham chairs. three secretaries will be paid 3500 and 3000 dollars annually. They will travel with funding from a 2.5 million immigration fund and may bring families. They will report to Congress after visiting major European ports and immigrant origin countries.
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Immigration Commission
Europe
Washington
New York Times
Italy
Spain
Alps
Glens
Scandinavia
Dillingham
Commission
Congress
America
Dickinson to Establish Peace Department as William Penn Memorial
Dickinson College will create a department of peace and public service as a William Penn memorial. President Reed announced the plan and aims to educate youth in peaceful ideals with divisions in law government service industry and commerce and oratory guided by Penns frame of government principles. Dr Moncure Conway delivered the keynote urging universal peace.
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William Penn
Dickinson College
Penn
Carlisle
New York Sun
Moncure Conway
New York City
Reed
Dickinson
Modern Robinson Crusoe
Professor John B. Watson of the University of Chicago sails to a desolate Mexican gulf isle to study a near extinct bird species for science with a servant as companion. Scientists on Florida islands expect findings that may fill paleontological gaps, commissioned by the Camogie Institute.
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John B. Watson
Psychology
University of Chicago
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Watson
Florida
The
Camogie Institute
Shakespearean Twist Noted by a Small Reader
In Harper's Weekly a writer reports a playful discovery by a young girl who mixed Shakespeare with a school reader. She told her mother the book was Marys Little Lambs Tails, attributing the title to Shakespeare in a humorous confusion.
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Harpers Weekly
Jane
Jamestown Fair Opens as Virginia Celebrates Three Centuries
Minna Irving notes Jamestown fair in Virginia with pageantry. Ships salute the celebration as banners flutter, while Pocahontas lore and colonial imagery frame a modern state pride event. The scene links past and present under glittering spires and the old council fire.
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Pocahontas
Captain Smith
Virginia
Jamestown
Jamestown Fair
Council Firea
Minna Irving
Sealle’s Weekly
Bold scheme of Malet to seize Paris in 1813 plotted
A French republican general named Malet, ruined by Napoleon, escaped prison in 1812 and donned a general’s uniform with an aide. He and accomplices seized key sites in Paris claiming Napoleon dead, driving troops to parade and taking officials hostage before Laborde exposed him. Malet and 23 adherents were executed.
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Malet
Napoleon
Russia
la Force
Laborie
Guidal
Senate
Savary
Hotel de Ville
Seine
Paris
Laborde
Water Properties and Boiling Point Facts
Water expands below 59 degrees and can burst pipes at 32 degrees. Air pressure lowers boiling point. higher in mountains, lower at sea level. Adding sugar or salt raises boiling point. solubility varies with temperature. ice water dissolves more salt than boiling water. One pound of water dissolves two pounds of sugar but only two ounces of salt.
Frankincense and Its Ancient Harvesting Practices
The text explains frankincense as a pure gum resin from an Arabian terebinth, harvested by incising trunks and peeling bark to collect exudate. It notes past beliefs of winged serpents infesting the trees, and that burning styrax was used to deter them. Frankincense was sacred and forbidden for embalming, later used in Catholic and high church rites.
Decline in Hen Egg Production After Four Years
A study finds hens lay about 20 eggs at age one, 120 at two, 135 at three, 115 at four, 80 at five, and 60 at six. It concludes hens should not be kept beyond four years as they no longer yield a proper return on food.
Great Value of Honey in Nutrition and Beauty
A Birmingham Post article quotes a cooking expert praising honey as nutritious and delicate. It suggests eating honey from the comb to avoid adulteration and claims honey helps sore throats and bronchial troubles. It also notes women using honey as a facial cosmetic for a finer complexion and a glowing look.
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Birmingham Post
Noise in stylish building chills janitor and wife
The janitor asks if anyone heard a mysterious sound in the hall of a fashionable apartment house. His wife steps out and returns with the explanation that it was only a rat, leaving the janitor relieved and mistaken for a moment that a child was nearby.
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Bohenilan
A Close Fourth
Comedic exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal about domestic pride and family pets. A husband jokes that his wife values him after the baby the poodle and the rubber plant, framing a light hearted domestic moment.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Quotes of Lord Melbourne Reflecting on Tom Macaulay
A pithy remark contrasts Lord Melbourne’s doubt with Tom Macaulay’s certainty, illustrating a theme of confidence versus skepticism. The line suggests enduring certainty in opinion as a defining trait.
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Tom Macaulay
Lord Melbourne
Notice for Bids on Court House Roof and Jail Plumbing
Sealed bids addressed to Fountain County Auditor at Covington Indiana will be received until 12 noon for work including repair of the Court House roof with copper gutters and related repairs and plumbing at the county jail Plans and specifications for the roof work are on file with the Auditor Bidders for jail plumbing must submit their own plans with bid The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids Board of Commissioners and Auditor names listed. 524 O7-w6
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Fountain County
Covington
Indiana
Court House
Office of the Auditor
Clinton F Hesler
Charles C. Thompson
William B. Myers
Board of Commissioners
Wa. B. Gray
Ansteal, Noted Dark Bay Colt, Sired by Anteo in 1907
Ansteal is a beautiful dark bay yearling from Anteo 2 16% and May Rose 2 22. He runs the 1907 short season at J R Young's barn on North 4th street Covington. TERMS 15 dollars to insure. money due when foal drops. keeper not responsible for accidents. advertised by D A Baird and P H Larrance as owner.
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Anteo
May Rose
J. R. Young
North 4Th St
Covington
D. A. Baird
P.h.larrance
Woman Greets Tramp With Sardonic Challenge
A street scene features Plodding Pete asking a woman if she hates tramps and she replies yes. He dares her to tempt him to overeat to prove her dislike, implying dyspepsia as a consequence.
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Pete
Special Excursion Rates via Clover Leaf Tour
Clover Leaf announces summer excursion rates to many destinations including Atlanta Newark Chautauqua Lake and Seattle. Tickets on sale dates vary from April through July with multiple organizations listed. Inquiries to W L Ross Toledo or nearest Clover Leaf agent.
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Atlanta City
N.J
American Medical Association
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Saratoga Springs
K. T
Seattle
Wash
I. 0
G. T
QiChristian Endeavor
Spokane
Baptist Young Peoples Union
Los Angeles
Cal
Mystic Shrine
German Baptist and
National Eoletic Medical Association
Clover Leaf
Notice to Heirs and Creditors in Voliz Estate
In Fountain Circuit Court April term 1906 Charles C Bergdahl as Executor filed final settlement of the estate of Loutes Margart Voliz deceased. The May 1907 examination date requires all heirs creditors or devisees to appear and show cause why the account should not be approved and to prove heirship. May 27 1907.
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Loursn
Margaret Voli
Fountain Circuit Court
Charles Bergdahl
Loutes Margart Voliz
Charles C. Bergdahl
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