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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
3
The notice outlines estate matters for J. D. Spencer with address hints at Gad Eleventh Streets and related contact details. It mentions subscription options including one year, six months, and three months, and includes a telephonic reference.
A compact Modesto item carries varied notices from a concert at Daunt’s to church sermons and a Grayson cemetery interment. It notes a town election at Wildy Lodge 140 IOOF, a dance at Ceres hall, a Calaveras or Oakdale football plans, and a Newsuan school quarantine for scarlet fever. Local trades, sales, and a memorial for Albert Ellison are included along with weather and street lighting updates.
Roy Kibbey, age about 28 and a native of Illinois, died after taking chloroform with evil intent in San Francisco. He had been unconscious since Wednesday night, woke briefly, explained his motive, and died the following afternoon. His father was a nation agent for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Attorney G A Whitby sued to recover fees and expenses from Manel A Silver of Sawatau in a case labeled Yorce. The action, later dropped as the timings shifted, had a fee of 50 dollars and expenses of 23 dollars. The matter shifted from Newman to Modeala with Josties Townes presenting today, and the court ruled for Whitby the sum of 71 dollars plus costs.
The News reports Carrie Bentham filed for divorce from J M Bentham in Stocks ton on a ground of emotty. The court found the evidence insufficient to justify a divorce. Benham was awarded 360 for the support of two children, aged 7 and 5.
G T R Stewart opened a skim milk station at Crow's Landing to process his own cows milk from 20 to 150 cows daily. The skim milk is aged at home for cattle feed and cream is sent to the San Francisco market.
Wheat prices rise with New York futures at seven dollars and market demand firm. Modesto millers quote 97 1/2 cents for tomorrow’s wheat futures as buyers lock in orders, while dealers in San Francisco report a three cent uptick. Also advertised are home goods including carpets and linings at competitive rates from N. K. DeVoe and a push to reserve Christmas purchases with deposits.
Fragmented OCR presents names and ages in a local notice. Albert Janvoin Elison aged 28 years 11 months 7 days is listed alongside other individuals, with unclear relationships and dates. The item resembles a genealogical or civil record snippet from Modesto with several misspellings and garbled phrases.
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