Not So Simple for Mathilde and Stewart
In a misty Liverpool to Chelsea transfer, Mathilde and Stewart navigate feeling, trust, and legal odds as Captain Kerr’s rumor mill shadows their plans. He proposes a will and a settlement while she weighs Paris dreams against steady, modest income.
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Mathilde
Stewart
Kerr
Mari
Captain Kerr
Moville
Liverpool
Mathilda
Chelsea
Metropole
Charlie Hudson
Lime Street
Euston
Paris
Mra
P. Stark
Boulevard Duchy
London
Charlie
Hudson
Jane Addams for President Raises Suffrage Debate in Boston
The article reports a Boston led campaign suggesting Jane Addams of Chicago could become the first woman president. Alice Stone Blackwell endorses Addams, while Boston suffragists pledge strong support. Addams, interviewed at Hull House, treats the idea as a joke.
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Jane Addams
Chicago
United States
Boston
Alice Stone Blackwell
Miss Blackwell
Hull House
Miss Addams
Turk Ultimatum To Greece Over Crete Crisis
The Porte demands Greece publish a formal declaration of non interference in Crete. A refusal would sever diplomatic ties. Crete evacuated by International troops July 26 and Greek flag raised at Canea fortress the next day amid mounting unrest and grave Macedonian Crete tensions in Washington.
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Greece
Turkey
Crete
Canea
Washington
Flames Destroy Dozens of Homes\" South Chicago Fire
Fire on Superior and Buffalo avenues near 86th Street in South Chicago uprooted 100 families and damaged property valued at $50,000. Policemen and firefighters conducted numerous rescues of women and children as flames forced residents into the street in night clothing. six deaths were later ruled unfounded.
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Chicago
Superior
Bufala Avenues
86Th Street
Ill
Superior Avenue
Fire destroys summer resort town Monticello
A large blaze leveled thirty six buildings along Monticello New York main street including the Rockwell House Palatine Hotel and Bolsum House. Three hotels with guests from New York City burned as did the Union National Bank two newspapers and all but one shop. Dynamite helped halt further spread.
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Monticello
N. Y
New York City
Rockwell
Sullivan County
Palatine Hotel
Union National Bank
Taft Opens Arid Land Meet in Spokane
President Taft attends the irrigation congress as over two thousand delegates arrive in Spokane for the National Irrigation Conference. Addresses and welcomes by Governor M. E. Hay and Mayor N. B. Pratt mark the opening.
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Taft
Irrigation Congress
M. E. Hay
Washington
Pratt
Brokane
National Irrigation Con
Spokane
Indiana Bank Clerk Confesses Embezzling Five Thousand
Frank Nicolai assistant cashier at City National Bank of Auburn vanished into woods for three days and nights with no food then returned to face charges of embezzling about five thousand dollars. He admitted a three year defalcation, noted three farewell notes, and said he would face the charge after his perilous ordeal.
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Hank Candler
Frank Nicolai
City National Bank of
Auburn
Nicolai
Crash Kills Spirit Lake Couple in Cornfield Collision
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cravens of Spirit Lake Iowa died instantly when their auto collided with the Marlon Flyer at Star's crossing near Alexandria. A corn field hid the vehicles and both were mangled. Cravens was bank president and wealthy with ties to Chicago. A check book identified the couple and a letter to Cravens was found in care of the Chicago stock exchange. The auto was wrecked and the electric car pilot knocked off.
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John W. Cravens
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Star's Crossing
Alexandria
Cravens
First National Bank of
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Spirit Lake Bank
Will Provides for Child in Arkansas Courtroom Killing Case
Nathaniel Parker Willis was killed in a Little Rock courtroom by his former wife's husband during a dispute over his 7-year-old daughter. The will filed in Indianapolis declares the child should live apart from her mother or receive only 100, a provision that would favor Willis' mother if the child is placed with her. The estate, valued at about 100,000, largely goes to Mrs. Frances Ellen Willis of Indianapolis.
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Stewart
Tallore
Mathilde
Kerr
Hudson
Metropole
Paris
Willian
Little Rock
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Ark
Willis
Hye
Indianapolis
Frances Ellen Willis
Two Women End Sorrows in Separate Midwest Suicides
Mrs. John Jernet, about sixty, killed herself in LaPorte by swallowing paris green after her husband's death. At nearly the same hour Mrs. Lida Barnes of Kingsbury slew herself at Lawton Michigan with a pistol, grief over her daughter's recent death cited as motive.
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Killn Selves
John Jernet
LaPorte
Jernett
Lida Barnes
Kingsbury
Lawnton
Mich
Explosion Kills Mother and Daughter Near Frankfort
In Frankfort area three miles northwest, Mrs. Thomas Kesterson and her 13 year old daughter died after a coal oil stove explosion while attempting to start a fire. Mrs. Kesterson died shortly after. the daughter lived several hours. A quarreled fare dispute precedes another fatal shooting. Conductor Daniel Linder was killed by Nelson Ross, a Muncie physician, as three women witnessed.
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Frankfort
Thomas Kesterson
Kyakinon
Nelson Ross
Muncie
Daniel Linder
Prison break and assault news from Indiana
Adolph Jones, arrested in Terre Haute, confessed to escaping from the Lansing Kansas prison and will be returned there. Alonzo Taylor and Samuel Thomas were arrested at Clinton for attacking Mrs Elizabeth Stevens in Terre Haute, age 63, who is in serious condition. Gary is described as a reform target with numerous gambling dens and illegitimate bars as Mayor Knotts pushes reform.
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Adolph Jones
Terre Haute
Kansas
Lansing
Alonzo Taylor
Samuel Thomas
Elizabeth Stevens
Terré Haute
Clinton
Gary
Thomas B. Knotts
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Amile
Binwart
Mr. Stewart
Mathilde ‘Thorne
Antoine
Meyer
Porte
Summer Resort
Oscar Eastmond Sinin
Dayton
Oscar Eastmond
National Soldiers’ Home
Edward Leonard
First
North Carolina Infantry
Home
Leonard
George W. Arnold
Warren Wright
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