Insurance fraud plot and murder linked to Miss Defenbach
Dr August M Unger Wayland Brown and Frank H Sinsley jailed in Chicago on $15000 bail each on charges of conspiring to defraud insurers. Police probe a scheme to insure Miss Defenbach for 12000 total with life policies from New York Life Canadian Order of Foresters and Knights and Ladies of Honor. Maher asserts fraud planned to fake death by substituting a corpse to collect policy proceeds.
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Wayland Brown
Frank H. Sinsley
Chicago
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Marie Defenbach
Miss Defenbach
Edward Maher
Mooney & Boland Detective Agency
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Smiley
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New York Life Insurance Company
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Miss Defeenbach
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Youtsey Trial Scenes Stir Kentucky Court
A sensational moment unfolded in the Youtsey murder trial at Georgetown with Arthur Goebel testifying. Youtsey denied the accusation, shouted his innocence, and his wife pleaded as the judge threatened fines to keep the audience seated before the trial was adjourned to the next day.
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Kentucky
Youtsey
Georgetown
Arthur Goebel
Frankfort
Mann
Cantrill
World peace congress prep and varied 1900s notes
A collection of short items notes Hobson remarks on the Dewey arch debate on war veterans pensions and stage pairings with Mrs Corbett and Jim. The piece mentions the Paris peace congress topics, a proposed coal miners demand on ton weight, and blurs with imperial satire and advertising lines.
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Paris
New York
Hobson
Yerkes
Corbett
Jim
Visitor questions pupil at Missouri school
A Columbia elementary pupil explains the earths axis as an imaginary line from pole to pole and adds a bonnet could hang on it after the visitor asks what kind. The examiner ends the quiz pleased and asks no further questions.
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Columbia
Records and ads announce ships and tonnage and tonnage record
The New Ocean Greyhound Deutschland is noted for a price of 3 332 000 dollars and displacement of 23 200 tons with accommodation for 1 057 passengers. Also cited are Hostetter's Stomach Bitters praised for fifty years of cures for constipation indigestion and biliousness and a private revenue stamp around the neck of the bottle.
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Ocean Greyhound
Volcano activity across Africa and surrounding islands
Eastern Africa reportedly has six active volcanoes while western Africa has four. In the Cameroons eruptions persisted as late as 1838. Canary Islands like Teneriffe are volcanic in origin with other vents erupting intermittently in the eighteenth century and still emitting vapors and smoke today.
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Africa
Eastern
Western
Canary Islands
Teneriffe
Have You a Good Windmill for Your Farm
A wind power mill is described as a complete farm aid, pumping water, sawing wood, grinding feed, and chopping fodder. The ad from The Aermoter Co. of Chicago is highlighted, urging readers to request its catalogue and full details.
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Aermoter Co
Chicago
Not Unmixed Achief and Potts Nitpick Exchange
A brief comic exchange cited from the Indianapolis Press features Watts questioning if a wife believes all he tells her. Potts answers that she believes neighbor women instead.
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Watts
Potts
Indianapolis Press
Grain-O Drink Promoted as Coffee Substitute
Advert says Grain-O replaces coffee with a brown mocha like color and pure grain formula. Claims it suits both children and adults and is easy on delicate stomachs while costing less than coffee per package. Sold by all grocers.
Summer hotel notes reveal paint and college-bred waiters
The Town Topics line hints at summer hotel offerings with fresh paint and college-bred waiters while Carter's Ink is described as holding government and railroad influence.
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Quericus
Trick of Sand Eels and Other Household Bits
The notice markets sand eels burying in mud by long jaws and promotes Jell-O as a dessert with four flavors. It cites a School Review finding that 41.51 percent of American high school pupils are boys. A pancake product from Mrs Austin claims quick readiness and strong appeal.
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The
School Review
Abe Hartley Quietly Ends Grocery World Debate
In Sawville four residents argued about how the world will end. After hours Abe Hartley, silent until then, predicts the fate will be talked to death as the group disperses to the cider barrel. The excerpt closes noting a man’s reputation hinges on spending.
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Sawville
Abe Hartley
Indianapolis
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