Romance of Princess Victoria and her gilder suitor shocks Windsor
Court gossips track the eight year secret between Princess Victoria, king's unmarried daughter, and Frederick Robert Nayl ar a leather gilder now in an insane asylum after letters to the princess. The tale reveals a grand romance never meeting face to face, with Nayl or’s poetry printed and a police inquiry following an appendicitis operation. The outcome may be Nayl ar’s vow to destroy the princess letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Victoria
Frederick Robert Nay
Naylor
Holy Ghosters to Farm at Shiloh New Farm Chief
Durham Me residents report Rev Frank W Sandford leader of the Holy Ghost and Us society has acquired six nearby farms and plans a vast self supporting operation at Shiloh He appointed T A Smith and wife as chief farmer and head of a world sized poultry venture drawing converts and animals to the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
T. A. Smith
Long Island City
N. Y
Shiloh
Frank W. Sandford
Holy Ghost and
Us” Society
Smith
Sanford
Sandford
No Sleep in Three Years Inmate Reports Endless Wakefulness
Richard Even den of Williamsport Pennsylvania says he has not slept a full night for three years. He lies down at eight each evening and rises at six, but eyes remain open. He notes brief sleep only around 11 a.m. and cannot sleep then, while other almshouse residents complain about his talking during their attempts to sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Richard Evenden
Almshouse
Brenden
Dressing to Jewels and Transatlantic Fashion Moods
A fragmentary item contrasts average Englishwomen with transatlantic smart women dressing to jewels. The text reads like an era fashion note and hints at jewelry matching trends and social display.
Fortunate Sisters Refuse Large Share of Inheritance
Joseph F. Wolseley died near Mendota leaving a 113000 dollar estate. His heirs include John Q. Worsley and two sisters Amanda and Barah. The sisters refuse to take seventy five thousand dollars, saying money would be a nuisance and that their brother could use it better. The will is probated and the estate may pass to the brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mil
la Salle
Joseph F.wolseley
Mendota
John Q. Worsley
Bronough
Amanda
Barah
Frenchman Shrinks to Three Feet Two Inches in Paris
Paris doctors report a rare case of ostemalachia in a patient at the Paris Academy of Science. The man, normally five feet four inches, has now shrunk to three feet two inches and the decline continues. It is the only known non fatal instance of its kind, drawing wide medical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Quilt Pasture
James Donovan
Philadelphia
BE. D. Leavitt
Paris
France
Paris Academy of Science
Conth
Pental
Open Air Evangelism Campaign Planned Across New York
Clergymen from many denominations unite to preach from wagons and carts, aiming to cover Wall Street, Sixth Avenue shops, factories, and distant Bronx districts. They seek mayoral permission to begin daily meetings on city hall steps while funding comes from churches and a broad, common Christian effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney
Bronx
Sixth Avenue
Big price for baby's milk in 70 mile trip
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Weightman of Philadelphia visit Mrs Rowland Cox in Plainfield with their son for a diet of milk from one cow prescribed by a Quaker City physician. A milkman travels 70 miles daily to supply a quart at a cost of four dollars, due to risk of bottle breakage during express delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
Aubrey Weightman
Philadelphia
Rowland Cox
West Seventh Street
Weightman
Express
James H. Weightman
Powers
Doctor’s bogus stock scheme shocks Indiana college
Dr James Johnson an alumnus used 130000 in Ora Carita Mining and Milling stock to finance expenses at an Indiana medical college. The California company, capitalized at 3000000, sold stock at half price and loaned 315000. Johnson claimed no backing beyond a Los Angeles tent site with supposed gold as trial in Winnie embezzlement case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
James John
Ora Carita Mining & Milling Company of California
Indiana
Johnson
Anderson
Europe
Charles E. Winnie
Ora Carita Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Boosters Club in Normal Chooses Church by Vote
In Bloomington Illinois a unique group meets Sundays at a local cigar store to vote on an attending church. The church with the most votes receives the entire club’s backing and the basket is passed with each member contributing one dollar. The club, mostly nonchurch members, plans to form a service for members but faces mixed approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Normal
Boosters’ Club
Choesa
Nonchurch-Guern
Maboer
Priest Declares Bible History Is Not Authentically Historical
Rev. Dr. John Peters, rector of St. Michael's in New York, startled Episcopal Congress in Brooklyn by arguing that Genesis is myth and that Abraham Isaac Jacob and Joseph are composite figures. He urged treating Biblical history with critical canons and claimed legends point to higher moral life while echoing that pre Israelite myths were woven into Hebrew storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Peters
St. Michael's Church
Ninetyninth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Episcopal Church Congress
Association Hall
Brooklyn
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Dr. Peters
Congress
Israel
Peters
Thave
Hebron
Beersheba
Bethel
Shechem
Pardoned convict father freed after daughter's testimony
Des Moines report says Martin May, jailed 13 years for murder, was pardoned by Gov. Cumming after his daughter testified against him. May, then living in Oelwein with his wife and daughter, faced jealousy accusations and the tragedy began with the wife’s murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Martin May
Bla
Gav. Cumming
May
Oelwein
Man appeals over desertion tied to mother-in-law in Mineola
Nassau County Judge hears Thompson case from Inwood in which a watchman with six children was found guilty of desertion and chose jail over bonds to support his family. The lawyer blamed the mother-in-law for the trouble and argued she must leave the home. the district attorney disagreed. Decision reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Jackson
Nassau County
William Thompson
Summer Houses
Inwood
Justice of Peace
Wallace
Ensign
Thompson
Assutant
Har) Bonvmett
Nassau
Dnp
Hie
Bennett
Oil Tainted Claim Probed by Garfield Samples Analyzed
Commissioner Garfield has obtained samples from Kansas and will conduct a careful analysis to determine if Rockefeller tainted the oil, according to the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Kansas
Rockefeller
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Notice of sale on execution in Ramsey County
Public sale order issued by the District Court in Ramsey County North Dakota. Ebner J. Chamberlin as plaintiff forecloses on George Henley and Reneene Henley for 171.59 plus costs and interest from June 19 1905. Property description covers the north half of the southwest quarter and other fractional sections in Township 136 North Range 1 West. Sale to be held at the Ramsey County Courthouse front door Devils Lake on July —— 1905 at 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Daxora
Ramsey
Ebner J. Chamberlin
Plaintif
George Henley
Reneene Henley
Belopi
County of
Baraway
Munday
Ramsey County Court House
Devils Lake
Rumsey
North Dakota
Hiehust
Cath
Rameey
North Dackota
Kn.wn
Secs
Nord
Dorils Lake
De Laval Cream Separator Ad Promotes Efficient Milking Machines
Agents advertise the De Laval cream separator as a perfected, prize winning machine used in major creameries. They claim it pays to own a smaller model with five milch cows and that larger herds avoid losses without one, offering demonstrations and more facts.
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de Laval
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New York City
Indianapolis Medical School
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Til
Amer
Kelley Avenue
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Ber Moother
Parent
Henabe Han
Gov. Cummins
Bawards, Woodlé Co
Minneapolis
Duluth
C.H. Baker
Northern Sea
Omahy
Edwardsa Lng
St, Paul, Minn
Gertwin
Jiq
Adams
F.adion
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