Prize for Old Maid Queer Provisions of St. Louis Will
A St Louis will offers a $10,000 prize to the daughter who remains unmarried longest. The real estate valued at about 15000 is to be shared among four daughters as tenants in common while unmarried. If one marries, she forfeits her interest. if all but one wed, the property passes to the remaining unmarried daughter. If the remaining daughter marries, the deed divides among the widows. The article notes the young women are well known in Roel circles.
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Eccorilen
Louis Salah
Mirlom
Dessin
Roel
Clara ‘Hulbert
Misa
Clara’ Hulbert
Eric. Hulbert
University of Chicago
Lnhating
Gan
J. Cheney & CO
Tolaila
Cheney
Hole
Weat & Trvax
Tatodo
Wannine
Kinnan & Marvin
Toleilo
H's
Prico
All Drugeiste
Tartimoulis
Hall
Two Children Twice Kidnapped for Inheritance War
Morgantown West Virginia reports Sovak and Mary Harthman aged 6 and 11 were abducted from their father, Dy. William Blartigan, and taken to Denver amid a high-stakes estate fight valued at 500000 dollars. The feature notes this is the second kidnapping from their mother.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Sovak
Mary Harthman
Daugheters
William Blartigan
Denver
Colo
Mia Ia
Boy Steals 98000 and Forges Checks in Real Estate Scam
Jacob Goldstein, 16, forged employer’s name to steal funds from a real estate venture linked to Mid disployer’s money. He purchased a diamond ring for his mother and a piano for his sister, bought Brownsville land, and later confessed as the Hecker Laneh Company in New York faced bankruptcy. He faces reform school time as a result of the forged checks and alleged profits.
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Jacob Goldstein
Elmira Reformatory
Hecker Laneh Company
New York
Chyna
Brownsville
Cho
Dollar wheat must come to aid farmers says Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson urges farmers in Iowa Illinois Kansas and Nebraska to adopt extensive wheat production. He warns that current methods yield low returns, with Northwest fields failing to prosper and bread prices rising. He advocates crop rotation to boost yields from twelve to higher levels, noting Europe’s thirty bushel average.
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Wilson
Iowa
Iinois
Kansas
Nebraska
James Wilson
Brent
Northwest
Great Northwest
Denver Counterfeiting Plot Unearthed by Officials
A Denver based counterfeiting gang is believed to control operations from New York to San Francisco. Secret Service probes show about $40,009 in buffalo-series $10 and $20 notes circulated, with headquarters suspected in Denver.
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Denver
United States
Secret Service
New York
San Francisco
Buffalo
Missing Son Found After Theater Trip Mystery
In Winfield Kansas on October 1 1904 John Gardner known as Guy Gardner took his wife to a theater and vanished. His father later located him in Cairo Illinois the pair had not seen since the night of October 5 1904. Gardner claimed a blank mind about the events and his wife remains missing amid family distress and police inquiries.
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Winfield
Kansas
Joweatown Settlement
Guy Gardner
Ind
Iti
Catro
Hig Man Road
Young Gattner
Suuta’ Be Road
Winteld
Kan
Tt Theater
Jim
Cairo
Gardner
Jamestown Centenary Promoted by World Invite
An imperial proclamation invites nations to send military units and vessels to Jamestown Virginia from May 18 to November 1, 1907 to commemorate the settlement that shaped world history, stressing broad participation and lasting impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Western Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Nyu Veasela
Congress
Cupid Ransacks Schools and Other Local Items
The Manchester board faces a tough year as eighteen of its roughly ninety teachers are set to region, a quizzing spectacle amid rumors and suspected actions. Also reported: bank fraud indictments in Guthrie, municipal street railway plans for Detroit, a Niagara Falls crash, Dominican customs collectors, a Chicago death, a Jewish faith elopement, Russia peace terms, Rockefeller gifts, forgery conviction in Linn, a drowning party tragedy, a dynamite case in New York, San Domingo warship deployment, and Mrs. Chadwick’s ten-year penitentiary sentence.
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Manchester
N. H
Board of Education of
Cupid
Tho Sehools
Russia
Peter
St. Watersburg
United States
Wnd
Irance
Rockesfeller
Moreigi Mig- Sous Wl
John D. Rockefeller
Onlo Fawker
W. OW. Leighton
Linn Savings and Croft Company Bank
Hing
Linn
Oto
Bombs Wound Warsaw Police Chief After Assassin Escapes
Explosions struck at a Warsaw police station in Praga injuring Baron Von Nolken, chief of police, and wounding two officers. The attacker killed one officer and fled after a brief confrontation. another patrolman and a shooter were wounded, with the assailant later captured following a clash and mutual wounds.
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Warsaw
Revolutionary Party
Nadndaindze
Baron von Nolken
Alx
kiUng
Praga
Educator's Son Toils Abjectly For 75 Cents A Day
The son of Cornell University president Jacob Schurman, Robert Suhur ath aged 10, works as a sledge in the Groton Bridge and Construction Company shops in Groton, N. Y. for 75 cents daily. He endures privation while his father travels in Mexico and other Southern countries with his wife and daughter. Once, as a child, he showed marked aversion to study at Cornell.
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Young Echurman
Jacob Schueman
Cornell University
Mexico
Robert Suhurath
Groton Bridge and Construction Company
Groton
Jte
Schurman
Veteran leader critiques local congressional hopefuls at courthouse
At a district gathering the veteran politician surveyed the aspirants for four seats, noting one benefited from past favors and muttering that the field offered little promise. He privately acknowledged a vote for a favored candidate but lamented a threshold of integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Dodd's Kidney Pills Public Endorsements Spur Backache Claims
Tamboree Kentucky residents Mr J M Goleman and family report back pain relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Advertisements claim the pills cure backache and various kidney related illnesses including Bright's disease diabetes and dropsy, urging use to prevent kidney disease. The text also features a light dialogue about a black dress.
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Tamboree
J. M. Goleman
Dodd
Dettle
Bright
Tinny Ad and Ginghams in a New York Sun Scrap
A collage of vintage ads and verse from the New York Sun features a dry goods pitch for H A I s Catarrh Cure at seven cents the unit, a medicinal claim, and a revival of gingham apron nostalgia with lilting nostalgia about sunny days and bygone mothers.
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Kill
New York Sun
Mother quits coffee to save milk and baby health
A Kansas City mother explains coffee harmed her and her seven month old infant. She switches to Postum Coffea and tea and cocoa fail, milk flow increases, and health improves for mother and baby. Husband also stops coffee, notices dyspepsia relief. Postum is endorsed by the Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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Baby
Calfeo
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Trade currents swell as spring activity grows
The Chicago trade review notes strengthened currents due to spring activity and confidence in the outlook. Raw material and finished goods demand are satisfactory, with broad gains in general merchandise and grain. Lumber receipts soar, bank clearings rise, and commercial loans stay favorable amid robust wholesale and retail activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
BR. G. Dun & Co
Board of Trade
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs Wheat and More
Across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo and others reported prices for cattle hogs and sheep with wheat corn rye oats and dairy. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 6.35 and hogs 4.00 to 33.47, New York wheat No 2 red 1.12 to 1.44, butter creamery 20 to 28 cents, eggs Western 40 to 41 cents, and pork markets around 12.85 for mesz.
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Chicago
Detroit
Milwaukee
Beeley
Toledo
New York
Utter
Egga
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Tech Street
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Gen. Wright
Philippines
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Thomas 3. Connors
Armour & Co
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Semin
Hungary
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John 8. Allen
Gamra Anty Loan
Minneapolis
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Harelson Furnace
Oho
Webb
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Lorain
Atorks
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St. Peetersburg
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Adrian Iselin
Iselin
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Buile
Switzerland
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Paul Kruger
Truger
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Minn
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Wis
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Commissioner of Public Works
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Banto Domingo
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William H. Gould Us
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Walter Hughes
Kansia City
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Anabela
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Monte Chcisti
Gotrox
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