Late Happenings From Iowa State News Digest
Des Moines sources report Father J F Nugent declined Jerusalem consular post citing recognition as political not clerical, while other Iowa items include court verdicts in breach of promise cases, military witness fees, and a large stock of local misfortune. Notable deaths, appointments, and civic updates touch Keokuk Ames Tama and Davenport.
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J. F. Nugent
Des Moines
Michael McCullough
Dubuque
Jerusalem
Bryan
Waterloo
McCaskill
John Emanuel
John R. Metz
Chicago
Niles
Mich
John Saar
Cantrilla
Deata
McPherson
George Thompson
Tabor
Nova Scotia
Montana
Fremont County
Trickery in a French Widow Scam In Paris
A man named Poilpon, once a priest, is jailed for involvement in matrimonial swindles. A wealthy widow, after a staged romance with an officer type, agreed to marry him and saw her rare books packed for shipment to Morocco. The officer fled, the books were sold, and Poilpon claims he was duped by the other man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poilpon
Poipon Aa Hia
Morocco
Stolen jam costs $7,000 in New York case
A jury awarded $7,000 in damages to Anns White, a servant, from Walter Chambers Jr for a pantry jam incident three years ago. The 13-year-old defendant, son of Walter Chambers, faces collection issues until adulthood, with the court declining to set aside the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Cohalan
Anns White
Walter B. Chambers
Broad Street
East Sixty-fourth Street
Walter
Sho
Port of Lambeth Now Gone Sketch of Tinworth Walk
A London sketch illustrates a Lambeth promenade once beloved by sculptor George Tinworth. The religious artist cherished Bunyan’s Mission, a building linked to Bunyan’s lectures, with St Mary's Church in the background near the embankment and Doulton's studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
George Tinworth
London
Yan
Doulton’s
Church of St. Mary's
Deer Bagged in Montesano and New York Bust
In Chehalis county Washington hunters report excellent deer yields with Hank Hildebrant, a county jailer, taking two deer within Montesano city limits and others claiming limits. Duck and pheasant numbers are light in the harbor, but Chinese pheasants in valleys are plentiful as wardens push to curb violations. In New York eight policemen drag Fritz Milch after he hurls a flat iron through a window, Milch weighs 200 pounds and says neighbors made faces at him when he went for a beer.
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Montesano
Wash
Chehalia
Hank Hildebrant
Jaller
New York
Fritz Milch
Milch
Fritz
Wedding of Miss Jessie Wilson and Francis Sayre
Jessie Woodrow Wilson daughter of the president married Francis Bowes Sayre in the White House east room at 4 30 pm. Rev Sylvester Heach officiated. Attendants included Margaret Woodrow Wilson and Eleanor Randolph Wilson. Guests limited to about 400. gifts acknowledged. wedding cake weighed 135 pounds and cost about 600 dollars.
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Washington
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
White House
Sylvester Heach
Princeton
N. J
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Slater
Eleanor Randolph Wilson
Adeline Mitchell Scott
William B. Scott
Marjorie Brown
Atlanta
Charles B. Hughes, Jr
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
Sayre
Harvard Law School
Gilbert Horax
Montclair
Williams College
Johns Hopkins University
Benjamin Turton
New York City
Seoville Clark
Salem
Masa
Labrador
Newfoundland
Ttme
Senate
House
Genevieve Clark
Representatives
New York
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Jessie Wilson
Gainsville
Women’s College
Baltimore
Phi Beta Kappa
Kennington
National Young Women's Christian Association
Axsons
Francis Howes Sayre
South
Bethlehem, Pa
Robert Shysham Sayre
Lehigh Valley
Bethlehem Iron Works
Bethlehem Steel Works
Lehigh University
Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
Sigma Phi Fraternity
Gargoyle Society
Willams
Whitman
New York State
Say
Jessia Wilson
Francis Sayre
Anna Todd
Dolly Madison
John G. Jackson
Mailinan
Lucy
Judge Todd
Kentucky
Maria Monroe
President Monroe
Samuel Lawrence Gouvarneur
John
John Quincy Adams
Mary Hellen
General Jackson
Della Lewis
Alphonse Joseph Yvor Pageot
French Legation
Mary Eaton
Lucien B. Polk
Emily Martin
Louis Randolph
Nel Me
General Crant
Algernon C. F. Sartori
Willy Platt
Hayes
Gen. Russell Hastings
Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Roosevelt
Alice
Nicholas Longworth
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Iowa State
Commonwealth
J. P. Anderson
Ames
Alaska
Sitka
Alvina Robinson
Stimpson
Rangoon
Burmah
Humeston
Serg. J.bierman
United States Army
Keokuk
Bierman
War Department
Iowa City Daily Citizen
Iowa City
Southern Iowa Editorial Association
Alice A. Myers
L. R. Myers
Anthon
Myers
Tm. Flick
Globe Manufacturing Company
Perry
Globe
A. B. Somers
Tama County
Toledo
Tie
Thomas Wadden
Charles Palmer
Charles City
Rudd
L. Li Ethington
Carles City
Willams Seholy
Clear Lake
John Hodnefield
Harry Hurlbut
Kirk Hotel
Mason City
New Hartford
Lews
Fira
Ofee County Super
Igors
G. W. Miller
Presbyterian Church
Waukon
United States
Jacob Matt
Brdmanie Matz
John R- Metz
Metz Brothers
Harvey “Whitlock
Milwaukee At
Steve Gottscalk
Albert Hagenstein
Minburn
Whitlock
Hagenastein
Iow
Orange
Blackhawk
Edwin B. Stillman
Sioux City Journal
Riceville
Franke Stillman
Pioneer
Main
Sioux City
Jefferson Bee
Ows
Iea
First Baptist Church
Keo‘kul
Sarah J. Rickards
Baptist Sunday School
de Witt G. Sowers
Bloomfield
Howard D. Goshring
Fremont
Mt. Pleasant
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee Railway
Tama
Edward Caloway
David Douglas
Douglass
Chickamauga
Stone Run
Kenesaw Mountain
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Imota
Ohio
Tennessee
East Des Moines
High Bridge
Dallas
Boone Counties
Sheriff Reid
Boone County
John W. Gannaway
Jesse Macy
Grinnell College
Poweshiel County
J. A. Shanon
Thornton
Shanon
Carhart & Nye
Manchester
Bert Stier
Grand Mound
Stier
Tra McNaught
J. I. McNaught
McNaught
Gudden
C. L. Abel
Megzeryay
A. Koenen
Schmidt ‘Bros
Davenport
Emmet County
J. J. Waldron
Rock Island
Waldron
Greater
Bunyan
Deern
Washington Town
County Jaller
Burg
Miss Jessie
Amont Lavalllera
Jeavle Woodrow Wilson
Mrs.Sayre
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