Queer Case Decided in Wichita Pension Battle Unveils Bigamy
In Comanche county a Kansas judge untangles a peculiar marriage case involving James McLaughlin a former Pennsylvania soldier who married Annie Scott in Kansas and lived with her thirty years and eight children. The court rules the Pennsylvania wife receives half the estate and McLaughlin’s children by the second wife gain the other half while the second wife receives nothing.
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Vederat Tridge Pollack
Wichita
Man
Comanche County
James McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Pennaslvania
Knnens
Annie Scott
Anyside
Pennsylvania
Melpuighlin
Accond
Strife for the Pennants in Midwest Murder Case
A man identified as hours Sussman, 20, shot his wife in room 30 of the Glenwood hotel in Minneapolis, killing her instantly. Sussman fled. no arrest yet. He is under indictment in La Crosse Wis for forgery and held on $1000 bond. Police say he has a checkered history and domestic troubles with the victim.
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la Grosse
Wis
Sussman
Glenwood Hotel
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Convict Wright Flings Pepper at Sheriff Eyes
Joseph Wright, a street car robber convicted in circuit court, attempted to blind Deputy Sheriff Richard Feitz in St. Louis by dashing cayenne pepper into his eyes. Feitz fired, Wright fell. Wright received a fourteen year sentence for the crime.
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Joseph Wright
John Keith
Pepper
Richard Feitz
St. Louis
Wright
Feitz
Train wreck, explosion scare, and multiple crimes reported
News clippings describe a disastrous wreck of passenger train No 8 on the Wabash near Callin 1 with many injuries and fatalities. Separate reports mention a failed dynamite plot against a Nickel Plate trestle in Cleveland, a murder in Kansas and a deadly domestic shooting in New York, plus a Honolulu capitalists death and a Memphis building collapse injuring seven.
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Wabash
Waitrong
Kansas City
Buffalo
Callin
Cleveland
Vice President Fairbanke lays Cook County Court House cornerstone inauguration
In Chicago crowds gathered on Clark and Randolph as Vice President Fairbanke laid the $35,000,000 Cook County courthouse cornerstone. May or Dunne Gov Deneen and dignitaries spoke between bands, with praise for Chicago’s future as a central commercial power amid a grand ceremony.
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Fairbanke
Chicago
Clark
Randolph Streete
Charlee W. Fairbanke
United States
Cook County
Dunne
Deneen
Bruny Dage
Conk
Stensland in Chicago after prison transfer
Paul O Stensland former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago president arrived in Chicago under escort from New York City to face charges. He said he would plead guilty and turn state's evidence, claiming about 4000000 in deficits stem from others including the cashier and Hering while asserting overall bank losses exceed 2 million. He spoke emotionally of his affairs and sought to return to Chicago. The article also notes a separate reference to the international homeopathic congress in Atlantic City.
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Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago
Pring Adalbert
Amrantineg
Mulberry Street
New York City
Chicago
As Paulo
Harry Olson
Lmited
Stensland
Mclaughlin
New York
Prins Adalbert
Hering
Plan to restore great game in Oklahoma natural park
The proposal envisions a national park in the Wichita mountains to protect and restore species such as deer antelope boar otter beaver quail doves prairie chickens and wild turkeys with aims to revive buffalo herds within the reservation and curb hunting destruction in the reopened Oklahoma frontier. The plan notes past abundance of deer and antelope before settlement and calls for protection to rebuild large herds.
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Triabuay
Unam
National ‘Government
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountain
Plaina
Lave
Okirhome
Setttement
Wipple Era Plan for Real Estate Trust Debtor Debacle
Investigation uncovers over five million dollars in bad loans tied to the late President Wipple and handled by the Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia. Receiver Harle outlines a plan: depositors receive one third of deposits in cash and two thirds in preferred stock to be retired by later cash dividends. directors would subscribe two and a half million dollars, subject to depositor and stockholder approval.
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Mipple
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Wipple
Harle
Wni
Bank Defaulter Seeks Leniency And Restitution
The defaulter, via his son Theodore, expresses fear for his life and remorse for depositors as he plans to plead guilty to indictments he admits responsibility for. He claims others forged signatures too and says he will cooperate to aid prosecutions to force restitution, while returning to Chicago to pursue further restitution efforts.
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Theodore
Chicago
Olgon
Sam
Tangler
Olson
Castro Sull Ailing Leader Brought Home In Secrecy
President Castro of Venezuela, after weeks of retirement due to a serious illness, was secretly transported by guarded train to a Caracas suburb. Officials declined to comment, claiming only that Castro would receive no visitors until his health improved. He walked with a servant's help, countering rumors of paralysis.
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Castro
Venezuela
Caracas
Castry
Congress Rejects Amalgamation With Medical School
Applause showed a majority against the proposed merger with the dominant school of medicine. Dr William Hi Dffenbach proposed that enamelware in kitchens causes cancer by food contamination from chipped dishes. Dr Henry E Dean warned that rats spread bubonic plague.
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Congress
School of Medicine
William Hi. Dffenbach
Henry E. Dean
Notable Obituaries and Historic Mentions Across Nations
Reinhold Bogas, likely the leading living German sculptor, just marked his Toth birthday. Benjamin Turner, last survivor of the Birkenhead wreck, died at 71 in Portsmouth. By the late County Ka rolyi’s will about 6 million dollars is set for philanthropic use. Senator William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland, sole voter against negro suffrage in the fifteenth amendment passage. Denver Stout, a river pilot, fathered Denver’s first child. Flo born forty seven years ago after an odyssey from Omaha in 1859. Sir Charles Tennant of England, octogenarian, has four daughters from his second wife. L B Abenhams, headmaster at Spithfields, retired after 53 years. William Scott of Carlton-in-Lindrick claims to be Hogland’s oldest postmaster at 83, appointed in 1850, and once a village schoolmaster.
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Reinhold Bogas
Benjamin Turner
Birkenhead
Portsmouth
Karolyi
Hungary
United States
William Pinckney Whyte
Maryland
Denver Stout
Ohio
Kanawha
Denver
Flo
Omaha
Charles Tennant
England
L. B. Abenhams
Towns Free School
Spithfields
Isaae Zangwill
William Scott
Carlton-in-Lindrick
Notts
Hogland
Fragmented Sift of Editorial Snippets On Global Issues
A collage of satirical clippings surveys Cuba, typhoons, politics, and industry from multiple papers. It notes imagined fiscal and military misjudgments, calls for humor amid crises, and hints at evolving commerce and governance in distant ports and regions. Strong voices from Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and Manila frame the mosaic.
Interstates Commission Probes Western Coal Monopoly
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Omaha uncovered evidence that Union Pacific Railroad runs a coal monopoly in the Northwestern states. Independent operators described the rail line’s unfriendly approach and market dominance affecting regional coal supply.
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Interstates Commerce Commission
Omaha
Union
Pacife Rallyoad
Vallroid
Cure for Leprosy Claimed by American Consul
American consul in Maracaibo Venezuela reports personally attending lepers and believes leprosy is curable. He describes private trials with a secret medicine via Dr S C Bothwell of the Supreme Court of Ortolive, noting good results but food shortages preventing absolute cures.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Dei
Mlumacher
State Department
S.C. Bothwell
Supreme Court of Orto
Dr Williams Pink Pills Sold To Restore Health
A Kentucky woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing anemia and restoring weight after two years of illness. She reports rapid improvement after early dosing and urges others to consult the medicine, noting the book Plain Talk to Women is available free. The note ends with a telephone correction about a newspaper typo during a meeting report.
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Williama
Willian
Mra
D. C
Hartford
Ilorwood
Arkansas
Dr. Williama
Thegan
Lye
Dr. Willows
Manny
Ime
Loninob
Williame
Dr. Williane Medicine Co
Schensctady, N.Y
Catarrh Cure Ad Reward and Comic Exchange
An advertisement promises 100 reward if Catarrh Cure fails to cure, touting Cheney's Catarrh Cure as the constitutional remedy. The piece also features a joke exchange about summer engagement and a failed bet, ending with a punchline about a fiancée marrying elsewhere as autumn arrives.
Glass forcing in agriculture swells urban production
Leslie's Weekly notes over ten thousand establishments nationwide raise early vegetables under glass. Within fifteen miles of Boston the glass area totals about two million square feet, while near Providence R I glass structures extend far. Suburbs of New York and Chicago host millions of square feet used for early fruit and vegetable culture, the glass alone valued in this industry running into millions.
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Boston
Providence
R. L
New York
Chicago
Leslie's Weekly
Postum touted as coffee substitute by Missouri physician
A Missouri physician reports Postum benefits for patients and his own heart and nervous system after stopping coffee. He says Postum improved his health, supports its use for those with heart or nerve issues, and endorses its flavor and sustenance.
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Postum
Perno
Tent
Missouri
Ft. Se Ritya
Tle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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