Missing American Heirs Stir Red Tape at English Chancery
A long list of hopeful claimants flood the chancery clerk with letters seeking “several millions” from estates. Dickens’s Jarndyce tale is linked to real cases as Irish and English estates are chased by American heirs, many myths, none valid. one letter seeks millions while the real probate holds only thirty shillings.
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Westminster Absy
Colonel Chester
Charles Hedges
William
Bradford
Jennens Association
Chancery Court
Dickens
Jarndyce
William Jennens
Acton
Suffolk
Grosvenor Square
London
George Augustus William Curzon
Earl Howe
Curzon
Mr. Jennens
Earl Beauchamp
Malins
Lawrence Towneley
Chase. Towneley
Fme
Bank of England
England
Lawrence-Towneley
Chase-Towneley
Towneley
Lancaster
York
Whack-Brudder Jabbers Congratulates Preacher
A colorful message praises a Sunday sermon as a learned and eloquent proclamation. The speaker admits missing part of the meaning but commends the delivery and impact on the listeners.
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Brudder
Dr King’s New Life Pills advertised in Dreier Bros.
The ad claims the product improves appetite and digestion and promotes regularity for health and energy. Priced at 25 cents, Dreier Bros. drug store markets the pills to readers with a focus on digestive benefits.
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Dr. King
Dreier Bros
Walnut coffin from tree planted by 100-year-old Irish immigrant
Richard Dorn, long resident of Michigan who died in South Bend, was buried in a coffin carved from a walnut tree he planted forty years earlier. Dorn, said to be around a century old, came from Ireland and spent years in Michigan before returning home. The finished coffin was sent to Fort Wayne after the tree’s lumber was polished.
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South Bend
Ind
Richard Dorn
Dorn
Ireland
Michigan
Fort Wayne
Consul Goodnow Reports Honan Fshanti Supporting Boxers
Washington dispatch from Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai says Honan Fshanti province is favorable to the boxers. Officials note no imminent plan by General Miles to go to China. The lack of exact dispatch dates is causing concern and prompts new instructions for dated reports.
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Washington
Hay
Goodnow
Shanghai
Honan Fshanti
China
Honan
State Department
St. Petersburg
Pekin
von Holleben
Miles
Chaffee
Miles Seeks Meeting With Chinese Minister Wu
Lt. Gen. Miles visited the Chinese legation and spoke with Minister Wu. The event drew attention amid circulating rumors and speculation.
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Washington
Miles
Mr. Wu
Wu Urges His Government Over Pekin Information
Washington reports Chinese minister Wu seeks data from Pekin on the Conger cipher cable and a Shanghai taoti inquiry. Wu says he has no information and fears ministers may have been killed. news of the Russian minister and wife adds to the distress.
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Washington
Pekin
Conger
Taoti
Shanghai
Peter's Confession and the Rock of the Church
John Lindsay Withrow analyzes Peter's bold confession that Jesus is the Son of the Living God at Caesarea Philippi. He notes Jesus blesses Peter, calls the church to faith, and promises keys of the kingdom, warning against self seeking and urging ready acceptance of the cross.
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John Lindsay Withrow
Park Street
Boston
Chicago
Peter
Jesus
Tyre
Mediterranean
Galilee
Jordan
Bethsaida
Cesarea Philippi
Cesarea
Christ
Philippi
John Baptist
Herod Antipas
John
Jeremiah
God
Simon Bar
Jonaz
Petcy
Hades
Underworld
Great Gulf
Abraham
Health Advice From Lydia Pinkham Promised Relief
Women letters describe menstrual irregularity and pain followed by reported cures after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. Miss Mary Comms of Aptos says monthly sickness ceased and pain eased. Mrs Prykiam of Prykiam praises regained health after three bottles of the remedies.
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Dean Mra
Pixs Kham
Mary Gomms
Aptos
Cal
Deak Mas
Lydia
Pinkham
Misa Marivpa -Exsen
Box Ls
Ogdensburg
Wis
Fort Wayne Trust Co Promotes Savings and Loans
Fort Wayne Trust Co offers 3 percent interest on deposits starting at 1.00 and up. It finances farm and city real estate at low rates with easy payments. Officers include Henry C. Paul president and Samuel M. Foster vice president with a roster of directors listed.
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Henry C. Paul
Samuel M. Foster
Andrew FE. Hoffman
Charles A. Wilding
William Paul
Miracle Cure Promises for Rena Stout in Indiana
Marion Stuart reports a dramatic recovery in Cammack from consumption after using Dr. King's New Discovery. Rena Stout, once 90 pounds, reportedly gained 37 pounds and was cured. The product claims to cure throat chest and lung diseases with trials free at Dreier Bros. drug store.
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Rena J. Stout
Cammack
Ind
Marion Stuart
Muncie
Yorktown
Dr. King
Dreier Bros
Mummies Shipped Worldwide from France
Mummies manufactured in France are now being shipped to markets worldwide as antiquarians seek prudence before acquiring them.
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France
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American Mail
Consul Goodnow
Gen. Miles
Mr. and
Mrs
Xavier Elinkauberg
Toslay
Stey
Satan
Man
Comes
Tsu
Fort Wayne Trust Co
Court Sts
Simoal M. Foster
Andrew B. Obotfiean
Charles 8. Bash
Aah
Patera
Craueza Wl
Pinlay
Wallinter
Vasey William BE. Moesiman
Lenteton
Henry Co Paral
Join le Been
David Studebaker
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