Nebraska widows seek husbands as letters flood Omaha sheriff
Sheriff Mike Clark of Omaha receives about fifty marriage letters daily from widows and widowers across the nation after a New Jersey widow found a husband through him. The pile includes terse notes from New York and New Jersey suitors, with requests ranging from quick matches to genuine hopes for home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
New York
Nebraska
Mike Clark
Sheriff Clark
Clark
Dunham
Newark
N. J
Albert Henry Thomas
S. Brickley
East Broadway
James George
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Charlies Olsen
Woodhull Street
Brooklyn
Avery G. Wooden
Sage Avenue
Rochester
Charles Ryan
Clifton Springa
Peter Grub
Erie Railroad
Thaddeus Stargeski
Waverly Avenue
Frank Ryan
Lenox Avenue
Charles F. McDonald
West 147Th Street
M. O. Connor
Ireland
George Muir
West Thirty-ninth Street
New Jersey
Union
Bank Messenger Foils Hold-Up With Clever Alarm
Gerald Alling helps thwart a bank robbery scheme involving a decoy satchel and a clever inventor device. After two thieves grab the satchel and lose bonds, the alarm explodes and a police capture follows. The bank rewards Alling with $5,000 and a possible honeymoon leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Family Escapes Fast Fire From Porch To Tree
A family fled a house fire moving from a front porch to a tree in the yard. Mr Hudson leaped to the tree and helped the children escape. Mrs Hudson slipped during the escape and sustained injuries from the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Hudson
Mr. Hudson
Third Boy Found Hanged in Gaza Chicago
Anthony Szkolny, the third boy found hanged here, was discovered suspended from a rope tied to a barn rafter behind his home. A playmate found the body. no motive is given as police investigate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaza
Chicago
Anthony Szkolny
Mystery Explained Behind the Wind Raising Line
A Boston Transcript quip explains a caller chasing funds for another ball game. The joke hinges on money arranged by “8 fen” to raise the wind, reflecting light humor and local color in a sports or daily query context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystery
Boston Transcript
Harvard Researchers Hint At Two Kinds Of Lead
Cambridge mass nov 7 scientists reveal atomic weights of about forty elements from a thirty five year study. Harvard chemists led by Theodore Richards and Gregory Baxter show two kinds of lead one from radium minerals with weight 206.1 and ordinary lead 207.8. This discovery raises questions on matter composition and potential mixtures in other elements.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Gregory P. Baxter
Richards
Aht
Europe
Lake Superior
Baxter
Earth
W. D. Harkins
Chicago
F. W. Aston
England
Local News Notes on Residents and Illness
Correspondence David Gary is off the sick list and under doctor care. Miss Cleota Bressler of Fremont spent Sunday with Donald Fink. Mrs Cyrus Brouse is working in the home of Mr and Mrs Wilson Duguid. Lawrence Ford is on the sick list and unable to attend school for a few days. Gordon Gary visits friends in Hillsdale Quincy and Coldwater. Mr E J Ford of Coldwater came to visit his son W F E Ford last Friday. Miss Nellie Raymond of Reading was the guest of Mrs Charles Skinner last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gary
Cleota Bressler
Fremont
Donald Fink
Cyrus Brouse
Mrs
Wilson Duguid
Lawrence
Ford
Gordon Gary
Hillsdale
Quincy
Coldwater
E. J. Ford
W. FE. Ford
Nellie Raymond
Reading
Charles Skinner
Clayton Straw
Kendallville, Ind
Cora Wilson
Lena Lawrence
Ruth
George Woodard
Ben Wilson
Jimmy
Local notices and family news from Past Side Lake George
A compact local record lists illness and recoveries, visits, births, and social events. Names include Retta Miller, May Swain, Charles Carpenter, and several from nearby towns, with church revival notes and community meetings.
Hatred of Banke Sparks Delta Bank Robbery
Four masked bandits robbed 8 B Finney in his Delta office seizing $29,000 after binding him to a chair. Finney reportedly despised banks, a motive the article links to the heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banke
8. B. Finney
Eighty-Eight Year Old Man Marries Mrs Tennant
In Laporte Indiana eighty eight year old E W Davis has wed thirty five year old Clara Tennant. This follows the death of his first wife soon after their sixty sixth wedding anniversary reflecting a notable late life marriage.
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Man
Laporte
Ind
E. W. Davis
Clara Tennant
Davis
Community Notes From Hall's Corners and Nearby
Farmers busy filling ice houses. Carl Hern returns from Cleveland. Child of Mr and Mrs Fred Higbee improves after illness. Mrs Geo Adams hosts West California Ladies Aid Feb 2. Pie social at Virgil Little's home a financial success. Rachel Shank returns to Fremont after visit with Mr Lege. Averill farm south of Hall's Corners sold to Norton banker of Allen Mich. Perry Gray farm changes owners. Pickett trades for Butler township store.
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Virgil Little
Lege
Rachel Shank
Fremont
Averill
Hall’s Corners
Perry Gray
Mr. Pickett
Butler Township
Mrs Goff Called To Cincinnati By Family Illness
Mrs Orin Goff was summoned to her daughter's Cincinnati home Monday due to an illness in the family.
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Les Gerald
Western Newspaper Union
Alling
Empire National Bank
Gerald Alling
Ward
Joss
Bay, MD
NEWS
Lake George
Frank
Albert ‘Bauchman
Retta Miller
May Swain
Lee Michael
Charles Carpenter
North Dakota
Mrs. Elwood
Ohio
Michigan
Fred Eggleston
Gayland
Angola
Flossie Nill
Blanch Baum
Montvane
Victoria Franks
Dayburg
California
Nora Knauss
Via Donelly
Hattie Paul
Frances E. Willard
West Clear Lake
Geo. Worton Sr
Leslie McNaughton
Robert
Carrie Nichols
Jas. Byles
Mich
Judson Welker
Joe Laird
Chester Isenhower
Fort Wayne
Willford Norton
J. H. Zimmerman
Wm. Lint
Ford Zimmerman
Charles Adair
Faye McNaughton
Bicknell, Ind
Theo. McNaughton
Lowell Duguid
D. 8. Mitchell
Frank Belote
Hove
Gay Paul
Brnet Gordineer
Ethel. McLouth
Kansas
Theodore McNaughton
C. W. French
Fred Nietzka
Marengo, Mich
R. D. Yates and
Amos Odren
H. W. Duguid
Near Pleasant Lake
Ella Nobles
Lee Reynolds
Detroit
Florence Widler
Montgomery
Baptist Ladies Aid Meeting
Mary McTaggart
M. EF
Viva Osborn
Fred Hackett
Herman Rosenbook
R. D. Yates
Charles Beil
McTaggert
McNaughton
M. E
Kingdom of Heaven
South Kinderhook, Mich
Jay Spade
Gertrude Hill
Bethel
Wm. Bordt
Troas
Abbott
Sherman Forrester
Clarence Gould
George Swick
Alonzo Worthington
Ed Morse
Clifford Abbott
Ula Gleason
Sherman Forrester’s
Lee Bordt
Floyd Straw
Chas. Worthington
Crooked Creek
Sherr -Beebe
Arthur Williamson
George F. Worton
James Mingus
Deino Holley
Harry Fulton
Wesley Fulton
E. G. McLouth
Alberta
Manans City, Mo
Denno Holley
Little Howard Holley
Scriber
John H. & Walker Lawyer
Ofer Follett
P. Jce
Wateryee
West
Carl Hern
Cleveland
Fred Higbee
California, Mich
Fisk
Fisks
Fremont, Indiana
Igi
Chas. E. Gier Furniture and Undertaking
Woodward & Sonsrk
Coldwater, Mich
Stean
Tytet
Pereale
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