Widows Choose Love Over Riches in Wills
A newspaper piece notes how wealthy husbands in wills often restrict widows’ incomes if they remarry. It cites Mrs. Garland who wed Francis Cushing Green after giving up 810 million, and Mrs. Dunlop who forfeited 2 million for love, with other examples from Astor and Titanic-era fortunes.
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James A. Garland
Francis Cushing Green
David Dunlop, Sr
Archibald M. McCreas
Garland
James
A. Garland, Jr
Hamilton
Charles
Hope
Green
Cape God
Mary Carling Dunlop
David Dunlop
Archibald M. McCrea
John Jacob Astor
William Augustus Spencer
Col. Astor
Charles E. Tilford
Mitchell F. Maloney
Moses Kahn
Ends Hunt For Rich Girl With Electric Bitters
An advertisement asserts Electric Bitters improve a woman's health and charm in the hunt for a rich wife. It claims strong nerves clear brains and even temper, rosy complexion, bright eyes, rested sleep, and energy from firm muscles, promising relief from indigestion backache headache fainting and dizziness. Targeted to women, it urges trying the remedy at all druggists.
A Small Group Holds One Third of U.S. Wealth
Financial experts estimate there are 51 multimillionaires in the United States who own about one third of the nation's total wealth. The finding highlights wealth concentration and the impact of a tiny elite on the economy and policy.
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United States
Texas Fly Swatters Claim City Victory in Fly Contest
In San Antonio a fly swatting contest ends with 8,157,995 flies and 4 trillion germs killed by children. Fourteen year old Douglas Daffin wins 10 dollars for 443,772 dead flies. prizes also go to other top counters as Chamber of Commerce officials verify counts by weighing and tallying 5,000 fly batches.
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San Antonio
Tex
Douglas Daffin
Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
L. J. Hart
Chamber
The Secession Oak at Bluffton It Is Noted
A venerable live oak near Bluffton known as the Secession Oak is tied to a local tradition about South Carolina’s departure from the Union and a preconvention conference of coast planters. The article suggests the legend may reflect genuine influence of coastal wealth and intellect in state affairs and warrants scholarly attention.
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Bluffton
South Carolina
Columbia
Coast
Two Ribs Broken After Frightful Cough at Neenah Wis
A man in Neenah Wisconsin suffered two broken ribs after a severe coughing spell. Doctors blamed the strain and a lingering cough. An advertisement asserts Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs and lung ailments and offers a free trial bottle.
Swordfish Duel Across Nantucket Sea
Passengers aboard the Anchor Line steamer Caledonia report a vivid chase off Nantucket where a swordfish pursued a shark. The swordfish struck the shark’s port side, both creatures sank, the water ran red, and the shark vanished after leaping. The swordfish remained unseen, its weapon embedded in the shark.
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Caledonia
F. W. Wadsworth
Nantucket
Boys to Run a Bank in Western Colorado
Grand Junction Colorado June 29 An innovation in finance was announced by Boys Secretary Hollo way of the Y M C A plan to establish a bank operated by boys under eighteen. At a city meeting a president and board of directors will be elected. Capitalization set at 500 dollars with loans requiring parental endorsement. An employment agency for boys will also operate in connection with the bank. Officers for both institutions will be opened in the Y M C A.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Holloway
Bank
Photograph Aims to Reveal Villisca Axe Slayer
In Colorado Springs on June 29 a plan to photograph the eyes of Edith Spillinger, a Villisca axe murder victim, to capture a dying gaze is reported. Authorities hope the theory that the last sight before death is recorded in the eyes may identify the killer connected to both Villisca and Colorado Springs murders.
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Colorado Springs
Edith Spillinger
Villisca
Cicago
Guinea pig intelligence and the houn' dawg in Baltimore
A fragment argues about political classification terms and a remark about Baltimore. The text hints at commentary on political language and regional slang within a historical context.
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Baltimore
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