Eloped Wife of Millionaire Tracked Near Home
Uniontown PA to Greensburg and an Ohio town traced Bertha Stone wife of W A Stone eloped December 9. She traveled toward Logansport then changed course, returned to Union Station and via steam to Greensburg before fleeing toward Mansfield Ohio with two trunks and jewels valued at 25000. Detectives followed across Ohio and Michigan then Indianapolis, where she eluded capture by renting a North Illinois suite and posing as an actress from The Devil company. Stone offered reward rising to 5000. he identified her in Mansfield and sent detectives there.
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Stone
Ohio
Michigan
Indianapolis
Illinois
Pittsburg
Depot
the Devil” Company
Greensburg
Millionaire Stones
Mansillon
Womanly Wisdom and Frugal Living Tips from January Farm Journal
A selection of home economy advice from January Farm Journal covers practical hacks. Recipes for ginger snaps and currant jelly muffins appear alongside tips on digestion sharpening a big knife and staying independent. Neighborly anecdotes about poultry and cold weather prep finish the piece.
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Epresad
Farm Journal
Shepherd dogs disrupt Scottish church service tale
Dean Ramsey notes shepherds brought collies to church where the dogs behaved during the sermon but barked joyfully at the final blessing. A parish tried to stop the custom by having congregants sit during the blessing, prompting a pastoral pause until an old shepherd cried to “say awa” and the crowd stayed seated to cheat the dowps.
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Scotland
Dean Ramsey
Avocado Salad Delight Draws Luncheon Talk
Avocados, native to Florida and imported from Hawaii, are on sale year round at fancy grocers. Each pear sized fruit costs 25 cents and yields a small amount of sweet meat after removing a large seed. A simple serving blends diced pulp with lettuce and mayonnaise. local notes mention Miss Nelle Havens and Mrs. Penrod’s mother recovering from illness. visitors include Mrs. Orne Jewett of St Paul.
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Florida
Haewaiian Islands
Too Tender-hearted Man Ends Life After Gift Rejection
Denver man Thomas Hamline expressed tenderness with a small gift to his sweetheart. Overwhelmed by grief that he could not return the gesture he took his life, leaving his wife to face hardship. The episode is noted as a caution about poverty and the pressures of giving at Christmas.
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Thomas Hamline
Denver
Cols
Christus
Protracted Meetings Begin in St Paul M E Church
In St Paul the United Brethren and Methodist churches plan a joint protracted meeting starting Sunday January 31 and continuing for an undefined period. Visitors include Charles Ridler from Putnam County. Burial for Mr. Madlin from east of St Omer occurred at Jouts Creek cemetery Monday. Mrs Primate and son Charles from Acton visited her father and sister Mrs Ballard. John Pease was in town Wednesday.
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Swarts
U. B
Brown
M. E Church
M. E
St. Paul
Charles Ridler
Putnam County
Madlin
St. Omer
Jouts Creek
Primate
Charles
Acton
Discouraging Prospect of a Woman's Group Leader
Dialogue hints at anxiety over a male candidate becoming president of a women's club. The exchange notes the man is well liked yet predicts risk if he withdraws from voting, implying potential election of him as club president amid unusual community scrutiny.
Guard’s snowbound train warning and cold death threat
In a Highland railway snowstorm a train paused for an hour or two. A cheery Scottish guard moved along the carriages trying to steady anxious passengers. An old gentleman threatened to die of cold if the train did not move. The guard quipped about charging a shilling a mile for corpses in Dundee Advertiser style.
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Corpes
Dundee Advertiser
Old Mothers and Their Quiet Grace in Verse
Poem evocatively recalls old mothers with white hair and kind eyes, praising their Sabbath calm, deep unfaltering gaze, and comforting influence. The verse wanders through memories of garden walks, roses, and enduring love, ending with a nostalgic tribute to aging mothers.
Cuisine Terms and Old World Produce Explainations
The piece defines escarole as a green salad plant and explains vegetable marrow as summer squash known in England as a favorite dish. It notes sorrel as good greens and soup greens, Romaine equals Boston lettuce, Esher meat as Jewish dietary compliant food, and anchovy origins near Gorrona Island off Italy with larger northern-sea varieties.
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England
Boston
Gorrona
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Winter skating lessons and a cheeky pupil tale
A school scene shows a teacher probing a boy’s age with humor as he claims not to know his birth date. The fragment includes local notices of Ada Magee and Grace Rhodes, and a police arrest report of A A Ash of Memphis in a fraud case linked to J A Duncan, with a denial and a writ.
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Yunnoy Olsen
Kansan City Journal
Ada Magee Ie
Central Ave
Grace Rhodes
Shelbyville
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W. A. Stone
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Union Station
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Gewde &Hd
Emery Martin
Merchhant
Hopwood
Asiontown
Mre. Stone
Pitteburg
Marie Inglis Stone
Jbertha Stone
Nelle Havens
John Pease
Thureday Morning’s Star
Elmer Robbina
A. A.ash
Memphis Tenn
J.a.dunocan
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