Philadelphia Stock Exchange member sues for breach of promise
Thorn ton W. Shelmerdine of Germantown breaks engagement to Martha Maslin of Rock Hall Maryland after claiming his love was only a boyish impulse. Maslin seeks at least 60000 damages in federal court. capias ordered with $2500 bail. She spent 150 on a trousseau and quit teaching at Shelmerdine's request.
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Philadelphia
Thornton W. Shelmerdine
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
William H. Shelmerdine
Rapid Transit Company
Martha Maslin
Rock Hall
Kent County
Maryland
Shelmerdine
Walnut Lane
Germantown
Miss Maslin
Simon
United States Circuit Court
Holland
Trousseau
Rock Mall
Dentist Arthur Matthews Ends Life After Missed Remittance
New York report details the Yale trained mechanical dentist Arthur C. Matthews who died by gas in his home after his wife found him in the bathroom with a gas jet tube in his mouth. He faced mounting debts as remittances from his father fluctuated from one to three thousand dollars.
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New York
Arthur C. Matthews
Dr. Matthews
Yale
J. A. Matthews
Middletown
N. Y
Arthur
Mary
Cox Family Claims World Longevity Record
In Danville Indiana on January 11 the Cox family from Central Indiana claims the world longevity record with four centenarians and a combined age of 430 years. The members are Eliza Wilson aged 116 Nancy Ridenhour aged 106 Anna Bolton aged 104 and James Cox aged 104.
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Danville
Ind
Cox
Indiana
Eliza Wilson
Ford
Kas
Nancy Ridenhour
Brownsburg
Anna Bolton
Alexandria
James Cox
Quincy
Ill
Why Americans Buy Cas Carets in Endless Numbers
A bold sales pitch extols Cas Carets as the trusted remedy of millions. It claims rapid daily use by 220000 people and notes over six years of steady demand, with millions spent on endorsements and a warning about imitators and counterfeiters seeking to steal Cas Carets’ goodwill.
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America
Cascarets
Honest Time-Tried Remedy Against Disease Germs
An ad extols Cascarets as a safe bowel stimulant and purifier. It warns against dishonest sellers and counterfeit bulk boxes, noting Cascarets are produced only by the Sterling Remedy Company and sold in ten cent West Pocket boxes marked CCC.
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Beauvet Canal
Sterling Remedy Company
Hog trading quiet with lower prices in Indianapolis
Receipts totaled 5500 hogs 900 cattle and 50 sheep. Hog and cattle volumes rose while sheep held steady. Local packers pushed price cuts with sales mostly 5.75 to 6.10 per hundredweight. Cattle saw steady to weaker quotes with occasional firm calves. Sheep and lambs arrived in small numbers and prices were steady with last week.
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Ecco Scene Ee Eee
Bart Wiz
C.aee
C.ceekee
Pene
Asennee
Porter White Presents The Visitor In Vaudeville Mystery
In a new vaudeville season Mr Porter J White portrays a mysterious figure in The Visitor, a suspenseful act not a Holmes tale yet evoking similar intrigue. Audiences speculate on the visitor's link to The Prosecuting Attorney as White leaves legitimate theater for burlesque style drama.
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Porter J. White
Bherlock Holmes
Jerome
White
Gketchea
Milas Camille D Arville Tops Grand Vaudeville Bill
The Grand presents Milas Camille D Arville the famed prima donna and star of Belle of Land Town as the headline act. The visiting show features the Three Moshell Brothers Novelty Dancing Four and acts by John ny Hughes Snyder Buckley Henry Clive Mabel Maitland Barry and Hughes and the Kinodrome with A Fake Doctor and The Acrobatic Maid.
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the Grand
Milas Camille D’arville
Land Town
D'Arville
Indianapolis
Old Grand
Moshell Brothers
Johnny Hughes
Snyder
Buckley
Henry Clive
Mabel Maitland
Barry and
Hughes
The
Kinodrome
Park Theater Toy Incident Involving Joseph Santley and Bobbs
A street vendor near the Park Theater sold toys during Joseph Santley’s performance of Lucky Jim to an extent that exhausted the vendor’s funds. Santley’s dog Bobbs, a bull terrier, damaged several mechanical figures on the sidewalk prompting a tense exchange before the actor paid for the losses. The terrier will accompany Santley on stage but leashed for the rest of the run.
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Park Theater
Joseph Santley
Lucky Jim
Santley
Bobbs
Kghast
Shore Acres at Majestic Theater by Forepaugh Stock
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents Shore Acres at the Majestic this afternoon and evening. Managers Fish call it one of their most earnest efforts and praise its natural wholesome tale by James A. Herne as superior to other domestic dramas of the era.
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Sag Harbor
James A. Herne
the Majestic
Shore Acres at Forepaugh Stock Company Majestic
After years of holding out for the right to present Shore Acres the Forepaugh Stock Company at the Majestic finally stages the beloved drama. The production promises complete farm settings and a high level of spectacle with careful preparations aimed at delivering the best possible presentation this week.
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Shore Acres
Forepaugh Stock Company
Majestic
Empire Theater Presents Uncle Sams New Show This Week
The Empire hosts a dazzling production featuring a grand chorus, pretty girls, singers, comedians and dancers. Novelties from around the globe promise magnificence never seen before, with a cast including Scanlon and Stevens and a 23 member American chorus.
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the Empire
Globe
Scanlon
Stevens
Proust
Brown
Gracey and Burnett
the van Cooks
Richard Bros
James Ten Brooke
Beatrice Hayres
New Gayety Week Opens With Live Vaudeville Numbers
New Gabety presents vaudeville acts this week starting Monday afternoon. DeMonio and Belle introduce musical numbers and a grotesque comedy routine. Richard Hampson the ventriloquist adds comic strength. Waltzer twins sing and dance. Norma Gray and George Peltier perform pictorial songs. Two full reels of motion pictures with effects accompany the show.
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DeMonio
Belle
Mr. DeMonio
Richard Hampson
Waltzer Twins
Norma Gray
Comedienne
George Peltier
Gavin Candidate for City Clerk Post
William L. Gavin of 1398 Linnois Street enters the race for city clerk as a Democrat. He is a former Park Theater manager with prior political ties.
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Gavin
William L. Gavin
Linnois Street
Park Theater
Once a Hoosier Jurist Dies After Street Car Accident
Fort Wayne Indiana January 11 Judge Chapin aged 71 years who once held the office of superior judge was struck by a street car and died yesterday.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Chapin
Rice's valet sought in vain by detectives
Houston reports Charles Jones former valet to William Marsh Rice has vanished from Texas amid word of a death bed confession exonerating Albert T Patrick in the murder case. Milliken the Patrick ally travels to confirm the confession while leads place Jones in Beaumont Boston and Mexico City with no definite location.
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Houston
Tex
Charles Jones
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Millenaira
Texas
Hunt
Jones
Patrick
Bing Sing
John T. Milliken
St. Louis
Beaumont
Boston
Mexico City
Exonerated man held as two women dead in mystery
James H. Young, formerly cleared in the death of Anna Young, is jailed again over the suspected poisoning of Amanda Fuzzell, a talloress. He admits giving a wafer dose he said was Stearns’ medicine, while arsenic poisoning is blamed for Anna’s death after a quarrel. The events follow his return from Anna’s funeral.
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Shuttle
Wash
James H. Young
Anna Young
Amanda Fuzzell
Talloress
Young
Stearns
Indianapolis Produce Market Poultry Prices Include Fresh Eggs
Clerical OCR fragment notes poultry and fresh eggs in Indianapolis market listings with unclear pricing and vendor details. No full names or dates are readable.
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Indianapolis
New Planet Hinted Beyond Neptune By Wobbly Orbit
St Louis report notes Neptune’s irregular path prompts speculation of a ninth planet. Harvard's Prof Pickering supports the idea but says he has not discovered the body. Telescopes are trained on the suspected region as scientists await confirmation.
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Eys
W. H. Pickering
Harvard University
Neptune
Pickering
Leverrier
Galle
Olive Street
Old Hickory Farm to Be Given by G. C. F.
Old Hickory Farm and Home, Sweet Home dramatic entertainment sponsored by Catiette Order of Foresters at St. Anthony's Hall 39 N. Worman Avenue Tuesday evening January 12 features participants Charles A. Gardner Laura Gardner William Davis Laura Kuntz John C. Geiger Frank Gardner Harold Martin W Waensch with a host of committee members and Athletic Club backing in this city.
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Old Hickory Farm
Sweet Home
Catiette Order of Foresters
St. Anthony's Hall
N. Worman Avenue
Charles A. Gardner
Brrs
Laura Gardner
William Davis
Laura Kuntz
John C. Geiger
Frank Gardner
Harold Martin
W. Waensch
Souis
James Doyle
James
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