Pretty Owa Girl Becomes Wife of Two English Nobles
SIOW'S CITY Ia March 30 From daughter of the keeper of boarding house to the wife of two English noblemen Ming Jennie Humble of Lemars Ia became Lady Uranville Gordon of England. The tale follows how two English promoters James B Croze and Fred B Close built a scheme in northwestern Iowa, formed an agricultural school, and arranged marriages with Humble sisters. Jennie Humble married Fred Close and later Lord Granville Gordon after a complex sequence of relocations, divorces, and wealth transfers in Sioux City and England.
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City
Ming Jennie Humle
Lemara
Uranville Gordon
England
Iimits
America
James B. Croze
Fred B. Close
New York
Iowa
Minnesota
Semars
Jannis Humble
Fred
James Gloze
Humble
Humbles
Vna Bvellhodd
Allizan
Hawkeye Club
Close
Uma
Gore
Fred Clone
Sioux City
Tuck Warner
Clee
Fred Crose
Bloux City
Erle Gordon
Hunts
Lord Granville Gordon
Marquis of
Huntly
Richest Man in the World and Healthful Brain Gift
An article extols health as the priceless treasure surpassing wealth. It cites Dr Burkhart's Vegetable Compound as curing various ailments and notes a 1902 malt investment figure of 0,754,000 people seeking better health through this remedy.
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Burkhart
Transcontinental Rail Deals From Chicago Offers Tours and Tickets
Advertisement listing rail fares and travel options to California and the Northwest. Promotes round trip fares from Chicago via the Chicago and North Western Railway with multiple daily departures on the Overland Limited. Includes touring car excursions to California Washington and Oregon and requests inquiries to agents in Cincinnati. Also mentions low rates to Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska Colorado Utah and the Pacific coast with brochures available.
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California
Chicago & North-Western
Chicago
Sth
Sos Angeles
San Franciaco
Overland Limited
Chicago Gally
Washington
Oregon
N. M. Breeze
Winont
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago & North-Wratern
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Pacho Coast
M, Browne
Easter Flowers Prolific Elsewhere This Spring
Easter florists report scarce Miles this year due to warm February and March, reducing lilies and harming some blooms. Hyacinths remain popular in white, purple and pink, with potted and cut towers abundant and more splendid. Tulips, roses, carnations, azaleas, xeranthemums and begonias attract buyers as prices ease, while American Beauty roses plus ramblers promise fragrance and color.
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Merry Old England
Indianapolis
Market Place
Floral Department
McKinley Donot
The Mary's Window Ministerial Tale
A 1912 drama unfolds in Fernwood as Mary weighs love and duty at her minister’s reception. David confronts conflict over marriage, family illness, and a vow to follow his chosen path, while neighborhood expectations echo through a cake's perfection and church social duties.
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Apsright
Py McClure
Byndicate
Enel
Cassell
Ter Gleeven
Mary
Kuta
Samme
Astisatey
Ewa Mae
Jeni Vial
Marys
Ponte Owindey
Calor
Syed
Heck
Sivey
David
Carey
Colle
Rie
Fernwood
Netueton
Wien
Which Is Herman Which Is Herbert Twins Mix Up Names
A March 8 report from Delfi Ing details Charles Murphy of Monon adopting twin Nova two year olds from an orphans' home in Weerfield. The boys Herman and Herbert were indistinguishable and swapped caps red and Dink to identify. confusion arose when they swapped their caps and identities. Mrs Murphy discovered the mix two years later, leaving the twins to live with uncertain identities. The notice ends with unrelated local advertisements and publisher filler.
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Ing
Charles Murphy
Monon
Weerfield
Herman
Herbert
Planters hotel crowd woes at St Louis delegation arrival
Gen Ward reports Indiana Durbin delegation faces full hotels as St Louis hosts the event. Five Planters rooms and seven at Lindell secured. rates soar and crowds stack along walls like a lodge. Ward doubts buildings finish in a year and notes 16,000 parade attendees planned with only 20 horses. Nature's remedy for coughs noted.
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Planters Hotel
BL Louis
Indiana
Durbin
Gen
Ward
St. Louis
Planters
Lindell
Checkers by Telegraph Sparks Frankfort Tipton Duel
Frankfort champion Thomas Sims played a telegraph chess like checkers match with Tipton's champion in the Board of Trade room. Crowds watched as moves were relayed over wires. A three game series will determine the statewide champion with Knauss overseeing Tipton’s end.
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Frankfort
Ind
Tipton
Bard of Trade
Thomas Sims
Board of Trade Room
Sime
Wea
Air
Knauss
Imalone
Chase May Not Be Hoplessly Insane
In Paris, Ay La Rumier and other attorneys for Mr and Mrs Charles H Duhme of Cincinnati report Moses Fowler Chase is not insane and had recently appeared well. Rumier said Chase went about Paris freely and does not wish to return home. Lamond Kelley for the Duhmes denies abduction claims and notes Chase has been in Europe since arrival, possibly placed in a sanatorium for treatment.
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Lafayette
Tod
Ay la Rumier
Charles H. Duhme
Cincinnati
Moses Fowler
Chase
Parle
Kumler
Paris
Lamond Kelley
Duhnes
Kelley
Eus Rope
Hen Lays Egg Containing a Mouse Mystery Stuns New Harmony
A New Harmony resident reports a hen laid an egg containing a live white mouse. The event, witnessed by James Chaflin and locals, left experts baffled as they cannot explain how the creature appeared inside the egg. The mouse reportedly had no legs, a white body, and dark eyes.
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NEW Harmony
Terioua
James Chaflin
Remarkable Hen Pecks Window Then Rides in Owner's Lap
Freehold Nova Scotia March 36 John B Shumar reports the family hen displayed a curious habit. Each day the bird pecked the kitchen window pane and Mrs Shumar would place a glass under it. The hen would sit quietly on the glass for a moment then fly into Mrs Shumar's lap.
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Freehold
N.S
John B. Shumar
Sailors face navy shame on Seminole for insult to flag
On the revenue steamer Seminole Captain Henry B. Rog era sternly commanded a muster and forced a violator to repeat allegiance as a flag portion was cut from a rag. The scene, described as solemn, followed a vile insult to the government and to the United States Marine.
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Bobton
Henry B. Rogera
United States Revenue
Seminole
Rogers
Voles
United States Marine
Bound Temperance Man Suspected Attack In Smithton
March 30 bound temperance lecturer Becqu erph Schmidt, age 2, endured an assault after two cider drinkers grabbed him, poured water down his throat, and knocked him unconscious. He was taken home for medical care as warrants were issued for a suspect named Charles Demert and another man referred to as Bh Thr, with Braun arresting.
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Ssuthlon
Smithton
Charles Demert
Braun
Catholics Seek Transfer of French Congregations to America
About 27,000 French Catholics expelled under the law of associations seek to transplant their congregations to the United States. The Vatican leans in favor, but the propaganda doubts the need. Spanish and other church groups in Canada and Spain are mentioned as related migrations. Two hundred mothers are among those leaving France in what is described as the greatest religious exodus of modern times.
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Rome
France
America
Vatican
Canada
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