Daily It Was a Husband She Wanted Story
Littlewood Phillips loves Mildred Farrington for two years and awkwardly navigates sleighing with her. After months of hesitation he is forced to confront the question of marriage when she playfully asks if more people wed in winter. She finally asks for a husband and he accepts, ending the ride at the Farrington mansion with a shared admission of intent.
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Littlewood Phillips
Mildred Farrington
Hallowells
Newington
Littlewood
Mildred
Phillips
Mister” Phillips
Surhamer
Burg
Burger
Farmer Weds Assistant Days After Wife Dies in Tennessee
In Sullivan county near Blountville, Willam Fitzgerald buried his wife on Thursday and married Minnie Stephens, the farm cook and maid of all work, the next day. Neighbors condemn the rush to wed so soon after the spouse's death, noting he arranged the license during the wake.
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Minnie Stephens
Blountville
Fitzgerald
Cincinnati Sails Under Hurry Orders for Santo Domingo
Newport News May 5 The protected cruiser Cincinnati under Commander T C McLean sailed Sunday afternoon for Santo Domingo under hurry orders. She is to coal at once and prepare to sail on receipt of orders to protect American interests there. She is expected to arrive Thursday evening.
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Newport News
Cincinnati
T. C. McLean
Santo Domingo
McLean
Navy Department
Ohio woman's temperance leader to speak at city gathering
Miss Della Counsett of Ohio will address the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the home of Mrs Ads B Leeds 1811 Market Avenue. The subject is Many Tongues of Cah Tale Body. The meeting will also be held at First Baptist Church Peninsula.
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Della ‘Counsett
Ohio
Union
Ads. B. Leeds
M. Pitolave
First Baptist
Whipping at the police station juvenile court scene
A vivid report describes weekly juvenile hearings at a city police station where Judge Stubbs presides and officers administer flogging to boys. Parents urge harsher discipline as the trio proceeds to the basement, one notably memorable whipping ending with the boy sobbing and a fatherly quip about long-lasting consequences.
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Stubbs
Ltsten Ay
Hoosierisms and Oddities Mix In Local Notes
A Litten correspondent highlights Charles Pigg buying a new buggy after his auto failed near Coatesville, while a farmer hauls the rig to town for shipment to Terre Haute. Other items mention Martinsville’s claim of the oldest printer, a Franklin Baptist church aid fund doubling as investors, and a bachelor in Peters burg who never spoke post love jilt.
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Coatesville
Princeton
Terre Haute
Aid Society of Franklin Baptist Church
Frank Hunt
Martha Matthews
Ella Mathes
Ella Farmer
Martha Larkins
Robert Wagener
S. M. George
Vaught
Orange County
Hanging in a Jam Cell Jealous Husband Kills Wife
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 5 22 year old William Rable fatally shot his wife Addie 18 after she deserted him. He then hanged himself in a jail cell using bed clothing as a rope having planned the act for two weeks.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Rable
Addie
Rable
Walked in her sleep ends life in Hazleton stairs fall
Mrs. Margaret Bontz aged 79 died in West Hazleton after walking in her sleep and falling down stairs. For months she was helpless by day but fully alert at night, wandering through the house garden and street while asleep. She nearly reached the top of the stairs to her room when the fatal misstep occurred.
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Hazleton
Margaret Bontz
West Hazleton
Watches in American stores showcase new novelties
A survey of modern jewelry shops highlights American watchmaking progress with miniature, eight day, strike-after-bedtime, pierced, and high priced pieces from 175 to 400 dollars. Transparent cases reveal inner workings and varied raised bronze and silver finishes. Julius C. Walk & Son display these novelties this week.
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Julius C. Walk & Son
Looters at Lake Shore freight depot in Cleveland
Three masked armed safe crackers blew the Lake Shore freight depot safe at Wasson street in Cleveland shortly after midnight Sunday. They overpowered and bound the night watchman and took his belongings before drilling the safe and escaping with an unknown sum, believed around 500 dollars.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore
Wasson St
Purport of Patented Skin Cure Prompts Patient Testimony
A testimonial lauds Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for cleansing blood and clearing pimples and eruptions. Carrie Soa of Battle Creek Michigan recounts severe facial breakouts fading after three bottles. The ad also pitches The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser as a free giveaway.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Atlan
Dr. Berce
Carrie Soa
West Main St
Battlecrees
Oat
Dr. Pierce
Sunday Sermons At First United Brethren Church
Young women spoke at First United Brethren Church on temperance and virtue while Rev Z T Sweeney from Columbus preached. Greenwood’s First Christian Church dedication drew a large crowd as $2,000 remained unpaid but was raised along with funds for a pipe organ and grounds improvements.
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First United Brethren Church
Lou Rubush
Maude Carlisle
Emma Cook
Miss Rubush
Greenwood
First Christian Church
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
Indiana Trust Companies Investments Rise in 1902 Report
State auditor Hart reports a $4,000,000 year end increase in trust company investments for 33 Indiana firms, with 29 responding last year. Five Indianapolis firms hold $6.5 million in deposits, $3.2 million in savings, and all 33 show $4.487 million in savings deposits, $3.94 million capital, and $0.7 million undivided profits.
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Ing
Indiana
Hart
Indianapolis
Battle at Bayan Mindanao Leaves Many Moros Dead
In the Bayan engagement on Mindanao Lieut Boyars and seven privates were killed while Capt Moore was mortally wounded. Surgeon Porter and Lieuts Henry Wagner and Albert L Jossman were severely wounded along with 37 Privates. Gen Davis praises the assault as gallant. Moro losses are high with the sultan Rajah Muda Bayan and other leaders reported dead. American forces 470 men with four mountain guns. Eighty four Moros surrendered.
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Manila
Bayan
Mindanao
Boyars
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Moore
Porter
Henry Wagner
Fourteenth Infantry
Albert L. Jossman
Davis
Town Hall Lot Trade Sparks City Protest in Moundsville
Moundsville West Virginia May 5 The Board of Trade calls a meeting for Monday night to object to the city council action trading the city hall lot for an old flour mill building at the rear of town. Citizens say the deal was rushed through without knowledge and that valuable property plus a bonus were given for a worthless shack unsellable at any price.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Board of Trade
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