Mystery Marks Legacy Left Woman in Bequest Trap
Miss Dora Palmer of East Orange, New Jersey, is named beneficiary in a mysterious foreigner’s will. The exact amount, the benefactor’s identity, and the legatee’s travel expenses are withheld by stipulation. Palmer prepares to travel to Hastings England to claim the fortune, with instructions including a stay with her maternal grandmother and spending time in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dora Palmer
Thomas Palmer
Oak Street
East Orange
N. J
England
Palmer
Australia
Miss Palmer
Hastings
Newark
Main Street
Edgar Watson
Palmers
Aire. Palmer
Monuments Rise For Ogalala Chiefs In Dark Canyon
In Dark Canyon near Rapid City South Dakota a committee of Indian survivors selects a plot for lasting monuments to Ogalala Sioux chiefs such as Red Cloud White Cloud Sitting Bull and Red-in-the-Face among others. The tributes will be carved on rocks and via statues with no erection date set yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
South Dakota
Red Cloud
White Cloud
Sitting Bull
Red-in-the-Face
Canyon
Frank Lockhart
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Uncle Sam
Committee of the Red-Men
First Bride Will Get Linen Prize at Kansas Agr College
In Manhattan Kansas May 26 graduates from the Kansas Agricultural College domestic art program create linen pieces to form a linen box for the first senior girl to marry. Miss Becker oversees the box as the prize awaits the first wedding announcement. A senior class man pledged a partner to guess the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kas
Kansas Agricultural College
Paris Star Grows Into Adulated Musician Legend
A young Paris figure reemerges in public life admired for beauty again yet no longer a child, now gaining recognition as a musician of brilliant talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
June Bride Hosts Pretty Party For Miss Habing
Miss Elsa Habing, a June bride elect, was honored at a mixed shower and euchre party hosted by Mrs Bernard J Muller with a large attendance. Guests included Marie Scueevere, May Dugan, Nellie Killigan, Claire Dempsey and others. The event followed by plans for additional house parties and a Phi Alpha Sorority benefit at the Y M C A for Central Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Muller
Euchre
Elsa Habing
Bernard J. Muller
Miss Habing
Edwin O'Flynon
Butte
Moni
J. A. Warrender
Charles Greenen
Harry Drew
Bert McBride
Rey ¢. Shanenberger
Mary Cain
Helen Barry
Mary Carrol
Clementine Carrol
Habing
Muller
Marie Scueevere
Springfield
Ill
May Dugan
Nellie Killigan
Osceola, Fa
Claire Dempsey
St. Louis
Phi Alpha Sorority
Central Christian Church
Society For the Promotion of Happiness
Mariana Melissa Plack
May Haryaman
Helen Hildebrand
Rachel Ketchan
Belle Belly
Rebecca Retrace
Edmo G. Cruickshanks
Desire A. “Mannes Ember
Marie Miller
Minty Clovertop
Elsa © Heaton Mariana Melissa Plack
Eloise Dallenbach
Hepsibah Odelia Olde
Taft's grand niece placed in children's home in Omaafla
Rosa Liberati, grandniece of President Taft on the maternal side, was removed Wednesday by the juvenile court from her father Edward Liberati's custody in Florence, Nebraska. She will be placed in the Children's Home. The father, a poor tailor, was accused of striking the child but claimed no harm intended. He said he sent Rosa to St Marys of the Woods in Indiana after the mother's death. Liberati had a singing past with the Ideal Opera company before settling as a tailor in Florence, where Rosa has lived with him for two years.
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Omafla
Neb
Rosa Liberati
President Taft
Edward. Liberati
Florence
St. Marys of the Woods
Terre, Haute
Ind
Liberati
Europe
Ideal Opera Company
Boston
Robin Hood
Greenville
N. C
John Solomon Taft
Taft
Lena
Little Rosa Taft
Dr. Taft
Amusements at Shubert Murat theatre promise top stock
The Shubert Murat theater prepares a summer with the All Star Stock company noted for a high cooling system and a strong cast including Selene Johnson Robert Lowe Leslie Kenyon Olive Temple and Harry B Northrup. Opens Monday with When We Were Twenty One and features thrilling acts such as The British Edison and a vaudeville sketch All On Account of Eliza. Three Weeks at the Park theater should draw large crowds with Elinor Glyn's love story and performances by Thomas Chatterton and Louise Dunbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shubert Murat
All Star
Selene Johnson
Robert Lowe
Leslie Kenyon
Olive Temple
Harry 8
Northrup
Lillian Linpott
Eliza
Memphis
Arvine
Thomas Chatterton
Park Theater
Paul Verdayne
Chatterton
Louise Dunbar
Sardalia
Red Haired Girl Purse Thief Strikes Local Children
A red haired girl about 18 lured Helen and Margaret Warner to College avenue and Sixteenth street on Wednesday night claiming a woman wished to see them. She grabbed a purse from Helen near an alley and fled, leaving the children crying. Bicycle policemen later responded after being summoned by Mrs. B. A. Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Warner
Margaret Warner
College Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Helen
B. A. Warner
Vermont Street
Schlangan and
Todd
Washington Street
Reformed Too Soon at East Orange Church Meeting
An eminent speaker at the First Congregational church in East Orange recounted a western visitor’s remark about New York. The guest, a prominent churchman, wrote to his wife that while New York is a great city, he wished it had come before his own conversion.
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First Congregational Church
East Orange
New York
West
Newarn Star
Taft Speaks Tour Planned with Tight Schedule
President Taft plans a rapid speaking tour beginning June 25, visiting Bryn Mawr Ada Ohio Northern University Detroit Monroe and Jackson Mich over two days. He will attend commencements attend a Detroit banquet unveil a Custer statue and mark the Republican party centennial in Jackson before returning to Washington on June 5.
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Washington
Taft
Ada
O. Detroit
Monroe
Jackson
Mich
Bryn Mawr
Ohio Northern University
Ada, CO
Detroit
Detroit Board of Commerce
Gen. Custer
Republican Party
Leper Suspect Detains 10 Year Old Sailor Hopeful
New York May 26 Saverio Marvelli ten from Lorain Ohio held at Hudson Street Hospital suspected of leprosy after attempting to board a ship from Messina Italy Wednesday evening. Surgeons examined him and found eruption on his body resembling leprosy.
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New York
Saverio Marvelli
Lorain
Hudson Street Hospital
Messina
Italy
Marvelli
Soap varieties with prices for daily consumer needs
The advertisement lists multiple soap brands including Glass Santa Claus Royal Laundry Soap limit five cakes per purchaser and 3 cents per cake. Other soaps such as Rabbit Ivory Fels Naptha Lenox Fairy Sunny Monday Glycerine Schaeffers Medicated Green Olive Oil Castile Buttermilk Sweet Clover are priced at 4 cents or 10 cents per cake in assorted packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Laundry
Lenox
Fairy
Two Brothers Elopes With Two Sisters in Greeley
In Greeley Colorado within a week two sisters aged 17 and 14 eloped with two brothers. Maud Claug 14 dyed hair peroxide to disguise before joining Harry Gruel and disappeared. Three nights later Hilda 17 sister of Maud eloped with Fred Gruel. Julius Claus father of the girls runs a hotel and denounces the boys amid a disputed board bill.
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Hilda
Maud
Fred
Harry Gruel
Julius Claus
Bill
Beveridge Praises Bible Beauty at Indies Night
Senator Beveridge told about 200 Men’s Temple members that the Bible offers enchanting literature and superior writing. He contrasted it with French short stories and quoted biblical lines to illustrate beauty and tenderness, calling the Bible the finest collection the world has read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Beveridge
Men's Temple Club
Indies
Beveridge
Wash Goods Sale Prices From Friday Offerings
Local cloth stores advertise radical reductions on dress ginghams Chambray ginghams and Madras waists full yard widths listed with low prices Remnants and cheap bleached muslin and apron check ginghams also promoted plus poplin suitings and linen stripes all discounted to a fraction of their former values Friday only.
Ready to Wear Women Vest and Stockings Sale
Friday specials highlight ribbed vests and silk tape vests at 15c each or 4 for 25c. Reinforced stockings sell at 10c with 12 44c quality options, and boys and girls ribbed stockings priced at 10c to 42 2 3c per pair. Men Balbriggan shirts and drawers offered in short sleeves at 39c to 50c range.
Bullfrogs Croak at City Theater
Vancouver May 26. The spring theater season at the Auditorium is disrupted by a large colony of bullfrogs living under the building. The nightly chorus competes with the operatic performances, threatening evening shows unless the problem is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Theater
Colony Under Building
Vancouver Stage
Vancouver
Ash
North Bank
Bargain textiles and yardage for sale at local shop
Advertises 10c pillow cases at 8c each, 42 by 36 inches. Bleached sheets 72 by 90 inches with 3 inch hem 3 for $1.00 or 35c each. Hope muslin limited to 20 yards per buyer at 12 4c quality. Lonsdale muslin limit 20 yards per buyer at 15c. pillow case muslin 42 inches wide 4c quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Lonsdale Muslin
Ile
Pillow Cease
Huck Towels and Linen Goods Sale Notice
Towels sold at 6c each or 6c quality linen toweling at 18 inches wide for 10c. Bleached twisled tea toweling offered at 4c with 6c quality. Knitted wash cloths with tape hangers 3 for 10c. Linen tea napkins and 22 inch cotton napkins half dozen 20c. Bleached all linen crash 13 inches wide 9c.
House Needs at Lowest Prices on Linens and Tools
Advertises lawn mowers variously priced from 2.75 to 3.75, baskets and racks 25c to 98c, croquette sets 69c to 1.49, wash boilers 75c, galvanized tubs 39c to 55c, screen wire 2c per foot, and rubber hoses with prices from 3.49 to 4.75, highlighting value and assortment.
Notions Were Never Priced Lower in This Sale
A vintage ad lists assorted household items with steep discounts. Items include oils, washing powders, cleaners, dust removers, toilet paper, cleaning fluids, ammonia, wool brushes, talcum powder, thread, lime, soap powders, picnic plates, parlor brooms, card shopping bags, and more. Prices range from a few cents to about a dollar, highlighting a broad sale.
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Will
People
Singer
Wanda Radford
Berlin
Servatory
Frida Isenbarger
Belle Spearing
Anna Elfen
Patterby
Petunia Pickles
Irene Jadkin
Serena Hasben
Mary
Parker Charity
Hopegood
Kate Hunter
Belinda Bliss
Evelyn Pierce
Jerusha Elizabeth Bangs
Edearetins Rege Af
Robert Ray Bunch
Emma Staley
City
William Woodward
Dunkey Brown
Covington, Ky
Bunch
Henry Martin
Estelle Jones
Rushville
Wagner
Miss Jones
Wichelson
J. A. Everitt
E. Washington Street
Irvington
William Holton
Farlor Club
Riverwood Farm
Parlor Club
Minnie Olcott Williams
W. 8. Moffett
Katherine M. Graydon
Bertram C. Day
Ludlow
Fairview Park
The
Philomathean Club
R. L. Pythian
Lyceum Club
Grace Julian Clarke
Indiana State Federation of Women's Clubs
Kentucky
Emma Fern Brendel
Metropolitan School of Music
Florence Flickinger
Virginia Fredericka
Murat
Hermion
Maxine and
Bernice Hart
Edison
London
Herman
Barnum
John ©. Sullivan
William
Eal
Countess Festetics
Countess Festetica
Count Festetics
Custer
HP Wasson
China
Lic
India
Madras
Seattle
Megan
Hiawatha
Kingston
Tron
Galton
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