Sensitively distressed wife dies after kiss scandal
In Elizabeth New Jersey a steward’s kiss on Mrs. Anna Knops leads to her tragic suicide and the orphaning of their 2 year old daughter Pauline. William Knops mourns her and recalls her deep remorse over what she saw as a betrayal.
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New York
Fulton St
Elizabeth
N. J
William Knops
Mr. Knops
Anna
Liebschen
Knopses
America
Pauline
Germany
Zoa Phora Promoted as Safe Remedy for Women
An advertisement touts Zoa Phora as the only safe remedy for three danger periods in a woman's life and claims it relieves pain and backaches while curing ovarian trouble and menstrual disorders. It promises a free large trial bottle to all who write and cites Dowagiac Michigan endorsements from Mrs Blanche Seymour.
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Zoa Phora
Blanche
Seymoury
Zoa
Phora
Elizabeth J. Fisher
Diana
West Va
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Flora I. Greer
Howe Street
Akron
Ohio
Ten Prisoners Whipped at Wilmington Work House
More than 100 people witnessed ten prisoners whipped in the county work house yard in Wilmington. Frank Allen received 20 lashes after an hour in the pillory and will endure another 20 next Saturday. Others including Toulson Dorsey Price Thompson Griffin Miller Brown Simpson Nash received 5 to 10 lashes for larceny or burglary.
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Wilmington
Del
Frank Allen
Walter Toulson
William Dorsey
John H. Price
Albert Thompson
David Griffin
John Miller
Wesley Brown
Joseph Simpson
Henry Nash
Man and Boy Killed by Cars in Two Accidents
Frank Hartley 13 of Brightwood and Sebastian Doliries, a stone mason, died within hours after separate train incidents on the Big Four lines. Hartley attempted to hop a speeding freight engine. Doliries was struck near State Street and dragged along the track. Hartley died at City Hospital after an amputation. Doliries’ skull was fractured and he died amid mangled injuries.
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Frank Hartley
Brightwood
Sebastian Doliries
Sheldon Sr
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Big Four
Hartley
Dollrnes
Statest
Earl Zink
Zink
Charles Dwyer
Winchester
Dollries
E. Manzy
Tucker & Dorsey
Bicycle Police and Ambulance Corps
State-st
Democrats Investigate Cuba Expense Files For Booze
Democrats publish Cuba expense records showing Gen Wood paid 1300 dollars a month with some charged to Cuban revenues. Gen Woods salary is 504 dollars monthly. Payments to Gen Gomez range 1500 to 2000 every three months for services rendered in Cuba. A long list shows liquor and glass purchases for the palace including gin champagne vermouth and bourbon whiskey. Last year 1500 dollars worth of glassware and wet goods were bought. Leaders frame the exhibit as a probe and assert Woods’s honesty while continuing to dig.
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Wood
Woods
Gomez
Cuba
Palace
Gen. Woods
Snake Farm Myth Draws Hundreds of Letters to Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana May 27 a Chicago reporter’s story about Clinton county snake farm owned by the Wiseman brothers spurred hundreds of letters from the United States Canada and Europe. Dead letters pile up as denials fail to stop the mail. last week Texas rattlesnakes were sent to the farm but had to be returned. About 500 letters have been forwarded to the Wiseman brothers with no end in sight.
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Frankfort
Ind
Chicago
Clinton County
Wiseman Brothers
United States
Canada
Europe
Adams Express Company
Texas
Will Become Gypsies On Vacation In Gypsy Fashion
Lorrin Eggleston postmaster and Millerstown merchant plans a gypsy tour with his wife and J H Whittaker and wife starting July 1. They will travel the country, men trading horses while women tell fortunes and sell lace and gypsy wares. Eggleston says the wandering life appeals as easiest despite leaving office.
Death Notices For S. Jacob Watson Hiram Wilson James Davis
S Jacob Watson 68 a farmer of Portland died of heart disease. Hiram Wilson 28 a bookkeeper of Marion died of heart disease. James M Davis 86 of Greensburg was a prominent mason.
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Jacob Watson
Farmer
Portland
Hiram Wilson
Marion
James M. Davis
Greensburg
Births and Deaths and Marriages Recorded in Town
Births list includes Albert and Phenie Blaugh girl. William and Lora Traylor boy. Green and Katie Mitchell boy. Rafferty and Mary Probst boy. Owen Adkins boy. Bert Reynolds girl. Brennan couple girl. Schmedel couple girl. Marshall pair boy. Wyckoff couple girl. Deaths note Dycie Winlock nephritis. Lavina Riddle apoplexy. Harold Hoffman six months passive illness. Hubbard Stout pulmonary consumption. William Higgins paralysis. Aliza Hedrick senility. Anna Lange tuberculosis. Marriages listed Warry Ferneding and Elizabeth Weisbach. Archie Williams and Emma Bradburn. Building Pennita: Joseph Moeslein frame cottage 555. R W Long repairs 1000. O C Kinney addition 260. John White repairs 3400. Alice Coyle repairs 760. Kingsbury repairs 2300.
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Albert R
Phenie Blaugh
Delaware St
William and
Lora Traylor
Michigan St
Green
Katie Mitchell
Alvordst
Co. W
A. E. Rafferty
Minervast
Eward
Mary Probst
N. Capitol Ave
Owen C
Bessie Adkins
Columbia-ave
Bert L
Adeline Reynolds
N. State-ave
Frances Brennan
N. Capitol-ave
Gustave
W. M. Schmedel
Villa-ave
G. W
F. M. Marshall
Barthave
Stanley and
Gertrude Wyckoff
Ashland-ave
Dycie Winlock
Coe and Locke-sts
Lavina Riddle
Harlan
Joseph Moeslein
Illinois-st
R. W. Long
Central-ave
Woodlawn-ave
John F. White
Twenty-third
New Jersey-sts
Alice. Coyle
Arsenal Ave
I Ge ‘Kingsbury
Ohio-at
Wilmington liquor deal offers 30000 yearly rights
A Wilmington liquor dealer proposed paying 30000 dollars annually for exclusive liquor privileges in Norfolk. The city currently earns 15000 dollars yearly from licenses, and the aldermen will review the offer at the next meeting.
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Norfolk
Wilmington
N. C
Board of Aiwermen
Courts Discharge 31 Cases and Honor Late Orlando Lotz
The supreme and appellate courts discharged 31 cases on Tuesday with 15 from the supreme court. In the appellate court a tribute to Orlando J. Lotz of Muncie, a former appellate judge, was given by Judges Gavin and Wiley. The Supreme Court then admitted 50 new Indiana Law School graduates to practice.
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Supreme
Supreme Court
Orlando J. Lotz
Muncie
Gavin
Wiley
Indiana Law School
Stenger confirms partners in Philadelphia Record purchase
Philadelphia May 27 William H Stenger who bought the Philadelphia Record for 2 974 000 announces that the interested parties include John Wyeth and Henry B Gross of principalities and James Kerr, in the purchase group.
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Philadelphia
Stenger
Philadelphia Record
John Wyeth
Sanenry
B. Gross
Priisceleties
James Kerr
White Ribbon Remedy Claimed To Cure Alcohol Addiction
An advertisement promotes White Ribbon Remedy as a cure for all levels of alcohol use. It asserts the remedy can be taken in water tea or coffee without patient knowledge and ends an appetite for liquor. Endorsements from Woman's Christian Temperance Union members are cited to bolster claims.
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Ventura
California
Fire Destroys New Brothers Chair Factory in Indiana
Fire at the New Brothers chair factory in Greenfield Indiana leveled a one story wood frame building measuring 200 by 200 feet. Owners estimate losses at 5000 dollars with only 1000 dollars of insurance. The building belonged to George Alig of Indianapolis. Two benzine barrels exploded during the blaze. initial reports of severe burns were later denied.
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Greenfield
Ind
Sps
New Brothers
George Alig
Indianapolis
Strike Ties Up Chicago Meat Trade Despite Packers Efforts
In Chicago on May 27 the meat strike persisted with the packers unable to break the tie-up. Reports from the stock yards say a Swift employee led one of the teams driving meat into Fulton market as freight cars stood idle on the West side.
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Chicago
Fulton
G. F
Swift
Bounced Reverend Little Faces Divorce Case
Frankfort Indiana May 27 J C Little formerly pastor of Rossville Baptist Church is named co respondent in a sensational divorce filed by Geo B Hughes a prominent townsman The complaint says the plaintiff's wife confessed intimate relations with the preacher and church investigation led to Little being bounced as a preacher
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Geo. .B. Hughes
More Dinkey Fines for Gamblers at Hall Place
Eight gamblers arrested at Joseph Hall's basement in Mannerchor haH pleaded guilty in police court. Each was fined ten dollars plus costs and used fictitious names. Hall himself received a twenty five dollar fine plus costs.
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Joseph Hall
Mannerchor Hah
Hall
New York Extends Welcome to Rochambeau Party
New York officials extended an official welcome to the Rochambeau party on their arrival from West Point on late Tuesday. The visit underscores ongoing military and diplomatic ties between the United States and France as officers and dignitaries tour New York City landmarks.
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New York
Rochambeau
West Point
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Samuel Pitcher
Fac Simile Signature of
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Ek Tee
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JHE Centaur Company
New York City
Hoboken
Knops
Dowagiac, Mich
Blanche Seymour
Ubas
Washington
Democrats
Warry Ferneding
Elizabeth Co. Weisbach
Archie ‘Williams
Emma Bradburn
Pennita
W. S. Stenger
Rossville
Dr Carter & Co
DR. Carter & CO
Yohn Bik
Abo Alene
Bess
Casekis
Gedy Hs
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