Notable New York Temperance Talk Reveals Heredity Toll
Mrs. M J Annable of the W C T U outlined a 1827 case of a disreputable woman whose descendants total 800, including 342 drunkards, 37 murderers, and 127 immoral women. The family cost the nation 3 million dollars in trials and executions, underscoring rescue work's value. She cited Brooklyn statistics and recounted a lavish Brooklyn reception where intoxication ruined the bride’s evening.
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New York
M. J. Annable
New York Corn Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Baid
Gard
Brooklyn
Mother Dies After Seeing Soldier Echoes Son’s Death
May 30 New York. A grieving Russian mother, Mrs. Chiva Greenberg, leaped from a third floor window at Mulberry Bend after her son Samuel Greenberg, a U S Army private killed in the Philippines, was identified by a uniformed soldier in the park. She died an hour later at Hudonst hospital.
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York
Philippines
Chiva Greenberg
Mulberry ‘Bend
Young
Gresnbberg
Manila
Aguinaldo
Greenberg
War Department
Hudzonst
Cab fare protest ties funerals to higher rates
City cab owners defend higher funeral charges saying post 1896 price level restores old rates. Horace Wood cites Indianapolis transfer company as trigger for rate cuts and notes liverymen, drivers, and undertakers now share a formal price schedule. Prices at city cemeteries rise with a from 2 to 4 for cabs and 50 to 80 cents for drivers, while undertakers take 18% for collecting fees. The Liverymen and undertakers’ association forms to keep prices steady, with Frank Bird and the transfer company pledging alignment soon.
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Horace Wood
Indianapolis Transfer Company
Wood
Zoa Phora Promises Relief for Women’s Ailments
An advertisement extols Zoa Phora as a longtime standby for sickly women, claiming it cures ovarian trouble and menstrual disorders, strengthens for childbirth, aids recovery, and relieves anxiety about cycles. Testimonies from Mrs. Chas. N. West praise its effects, urging readers to obtain a dollar bottle from the Zoa Phora Co. Kalamazoo Michigan.
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Zoa
Phora
Zoa Phora
Chas. N. West
Abbott Court
Chicago
Zoa Phora Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ten Thousand Dollar Clock Sells For 42 50 In Sharon Pa
Sheriff James Brown sold Theodore Rohrer’s ten thousand dollar clock to settle a $40 claim held by Andy Pfahis and Frank Schwerkert. The 11 foot high, 5.5 foot wide clock, built over 25 years, moved quickly when Schwerkert won at $42.50. Rohrer had refused an earlier offer of ten thousand pounds.
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Sharon
Sherif James Brown
Theodore Rohrer
Andy Pfahis
Frank Schwerkert
Schwerkert
Rohrer
Cruel act by three Palmyra girls shocks town
In Palmyra New Jersey on May 30 three girls aged 11 12 and Blandis Henry were jailed for an atrocity against a paralyzed old woman Aunt Belle Bailey. The girls beat her with sticks poured boiling water on her and set fire to her clothes. They confessed tearfully saying they only meant to tease not hurt. The case shifted from murder to atrocious assault and they face confinement until adulthood.
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Palmyra
N. J
Lillian Rogers
Hester
Blandis Henry
Belle” Bailey
Indian legends link to smoke from ancient volcano
In Guthrie Oklahoma on May 30 the full blooded Choctaws living in the Kia miati mountains fear a eruption from an alleged extinct volcano. They report a constant volume of smoke from the crater and claim one of their ancestral armies was nearly wiped out by a similar eruption, prompting some to leave the area.
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Guthrie, Okla
Kiamiati Mountains
River Ave
Walter B. Green
Amateur circus rehearsal turns to shooting tragedy in Hoboken
Newton Meyer, 15, was shot in the abdomen by Charles Milburn during a rehearsal for an amateur circus. He lies in St. Mary's hospital Hoboken in critical condition. Surgeons cannot locate the bullet and fear a fatal outcome. Gustav Meyer, the wounded boy's brother, an astrologer, claimed to have predicted McKinley's assassination and says his brother will not die.
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New York
Newton Meyer
Charles’ Milburn
St. Mary's Hospital
Hoboken
Milburn
Meyer
McKinley
Gustav Meyer
Gustav
John Jermyn Dead
John Jermyn a 72 year old millionaire coal operator died Thursday in Scranton Pennsylvania according to local notices.
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John Jermyn
Scranton
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Pat Bint
Rade Mark
Oklahoma
Hoyt
Finkham
Kilmer
Duffy
Cardus
Dr. Pierce
Scott
Cone- Warner
S. S
Bell
Seth
Bie
Stuckmeyer's Pharmacies
Indianapolis Tent & Awning CO
Washington Street
Holder
Jeneison
Acton, Ind
Fred W. Eppert
Brockway
Ban Ist Square
Mass. Ave
Belijing
E. Washington Street
Vonnegut
East
NAVIN
Senate Ave
Washington St
Taft
Tarr
Tollet
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Spcinnspaus Vai Union Station
Physicians and Surgeons
J. J. Kyle
Newton Claypool
Bert Band
Bao Ring
Telegra
Davol Medicine Co
San Francisco
Cat
Sloan Drug CO
Weat
Indianapolis
Ind
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