Mrs Dunphy Denies Robbery Charge in Chicago Trial
Mrs Mabelle Dunphy of Boston returns to Chicago to face trial for alleged robbery of money lender Charles E Giles. She says the charges stem from a plot to seize her fortune and that the $6,000 in securities and diamonds are her property obtained by Giles fraud. She asserts she was in Missoula Montana on October 12 and not in Chicago then.
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Chicago
Mabelle Dunphy
Boston
Charles E. Giles
City
Giles
Mrs. Dunphy
Great Northern
Missoula
Mont
Frank Kiss Sentenced After Self Inflicted Shooting
Arron O noticed a man named Frank Kiss sentenced to pay 23 dollars after he entered his home with a revolver in each hand and began shooting. Two bullets struck his body before police arrested him for pointing a firearm.
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Arron, O
Frank Kiss
Kiss
One Day Cold Cure Claim at Local Store Auction
Advertisement notes a elixir titled World over to Cure a Cold in One Day priced at 25 cents. It highlights a signature by E. W. Grove and promotes bromooquinine laxative. Mentions men’s cravenettes and raincoats priced at 5.50 during a sale at Goodwear Raincoat Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Goodwear Raincoat Co
Hadley Banquet To Honor New Governor In St Louis
St Louis to host a massive banquet for Herbert S Hadley with 2266 meals served to 78 tables in the Coliseum. Lyman Hay leads service with 200 waiters and 7 courses. Officials-elect and guests expected. plate cost listed at 33 with extra funds raised for incidental expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Coliseum
Lyman Hay
Hadley
Girl Hires Men to Kill Mother Plot Exposed in Chicago
Chicago reports a daughter Mae L Otis planned to murder her mother Mrs Sarah Otis for money. Police foiled the scheme as she arranged to beat the mother to death, with a $2,400 balance and $100 paid as proof of the deal. Otis, a former Elaine Optical clerk, is in custody after confessing partial guilt.
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Chicago
Miss Otis
Stolpman
Mae L. Otis
Robert C. Stolpman
Farmer Jacob Gauger Dies by Own Hand in Woods
In Seliis Grove Pennsylvania on November 13 a farmer named Jacob Gauger shot himself in the woods near his home. A dog that had accompanied him guided friends to the scene of the tragedy.
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Seliis Grove
Jacob Gauger
81-Year-Old Man Marries 17-Year-Old in Evansville
Evansville Indiana reports a marriage license issued to George Murphy aged 81 and Tillie Griffin aged 17. Murphy is identified as a Civil War veteran. The article notes the unusual age difference and the couple’s legal union.
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Evansville
Ind
George Murphy
Tillie Griffin
Murphy
Postum Pioneer Pharmacist Shares Health Gain Story
A Coleman identified pharmacist details a twelve year switch from coffee to Postum. He attributes weight gain, improved digestion, and better health to Postum, noting his previous coffee-induced dyspepsia and nerve tension. He cites colleagues and his wife benefiting, and asserts coffee caffeine as a poisonous alkaloid, urging others to switch.
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Postum
Postum Co
Batt Creek
Mich
Weilville
Postal Savings Banks Opposed by the Bankers
Fort Wayne hosts Indiana Bankers association meeting electing officers J R Voris Bedford as president J W Sale Bluffton as vice president W S Huddleston Winamac treasurer and district leads Frank Martin Indiana Trust Company for the Seventh district along with an executive council trio H C Johnson J F Johnson Earl S Gwin Charles H Worden and J A DeHarity Andrew Smith reappointed secretary The group plans to oppose postal savings bank legislation and will supply banks with data for the fight.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana Bankers’ Association
J. R. Voris
Bedford
J. W. Sale
Bluffton
W. S. Huddleston
Winamac
James M. Scott
Vevay
John Mills
Portland
Frank Martin
Indiana Trust Company
H. C. Johnson
Seymour
J. F. Johnson
Kokomo
Earl S. Gwin
New Albany
Charles H. Worden
J. A. DeHarity
Elwood
Andrew Smith
Capital National Bank
Indianapolis
The Remarkable Will Of A Doctor
A famed physician on his deathbed tells his children the secret of life is to avoid abusing the stomach. The moral is reinforced by a sales pitch for Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets, touting digestion support, blood healing claims, and a free trial offer from F. A. Stuart Co.
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Stuart
Mall Free
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bidge Marshell
Mich
Great Sale on Women's and Girls Coats and Suits
Second Floor offers a selection of women and girls coats including covert jackets at 3.98, satin lined caracal coats from 7.50 to 12.50, long kersey semi fitted coats at 12.50, fashionable missis coats at 15, empire style coats with satin piping at 18.50 to 25, plus matching suits in plain shades and stripes. Also featured are skirts in panama or serge at 5.00 and school coats for girls ages 6 to 14 at 2.75 to 4.75 with velvet collars and side pockets.
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Woten
Libbey accuses Hains family of exploiting children in murder case
Mrs Charles Libbey, mother of Claudia Hains, denounces Captain Peter C. Hains family for using the three babies in the publicity surrounding the New York murder trial. She says the captain’s mother misuses the children and overstates care taken of them while Iowa-born children were raised at her Winthrop home.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Libbey
Claudia Hains
Peter C. Hains
New York
William E. Annis
Winthrop
Reardon Sells Two Year Old At Top Price
Mike Reardon of Indianapolis realized the top price at the big horse sale yesterday selling Baroness Virginia a roan filly two years old by Baron Review for 1700 to John K R Pierson of Terre Haute. Over 40 horses sold for 200 or more with prices well above that mark. George D Johns of Franklin secured 775 for Tom Marshall a 6 year old bay gelding. Treardon sold Mary Iland a roan filly three years old for 750 to J O Hamilton of Vienna Ga. Forty sales of 200 or over were recorded.
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Seardon
Virginia
Baron Review
Jaybird
John KR. Pierson
Terre Haute
George D. Johns
Franklin
Ind
Tom Marshall
Negus
Treardon
Marylland
Margrave
Sybil
Abdallah Woodruff
J. O. Hamilton
Vienna
Rhodius Trial On Calendar At Court Hearing Soon
The case against Mrs Elma Dare Rhodius charging her with kidnapping George Rhodius a near millionaire and with marrying him while he was not accountable for his acts will be set for a hearing next week It is expected counsel will seek a continuance and the trial of the kidnapping charge may be postponed until after the suit to annul the Rhodius Dare marriage is tried in Greenfield in December.
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Elma Dare Rhodius
George Rhodius
Louisville
Rhodius-Dare
Greenfield
Husband flees but 15 caught after 4 years
In Superior Court Judge J A Pritchard refused to act in the case against Stephen Selzer the man who obtained a divorce degree for Mrs Ida Selzer four and a half years ago. Selzer left Indianapolis for Chicago after failing to continue court ordered payments for his child. He returned for his father and mother's funerals and was arrested for failure to provide for his child. He is held on $500 bond and to be tried next Monday.
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Irianeapolis
Chicago
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Danbury Hat Co
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Oscar Hadley
Indiana
John V. Hadley
Lilly & Stalnaker
Getts
East Washington Street
Otis
Manston
Wis
Walnut Street
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Tella
Pettis “Dry Goods CO
Directoire
BBC
Astrakhan
Mrs. Libbey
Reardon
Mike . Reardon
Rhodius
AIC
California
Jackson
Delaware St
S. Meridian St
Matschngetts Ave
Alabama St
Etter
TEA and Grocery CO
Northwest Cor
Washington and
New Jersey
Indiana Ave
Washington
W. Washington St
Oliver Ave
Clifton Ave
N. Senate Ave
van Dyck
Berrison
Zuater Tachernoff
Donald and
Carsop
Feur
Leo Cyrillo Frederick
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Majestic
Forenaugh Stock CO
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Harvard
Trilby
Angel and the OX
Ietaer and
Johnson
Empire
Hasimoto
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the Merchants National Bank
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