Monkey Becomes Grief Stricken As Doctor Dies
Chicago talks of Dr Monroe Leech and his pet monkey Monk whose devotion ended in death after the physician’s passing. Monk refused food, kept vigil at the window, sobbed at photographs, and finally died beside its master. The pet was buried in a woodland grave south of Chicago with a silver trimmed coffin.
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Chicago
Monroe S. Leech
Prairie Avenue
Frank Hartman
Thriving Park
Dr. Leech
Monk
Not Her Literal Opinion on Suffrage Laws
A legislature member mocks suffragettes calling new laws misdeeds while the leader reacts with surprise. The dialogue reveals conflicting views on public meetings and penalties for disturbances, highlighting tension between lawmakers and activists.
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Peris
Ailments of Men Overcome by Home Remedy Prescription
An advertisement touts a home remedy plan for male vitality and nervous exhaustion. It proposes mixing several patent medicines into a single bottle, to be taken after meals and at night, claiming privacy and no opiates or habit forming drugs. The text stresses discretion and ease of preparation.
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Hfe
Notorious New York socialite Frank Dudgeon tied to multiple wives and scandals
Frank P. Dudgeon, heir to a $250000 fortune, faced a manslaughter indictment over his second wife's death that was quashed. He married his fourth wife Myra E. Dudgeon after a life of sensational legal battles, divorces, stabbings of a horse, and repeated public scrutiny from Locust Valley to Broadway in the late 19th century.
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New York
Frank P. Dudgeon
Myra E. Dudgeon
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Arthur Mayer
Dudgeon
William C. Relyea
Locust Valley
Broadway
Kittie Cody
Duudgeon
Brooklyn
Cody
King County Grand Jury
Kittie
Asister
Ridgway
Forty-second Street
Sixty-sixth Street
Tammany
Thomas Tracy
Tracy
Eleanor Amand Dudgeon
Dudgeon No. 3
Woman leaves estate valued over six million dollars
In New York on Oct 22, William A. Moore of New Rochelle examined the estate of Mrs Eva Cochran of Yonkers. The report values personal property at 8,238,738.44 with bonds and stocks dominating the assets, real estate at 338,500, administration costs at 50,000, executors' commissions at 30,000, and a transfer tax exceeding 100,000. Bequests to charity were noted and 353 Yonkers carpet company employees will receive 1,000 each. six children share 1,011,700.31 total.
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New York
William A. Moore
New Rochelle
Westchester County
Eva 8. Cochran
Yonkers
Cochran
Alexander Smith & Sons’ Carpet Company
Man Kills Himself Over Loved Woman in Brooklyn
Karl Widmer a Hotel Margaret waiter shot himself after seeing the woman he loved with another man. Richard Tucker Elizabeth Bannon and Agnes Kelly fled the scene but were chased by police. a life insurance policy named Bannon as beneficiary was found. All three were discharged in Adams Street Court.
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New York
Karl Widmer
Margaret
Brooklyn
Widmer
Willow and
Orange Streets
Richard Tucker
Elizabeth Bannon
Agnes Kelly
O'Connell
Miss Bannon
Masistra‘e Tighe
Adams Street
Browne to Celebrate Sixtieth Birthday at True Reformers
The sixtieth birthday anniversary of Rev. W. W. Browne of the True Reformers will be observed at True Reformers' hall, 1202 N. Wel street, on Sunday afternoon in October.
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W. W. Browne
True Reformers
N. Wel Street
Mother Weeps as Police Search for Missing Son
Mrs. Isalene Woodward of Lebanal Indiana pleads with police to find her son Harry Woodward age 17 who left home mysteriously, the mother is described as nearly frantic with grief.
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Isalene Woodward
Lebanal Ind
Harry Woodward
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Menter & Hosea B Lobes Co
OS Dudgeon
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Rubens
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Aipee Clothiers Nine
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