Mrs Forbes linked to blackmail suit over aeronaut husband
Backmail claim centers on A Hal Forbes wife Jeuste Leighton Forbes and Mrs Rowley of New York. Rowley alleges Forbes has alienated her husband's affections and says letters between Mrs Forbes and the aviator were used to press for 375000 dollars. Forbes left for the west to join a balloon trip with Roosevelt Jr. and a sheriff threatened to seize property in Mrs Forbes's name. Divorce action planned by Mrs Forbes.
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Peabody plans music building at Lawrence College romance
George F. Peabody, a wealthy Fox River valley merchant and Lawrence College trustee, plans to fund a $35,0000 music school as part of a romance between his daughter Emma Peabody and Professor William Harper. After learning of the affair he sought medical help in Chicago for stomach cancer deemed fatal, delaying a potential obstacle to the couple.
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Alice Webb Duke Referred to Sanatorium After Court Hearing
In Chicago on September 3 Mrs Alice Webb Duke wife of Brodie L Duke, a prominent multi millionaire, was arraigned in the Harrison Street police court for failing to pay an automobile bill and was ordered confined to a state hospital for the insane following a mental examination by Assistant City Physician Alfred Levy. The decision cites the woman as exhibiting insanity amid her long public profile.
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Chicago
Wes
Busy Furmages Coke Prices Rise in Uniontown
Uniontown Pa September 2 1910 One of Cle s newest concerns in the coke fields quoted 40 adapt up to 3.25 per ton for all We coke It could ship from now to July 4 1910 pot coke is now coming meaning wpwords of 2 per ton and it is predicted that furnace coke will go 1092 50 before the fret of We year
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Cotton crop showing below average in 1909 figures
Washington reports the cotton crop for August 1909 at 63.7 percent of normal, below the ten year average. The bulletin compares the current crop with July and prior years, noting the August readings and historical context for the period.
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Washington
Port Authority Officer Killed In Towing Incident
Portmouth dispatch reports Quartermaster Dedroorn was killed when a tow cable from the McDonough collided with the Porter during docking. The mishap occurred on September 3, with investigations pending into the cable controllable strike and towing procedures.
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