Deathbed marriage links Paris fashion star Peggy Gillespie to Canadian aristocrat
Peggy Gillespie, famed Pittsburgh born socialite and fashion icon in Paris, died in Paris at 34 after tuberculosis battles. On her deathbed she wed Henry Letellier, a wealthy Prevelmen figure, despite prior plans to break the engagement.
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Pariy
Paris
France
Peggie Gilleaple
Timine
Peonaytyania
Punney
Henry Letchler
Peggy Gilleaple
Pittsburgh
George McClelland
Frince
Europe
America
Elyeres
Paria
Letellier
Leteliier Fustly
Tot Victim of Family Row in Fragmented Report
A damaged OCR fragment describes a family dispute ending in a fatal act. It mentions a child victim and a woman named Lelie, a shot, a nearby physician, and a later outcome. The few readable phrases indicate a tragic domestic incident with a gunshot and medical response.
Peculiar Snake Ordeal Near Larned Kansas
Enoch Chase in Enoch, Kansas narrates a strange episode with a dissected snake that split into parts after being dug from logs. He places a portion in a bucket, but the rest separate and reassemble in a coordinated escape, ending when a passing car startles the creature and it vanishes into tall grass.
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Larned
Kan
Enoch Chase
Met ‘Hick
Enoch
Cigar Counter Mystery in a Moving Plot
An elderly man in a New York alley buys a cedar box cigar and fashionably selects a marked yellowback, then uses a peasants knife to cut and light. He drops a burned bill, leaves a vase with belled notes, and is linked to a moving plot whispered by onlookers.
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New York
Esses
Ona Epee
Uptown
Yuris
Symphony In Gray
Afbility
Real Babes in the Woods tale from Lakewood woods
An apparent fairy tale fragment reports two children missing near Lakewood after wandering in woods for berries. Police found no immediate leads and a man from New York is noted in the sparse account, while a three year old is referenced in relation to a divorce.
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Weterbury
Cona
Lakewood
Charge of Pack Trains Led Daly’s Pack School on Border
J W Daly chief packer of the U S Army quartermaster corps directs a pack train school in San Antonio Texas. The model class lists a gray bell horse and 64 mules with wages and rations for several crew roles. Daly outlines mule load standards and the logistics of dispatching packs across borders, citing Philippine experiences and his invention of a saddle design.
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San Antenio
Tex
J. W. Daly
Quartermaster Corps
U. A
Missouri
Mexico
Sibley
Glenn Springs
Truin
Philippines
Daly
Cugedigh Uluog
Miny
United States
Gervelme
Port Leavenworth
Wade
Aaid Daly
Are Wed Ded By Telephone In Unclear Notice
A damaged fragment reports a wedlock by telephone involving individuals named Fella Moel arthur Brugene and Hatthe Hutu in Havre. Details and exact actions remain unclear due to the garbled OCR.
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Moel
Arthur Brugene
Havre
Aidster
Tole
Bride of Brugger in Montana Ceremony
Fragmentary account describes a late night marriage arrangement with Brugger and a Montana based wedding. It notes the ceremony began at 1 o'clock and extended past midnight due to thunder, and cites Brugger’s grain elevator work and Haduut’s parents restricting travel.
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Brugger
Montana
Mins Haduut
Ten in Family Stricken in Pana Ten Cases Quarantined
The Pana health board ordered strict quarantine after ten members of Edward Bland’s family on Wyandotte Street were stricken by tension disease. All nine affected include Mrs Elin Bland and children Mary F Harlow William D Levi Mamie Gertie Susanna Irene Calvin and Fannie Bland. Aland is not ill. Early diagnosis by physicians identified the illness as tension not smallpox. None of the cases are currently serious.
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Pana
Board of Health
Edward Bland
Wyandotte Street
Aland
Bedfast
Elin Bland
Mary F. Harlow
William D. Bland
Levi Bland
Mamie Bland
Gertie Hinnd
Susanna Bland
Irene Bland
Calwin Bland
Fannie Bland
William Fisher
Health Board
Bland
Discover Gold in the Sand at Cedar River
Gold in Cedar river sands near Austin Mina prompts tests by Treasury Department appointees in Washington. Goat gold samples reportedly run as high as 15000 per ton, sparking a fever among nearby farmers sending specimens for official review after Daisy Dalager uncovered the first deposit while excavating a cellar.
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Austin, Mina
Cedar River
Amayers
Treasury Department
Washington
Mra
Daisy Dalager
Girl Drowns After Fortune Teller Prediction
The seventeen year old Dorothy Marr of Phoeniaville Pa drowned in the Schuylkill River. Her body was found about a mile from the scene of the drowning by Lock Teder Henneswy at the Pawling locks, recovered from a boat. A week earlier a fortune teller who she and a friend consulted predicted the drowning and said her body would be found four days later. The girl dismissed the warning, but the prophecy matched the tragedy.
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Phoeniaville
Dorothy Marr
Schuylkill
Miss Barr
Cleriads
Kenebunket
Menohacot
Tommy
W. Thomas Carstairs
Lorelel
Benna
Europe
Canadian Rockies
Tere
Nehoot
Nove Beatia
Golden
Oor
Tle
Laretet
Abe
Clurinda
Clorinda
Unclear OCR: Commands and Names in Kansas City Notice
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a Kansas area notice with names such as Wib Wale Viretrwberger Alfred Wiest and mentions of orders, a national river or road, and a fore section. No coherent event or date is discernible from the readable fragments.
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Kansasiy
Kan
KaasaMy
Wib Wale Viretrwberger
Tether
Alfred Wiest
Plans of Wice and Men by Ruth Soham
Tommy Carstairs seeks a safe path in his career and romance. He hopes to marry Clarinda Mowry but meets Lorelei on the beach after a string of confusing social missteps. Their budding liaison leads to a dramatic shift in his plans as a belated truth about his wealth and obligations surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toney Carstairs
Tien
Dewey
Peo
Clorinda Mowry
Tommy
Clarinda
Anil
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Peggle Gillespie
Pennsylvania City
Bet
Puggie Gillespie
Peggy Gillespie
Martin
Grylee
Mother
Link
Knech
Yellowbacks
Aim LL Buses
Stu
Poice
Tone
Bad
Alba Ates
Bate Wuce
Trieste
Talinne
Une
Mule Packer
U. S
Packer
Homme
Poetland
Mension
Ihinote
Gearee
Minnesota
Suvenile Police
Lustin Farnum
Pacific Coast
Farnum
Pennsylvania
Tne Militie Company
Eoreel
By Ruth Soham
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