A Bride for Hymen’s Foe Ties With Chicago Professor
Ada Gox becomes Mrs Oscar Livell Triggs in an April California ranch ceremony. Triggs, former University of Chicago English chair, known for radical lectures and later ties to a Sercomb marriage cult, plans to live in California while continuing writing.
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Turlock
Cal
California
Triggs
Watsonville
Cox
Miss Cox
University of Chicago
Philadelphia
New York City
Canton High School
Women's College
Baltimore
Cutcaco
Chicago
Paul H. Sercomb
Sercomb
Laura Sterrette McAdoo
Tom Sawyer dug-out cave collapses killing two boys
In Chicago a self built Tom Sawyer style dug-out cave collapsed as five boys worked on it. Leaders Carl Hedfeldt 10 and Earl Gustafson 11 died under sand despite attempts to escape. A third boy, Roy Bruce, escaped as the roof caved in.
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Tom
Huck Finn
Carl Hedfeldt
Axel T
Roy Bruce
Swindler Tries Bogus Check on Priest for Funeral Mass
Chicago priest Father Scanlan at St John s Church was approached by a man offering a fake Chicago bank check for 18 dollars to pay for a requiem mass for the visitor s mother. The con artist demanded 8 dollars in cash, leaving 10 for the mass, then fled before police arrived.
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Curcaco
James M. Scanlan
St. John's Roman Catholic Church
Chicago
Fa Scanlan
St. John’s Church
Father Scanlan
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Leavenworth Alderman Christian Meeth Dies Suddenly
Leavenworth Kansas April 11 Christian Meeth a city council member died at his Arch street home at 3 am after attending the farewell meeting of the old government. He was born in Baltimore and moved to Leavenworth thirty years ago. He worked as a stove molder and served two terms on the council. He was active in fraternal orders.
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Kas
Christian Meeth
Arch Street
Mr. Meeth
Baltimore
Leavenworth
Iaty
Louisville
Cincinnati
M. W. LaRue
Seventh St
Bigelow Man Killed While Sawing Wood
John W. Oswalt of Bigelow Kansas was killed this morning near Frankroat when a circular saw blade fragments struck him in the side and shoulder as he worked. He had lived in Bigelow twenty years, leaving a widow and two children.
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Kas
John W. Oswalt
Bigelow
Here
Did He Live in the Ninth Ward Tale of a Political Mattress
A man visits a lawyer claiming democratic loyalty and rent trouble. He insists he lives in the Ninth ward and has voted straight Democratic tickets for nine years. The attorney, from the Fourteenth ward, directs him to Joe Shannon as the proper contact, then calls for help when the visitor senses police involvement.
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Ninth Ward
Ninth Precinct
Fourteenth Ward
Joe Shannon
Wreck Derailed Santa Fe Train Near La Plata
Two passengers were injured when westbound Santa Fe passenger train No. 9 derailed two miles west of La Plata Missouri. The engine tender and four cars left the track at forty miles per hour, blocking the line for over five hours. Injured were C. H. Haskins of Oklahoma City and G. G. Self of La Plata with facial cuts and neck injury respectively.
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la Plata
Torexa
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
California Fast Mail
C. H. Haskins
Oklahoma City
G. G. Self
Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show Coming to Kansas City
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West show arrives in Kansas City for Monday and Tuesday April 20 and 21. The production mirrors the Jamestown exposition act with equipment from the Bliss Oklahoma ranch where the brothers own about 100000 acres and 25000 cattle. Performers including Indians cashers and cowgirls live on the ranch and are skilled in riding, lariat throwing, shooting, while street parades are planned.
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Miller Brothers
Kansas City
Bliss
Harvard Freshmen Win Yale Debate On Divorce Law
The Yale Harvard freshman debate in College Hall New Haven concluded with Harvard defeating Yale on April 11. The topic was a national divorce law with Yale arguing for and Harvard opposing.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Harvard
College Hall
After School Blues at the River Pool
A lively student vents about longing for outdoors and fishing with friends while stuck in after school. The narrator complains of a strict teacher and laments missing the best time, ending with a defiant line about being kept in.
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R, Coorts
Freeholders to Meet Soon to Begin Charter Revision
Mayor Beardsley announced that the freeholders chosen at the city election will convene in his office next week to start revising the city charter. A permanent organization including a chairman and outside secretary will be formed, with meetings set to hammer out procedures before Beardsley retires. The board must finish within ninety days, with advertising and election timelines following.
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Beardsley
Board of Freeholders
V. C. Karnes
R. B. Middlebrook
Joint Passion Week Services Planned by Four Kansas City Churches
Four Protestant churches in Kansas City Kansas will unite for Passion week observances. Noon services for business people run 12 15 to 12 40 Monday through Thursday in St. Paul s parish house with four pastors. Friday service moves to First Presbyterian with Bishop Hendrix. Evening services run Monday through Thursday at First Congregational with three pastors and Thursday includes short addresses.
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Kansas City
Kas
First Congregational
Washington Avenue
Fleet Sets Sail For San Diego Gala Climax
San Diego prepares for the Atlantic fleet arrival with citywide decorations and night illuminations. The ships sail from Magdalena bay at 4 PM, anchor off Coronado island, and a four day program of merrymaking follows with crowds arriving by train.
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San Drego
Cal
San Diego
Magdalena Bay
Coronado Island
San Diego Bay
Pacific Ocean
Priest Joseph S. Graham Shoots Self in Parsonage Study
The Rev. Father Joseph S. Graham, pastor at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Aubany New York, shot and killed himself in his parochial residence. Officials say temporary insanity from overwork. Bishop Burke rules the act not self inflicted for funeral rites allowed in consecrated ground.
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Aubany
N. Y
Joseph S. Graham
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Albany
Burke
Father Graham
Price Crack Sale on Fine Taffeta Fabrics
Low prices on a wide range of taffetas and silks including Congo Crepe and Messalines. Stock up on 30-inch changeable taffeta and 27-inch embroidered China Silk in spring shades. Limited to Monday only at Ce Basement.
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Panama
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Thornton
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