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Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1908

Page

4

Divorce suit over a Grace MacGowan Cooke double

A New York divorce action centers on mistaken identity with another Grace Cooke, Mrs Grace Watson Cooke, who married William Warren Carpenter after divorcing W H Cooke. The real Grace MacGowan Cooke denies complicity, while her husband W P Cooke sues for desertion. The case unfolds as mail and identities collide amid frontier gossip.

Weiler New York York Grace MacGowan Cooke Grace Watson W. H. Cooke William Warren Carpenter Carpenter Douglaston S. 1 Watson Cooke Warren Carpenter W. P. Cooke Tonn Cooke Chattanooga

Baker Beats Iowa Debaters in Municipal Ownership Debate

Baker University defeated Upper Iowa University in a campus debate held in Batowirx Kas on April 23. The discussion centered on whether American cities should own and operate street railway systems. The unanimous decision favored the negative for Baker University, with judges including Dr. J. W. Prof of Maadrick and Ofin of Leaver.

Batowirx Kas Baker University Upper Iowa University of

Diamonds to hold price says Hamond syndicate chief

Louis Abrahams president of the Hamond syndicate controlling 98 percent of world diamond output told New York that prices will not shrink despite reduced demand. He noted a post crisis decline in American purchases but predicted a quick return to normal output and renewed prosperity.

New York Louis Abrahams Great Hamond Syndicate of International Fame America

Air Shaft Fugitive Caught After Tin-Lined Escape

Frank Green a negro who escaped September 9 1907 from the holdover at police headquarters by climbing a six story tin lined airshaft was arrested last night by officers Lucius Downey John C Dyson and Peter Baehr at 1007 Oak Street. He said it was slick climbing but he needed to get out. He claimed only he escaped through that opening.

Frank Green Lucius Downey John C. Dyson Peter Baehr Oak Street Green H. W. Hammil Walnut Street Greer

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