Georgia bills to void marriages over cosmetic temptations
Georgia legislators consider a bill by George Glenn to declare marriages null and void if a man is lured into matrimony by a wife using cosmetics and beauty aids such as perfumes powders lace and similar items. The measure, referred to the Ways and Means committee, aims to police marital motives.
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Atlanta
Georgia
George Glenn
Whitfield County
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Many Trees Have Criminal Aliases In Botanical Names
Washington July 27. Scientists seek precise nomenclature to avoid confusion from varied common names for the same tree species. The text notes oak and locust names shift by region, with examples like white oak, black locust, and honey locust bearing multiple local labels. The article highlights dozens of alternate names for several species, complicating identification.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Tennessee
Maine
Louisiana
Minnesota
Maryland
Stop Signal Saves Life on Great Western Railroad
In Rochester Minnesota on July 27 J D McGrath of Winona a brakeman on the Great Western road nearly lost his life while uncoupling cars at Simpson His foot was caught in a frog as he moved a lever to raise the coupling pin The train slowly moved and he was thrown down The engineer saw McGrath’s stop signal and the wheel only crushed the flesh of his leg with no bone damage If the train had moved a few feet more he would have been crushed to death
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Rochester
Minn
J. D. McGrath
Winona
Simpson
Canoist drowns during Kenosha lake exhibition
John Langermann, 35, an expert canoist with the 101 Ranch company, drowned when his canoe capsized during a public display near Kenosha. Three rescuers narrowly escaped drowning while trying to reach him as an undertow pulled them from shore. The Kenosha lifesaving crew continued the search for his body, his widow and five children left behind.
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Kenosha
Wis
John Langermann
Langerman
101 Ranch Company
Langermann
Dangermann
Milwaukee River Tragedy Drowns Three Near Riverside Park
Alice and Jennie Anderson and Edward Schoenebeck drown when a canoe capsizes in the Milwaukee River near Riverside park after Whittaker steamer wash. Hanson, a sponger, is rescued by Charles Busch. Anderson sisters are Hanson’s sisters in law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Alice
Jennie Anderson Appleton
Edward Schoenebeck
Riverside Park
Thomas Hanson
Concordia Aeeine
Charles Busch
Whittaker
Pleasant Valley
Schoenebeck
Hanson
Busch
Anderson Girls
Drowning Narrowly Averted At Grand Rapids Pool
In Grand Rapids Wisconsin on July 27 Clarence Emmes 17 nearly drowned at the Green Bay Western bridge pool. A life line protected non swimmers but Clarence left the line sank in six feet of water and lay on the bottom for fifteen minutes until George Henry rescued him. Medical aid revived him after about twenty minutes.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Green Bay & Western
Clarence Emmes
Alfred Emmes
Clarence
George Henry
Young Emmes
Cornerstone Laying Service for Kenosha German Lutheran School
German Lutherans from southern Wisconsin gathered in Kenosha for the cornerstone laying of the new German Lutherans school. Sermons were delivered by Revs. Carl Gausewitz of Milwaukee and W. C. Herrmann of Chicago.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin
Carl Gausewitz
Milwaukee
W. C. Herrmann
Chicago
Pauper in Wisconsin Faces Claimed German Fortune
Mrs. Frederika Lorenz, 95, a county pauper in Ellington, Appleton, is alleged to be sole heir to a multi million fortune after papers found in Prenzlau Prussia reportedly bequeathed a vast estate to her and Appleton relatives.
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Appleton, Wis
Frederika Lorenz
Ellington
Germany
Gen. Witthun
Prenzlau
Prussia
Waterways Commissioner Heads Inland River Expedition
Commissioner Reid and his son Lucien depart Tuesday on the launch Black Beauty to study navigation on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The voyage aims to gather as much information as possible and will be a lengthy, demanding trip likely keeping them away for several weeks.
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Reid
Lucien
Mississippi
Ohio River
Woodsman fatally shot in Mercer saloon brawl
Joe Butch, a woodsman from Woodruff, was shot by saloonkeeper Dolph LaMode in a Mercer tavern brawl and died en route to Hurley. Butch had about $57 when entering the saloon, but none remained after the shooting as bystanders moved him for aid.
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Hurley
Wis
Joe Butch
Dolph LaMode
Mercer
LaMode
Butch
Woodruff
Auto Dash Tumbles Into Ravine Near Racine
J J Hannon a top Chicago auto dealer and his father escaped death when their 50 horsepower Thomas car failed to brake on a hill between Racine and Kenosha. The vehicle plunged twenty feet into a ravine but did not capsize, leaving both occupants bruised and shaken.
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Racine
Wis
J. J. Hannon
Chicago
Kenosha
Prehistoric Man Skeleton Found Near Pelican Lake
Two Chicago vacationers Geo Patton and L H Eaton found a massive nearly eight foot skeleton at Pelican Lake Rhinelander Wis burial mound contained a stone hatchet copper knife copper rings and a necklace made from prehistoric animal tusks.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Chicago
Geo. Patton
L. H. Eaton
Pelican Lake
Low round trip rates via the North Western Line
Low round trip rates will be made from points on The North Western Line for G. A. R. Encampment in Toledo Ohio from August 27 to 30 and Knights of Pythias Conclave in Boston Massachusetts from July 31 to August 3. For full particulars apply to agents Chicago-North Western Ry.
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North Western
Toledo
Ohio
Knights of Pythias
Boston
Mass
Chicago
North Western Ry
National Health Advocates Push for Federal Public Health Bureau
A committee of 100 from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including Rev. Lyman Abbott Jane Addams Archbishop Ireland and John Mitchell, backs a national department of public health. President Roosevelt supports the cause as scientists warn against drug doping and promote nutrition based cures. Eugene Christian a New York food scientist leads the nutrition argument with support from Elbert Hubbard and Ella Wheeler Wilcox as literature is sent nationwide to enlist cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lyman Abbott
Jane Addams
Archbishop Ireland
John Mitchell
Department of Public Health
Roosevelt
Eugéne Christian
East 41St Street
New York
Christian
Elbert Hubbard
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Grugs
National Department
New Campaign Issue Made by Oil Ruling
Chicago dispatch reports Walter Wellman arguing the Grosscup decision will hurt Taft and inject the judiciary into politics. He says Roosevelt seeks a rehearing, asserting the ruling stirs mass opinion that punishment for corporate offenders is needed, challenging Republican aims and business policy.
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Chicago
Walter Wellman
Grosscup
Standard Oil
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Republican Party
Justice Shaped by Memory Guides Public Mood
A reflection on how justice for all will fade from active enforcement, surviving only as a memory in the public mind. The speaker notes this trend is driven by current popular sentiment and has worsened the situation.
Roosevelt Hosts Warm Note For Kohlsaat Daughter
President Roosevelt paused official duties to write a personal note to Herman H. Kohlsaat’s daughter Pauline on her forthcoming marriage. He enclosed an autograph message in a blue envelope and offered heartfelt congratulations and wishes for happiness. He also wrote that there are no lovers like wedded lovers.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Herman H. Kohlsaat
Mr. Kohlsaat
Pauline
Miss Kohlsaat
Mr. Roosevelt
Dominoes Replacing Euchre Decks Upset Maryville Event
In Maryville Missouri eighty seven leading society women arrived for a euchre party hosted by Mrs T L Wadley and Mrs J C Allender for Mrs Grace Austin of Chicago only to be informed that Rev Grant A Robbins had requested dominoes be used at each table.
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Maryville
T. L. Wadley
J. C. Allender
Grace Austin
Chicago
Grant A. Robbins
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Indian boy kills sister while playing gun incident
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on July 27 Ed ward Carpenter a 12 year old boy playing Indian fatally shot his sister aged 10. The shell entered her head and the boy believed the gun to be unloaded. The parents were absent at the time.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Edward Carpenter
Jones Sues Over Umpiring Back Pay
Pitcher Ross Jones of the La Crosse league sues the Wisconsin state league for $2.50 per game for four seasons acting as umpire. He was fined $5 by President Moll after a dispute at Freeport and seeks back pay through local attorneys.
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Ross Jones
Wisconsin State League
Jones
Moll
Freeport
Longest Continuous Double Track Railway Under One Management
The Grand Trunk Railway System operates the world’s longest continuous double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls with the Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley route to New York. Descriptive literature and time-tables are mailed free on application to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Grand Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams St., Chicago, IL.
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One
Grand Trunk Railway
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
New York
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago, Il
City official vows daily arrests over sidewalk fruit vendors
Fort Dodge Iowa July 27 Councilman J W Kime a state tuberculosis lecturer told physicians he arrested Greek and Jewish fruit dealers for selling on sidewalks and will arrest them daily until they quit the street trade He described the action as not child’s play and repeated the arrests in public remarks.
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Fort Dodge
J. W. Kime
Bullock Denies Roosevelt African Trip Invitation
United States Marshal Seth Bullock of Deadwood denies accepting an invitation to join President Roosevelt on an African trip. He states he has not received any invitation and would be unable to go if offered.
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Roosevelt
Deadwood
S&l. D
United States
Seth Bullock
Colorado Springs
Capt. Bullock
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