Matrimonial Agencies Targeted in Chicago Raid
Chicago detectives raided five matrimonial bureaus uncovering stock letters and photographs used to lure men and women. Letters reveal schemes to pair seekers with wealthy or widowed partners, with claims of cash estates and ideal matches. Several couples cited include a Boston widow and a San Diego sailor, among many others seeking spouses and fortunes.
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Heleby
China
Japan
Sufecs
Praeperus
Willow
Amone
Patricia
Jackson
Toston
James R. Kelly
Thomas Schaefer
San Diego
Cal
Mary Bentley
New York
John Wells
Jay Cooke in ill health and public obscurity
Longtime financier Jay Cooke has fallen seriously ill and retreated from public view after a career that included co founding Day, Conklin & Co and guiding Northern Pacific railroad financing. Once a dominant figure, his later life in Ogonta was quiet and largely forgotten.
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Iiure
Sandusny
BW Clark & Co
Wankers
Philadelphia
Prent House
Day Conled &Co
Northern Marine Railroad
Sia
Jay Cooke
Ogonta. Ps
Dave
National Park Project in Camden County Missouri
Camden County proposes establishing a national reservation to protect a land area in Missouri. The region features mountains rivers valleys caves and springs with abundant wildlife. Osage and Niangua rivers traverse the county offering scenic beauty. Caves measure up to 1609 feet in length and 120 by 60 feet at some points. A second cave spans 200 feet in width. A prominent spring forms a lake several acres in size at the mountain base. The area includes numerous waterfalls and notable natural features.
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Camden County
Missouri
Camila County
Hitt
Loubet Popular as a Man in Hunting Forests
A French president described while hunting Rambouillet and Mardy forests, with rifle, pipe, and old velvet coat. Observers note his relaxed, benevolent appearance contrasts with ceremonial etiquette, portraying him as approachable and unpretentious.
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France
Loubet
Papa Mimile
Rambdauillet
Mardy
Colonel Foster Is Chief of Veterans Union
Spanish American War Veterans elect Col. D. Jack Foster as commander in chief with Milwaukee as next meeting place. Capt. J. J. Cairns of Chicago named adjutant general and Capt. James Fried of Youngstown as quartermaster general. Headquarters set for Chicago. Unanimous vote favors consolidation of the Spanish American War veterans with a conference committee authorized to complete the union.
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Kinatsan
Milwaukee
Col. Foster
J. J. Cairns
Chicago
James ©. Fried
Youngstown
Fourteen Years in a Pigsty Free of Inhuman Brother
Vienna reports an elderly farmer named Veoneld Stix held his brother prisoner in a pitch dark juesty for fourteen years to seize the inheritance share. The captive lost reason, became animalized under filthy conditions, lost speech, crawled on hands and knees, and moved like a pig until discovery led to the arrest of the brother in law case.
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Veoneld Stix
Juesty
Holy
Vienna
London
Expreas
Peach Trees in Southern Michigan Garden Visit
Aunt Rebeere visits her city niece in southern Michigan and comments on the ground’s promise for peach trees. The young wife recalls grafted peach stones from a previous batch and reveals she planted them, but none sprouted.
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Rebeere
Ayrl
Michigan
Robert
Famous Beauty of Saratoga at Futurity Stakes
Mrs. Drake, famed beauty of Saratoga, drew notice as her husband J. A. Drake of Chicago and his partner John W. Gates engaged in bold race track speculation. Drake’s horse Savable then won the great Futurity Stakes.
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Mrs. Drake
Saratoga
Jd. A. Drake
Chicago
John W. Gates
Petrified Egg Hen Stuns Courier Readers
Louisville Courier reports a strange tale about a Kentucky hen laying a petrified egg. The event draws experts and locals into debate over a possible prehistorical origin and a “stone age” creature’s legacy. The bizarre story blends myth, law, and curiosity with a dramatic pursuit to prove an ancient descendant.
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Duncan
Willem McKee Guinean
Tophela
Louisville Courier
Craig and the President A soldier of fortune tale
The piece recounts Ale Craig a secret service man linked to Theodore Roosevelt and the President. It describes Craig riding with Roosevelt near Piteehous and surviving an accident while a reception in Vermont saw lights go out and the crowd restrained by the President with a stone arm gesture.
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Ale Craig
Piteehous
Craig
Theodore Roosevell
Bngland
Mack
Gordon
Vrinn
Roosevelt
Vermont
Teusevelt
Noone
Isolate Pronunciation Clash Among State, City Men
In a humorous disagreement, a state man and a city man argue over the pronunciation of isolate. The city man explains the word’s meaning as frozen or put away, while the state man insists on his version, prompting a playful reply and a request for reformulated phonetics.
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Bowen
Willam
Sam Jones Reporters Anecdote from Baltimore Physician
A Baltimore physician recounts an anecdote about Sam Jones the Georgia evangelist. The tale recalls a past sermon when Jones praised his listeners while denouncing manipulation, recounting a report of a man who hanged himself and a biblical injunction to “go and do likewise.” The account ends noting the preacher’s insistence that such actions are wrong.
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Sam Jones
Baltimore
Georgia
Aumin
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