Cigarette Girl Has Big Price in Unusual Suit
Noah Fisher of Kokomo sues for divorce claiming his wife Laura Jane Fisher is immorally addicted to cigarettes. Laura counters with cruel neglect and alleges Floyd Fisher’s complicity in alienation of affections led by Reilly Jacobs. Jacobs, a Tipton county farmer, is accused of keeping Laura Jane Fisher away from Noah since their marriage ten years ago. The case seeks $5000 in damages for loss of society and household services amid contested claims and unusual legal questions.
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Vritten
Tipton County
Kad Fisher
Crowley
Kokomo
John Sweveland
Tipton
Vrings
Reilly Jacobs
Noah Fisher
Laura Jane Jacobs
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages in Logansport Area
Joseph S. Craig and others transfer Lot 21 John Tipton's First Addition Logansport for 5000 dollars. Margaret V. Hamilton transfers Lot 25 M Hamilton's Second Addition Taberville Burlington and Dewey streets for 500 dollars. Margaret McCarty to Sarah Walsh res on Tenth Street and Erie Avenue for 1500 dollars. John R. Kennedy to Elizabeth Fitterman Lot 145 West End Addition Park Avenue south of Melbourne Avenue for 475 dollars. Anna Wiley and others transfer 22 acres fractional section 31 Clinton County for 1500 dollars. Five real estate mortgages totaling 2943.50 and one chattel mortgage at 543.50 recorded. One real estate mortgage released.
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Joseph S. Craig
Jennie Markley
John Tipton
Logansport
Sixth
North Streets
Margaret V. Hamilton
Raymond RR
Yeagley
M. Hamilton
Taberville
Burlington and
Dewey Sts
Margaret McCarty
Sarah” J. Walsh
George Cicott
Tenth Street
Erie Avenue
John R. Kennedy
Elizabeth A. Fitterman
West End Add
Park Avenue
Melbourne Avenue
Anna Wiley
Edward Sau
Clinton
Beauty Or WRC Lat A Magazine Essay On Attractiveness
A column discusses beauty as a subjective impression rather than a fixed quality. It argues health clear skin and physical vigor, plus intelligence kindness and grace, create the lasting impression of beauty in others.
Ole Bulls Niece A Song Bird Brings Musical Lineage
Miss Charlotte Lund of Oswego New York granddaughter of Ole Bull and cousin of Edvard Grieg emerges as a soprano. Trained by Jean de Reszke in Paris she debuts in Paris and London earning acclaim. Her early work as organist choir director and school teacher led to vocal study with Vanacini and De Reszke with plans to sing opera next season.
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America
Ole Bull
Charlotte Lund
Oswego
New York
Edward Grieg
Miss Lund
Jean de Reszke
Paris
Lund
Beteers
United States
White
W. K. Vanderbilt
Charles Dana Gibson
London
Italy
Vanacini
Boston
Philadelphia
de Reszke
Fitchburg Society Beauty Leaves City After Fiancé's New Love
Miss Carrie Lovering a Fitchburg music teacher and organist, left her Worcester home to visit a sister in Washington after learning her fiancé Harry Crosby Green of Newark has married New Yorker Mabel L. Humphrey. Green, a magazine artist, reportedly wed August 3 at the Little Church Around the Corner and plans to honeymoon with his father in Fitchburg, prompting Lovering to depart across the continent with no set return date. Green says he met another woman and chose her over Miss Lovering.
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Worcester
Mass
Carrie Lovering
Fitchburg Society
Thorp
Wash
Harry Crosby Green
Newark
Green
Mabel L. Humphrey
New
Miss Lovering
Fitchburg
John C. Green
New York
Detroit plans $25 000 outlay for young material
Detroit President Navin vows no standput policy after championship. He states a yearly $25 000 will be spent on desirable young players, with Jennings free to request a check for any prospect. Two more hopefuls, a pitcher and an infielder, are in view as up to ten youths may travel to spring training.
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Detroit
Navin
Jennings
Deputy Prosecutor Receives Five Cent Payment Note
Deputy Prosecutor Michael Fansler reported a letter sent yesterday that included a five cent piece offered as payment for legal advice sought by the writer.
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Michael Fansler
Jobless Pioneer Seeks Work Across States
John Henry Porter of Red Bank Pennsylvania undertook a 1000 mile trek through Ohio Indiana and Illinois in search of employment. He visited Cleveland Dayton Indianapolis Hammond Chicago and Pontiac chasing a suitable position but every lead failed. A relief fund has been started to support his continued pursuit of work.
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Pontiac
John Henry Porter
Red Bank
John Henry
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Cleveland
Dayton
Indianapolis
Crown Point
Hammond
Chicago
Juliet
Pen ‘Jac
Roosevelt Called Jingo by Berlin Pamphleteer
Otto von Nottberg once New York correspondent and now a Berliner Lokal Anzeiger director published Theodor Roosevelt a pamphlet attacking the president as an average unremarkable man driven by impulses. He labels Roosevelt a raving Socialist and blames him for the Spanish American War influencing public opinion.
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Berlin
Otto von Nottberg
New York
Berliner Lokal Anzeiger
Lokal Anzeiger
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
von Nottberg
McKinley Park Artesian Well Draws Busy Crowd
The new McKinley park artesian well draws a steady queue from West Side residents who haul gallons in buckets and jugs. The well taps water from 533 feet deep and is cited as the best in the region, with a resident cost noted at 719.55 dollars.
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McKinley Park
West
Suit Over Speeding Autos In Iowa Falls Public Notice
A local speed ordinance leads to a $20,000 damages suit against an Iowa municipality. The case centers on a horse drawn vehicle rambling as a motorcycle rider exceeded speed limits, injuring a young woman. Attorneys argue cities regulating street speed must enforce the law or risk liability for accidents.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Buttons Form Divorce Plea In Des Moines Leader's Suit
Des Moines Aug 12 James Brenton former mayor 1900 1904 county superintendent church worker has filed for divorce alleging wife refused to sew buttons on his pants and failed to prepare meals. He claims after mayoral defeat and financial decline he tried to run a boarding house but wife refused to board and he rented another house and hired a housekeeper. Mrs Brenton plans to file a process petition naming boarding house and housekeeper. Brenton since leaving office ran a saloon wrestled and now works for the park board.
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Des Moines
James Brenton
Scholth
Brenton
Park Board
Amazon Brigade Proposed by British Women for Home Defense
London August 12. Women volunteers propose an amazon brigade to aid home defense after recruiting delays. Miss Ethel Everest asks War Minister Kafdane to officially enroll them. he declines. Everest says women will train autonomously, citing Boer women and organized suffrage marches as precedent for readiness.
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War Office
Ethel G. Everest
Kent
Kafdane
London
Burgman Belled in Open Wagon Parade
J J Burgman of this city who wed in Chicago last Sunday was given a belting last night. Ludwig had warned him but Burgman ignored it. About 150 friends gathered at the Burgman home to place him and his wife in an open wagon and parade them through town.
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J. J. Burgman
Chicago
Ludwig
Burgman
Smead Street
Fairy tales barred from Palaskc public schools
Harry A. Hettema, a Second ward school trustee in Palaskc New Jersey, advocates removing fairy tales from reading courses. He urges travel history geography books to better educate children for work and future life. He notes Dutch residents oppose fairy tales and cites nearby communities with private schools replacing them.
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Palaskc
N. J
Harry A. Hettema
Board of Aducation
Hettema
Paterson
Passaic
Rev Billy Sunday in Rochester encounter with boy
The evangelist Billy Sunday met a boy in Rochester who showed him the post office. Sunday claimed his fame and offered the boy a front seat to hear him speak, but the boy mocked him, saying he did not know the way to the post office. The exchange highlights Sunday’s larger than life persona and the boy’s wit.
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Billy Sunday
Rochester
Felow
Billy
William Sunday
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Song Bird
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