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wu arrested here and at Van Wert and Lima some time ago, for loitering. She claimed to have no relatives in this oountry. and her actions folly demonstrate that she needs a guardian.A remarkable career is that of Allison D. Qibbs, a Van Wert man who enlisted as a soldier In the Spanish* American war. The announcement of his marriage to MissBva Johnson, of Delaware, is a matter that concerns a large oirole of their friends. Mias Johnson is a daughter of Judge Finley Johnson, who reoently was assigned to the Supreme Oourt bench of the Philippine Islands. She is a relative of Mrs. W. F. Mills, of West Third street, and visited hers last summer. Allison D. Qibbs is 38 years old, but it isibs bMaade tljOOOJXK) ba thsI years ago as a soldier In a Colorado regiment. He left Ohio when his mother, a widow, married Steve Groves,I of Van Wert. Gibbs saved enough money to take a short stenographer’s course in a university in Lincoln, Neb. He then beoame Court stenographer in Arrapohoe, Neb. Later he studied law with a Mr. Mo re head and wae admitted to the bar. Shortly afterward he enlisted and went to the Philippines. At tbs dose of his term of enlistment he was fortunate in being oonneoted with a big land deal in the Philippines where he deared 1300,000. He then hung out his shingle as a lawyer in Manila. Having mastered the Spanish language he soon was engaged in cases where large interests were involved and thus secured handsome fees. He cured a fee of 887,000 in one case which
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Delphos Weekly Herald
Delphos, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 06, 1906
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