Sale of a Woman Sparks Debate on Dowries and Marriage
A 19th century editorial condemns Colonel Astor for buying a bride, calling dowry marriages a relic of barbarism. It argues marriages should be for love, criticizes Miss Force and the concept of paying for a wife, and denounces treating women as chattels in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriary
Col. Astor
Madaline
Danville
Aster
Europe
Astor
Gir
Perhar
Miss Force
Wizard of Oz author Baum declares bankruptcy in California
News reports Frank J. Baum, creator of the Wizard of Oz, is bankrupt in California with only clothes and a typewriter to show for assets. The piece muses on fortunes from stage success versus writing, noting audiences paid up to $2.06 to see Oz and that royalties often flow to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Baum
California
Stan Man
Tin Woodman
Wong
Benius
Retirement of Bailey Casts Shadow on 1912 Democratic Split
The article discusses Senator Joseph W. Bailey likely retiring in 1923 and critiques his temperament and leadership within the Democratic Party. It notes Bailey opposed Bryan and some party tariff ideas, and predicts his departure could sharpen intra party tensions over initiative referendum and recall ahead of the 1912 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Bailey
Castle
Bryan
Joseph
Williams
Mississippi
Asaya
Mississinpi Nan
Wiliame
Vardaman
Bailey
Senate
Bailey Whs
House
Popular Chamber
Bailer
Clark
Underwood
Education and Monopoly Stir Ohio Town Over Merged College
In Steubenville area Scio faces a contested merger of two educational institutions under a trustees plan. Residents oppose tying schools to Mountain College arguing it would remove local identity and risk restraint of trade. A mob attacked the Scio president, sheltering him with sheriffs during travel as dispute continues. The case echoes broader debates over education versus monopolistic consolidation and restraint of trade. Colonel Astor’s marriage payment remark ends with a quip about honeymoon funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Ceilepe
Mountain College
Scio
Afondar
Emnery Bleetham
Casa
Supreme
Stendard
Weather, Society, and Endless Heat Theorized
The article surveys meteorologists' views on the prolonged heat of summer and its possible long term effects. It notes a belief that cold waves may disappear and that humanity could rise into a “good summer” era for three centuries followed by gradual decline toward a freezing era. It mixes commentary on politics, aviation, and social topics of the day, reflecting a broad, opinionated newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather
Bureau
Wien
Taft visit pleases Soo crowd and hints on water power
President Taft tours Sault Ste. Marie Michigan where locals greet him warmly. He discusses use of St Marys River water for a major development and urges Washington action while avoiding reciprocity talk. Governor Osborn praises Taft and taps the canal area before departing.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Chase Osborn
Michigan
Taft
United States
Mrr. Taft
Soo
Mr. Taft
Washington
War Department
St . Mary's River
Sault Ste. Maris
Syracuse
Detrore
Canada
Brady
Cloman
Barkis
Suez Canal
Fort Brady
Marquette, Mich
Death by own action of dwarf editor in Weldon Record case
A despondent editor Aaron Heather of the Weldon Record reportedly killed himself in a waiting room in Bloomington Illinois after an article mocked his dwarfism. The piece by Don Belius Cox of Weldon Mead referenced Kenizer and Aaron Bear amid legal threats and allegations surrounding the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Aaron Heather
Weldon Record
White
Ilinois Tractionem
Cishion
Reuther
Don Belius Cox
Weldon Meade
Kenizer
Aaron Bear
Camrees
Aaron Tree
Dr Sidney D Wilgus Named Superintendent At Kankakee
Announcement by President Sherman of the state board names Dr Sidney D Wilgus as superintendent of the Exetera Hospital for the Tulane at Kankakee. Wilgus comes from Elgin asylum where he served two years and succeeds Frank P Nervury on the board replacements.
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Springfeld
Prsident Sherman
State Board of Administration
Sidney D. Wilgus
Exetera
Tulane
Kankakee
Wigus
Elgin
Kankskee
Arkanensky
Bane Hospital
Lite Rock
Miners Rescued From Morningstar Mine Shaft
Three men Fred Casky Deal Perle and Nat Jacobson were trapped in a shaft on Carbouste Hill for sixty hours at the Morningstar mine in Leadville Conn They survived after food was piped down through a four inch tube and were brought to the surface without apparent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Conn
Fred Casky
Deal Perle
Nat Jacobson
Morningstar
Car Bouste Hill
Local Notes and Weddings from a Small Town
Mrs Allen remains about the same. Mrs Milborn is ill in Millton. Leonard Lewis is fit though troubled by heart disease. Dr Southwick learned his brother was killed in Toledo and rushed there. Berd Oxley buys the old Lewis place on Anton Burlingame corner and plans improvements. Irving Raymond and Mrs Lurjel Daines visited Needmore with Ampsa Saunders. Mrs Nettle Ogden hosts Mrs Baldwin of Chicago. Frank Stark had a tire blowout on his automobile near Marshail.
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Millton
Furry
Leonard Lewis
Southwick
Toledo
Ohio
Berd Oxley
Lewis Place
Anton Burlingame
Irving Raymond
Lurjel Daines
Needmore
Ampsa Saunders
Nettle Ogden
Baldwin
Chicago
Frank Stark
Marshail
Born to Pred Rich family in Predonia Tekonsha
The notice records the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Pred Rich on September 11. Other short social items note visits and gatherings: Mr. and Mrs. Chris Breizie with Arthur May, Bertha Smyth with Nola Briten, Will Drannen with John Lost, Ray Green at her parents, Mrs. Charles Sheriff visiting Levi AW, George Church with Willy Lost, Dora Brenner from Newton visiting Fred Rich fields, and Ernest Susana son Oryal with Charles Jones at William Jone Sa Kee Brs, plus Marshall’s L. P. Batch visiting Mrs. Herron and Te Konsha residents at Charles Hallier’s.
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Pred Richfield
Chris Breizie
Arthur May
Bertha Smyth
Nola Briten
Drannen
John Lost
Ray Green
William Lone
Charles Sheriff
Hunter
Levi
Levi Sher- AW
George Church
Willy Lost’s
Dora Brenner
Newton
Fred Richfields
Ernest Susana Son
Oryal
Hire
Charles Jones
William Jone
Brs
L. PL
Marshall
Herron
Gaisel
G. Gaisel
Lewis Sehafer
Te- Konsha
Charles Hallier’s
Local Social Hopscotch in Marshall Area
The page records numerous Sunday visits among Marshall residents including Mr and Mrs Lee Leeson Alvin Owens and families Mrs Jane Rhodes and Ernest Mather visits and multiple guests at Eugene Wagner’s Glare Willoughby and others. A barn fire on Mrs Elizabeth Varman’s property burned to the ground with no known origin and insured by Citizens Mutual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whbur Page
Marshall
Wm Leeson
Alvin Owens
Luther Than Arman
Bornt van Zant
James
Jane Rhodes
Ernest Mather
Wiss Jessie Cushman
Bev
Teary Hibler
Wm. Tanman
Harry
Long
Eugene Wagner
Glare Willoughby
Grozinger
Ella Leeson
Mary Page
Horace Matuer
Afarshall
Earl Cusuman
Les
C. M. Tawksend
Kalamaseo
aAfrs
Elizabeth Verarman
Sunday School Attendance and Local Socials Reported
East Genvis Dobbins and family joined by Marshall visitors attended Sunday services and Sabbath school. Reg. a Geiger delivered a sermon hoping for another year, with local families and guests taking part in savings services and social events at Carverville and nearby homes.
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G. Dobbins
Alta Carver
Ide Vanarman
E. W
Walter Spot
Herman Schriber
Albert Vanarman
Carterville
Jay Carver
Harry Fetter
Henry Huggett
Falls From High Platform Injures Steel Worker
Evansville Indiana reports Patrick Hont a forty year old Louisville Kentucky steel worker fell twenty feet from a wide platform at a new factory building. He suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to survive. He was employed temporarily as labor in the steel suspension work.
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Evansville
Ind
Patrick Hont
Louisville
Han
Laurier Re-Elected Without Opponent in Quebec East
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier elected member of Parliament for Quebec East by acclamation after the withdrawal of opposition candidate Rebe Leduc. Leader Sir L. Borden urged Cannéa voters in a final appeal amid ominous empire forebodings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Clerk of the Crown
Rebe Leduc
Wilfrid
Rt L. Borden
Cannéa
Cannaéa
Local notes and visits in Albion area social column
Frank Clark visited friends in Vicksburg. Mrs. Howard Graham found a rattlesnake in her hat at Montcalm Lake. The E.G.L. meeting is set for the 20th with Mr. and Mrs. D. Shaffer. George Coyne returned from Canada Monday. Mrs. Mettie Blair of Kalamazoo stayed with Mire. Merrill Zimmerman and Raymond Mulvaney families visited from Teas. Flora Provorce attends Albion school. Several locals, including H. C. Hiller, Charles Hinkle, Anson Pease, J L Pease, and J. Dunn, were present for a funeral and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Zimmerman
Raymond Mulvaney
Thomas Mulvaney
Toledo
Oziel Groff
Albion
Myrtie Lusk
van Buren
J. L. Pease
Cadillac
Charles Reta
Ga Cadaga
M. Wallace
John Dunn
Ailton
George Pease
Not a Word of Scandal on Mrs Synen Kidney Cure Claim
Mrs W P Synen of Mannville Ohio says Dr King's New Life Pills cured her obstinate kidney trouble and made her feel like a new woman. Easy reliable remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Only 2c at J W Bradshaw's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P.synen
Mannville
Wye
Opium smuggler captured after gold haul at Angel Island
Norman B. Sith alias a Honolulu fugitive, deemed king of opium smuggling, is arrested as his ship enters Angel Island quarantine. authorities seize 3500 dollars in gold said to be profits from a recent island shipment. Luggage includes four suitcases and a steamer packet. officers claim cases contained opium. interwoven report notes steel of a church damaged by lightning with $750 damage.
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San Francisco
Norman B. Sith
Honolulu
Wilkie
Secret Service
King of Opium Staugeiers
Boekl
Matson
Wilhelmina
Angel Island
Smith
Smiths
Frank
Honelaa
A Fine Grain and Stoge Farm for Sale
The old Bickford Farm of 184 acres sits 5 miles from Marshall on a sod road in a good neighborhood and farming district. It features a seven room frame house with cellar and cistern, a large barn, timber, windmill, orchard, and 15 acres of timber. Private sale listed at 780 06.
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Bickford
Marshall
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Lee
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