May Seize Throne Servia Plot Targets Belgrade and Ore
Chicago report details a planned expedition to depose King Peter Karageorgevitch of Servia. Prince Theodore Max Strew, heir claimed, and Dr Ben L Reitman organize unemployed workers to sail and seize Belgrade with pledges of lifelong income. The plot links American financiers and notorious figures, with earlier royal assassinations forming backdrop.
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Chicago
Servia
Peter
Iowa
Theodore Max Strew
Obilitch
Sergia
Ben L. Reitman
Belgrade
Nathalie
Draga
New York City
Secret Service
Reitman
Mediterranean
Alexander
Drage
America
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Raidway Company
Numata
Ben Reitman
Bervin
Lfe
Peter Karageorge Evitch
George
Helena
Peter Karagiorgeevitch
Theodore
Black George
Royal
Fred
Bride Balks Five Times In Remarkable Rapid City Courtship
Horace Duncan of Rapid City wed Mrs Laura Hurd Shaw after a protracted saga as she repeatedly balked at marriage. The ranch owner hunted, coaxed, and argued through the day, agreeing to a wedding at the Hotel Vendome then delaying at the county clerk and justice offices before finally signing the record and marrying later that week.
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Sioux City
Horace Duncan
Rapid City
Laura Hurd Shaw
Hotel Vendome
Duncan
Justice's
Philadelphia Maid Alert at Mount Airy Church
Miss Louisa M Hahn urged J Horace Laucks of Germantown toward marriage at Mount Airy Methodist Episcopal church on New Year’s Day after a brief acquaintance. She said, I like you very much. Let us get married. I suggest you take time to think it over until tomorrow. He decided within four hours.
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Philadelphia
Maid Alert
Louisa M. Hahn
Mount Airy Methodiat Episcopal Church
J. Horace Laucks
Germantown
Hahn
Laucks
Alarm Clock Saves Woman in Montclair Night Incident
In Montclair New Jersey a home alarm clock reportedly saved Mrs. Arne L. Root from a fatal fall after she rose in the night to check a door. The clock, ticking and repeating alarms, rang for help until Mr. Root and a physician arrived. the woman survived.
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Montclair
N. J
New Jersey
Taft
Arne L. Root
Cedar Grove
Oldest Weather Man Keeps Vigil Over Two Generations
Washington Dennis Horigan linked with the United States Naval Observatory is hailed as possibly the oldest weather observer in the United States. For 52 years he tracked temperature, barometric pressure, cloud types, and wind direction, starting before the weather bureau existed. Appointed under President Buchanan in 1857, he still serves while in fair health, having moved from the old country in the 1850s to Georgetown. He witnessed 1861 at the old observatory as Maury left for the Civil War, and has worked with noted officers, scientists, and professors such as Maury, Gillis, Davis, Rodgers, Hall, Newcomb, and Skinner.
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Washington
Dennis Horigan
United Stated Naval Observatory
United States
Weather Bureau
Horfgan
Buchanan
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Old Observatory
M. F. Maury
Maury
Gillis
Davis
Sands
Rodgers
Rowan
Shufeldt
Franklin
Belknap
Pythian
McNaix
C. H. Davis
Chester
Hall
Newcomb
Harkness
Eastman
Prisby
Skinner
Mystery death in 1888 leads to grave relocation
In 1888 Richard Churchill died near Tillamook Oregon after a Willamette Valley trip. His nephew Walter Churchill moved the remains to Odd Fellows cemetery above Tillamook City where a casket check revealed he had been buried alive. Reports then cited heart disease, with suspicion due to a stranger and a sum of money.
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Bay City
Ore
Richard Churchill
Willamette Valley
Tillamook
Walter Churchill
Odd Fellows
Tillamook City
Mr. Churchill
Quentin Seeks A Black And Tan Dog From Pound
Quentin Roosevelt buys a small black and tan dog at the pound after recalling his late German Shepherd and a casual wish by his mother for another black and tan. He saves two dollars, selects a suitable hock and names the dog Jack the Giant Killer for fun.
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Washington
Pete
White House
Jack
Quentin Roosevelt
Quentin
Dog
Eden valley opens 150000 acres for settlement in Wyoming
Eden valley Wyoming will open 150000 acres for settlement June 1 under Carey Act rules. $1,000,000 irrigation works will deliver water to 30000 acres by opening day, with land priced cheaply at 59 cents per acre and a $30 per acre perpetual water right to the purchaser. The project spans reservoirs and river sources, near Rock Springs on the Union Pacific line, attracting eastern farmers amid state growth and rising wool output.
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Laramie
Wyo
Eden Valley
Wyoming
Middle Southwest
Atate
Rock Springs
Union Pacific
Houston Battles Water Hyacinth In Ship Channel
The water hyacinth, once a Florida ornament, has invaded Louisiana and east Texas waterways, choking Sabine above Orange. Government efforts cost 200000 dollars with partial success. Authorities plan to remove hyacinths at Sam Houston park and along bayous, and consider prohibiting cultivation near navigable streams to prevent future harm.
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Houston
Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Sabine
Orange
Sam Houston Park
Sparta Work on New Site Restarted by Steel Firm
Sparta Minnesota moves toward relocating its 1500 resident town as the steel corporation renews work at the new site. Moving buildings will use two engines and two cars on a double track while the iron ore rich business district is underlain. A wedding tale from Altoona Pennsylvania reports Charles Neff and Gertrude Wertzbarger wed at St Marys church then faced a mule drawn bridal carriage amid prankish hijinks.
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Cara
Sparta
Minn
Steel Corporation
Altoona
Pao
Charles Neff
Waterer
Gertrude Wertzburger
St. Mary's Catholic Church
D. Zwickert
Brent
Divorce Notice in Mills County Iowa 1908
In Mills County district court a divorce petition by Charles Wells against Maggie Wells was filed for desertion. If Maggie does not appear by the April term starting April 14 1908 default will be entered and a decree issued. Also classified ad seeks a crop insurance salesman in Modale Iowa with top contract.
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District Court of the State of
Iowa
Mills County
Charles Wells
Maggie Wells
A. D
District Court
State of
Glenwond
Mill Co
G. Ke’ Townsend
Modale
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