Pitiful note ends life over lover’s marriage in Kentucky
Lillian Melton, who buried here after dying by her own hand when her sweetheart wed another, wrote a final letter to him in Nortonville. The note expresses despair, forgiveness, and hope that he and Berna find happiness, while she seeks “perfect rest” in death.
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Madisonville
Jan
Lillian Melton
Grace Brown
New York
United States
Big Moose Lake
Lillian Meltion
Miss Melton
Nortonville
Odd Fellows' Cemetery
R. Melton
Otto
Berna
Indictment Likely for Theater Trust Heads in New York
Grand jury reportedly has enough evidence to indict leaders of the theater trust. The 1896 contract by Al Hayman, Charles Frohman, Nixon and Zimmerman, and Klaw & Erlanger split profits and barred independent shows. The syndicate controlled about 50 houses then, now around 600 nationwide.
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New York
Grand
Theater Trust
al Hayman
Charles Frohman
Nixon & Zimmerman
Klaw & Erlanger
Hayman
Mr. Frohman
Aide Declined by Mrs Stonewall Jackson
Raleigh N C Jan 29 The senate received a letter from Mrs Stonewall Jackson declining a pension of 100 a month. She appreciates the tribute but says laws in North Carolina limit pensions to those with under 500 in personal property and she does not qualify and requests withdrawal of the bill.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Wife sues man claiming alienation of affection
Mrs. D Kirigery of Monet file a suit in the Monett county court for 25008 alleging her husband was alienated by his former friend and fellow Railway Conductors member Shipley. The couple, longtime residents, moved from Cincinnati to Monett. Kingery claims Shipley poisoned the husband’s mind while they were apart. The case, with both families well known, is set for trial in February.
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Wites
Mio
BR. Kirigery
Monet
Barey County
Lares Uney
H. Shipley
Huband
Kingery
Shipley
Order of Railway Conduct
Frisco
Kingerys
Cincinnati
Monett
Wingery
Shinley
Ningery
Husband Finds Wife Burned To Crisp In Room
Albert Houck returned home to find his wife dead on a table in her room burned to a crisp. Police and the coroner pursue a rigid investigation as the first theory of accidental death is abandoned since no other object in the room is scorched. The husband reported the doors locked and lights out, forcing him to enter through a cellar window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Albert Houck
Plague Reported in Newchwang China and Cottonseed Oil Corner
A cable from Newchwang reports a plague outbreak while in Chicago John Aspregen a Swede who became a millionaire after engineering a cottonseed oil corner earned huge profits as the March option dropped four points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Newchwang
China
Chicago
Ill
John Aspregen
America
Aspregen
Quits Convent and Becomes a Bride
Miss Mayme Allen Baugh a Tiffin music teacher left Ursuline Sisters after ten years in cloister seclusion and wed J. E. Ellis of Cleveland on Christmas night in Cleveland. Ellis then sailed to Colon Panama for Isthmian Canal work while Baugh returned to Tiffin, only revealing the secret before boarding to join him.
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Tiffin
Gan
Community of Ursuline Sisters
Mayme Allen Baugh
J. E. Ellis
Cleveland
Ellis
Colon
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Two Dakotans Frozen to Death in North Dakota Blizzard
Imperial North Dakota January 31 Lewis Johnson a homesteader six miles north of here was found frozen near his shack after a three day search. J Schnitz of Ambrose died four miles east while hauling freight from Flaxton to Ambrose. Four deaths from freezing have been reported in Williams county as a severe storm rages with temperatures 20 to 49 degrees below zero and more fatalities feared.
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Imperial
N. D
Lewis Johnson
Here
Canada
J. Schnitz
Ambrose
Flaxton
Williams County
Swettenham withdraws letter to Davis in Kingston incident
London AP reports Governor Swettenham has closed the international phase of the Kingston incident by withdrawing his letter to Admiral Davis and expressing regret for writing it.
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London
Associated Press
Swettenham wWithe
Admiral Davis
Phonograph Plays Fire Put Out by Soda Water
In Derby Connecticut on January 31 a second story back room at James Middleton's home caught fire. S. Deegan a local druggist extinguished the blaze with soda water. A phonograph in the room started playing the tune And What Do You Think of That as the fire was fought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Conn
James Middleton
S. Deegan
Cousins Wed Aged Parents in Jefferson County Tale
Mrs Newell 76 and her cousin wed after long acquaintance in Jefferson County Kansas. The bride, previously married once, has no grown children and lives with her daughter Mrs E W Neal. The groom has four grown children and was widowed twice before, his second wife dying three years ago. The couple, long connected since 40 years ago, marry amid several relatives and friends.
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INA Sas
Newell
E. W. Neal
Fie
Jefferson County
Kansas
Oil King Presents Gold Coin Pouch For Golden Wedding
In Mathe Kansas on January 31 John Rockefeller presented Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Wolfe with a coin purse holding ten new five dollar gold pieces to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. George W. Mayer of Kansas City spoke for Standard Oil. The Wolfes were married fifty years earlier and Mr Wolfe began driving a Standard Oil tank wagon thirteen years later.
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Mathe, Kas
A. F. Wolfe
John Pb. Rockefeller
Mr. Wolfe
Standard Oil
Carnation Day Observed in Washington in McKinley Birthday Tribute
Washington observes Carnation Day marking the sixty fourth anniversary of William McKinley with officials and citizens wearing carnations. President Roosevelt and Secretaries Loeb and Cortelyou join in the floral tribute as cabinet members attend a meeting. The Carnation League aims to foster patriotic observance of national days.
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Washington, D. C
William McKinley
Congress
Roosevelt
Loeb
Cortelyou
Carnation League
McKinley Memorial
Old Railroad Man Celebrates Fifty Years of Marriage
Daniel Cooper, retired Erie Railroad conductor and former station agent, marks his fiftieth marriage anniversary. He began as a flagman in 1853, later piloting the Wells Fargo Express between Jersey City and Binghamton, a 200 mile daily run. Cooper, aged 73, has lived in Piermont area over forty years and once ran the Suffern to Piermont passenger train before ferry to New York.
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New York
Daniel Cooper
Cooper
Erie
Pflermont
Port Jervis
Jersey City
Binghamton
S. 4
Piermont
Hudson
Suffern
Java Natives Slay in Kediri Revolt Against Dutch
A serious revolt erupts in Kediri province Java. About three hundred natives seized property and roads and clashed with Dutch officials and adherents leaving many dead or wounded, reports Batavia.
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Amsterdam
Kediri
Java
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Tolstoi Reported Dying in St Petersburg Dispatch
Stockholm Jan 8 dispatch from St Petersburg reports Count Tolstoi the novelist and social reformer is dying.
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Tolstoi
Stockholm
Fem St
Money Market Steady in New York Trading
Money remains steady with 210 3% per cent. Prime mercantile paper at 0, per cent. Sterling exchange weak at 4.85 20 on demand and 4.50.85 for sixty days.
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New York
Mit
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Steamer Moltke Goes Aground Near Westbanks
The steamer Moltke bound outbound ran aground a mile below Westbanks this afternoon. She has shown no signals indicating distress or attempts to refloat.
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Moltke
New York
Westbanks
Interstate Commerce Commission exposes Standard Oil monopoly tactics
Washington report details rail and pipeline control over oil distribution east of the Mississippi. It cites the Standard Oil Company’s methods to ruin rivals, use of pipelines as leverage, espionage on shipments, and discrimination by railroads. Remedies call for regulating pipelines and transportation rates to curb anti competitive practices.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Tillman-Gillespie
Missippi River
Kansas
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Argand Refining Company
Galena Oil Company
Standard Company
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Standard
Whiting
Niesul
Standard Oil Conmpaniy
Commis i
United States
Galena O1 Company
Standard Companies
Standard Ol
Postal Appeal Board Favored in Second Class Mail Reforms
Washington January 30. The joint postal commission proposes changes to the second class mail law. It endorses stricter rules on advertising in periodicals and strengthens the postal appeals board to review denials of second class status. The plan aims to make classifications clearer and ensure uniform post office enforcement.
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Washington, Dd, GC
Joint Postal Commission
Conggress
Ivestitute
Commission
United States
Copper trust charges made to Bonaparte
James Noroton of the Northeastern Metal Dealers Association released a letter sent to Attorney General Bonaparte. The missive claims the copper trust has created an artificial scarcity by stockpiling copper at sites from Butte to Cananea and withholding sale, arguing the danger lies not in high prices but in a sudden price drop if stored copper is dumped at current quotations.
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New York
James Noroton
Northeastern Metal Dealers’ Association
Bonaparte
Copper Trust
Butte, Mont
Moboken
N. J
Perth Amboy
Bayonne
Bisbee, Ari
Free Seed Clause In Agricultural Bill Sparks House Debate
The agricultural appropriation bill dominated the day as lawmakers debated the free seed distribution clause. Farm district members overturned a chair ruling to restore the paragraph, while amendments on salaries for Pinchot and Wiley and a first draft of a pure food enforcement fund faced procedural defeats. An amendment to sell timber from forest reserves for price relief failed, and the chamber adjourned after about fifty pages of the bill.
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Lupistine
West
Chase Froi
Committee On Agriculture
Perester Pinchot
Bureau of Chemistry
H. W. Wiley
Jones
Washington
Foster
Vermont
House
Lacey
Towa
Secretary of Agriculture
Lumber Trust
Mondell
Wyoming
Judge Excuses Two of the Thaw Jurors
In New York on January 31 Justice Fitzgerald excused jurors Nos. 4 and 6 from the Thaw trial. Arthur Campbell a telecommunication supervisor and Turold Waite a printer were released after a prosecutor motion with defense consent. The reasons were stated as business related and not public, prompting questions from reporters.
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New York
Dan
Harry K. Thaw
Fitzgerald
Jerome
Arthur S. Campbell
Turold Waite
Motors
Ieakre
Amnonnesmiene
Court House
Campbell
Timmes
al Campbell
Fly
Ex Telephone Girl Builds a Palace in Lawton Oklahoma
Mrs Charles Payne formerly Miss Mattie Beal of Wichita who drew Kiowa Comanche lands claim No 1 six years ago becomes one of Oklahoma s wealthiest women. The Paynes plan a $20000 home on land near Lawton once part of the Beal homestead now valued at city acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okina City
Oklahoma
Charles Payne
Lawton
Matthe Beal
Wichita
Payne
Plains
Beal
Paynes
Scarlet fever epidemic surges in Chicago with 107 cases
Chicago reports a renewed outbreak as the scarlet fever epidemic intensifies. The health department notes the surge, with 107 new cases recorded, marking a peak in the ongoing crisis despite prior claims of abating.
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Chicago
Health Department
Dresses 43 A Nun in Gender Te lope dreses 43 a nun
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a tale involving a nun in gender disguise and elopement amid references to individuals and places, with stray terms suggesting a court or temple setting and pursuit. The readable phrases hint at fashion, disguise, and familials within a historical local context.
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Kentucky
Lillie
Stonewall Jackson
Swettenham
Davis
Newman
Lutetia Jane Meleroy
Meleroy
Me Leroy
National League
McKinley
NEL
Cooz
Ice
Interstate Commerce Body
Wits
Cori
Tts
Postal Appeal Board
Joint Commission
Muir
Ries Ora I
Lacrosse
Dun
Sunésu
Alexander
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