Husband Reunites Wife After She Seeks Old Flame
Newburgh New York, Nov. 14 Wallace Miller sold household furniture to fund his wife’s trip to Salt Lake City to meet Charles Smith, an old sweetheart. Miller believed self renunciation would bring happiness for his wife, but she cannot find solace with Smith and asks forgiveness. He has invited her to return home.
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New York
Wallace Miller
Newburgh
N. Y
Salt Lake City
Charles Smith
Fort Smith Man Suspected of Forgery in Several Cities
Pitsburg reports Fort Smith Arkansas native 6 1 Smith is jailed on suspicion of forgery in multiple cities. Kansas City bankers offer 2000 reward for crimes totaling about 33000. Detectives say he used public library biographies portraits and signature facsimiles to target victims. A bogus card and Schwab letter linked him to Morton and a Morgan audience.
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Pitsburg
Smith
Fort Smith
Ark
Bankers’ Association of
Kansas City
Charles M. Schwab
Levi P. Morton
Morton
Thomas Edison
J. P. Morgan
Woman Acquitted in Alencon Doctor Husband Murder
In Alencon a country doctor, Guillaume, was shot by his wife Mme Guillaume after a quarrel over a lover. Despite his fatal wound he joked about digestion as he was taken to a town, then died. The court acquitted the wife amid an ovation.
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Paris
Alencon
Mme
Guillaume
Ceton
Alhough
Eat
Mme. Guillaume
Bigamist hanged in Washington jail after wife mocks him
Harry Washabouth a PennsylvanIa railroad brakeman hanged himself in Washington jail overnight after being jailed on bigamy charges. His wife once married to a Houston man reportedly laughed at him behind bars causing his despair. He left two children and had sought transportation to Columbus with his wife ten days earlier.
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Washington
Navy
Harry Washabouth
Pennsylvania
Washabouth
Mise Dogham
Houston
Columbus
Pittsburg
Ide Briggs
Hiias Briggs
Washebeuth
Caleb Powers on Trial for Goebel Murder
Georgetown, Nov. 14. The trial of Caleb Powers for the murder of Senator Goebel began today. The defense pleaded abatement citing a pardon from Governor Taylor, which had been ruled invalid in prior trials. The court overruled the plea but allowed an avowal of the pardon to be placed on the records.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Taylor
Parton
Frats in Chicago Schools Seem Doomed
Chicago November 14 The board of education won a victory in its fight against secret societies in high schools. The appellate court dismissed the suit for an injunction declaring the societies outside the educational scope and within the board’s jurisdiction to act.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Quakes Prophesied by Sun Spots Alarm World
Signor Alfani director of the Florence observatory says sun spots twelve times Earth's size will reach the solar meridian by mid November. He warns they could cause violent magnetic disturbances, storms, famines, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. The claim follows earlier predictions from Alfani's era that people once regarded as red clions.
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Rome
Signor Alfani
Florence Observatory
Dream led wife to seek divorce over bigamy by husband
In a London divorce case Mrs Lizzie Kirton sought separation after discovering her husband Frederick Kirton had secretly married a second time while still married to her. He confessed to bigamy, was jailed ten months, and the court urged him to legalize the marriage with the second wife once released.
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London
Lizzie Kirton
Kirton
Frederick Johnston J Kirton
Peterborough
South Africa
SOE
Gibraltar
Hmily Liddell
Middleton Hall
Ixing’s Lynn
Picture Cards the Cause of Divorce in Pittsburg
The divorce case reveals Charles M. Allen Jr a St. Louis shoe man and his wife Christine Allen. Testimony shows Allen traveled 28 days yearly and sent misdirected picture postcards with tender messages to a mistress nicknamed Peaches. The couple married in 1899 and lived in Bayonne before moving to Pittsburg in 1905.
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Pittsburg
Charles M. Allen, Jr
St. Louis
Christine Allen
Allen
Charles M. Allen
Bayonne
N. J
Christy
Bride 90 Groom 95 Love At First Sight
In Lowell Massachusetts on November 14 Henry Wilder aged 95 a printer married Esther Crawford aged 90 of Evanston. Both had not married before and had not met prior to two weeks ago when she visited as a niece. Friends call it love at first sight.
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Bride
Groom
Love
Lowell, Muass
Henry ©. Wilder
Esther Crawford
Evanston
Wilder
Des Moines Plan Attack Withdrawn in Court
In Des Moines Iowa on November 14 parties challenging the Des Moines plan abandoned efforts to prove the charter unconstitutional. They argued the plan creates combined legislative judicial and executive branches and may be special legislation against some cities. The court had held that consolidation of departments does not apply to municipalities.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Love Over Titles As Gayley Heiress Marries Italian Count
Miss Mary Gayley daughter of millionaire James Gayley will wed Count Giulio Sennit of Italian nobility next Saturday at noon. She waited four years to prove the romance was genuine and not driven by title or wealth.
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New York
Mary Gayley
James Gayley
Church protests at proposed coin change in Richmond
The vestry of St. John's Church in Richmond mails letters to President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou protesting the omission of the motto In God We Trust from the new ten dollar gold coins. The church recalls Patrick Henry's historic speech at the building.
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Richmond
St. John's Church
Patrick Henry
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Carnegie Gives $10 000 to Chicago University
Chicago reports Andrew Carnegie donated 10000 dollars to the University of Chicago for the William Rainey Harper memorial library fund. The gift brings the university total to 130000 toward a 200000 goal to match Rockefeller's 600000 conditional grant.
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Carnegie
Chicago University
Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
University of Chicago
William Raiyey
Harper
Il Amust
Rockefeller
Eccentric Old Man Winds Locks To Ground In Maye Falls
In Maye Falls Washington on November 14 a 44 year old man named John Pitzpatrick draws attention for never trimming his hair. He stands five feet five inches tall and is described as powerfully built. Reports say he can lift a barrel of salt weighing 270 pounds with his arms over his head.
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Maye Falls
Wash
Samson
John Pitzpatrick
German recall, Paris cites treason in navy
Paris reports Rear Admiral Seigel the German naval attache recalled amid treason disclosures in the French navy. Ensign Ullmo of the French navy arrested at Toulon for spying and confessed stealing a secret signal book and cipher. Five ringleaders held. warrants for fifteen others. Post office search found a telegram offering to sell defense information.
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Paris
Wilhelmshave
Prussia
Seigel
Charles B. Ullmo
Toulon
Burton
Ullmo
France
Platt Seeks Court Order Over Alleged Forged Marriage Certificate
New York officials report Senator Thomas C. Platt moved to have a forged marriage certificate and a purported acknowledgment letter kept on file. Platt claims Mae Woods misrepresented a marriage to him and vows to prove the documents were manufactured. Justice O Gorman heard the application with decision reserved.
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New York
Mae Woods
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Platt
Supreme Court
O'Gorman
Mae Wood
Miss Wood
Railroad official questions operating expense accounting
In Montgomery Alabama on November 14 W D Nesbit of the state railroad commission urged President Smith of the Louisville Nashville railroad to clarify what is charged to operating expenses He stated the earnings sheet showed last year’s increase of more than 5 million dollars and said 98 percent of this was allocated to operating expenses Nesbit seeks assurance that all expenditures are properly accounted for and reported properly as operating costs.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. D. Nesbit
Alabama Railroad Commission
Smith
Louisville- Nashville Railroad
Nesbit
Simonton Says Testimony Will Alter Thaw Case
Miss Ida Veronica Simonton, once tied to Harry Thaw's first trial, returns from Africa and declares she will testify in the second Thaw trial. She claims her testimony will change the case's complexion and that Mrs Holman's London desertion story is true, though she will not reveal her side.
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Pittsburg
Ida Veronica Simonton
Harry Thaw
Africa
Thaw
London
Smallpox Closes Iowa Town Schools and Public Places
Paullina Iowa on November 14 reports small pox raging in many homes leading the town council to close all schools and public education and amusement venues. Streets are deserted and business suffers a lull as residents avoid crowds. A Caledonia township report mentions chickenpox may be misattributed to smallpox by some locals.
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Paullina
Caledonia
Town Wonders Mayor Missing Two Months
Fairmont Minnesota reports Mayor W. W. Ward has been absent for over two months since leaving for St Paul to handle business for a plumbing firm where he is a senior member. Sightings rumors arise but no trace found. City council delays filling vacancy hoping Ward may return.
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Fairmont
Minn
W. W. Ward
St. Paul
Peoria
Howe
Americans Break Japan's Silk Trust
Yokohama Japan November 14 The Japanese raw silk trust has been broken after months of boycott by American manufacturers.
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Japan
Yokohama
Fights Watch Trust Even After Death
Canton November 14 The will of state Join K Dueber the watch manufacturer disposes of an estate over 3 000 000 and bars moves by the watch trust after his death Heirs cannot sell stock without thirty days notice for other stockholders to buy
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Canton
Tate
K. Dueber
Dueber
Watch Trust
Hayes
New York Banks Pay Real Money in Gold Imports
The United States secured nearly all of the 3 million dollars in gold offered on the London market as banks in New York and Chicago engaged gold imports. Mercantile Trust of St. Louis and Illinois Trust of Chicago announced engagements in London, boosting the total gold engaged since the financial stringency began to 51 31 010 dollars.
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New York
Europe
United States
Mercantile Trust Company
St. Louis
Hlinois Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
London
President Roosevelts Currency Reform Plan Urged
President Roosevelt, addressing the Sixtieth Congress in his first message, advocates enacting currency reform to supply adequate money for growing business needs and prevent recurrences of recent financial disturbances. Officials believe the Sherman Act is outdated and hinders commerce, urging repeal to restore harmony in trade.
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Washington
Dresident
Roosevelt
Sixtieth Congress
Times
Dual Nature Claims Drive Girl Thief Case in St Louis
Mrs Suswenna Edwards McGee, a servant, admits stealing jewels from her employer then accuses Dr Edward Pauley of theft. She describes a dual personality and urges restitution. Police report she also took a diamond stud from Henry Smith and says the gem was not kept.
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St. Louis
Mrr
Suswenna Edwards McGee
Girm Notelist
Edward Pauley
Jingle
Jack London
Adam
London
Gene
Henry Smith
Norway Crown Prince Deposed in Favor by King Alfonso Baby
London reports fickle public interest shifts support to baby Alfonso of Spain over Crown Prince Olaf of Norway. Olaf retreats with Queen Maud at Sandringham while Alfonso, prince of the Asturias, governs the scene amid crowds outside Kensington Palace watching the infant.
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Norway
Alfonso
London
Olaf
Spain
Sandringhist
Maud
Asturias
Nensington Palace
Man Found Dead In Barrel At New Jersey Farm
John Shannon, of iadson Geld New Jersey, was found dead in a barrel placed over a spring on a farm on war. His feet protruded from the barrel and water eight inches deep. Authorities believe he leaned in to drink, slipped, and fell trapping his arms and head underwater.
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Iadson Geld
N. J
John Shanon
Shannon
Bloomers Cause Stir At St John’s Church Supper
In Gaston on November 18 a church supper drew many young men after word women would wear bloomers. Mrs. F H. Dodge led plans, but the women arrived in ordinary attire while a few bouquets provided the only bloomers. A man joked that the bloomers were chrysanthemums.
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Gaston
St. John's Episcopal Church
F H. Dodge
Mathia Hitchings
Italian Lieutenant’s Suicide in Tombs After Family Dispute
New York reports Giovanni de huechicia, once an Italian army lieutenant, killed himself at the Tombs prison after a tense confrontation with his banker brother Lugi. De Huechicia, who had deserted his wife in Italy and faced concealed weapon charges, leapt from a guard rail to the yard below in view of hundreds of inmates.
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New York
Giovanni de Huechicia
Yombs
Lugi
Giovanni
Italy
Quake Softens Alaskan Island Into Symmetry
Washington reports Rogoslav Island in Alaska has been reshaped by volcanic activity. The peak vanished and neighboring profiles were leveled into general symmetry as material piled up to heights of twenty to one hundred feet. Fire Island and Perry Peak now rise with gentler inclines from the beach.
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Washington
Rogoslav Island
Alaska
Treasury Department
Camden
McCulloch
Fire Island
Perry Peak
Nine Dusky Honolulu Girls Burdened With Proposals
Coma November 13 Tacoma report recounts nine maidens from Honolulu touring Tacoma and other Pacific ports. The singers say every reception brings marriage proposals, with scenes of admiration among San Francisco introductions and a business man accompanying the party.
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Honolulu
Tacoma
Coma
Llonolulu
Tacommna
South Sea
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Saturday Cigar Demand Surges In Kansas City
In Kansas City on Saturday night crowds flocked to cigar stands as customers rushed to buy cigars before Sunday. Clerks reported unusually heavy trade and a sign urged customers to buy Sunday cigars ahead of the closure. One clerk planned to open early to gauge weekend demand.
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Kansas City
Fourteen Girls Join In Anti-Marry Pledge
Fourteen young ladies in St. Louis join the Batchelour Girls' club to oppose marriage. They declare dire punishment awaits any member who violates the order's rules, according to their secret ritual.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Batchelour Girls’ Club
Russia Finds More Evidence of Treason
Vladivostok reports seizure of bombs communication and correspondence of a revolutionary organization. The material includes ships and garrison soldiers tied to the plot. Authorities state new evidence adds to treason case against suspects.
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Russia
Cleveland Again Hunts
Shretan reports on Cleveland making a hunting trip to his preserves near Cleveland for the first time since his last mess.
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Cleveland
Shretan
N. JL
Here
British Officer Scoffs At Paint In Kaiser’s Honor
London reports an extraordinary naval incident tied to Emperor William’s visit. Sir Percy Scott sent a blunt signal mocking repaint efforts to honor the German emperor, prompting an admiralty reprimand and possible resignation. The German yacht Hohenzollern and Emperor William’s party faced travel delays due to fog.
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Kaiser
London
William
Channel
Admiralty
Percy Scott
Lord Charles Beresford
Percy
Percey Scott
Btaff
Lord Beresford
Sir Percy Scott
Terrible
Durban
Ladysmith
Sir Percy
Royal Navy
King Edward
Hohenzetlern
Emperor Willan
Woman in Pomm ern makes a pretty trip
New York reports Dr. Julian P. Thomas and party travel in a balloon named Pomme landing in the Bronx after a flight from Philadelphia. Mrs Thomas and others join the voyage amid clear weather with thousands watching. Thomas, injured but undaunted, intends further long distance records and cites an aim to compete internationally if permitted.
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New York
Julian P. Thomas
Philadelphia
Bronx
Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Oscar Mrbsiaek
Drevis
Staten Island
Brooklyn
East River
Pr. Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Erbsioeh
Fpommern
Engineer of Powder Train Saves Town in Nacozari Tragedy
Jesus Garcia, a locomotive engineer, steered a burning powder train away from Nacozari, Ariz., to save the town but perished when two powder cars exploded near a section house, killing a dozen or more workers and a boy.
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Nougiss
Ariz
Jesus Garcia
Nacozert
Éar Nacozari
Nacozaih
Garcia
Young Chisholm
Ex Senator McComas Dies in Washington Home
Louis Emory McComas former associate justice of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ex United States senator and four years congressman from Maryland died at his Washington home from heart failure.
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Washington
Louis Emory McComas
the Couch of Appeals
District of Columbia
Marylaing
Powers Demands Immediate Trial in Goebel Assassination Case
Caleb Powers faced a fourth trial in Lexington Kentucky over alleged complicity in the Goebel assassination. Despite notes of a possible continuance until Governor-elect Willson takes office, Powers insisted on an immediate trial.
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Lexington
Ivy
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Kentucky
Powers
Willson
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