Wealthy Bigamist Wolf Faces Legal Battle Over Heirloom Wealth
Daniel Wolf of Montpelier, a thrice married Pennsylvania native with five children, discovers after years he may be a legal heir to a fortune worth about 40 000 dollars. Pennsylvania wills and bigamy laws entangle Wolf as papers surface from his former spouses and alleged suitors seeking property.
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Tivine
Mary Wickersham
Fim
Daniel Wolf
Greece
Alan Horror Athel
Dartel Wolf
Christmac
Clinton County
Divine
Lydia A. Shull
Reberabure
Dave
Wolf
Wancag
Mary E. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Agnes McPherson
Montpelier
George
Frank Wolf
Muncie
Samuel Wolf
Hartford City
Harrison Township
A. M. Rishel
Rishel
Miller
Bellefonte
Lydia Shull
Wickershams
Elm Street
Charles A.johnson
Altoona
Wickersham
Lydia A. Devine
Johnson
Lydia Wolf
Devine
Mra
Thomas N. Shull
Mary Slaterbeck
Bickel
Henderson
Hmself
Hartford
Elisha Pierce
A. M. Waltz
Pierce
God
Mar
Boy Killed By Train Near Fort Wayne
Six year old Wayne Motz of Fort Wayne was fatally struck by Lake Shore and Michigan Southern No. 410 while returning from fishing near a crossroad. The accident occurred just before entering Fort Wayne as Montpelier residents traveling home from Lake George were aboard. Motz and a cousin had tried to outrun the train. Motz died from a crushed skull and facial injuries. Passengers listed include Mr. and Mrs. R. D. George and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smith and son George, Mrs. D. A. Bryzon, Irma Purman, and Mary Palmer.
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Wayne Motz
Gustave Motz
Ft. Wayne
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railroad
Montpelier
Lake George
Young Motz
A. P. Smith
George
D. A. Bryzon
Irma Purman
Mary Palmer
Farming in Texico New Mexico promises grand yields
The Texico trumpet touts agricultural wonders in a playful promotion, claiming pumpkins and watermelons grow giant while cotton yields provide full wool suits. A farmer’s water-vine incident is told as a cautionary tale about rapid growth.
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Texico
Calfornia
Warning against Egyptian and Alaskan wheat frauds reaches Blackford farmers
Farmers in Blackford County are warned to avoid advertisements for a new Alaska or Egyptian wheat said to yield 100 bushels per acre and sell at high prices. Colorado expert W F Olin reports the wheat is identical to a soft milling variety with poor gluten content and practical use is nil. A farmer story about John Muir accompanies the notice and adds local color to the issue of seed fraud.
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Blackford County
United States
Northwest
Idaho
Alaska
W. F. Ohn
Colorado Agriculture College
Fort Collins
Olin
Thumb size marks rulers and realists say Bacov
Irving R. Bacov notes people with large thumbs show strength of character and practical leadership. He says such individuals tend to be natural born rulers who value usefulness and order, with a fondness for history and bread and butter security.
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Irving R. Bacov
New York Journal
Special Honor Badges for Attendance at Merrymaking Event
A New England village school notes Flora and Minetta Lovett received special attendance badges for perfect attendance from start to end of the year. The only absence occurred May 10 due to twin brothers being ill from food, though they later recovered.
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New England
Flora
Minetta Lovett
No Visible Signals and the Pie Crumbs of Obedience
A humorous Chicago News snippet shows Sandy Pikes objecting to clipping details of dogs while sharing pumpkin pie with a housewife. The exchange highlights uncertainty over a dog’s mood when it lacks a tail and the housewife’s wary approach to neighbors.
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Sandy Pikes
Weill
de House
Chicago News
May-She Traces Ancestry to England Conquest Claim
Fay confirms the claim that her maternal line reaches back to the conquest of England. The exchange notes that her maternal grandmother married a man named England in a leap year, as reported by Catholic and Times.
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May
England
Fay
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