Eugenic marriage ends in estrangement after one month
In Lynn Massachusetts, Catherine Wills Perron and Edwin Perron, once hailed as Massachusetts first eugenic marriage, separate after a short union. He claims he was assaulted by a stranger. she denies the charges and contends the marriage lacked true happiness and love despite health certificates.
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Boston
Catherin
Perron
Kawin
Dan Cupid
C. Thurston Chase
Central Congregational Church of
Lynn
Edwin Perron
Catherine Wills
Massachusetts
New England
School Street
Funeral for German Socialist Leader Bebel in Zurich
August Bebel the German Socialist leader received a large funeral in Zurich. About twenty thousand Socialists followed the bier from the city hall to the cemetery where it was cremated. Delegates from many nations attended including Morris Hillquit of New York who spoke on the American Socialists gratitude to Bebel and the German Social Democracy. An open air mass followed the cremation with thousands in attendance.
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Zurich
Switzerland
August Bebel
Reichstag
Socialist Party
Morris Hillquit
New York
United States
Hillquit
Bebel
Social Democrate
Heat Immune Man Roams Boston Streets in Winter Attire
Despite near 100 degree heat readings, a robust man in a long ulster fur cap and heavy boots wandered the Boston streets. Onlookers described him as aged and unbothered, moving calmly with no coat adjustment as temperatures soared.
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Boston
Two Extremes in Life Quote
A. C. Benson reflects on loneliness as the saddest feeling and being loved and needed as the best, highlighting the contrast between isolation and belonging. The remark emphasizes human connection as essential to happiness.
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A. C. Benson
American Bride Visits English Estate After Marriage
Lord Comoys and his U S bride arrive at Stoner Park near Henley on Thames for the first time since their marriage. The three weeks old baby is present as villagers cheer the couple in a scene reminiscent of old English tradition. Lady Comoys, formerly Mildred Sherman of New York and Newport society, was bridesmaid at a previous wedding. Stoner Park covers 3400 acres with gardens of old fashioned flowers including sweet peas and hollyhocks.
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London
Stoner
Henley-on-Thames
Lord Comoys
Stomer Park
Comoys
Mildred Sherman
W. Watts Sherman
New York
Newport
Miss Gould
Lord Decies
Lord and Lady Comoys Riage
Stoner Park
Rare Czar Peter Letters Sold For Four Cents in Shop
Autograph letters of Czar Peter the Great, tied to statements about Ural mines, were found used as wrappers in a St. Petersburg sausage shop. The documents, once belonging to Count Tatscheff and bequeathed to a mine museum in Ekaterinburg, sold at auction for four cents. A professor noticed a cashier wrapping sausage in crown marked paper and uncovered the priceless letters.
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Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Count Tatscheff
Ural Mountains
Ekaterinburg
Senate Passes Tariff Bill Amid Party Shifts and Revisions
The Senate approved the tariff measure by 44 to 37, with Louisiana Democrats Thornton and Ransdell breaking with their party and joining Republicans, while La Follette and Poindexter aligned with Democrats. The bill lowers average ad valorem rates to about 26 percent, retains free sugar and wool, adds new taxes on cotton and bananas, and expands the free list with many items. It also broadens income tax exemptions for individuals, adjusts surtax scales, and introduces administrative steps for tax collections and customs revisions.
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Washington
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Thornton
Ransdell
Louisiana
la Follette
Poindexter
Internal Revenue
Large Electra oil field gusher taps 2500 barrels
A major well in Electra Texas was brought in Tuesday as one of the field’s largest gushers yielding about 2500 barrels. The strike lies in the older section of the field and taps a deeper sand never before located.
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Electra
Tex
Cardui praised by Mrs Largen for remedying long illness
Elkwood Alabama sees a public letter from Mrs Mattie Largen detailing years of womanly trouble and blind spells. She credits Cardui the woman's tonic with restoring health and strength enabling her to do housework. The ad promotes Cardui as vegetable and safe with advice from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies Advisory Dept. Tennessee.
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Elkwood
Ala
Mattie Largen
Cardus
Cardui
Interesting Beginning Across The Commencement
A fair graduate chats with a young man after exercises. She sighs that she is now an A. B. He reveals he is a B. Bachelor, explaining the degree puzzle in a light exchange. The exchange captures campus humor from the New York Times.
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New York Times
Not Fit For Ladies Public Ad Attacks Headaches
An unsigned ad argues against exclusions on ladies public use of medicine and promotes Hunt's Lightning Oil for neuralgia and headaches. It urges women to try the product, asserting prompt relief, with bottles priced at 25¢ and 5¢.
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Hunt
Anes
Adyv
Forty Years in Style At The Party Ad
A humorous caption contrasts fashion memories across generations. An advertisement promises Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills for acid stomach heartburn and nausea and invites readers to send for a trial box from 372 Pearl Street New York.
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Eben
Wright
Pearl St
New York
Looney Season Begins Despite Crazed Fishing Plans
A humorous exchange hints at summer leisure as a man plans a row boat trip on a lake with uncertain fish, while an advertisement promotes Tetterine for skin conditions. The note touts a customer anecdote from Milledgeville, Ga, and lists price and supplier details.
Two Hearts and a Freak in a Comic Muse
A museum manager muses on creating a two headed girl exhibit while dismissing a suggested freak with humor and irony. The remark frames a backstage prankish tone and echoes a vintage entertainment mindset.
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Puck
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Cure for Sores
An old advertisement touts Dr. Porter's Antiseptic as curing chronic sores and relieves pain. The copy lists prices 25c 60c and $1.00 and ends with a Huxley quote about happiness and peace.
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Porter
Lightning Claims Farmer Near Leonard Texas
Leonard area farmer J. M. Johnson was instantly killed by lightning on Tuesday while working about three miles northwest of Leonard. The death report notes he was a resident of the area and raises a fatal weather incident record.
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Leonard, Tex
J. M. Johnson
Leonard
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U. S
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