Prominent West Liberty Man Dies This Morning
Darius Pingrey longtime West Liberty council member and Grand Army of the Republic veteran died at age about 72 from heart trouble. Born in Virginia on April 6 1836 he lived in Durant before moving to West Liberty twelve years ago. He is survived by two daughters and two sons. Funeral services will be held in West Liberty and Durant with interment in Durant.
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Durant
Grand Army of the Republic
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Mr. Pingrey
Neighboring Women in Court Over Brick Bat Assault
Mrs Naber accuses Mrs Edgar of hurling brick bats and sticks at her yesterday afternoon. Justice J C Coster set Tuesday for trial after Constable Luther Woods arrested the defendant and bonds were posted. The Edlgar and Naber properties adjoin on Lucas street and the dispute stems from family difficulties.
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J. C. Coster
Lizzie Bolgar
Luther Woods
Office of
Justice Coster
Naber
Edlgar
Lucas Street
Insure Against Bryan Policies Market Hedge
Lloyds Agents insure bets on William J. Bryan's election amid Wall Street hedging. Policies bank on a 9 to 1 odds against Bryan, with over half a million dollars in risk written in the past days. Brokers and financiers seek protection against a stock market swoon if Bryan wins.
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Wall Street
New York
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Northwestern Mutual
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Marmola Tablets Claim Fast Weight Loss With No Diet
Claimant promises rapid fat reduction of a pound daily without exercise or meal changes. Consumers told to buy Marmola Prescription Tablets from druggists for 75 cents, taken after meals and at bedtime, with ingredients identical to Marmola Prescription and Marmola Co. approval.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mich
Ryan Ousts Belmont. Grasping Control of New York Traction
Thomas F. Ryan has wrested control of the Interborough Metropolitan company from August Belmont. Edward P. Bryan, a Belmont follower, is no longer president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company. Shonts presides over the merger, and Bryan received $35,000 in advance before sailing for Europe, with his services to end after July 1.
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New York Traction System
New York
N. Y
Thomas F. Ryan
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Belmont
Edward P. Bryan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Metropolitan
Mr. Shonts
Europe
Pose of Young Whitefaced Woman Ends in Tragic Death
Chicago reports Lillian Beat rice Watkins a negress who for years posed as a white girl killed herself with a shot to the temple. A suitor who learned her secret gave $15,000, wed another woman, and soon killed himself in Washington Park. The tragedy is linked to a race conflict that harmed many people.
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Lillian Beatrice Watkins
Chicago
Ill
Washington Park
North Side
Markets Report Shows Wheat and Hogs Advance
Chicago July 17 market summary with wheat April through December bids and daily closes. Hogs rise amid higher bids. cattle, corn, oats, lard and ribs listed with receipts and price ranges. Local live stock and produce markets detail beef, pork, eggs, dairy, vegetables and fruits with regional prices and shipments.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Market Brief Prices
Chicago July 17 poultry firm prices list turkeys at 14c chickens at 11c to 13c domestics and springs at 17c to 19c per pound with steady demand noted in the market report.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Market Report
Chicago market notes Butter steady with creamery prices at 18 21 cents and dairies at 17 20 cents. Eggs steady with Firsts at 17 cents per dozen.
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Chicago
New York Produce Market Wheat and Corn Prices
New York July 17 wheat Sept 98 cents and corn Sept 84 cents per bushel.
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New York
Y W C A Notes on Picnic Pennants and Chautauqua
The S S L girls will not meet tonight due to the membership picnic. The Geneva club is crafting Y W C A pennants in white and red colors with samples at the rooms. The Y W chautauqua tent will be on the same ground as last year and Y W members are invited to use it during chautauqua.
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Geneva Club
Y. W. Chautauqua
Electric Bitters Cited As Cure All Ailments
A fierce attack of malaria liver derangement and kidney trouble is claimed to be easily cured by Electric Bitters. The advertisement promises guaranteed remedy with a 50 cent price at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Havercamp
A Sermon of the Curb Child Cripple Joins City Tag
In a tenement row east of Second Avenue a game of tag unfolds among six children. A seven year old girl and two boys join the play while a crippled boy, leg irons and crutches, proves a surprising tagger and evader, delighting the group.
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Second Avenue
New York Globe
Unhappy Bride Confronts Dan Over Past Wife
In a bridal tour scene, She accuses Dan of insensitivity by implying his first wife’s death makes him brutal, pressing him to show true care and love. Dan questions her distress, leading to a tense exchange about acceptance and grief.
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Dan
W C T U Could Receive $15000 Gift For Hope Hall
Fort Dodge Iowa July 17 Father Coffin offers Hope Hall to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Iowa. The gift, valued at $15000 or more, would turn the home for ex convicts into a shelter for women modeled on Des Moines Benedict home, pending union acceptance and minor conditions.
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Iowa Society
Hope Hall
Fort. Dodge
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Des Moines
New York Poultry Market Prices Report
New York on July 17 reports alive poultry steady with springs and fowls at 18 cents each, turkeys at 19?. dressed poultry firm with springs 15 to 22 cents, turkeys 12 to 17 cents, fowls 12 to 14 cents.
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New York
New York Butter and Egg Market Sees Stable Prices
New York July 17 butter steady and unchanged with 7,828 receipts. Eggs steady and unchanged with 7,079 receipts.
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New York
St Louis Produce Market Wheat and Corn Quotes
The St Louis market reports July 17 with Sept wheat at 89 1/2 cents, Sept corn at 75 1/2 cents, and Sept oats at 42 cents. Prices reflect early trading for the period.
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St. Louis
Saloon Men Will Be Good in Dubuque Unlawful Order
The executive council of the Saloon Keepers' union in Dubuque Iowa says they will obey the mulct law as injunction suits begin enforcement. The group debates the exact start date of the new order while pledging compliance.
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Dubuque
Saloon Keepers’ Union
A Card Table Romance in London Gambling Tale
A rich man plays ecarte with a charming woman in London. She risks all and, pressed by doubles or quits, loses. He then offers yourself or quits. She asks if he will marry her. he nods, they marry, and begin a famously happy union in England.
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London
England
Peoria Produce Market Reports Corn Prices
At Peoria Illinois market on July 17 corn No. 3 priced at 75 of market trading.
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Peoria
Ill
Markets Resume Thursday Gains After Wheat Rally
Thursday markets close with wheat up about 1 percent as rain reports from North Dakota fail to confirm weather bureau notes. Corn strengthens despite early weakness with near month contracts firm and cash sales brisk. ship demand improves while overall receipts lag year ago.
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Chicago
Ill
North Dakota
Government Weather Bureau
England's Oldest Castle at Hardknot Fell
The Manchester castle is described as among the oldest inhabited houses in Britain with Roman origins. Its towers guard the Esk river passage from Hardknot Fell, near the border, and historically it was given to the Penningtons around the Norman invasion, a lineage continuing to the present.
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Manchester
Britain
Henry
Esk
Hardknot
Penningtons
Westminster Gazette
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