Retrial Sought in Hartje Divorce Case After New Evidence
Pittsburg millionaire August Hartje seeks to reopen his sensational divorce suit in Philadelphia, claiming letters and other documents from 1907 prove Mrs. Hartje's schemes with a coachman, a Paris hairdresser, and others. Petition cites letters delivered via Ireland and Paris, plus demands for monthly money to avert disclosure. Argument set for Monday before the superior court to examine the newly found material.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Thomas Madine
Mary Scott Hartje
August Hartje
Hartje
Ireland
Madine
Toronto
Canada
Helen Scott
Ida Scott
Howard A. Lappe
Hartje Divorce Case Sparks Interest in Pittsburg
Reports from Pittsburg say little definite is known about sensational Hartje divorce developments claimed by Augustus Hartje. The petition seeks reopening of the case to present important and sensational new evidence against Mrs. Hartje as interest in the litigation rises. Mrs. Marvy Scott Hartje, visiting Ligonier Springs, Pa., is mentioned in telephonic notices.
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Hartje
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Hartie
Marvy Scott Hartie
Ligonier Springs
Arbitrate Silk Mill Strike In Scranton Pa
Silk mill strike in the Scranton valley ends as manufacturers agree to unconditional arbitration after weeks of negotiation. Fought Rev Monsignor T F Coffy of Carbondale is named arbitrator, with no submission on closed shop or collection of union dues by employers. The dispute affected nearly all of the 10 000 silk workers. about 1000 remained unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
T. F. Coffy
Carbondale
Wireless Reaches Manila in Marconi Test
In Sydney Nova Scotia on October 8 Marconi experts tested cone receivers at Morien top of the towers while an operator spoke with the wireless station at Manila. The message said the American cruiser Philadelphia had arrived there. Marconi theory says the Morien cone was in perfect tune with the Manila station.
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Manila
Sydney
N. S
Marconi
Mories
Manilla
Philadelphia
Hantla
Morien
Five Fishermen Missing Near Long Branch New Jersey
Five men started in a motor boat to lift lobster pots about ten miles off shore near Long Branch New Jersey. They have not returned and it is feared they were drowned. The shore has been searched in both directions but no trace of the men or their launch has been found.
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Long Branch
N. J
Church Ladies Aid Sells Junk for Mission Support
An Amesbury Minnesota church group, the Congregational Ladies Aid, reports strong junk sales including old scrap iron rags wash paper and more. Orders flow from across the country with one bidder offering champagne bottle prices, which the society declined. Revenue funds missionary work and church operations.
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Junk
Burn
Minn
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
Washburn
St. Paul Tieneer Press
Growing Cotton in Massachusetts by Metcalf Grower
Robert Metcalf a wool sorter turned farmer is cultivating many cotton plants in Massachusetts The Springfield Union correspondent reports nearly forty plants mostly in blossom He received a small Texas seed box early in spring and planted as weather allowed The plants reach nearly three feet tall and remain vigorous
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Massachusetts
Robert Metcalf
Enbeld
Springfield Union
Metcalf
Texas
Modern Gun Making at Elswick Works Bores a Twelve Inch Monster
A visitor tours the Elswick Works Tyne factory, marveling at the massive gun tube boring, hundreds of miles of wire wrapped around a twelve inch bore, and the white hot jacket fitting process. The piece notes the 450 ton gun, forty five foot length, eight to twelve inch armor, hydraulic and automatic systems, and the vast plant with 20,000 employees.
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Tyneside
Elswick
People’s Journal
Tyne
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Bargain With Death in Life Philosophies and Thaw Trial
A meditation on living longer quotes from Lippincott's about delaying death and valuing moments, paired with a note that Harry K. Thaw's second trial will begin December 2. District Attorney Jerome and Littleton counsel announced Justice Dowling will preside.
Frederick Market Prices from Frederick County Farmers' Exchange
Revoted prices for grain and feed in 1907 listing Wheat No 3 Red No 8 Red Steamer Narw Yellow Cob and White Cob per barrel bushel and ton prices for bran middlings red dog and dairy feeds with cotton seed meal and timothy hay values. Contains multiple grains and commodities with unit ranges and per ton or per bushel figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Bare
Timothy
Bax
Nor Bate
Quaint Inn Signs Preside Over English Landscape In Knightly Legend
The piece surveys traditional inn signs across England with vivid anecdotes. From the Three Compasses to the Cat and Fiddle and the Bull and Mouth, legends and local lore tie to names, places, and histories. Notable tales include the Lisandafft bishop sign, the Shepherd of Woodhead, and debates on origin myths. The closing item notes George W. Kirkman’s release and his vow to expose military corruption.
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England
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
Grosvenor
Pimlico
Petersborough
Caton Fidele
Henry Carr
Fidle
Bull and Gate
Holborn
Tom Jones
London
Boulogne Gate
Boulogne
Henry VIII
Lisandafft
Lisndaft
Lttle
Tintwistle
Torside
Manchester
Joseph Brownhill
Shepherd of
Woodhead
Tollemache
Jielmingham
Prestwich
Old Turnfore
Worcestershire
Dudley
Nan
What Is Happiness Questioned By James Bryce
The Atlantic asks what happiness is and whether pleasure should be measured by intensity or by the quality of feeling. It questions if Pericles enjoyment at Sophocles surpasses a slave’s joy at wine, tracing utilitarian debates from seventy years ago about qualitative versus quantitative happiness.
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James Bryce
Atlantic
Pericles
Sophocles
Wanted Another Victim in French Revolutionary Guillotine Farce
A Fouquier Tinville agent at the Luxembourg listed eighteen victims. He took seventeen, missing one. A passing suspect refused to name himself and was handed to gendarmes and guillotined next day. Another day an agent summoned a fifty year old prisoner who did not answer, a seventeen year old lad playing ball was seized and executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fouquier Tinvile
Luxembourg
Acquitted planter killed by lightning near state line
Dock Willis a young planter acquitted last week of Sheriff Edwards murder in Shelby county was struck and killed by lightning just over the state line in Louisiana framing a deadly weather accident story with named places and人物.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Dock Willis
Edwards
Shelby County
Louisiana
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Hattje
Salvador
San Francisco
San Jose
Panama
Adjutla
United States
Yorktown
Singer Sewing Machines
Wheeler & Wilsons
Singer
Wheeler & Wilson
Patrick St
Sargon
Richard of Hogland
Jerusalem
Methuselah
Azrael
Frederick
Frederick County Farmers' Exchange
Prenciman
Engishman
New York
Leavenworth
Kan
George W. Kirkman
Kirkman
War Department
Tye
Standard Offl Company (Incorporated
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