Zion City ruling voids Dowie Voliva ownership claim
Judge Landis declares Zion City a trust estate and voids Voliva and Granger transfers. An election for a general overseer will be held September 18 with all Church members in Zion City voting. Dowie’s bankruptcy adjudication is set aside pending further litigation and receiver Hatley moves to take charge.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glen Voliva
K. M. Landis
United States Circuit Court
Zion City
Landis
John G. Slatley
Chicago Board of Trade
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church In
Zion
Suede Landis
Mandig
Voliva Mader
John Alexander Granger
Dowie
Hig Church
Hatley
Alexander Granger
Granger
Covenant
Moses
Elijah
Condemned Killer Williams Fights Jail Transfer
Sheriff O rear and deputies moved to take John Williams, the condemned man for state senator Hopp, from Birmingham jail. Williams seized a sewer pipe, threatened to kill deputies, and was sprayed with ammonia to subdue him. A writ of habeas corpus delayed the execution and a hearing on sanity was ordered. Local troops stood by overnight to maintain order.
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Birmingham
Ala
O’rear
Gutlman County
John Williams
R. L. Hopp
Cullman
Williams
Rrag
Howver
Frank
Double Suicide At Delaware River Near Chestnut Street Wharf
Gustave Kathke aged nineteen and Oia Miller a girl of eighteen ended their lives by leaping into the Delaware River Tuesday night. Their bodies were recovered near the Chestnut Street wharf after the tragedy. The incident followed disapproval by their parents of the marriage.
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Philadelphia
Gustave Kathke
Oia Miller
Delaware
Chestnut Street
Two Kentish Divisions and Early English Customs
The article notes ancient Kent divided into Kentish men and men of Kent since the Norman Conquest. William’s eastern march faced a setback between Maidstone and Gravesend, promising to preserve local rights, notably gavelkind. It also mentions Paper White Narcissus beauty and Missouri’s declining negro population, with Schuyler and Reynolds counties having no colored residents.
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Kent
England
William
Medway
Maidstone
Gravesend
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for tired feet
An offer for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes is urged by mail from Le Roy New York. The ad claims it cures tired sweating hot swollen and aching feet and makes new or tight shoes fit easily. It also touts relief for corns and bunions and lists druggists and shoe stores as sellers with a 25 cent price point.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Weeding Reminder for Garden Maintenance
It is hard hot work to keep weeds out of the flower garden now as earlier in the season. Do not let weeds ripen or scatter seeds for next year's growth.
Aged Woman Found Dead Suspended in Fremont Barn
Laura Foy, aging homesteader seven miles east of Fremont, was found dead suspended from barn rafters after reportedly falling through a floor and snagging her dress on nails. Her son-in-law John Francis of Arlington discovered the body. she had lived on the farm forty years after moving from Illinois in 1867.
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Fremont
Freeman Charged With Larceny In Morphine Case At Oscawana
Walter K Freeman chemist arrested at his Oscawana summer home and jailed on larceny charges after a Parke Davis bill allegedly shows $2,500 in platinum bought from Baker & Co Newark. He was found unconscious in his cell and believed dying after taking morphine amid contract lab work in Rutherford New Jersey.
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New York
Walter K. Freeman
Oscawana
N. Y
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Mich
Freeman
Rutherford, N. J
Baker & Co
Newark
N. J
Michiganirm
Teenager Sent to Nebraska for Repeated Kissing Offenses
David Tent a seventeen year old boy from Beatrice Nebraska faced repeated police court appearances for promiscuous kissing in Kansas City. He admitted he could not resist and said he must kiss them. He will be returned to Nebraska by Humane Officer Greenman.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
David Tent
Beatrice
Neb
Tent
Kyle
Greenman
Danbury, Beaver City Play Twin Games in Nebraska Clash
In Beaver City two games were played with Danbury. Morning a collision between catcher Woods and third baseman Hinton left Woods with a serious scalp wound and in critical condition while Hinton suffered a deep cut on the lip. Beaver City won 10 to 6 and 18 to 2.
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Beaver City
Neb
Danbury
Woods
Hinton
Freight handlers end strike with wage increase agreement
Oakland dispatch reports the strike by freight handlers has been settled. The company grants the workers the wage rise from 23 to 25 cents per hour, effective August 1. Overtime terms provide half pay for sixteen or more minutes and full hour for thirty minutes or more.
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Oakland
Oqal
Cloudburst death toll in Mont Censis debunked
In Modane France officials deny fifteen deaths from the Mont Censis cloudburst. Early terror reports claimed many missing but all missing people have been found. Traffic on the Mont Censis line remains halted while tracks and bridges are damaged.
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Modane
France
Mont Censis
Locate a Suspect Constantine in Jail at Poughkeepsie NY
Police report that suspect Frank J. Constantine is detained in a jail facility in Poughkeepsie New York. No additional details on charges or booking are provided in the fragment.
Constantine Said Held On Murder Charge in Poughkeepsie
Reports say Frank J. Constantine, accused of killing Mrs. Louise A. Gentry at 582 La Salle avenue, Chicago, January 6, is under arrest in Poughkeepsie New York. Police confirm capture but withhold the exact town. requisition papers were previously sought in Springfield.
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Chicago
Frank J. Constantine
Louise A. Gentry
la Salle Avenue
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Scheutuler
Constantine
Springfield
Poughkeepare
Hoffman
Dutchess County
New York
Mrs. Gentry
Nebraska Notes A miscellany of local incidents and notices
People in Utica report a woman bitten by a dog and a teen injured by a threshing machine. Postmaster J Hay appointed at Asylum in Lancaster. State valuation around 1.5 billion dollars. Several obituaries and local legal and civic items including a water works bond vote at Cambridge, church and jail notes, harvest outlook, and various human interest items.
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McMullen
Utica
Henry Schleckty
John Hay
Asylum
Lancaster County
Nebr
James L. Greene
Aubrey Marcy
Ithaca
H. K. Marcy
John
Barry
Cambridge
Governor boots Dr Nicholson at Norfolk asylum
Ned Lincoln Dr Nicholson, assistant at the Norfolk asylum, was ordered removed by Governor Mickey. Nicholson notified the governor he mailed a notice of vacation and planned to leave at once after seeking attorney advice. He had requested until July 17 and later an extension, which was granted. The governor appointed Dr H D Singer of Omaha to replace him.
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Lincoln
Ned
Nicholson
Norfolk Asylum
Mickey
Hoe
H. D. Singer
Omaha
Doctor resigns from Lincoln asylum prompts nurse plan
Dr. Mabel Dunn, second assistant at the Lincoln hospital for the insane, resigns effective August 16 to pursue post graduate study in New York. Dr. Hallie Ewing of Hastings asylum is appointed to fill the vacancy to ensure a woman physician remains at the Lincoln facility for curable patients.
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Mabel Dunn
Lincoln Hospital For the Insane
Mickey
New York
Hallie Ewing
Hastings Asylum
Lincoln Asylum
Beatrice Woman Found Dead In Beatrice Home
The lifeless body of Anna Lang was found hanging at the door knob in her Beatrice home at Seventh and Elk streets. Coroner's jury rules death by her own action amid probable despondency. she was 72, a devout Catholic, and leaves several stepchildren including Emil, Victor, and Antonio Lang.
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Beatrice
Neb
Anna Lang
Seventh and Elk Streets
Emil
Victor Lang
Antonio Lang
Dowie Loses Appeal Over Revivalist Funds
California Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling ordering John Alexander Dowie to pay attorney Hugh Craig 1764.90 with interest from 1888. Craig financed a revival at the Grand Opera House in San Francisco in 1888, confirming the judgment.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
John Alexander Dowie
Hugh Craig
Craig
Dowie
Grand Opera House
Stamp Frauds in New York City Seen In $200,000 Loss
Five men jailed in police court on $1,000 bail for further examination over washing and reselling state tax stamps. Police say about 2,000 men and boys in the Wall Street district implicated, with the state government losing about $200,000. Two more warrants issued for two store operators handling fraudulent stamps.
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New York
Wall Street
Dean's Kidney Pills Touted by Minnesota Merchant
O C Hayden of O C Hayden & Co dry goods in Albert Lea Minnesota reports severe back weakness and constant pain. After using Dean's Kidney Pills kidney function normalized and back pain disappeared with no recurrence. Pills sold by dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Minnesota
Dean
O. C. Hayden
Hayden & Co
Albert Lea
Minn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Doctor Cured of Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
Maryland physician Dr. Fisher, practicing sixteen years, reports curing his own eczema with Cuticura Remedies since 1897. He endorses Cuticura Resolvent and Soap, stating other formulas failed and grants permission to publish his letter from Big Pool, Maryland dated May 24, 1905.
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Maryland
Fisher
Q. M.‘T Fisher, M
Big Pool
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Salzer Seed CO
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