Insurance case reaches U S Supreme Court over dead man's organs
A Maryland court order appointing a receiver to seize and chemically examine the vital organs of Edward Painter, drowned off Jacksonville in 1913, has reached the Supreme Court. The dispute centers on the $1,000,000 life policy and whether the insurer's examination rights override the widow and daughter's rights to burial remains.
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Edward O. Painter
Jacksonville
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Painter
Baltimore
Charles Gizsier
Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Mother of Many Children Stirs Obstretrical Fame in 62 Offspring
The Palermo woman Rosa Salemi reportedly bore 62 children, beginning with a girl and followed by five boys, six more sons, five more, triplets, a quartet, and numerous singles, earning the Gravata Case title after a long line of offspring.
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Rosa Salemi
Gravata
Tuscany
London Chronicle
James Henry Lane 100th birthday recalled in Kansas history
A century ago James Henry Lane born in Lawrenceburg Indiana rose to join the Mexican War and Indiana politics. He led Free State troops in Kansas Territory, served in the U S Senate, fought as a Kansas brigadier general in the Civil War, and died by suicide in Leavenworth in 1866 after paralysis and loss of reason.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Indiana
Congress
Kansas Territory
Free State Party
Missouri
United States Senate
Topeka
Lane
Senate
Leavenworth
Wolves Not Extinct In New York
Residents near Owls Head report wolves in the Adirondacks contradicting long standing belief of extinction. Burton Davis confronted a ferocious wolf in his potato field, shot it in the mouth, and saw its mate howl away. Fifty years ago wolves were common in the area.
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Adirondacks
Owls Head
Burton Davis
Malone
N. Y
New York World
Folding stove offers space saving kitchen convenience
A Los Angeles inventor creates a gas stove that folds into a recess in the wall. The compact design targets city apartment kitchens where space is scarce and cleanliness is prized, making it popular with housewives who keep their kitchens neat.
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Los Angeles
New Roll-Call Device Planned for House
The article notes 435 members in the U S House of Representatives and a proposed electric voting device to speed roll calls, expected before the next session in December with an estimated $20,000 cost. It also mentions Children’s Day at the County Fair on September 3, with features for children and no tickets needed for school-age attendees.
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House of Representatives
White Crown Fruit Jar Cup Site Mason Jars
A brief item notes air tight mason jars from the White Crown site, claimed to be clean and preserve objects indefinitely with no spoilage or loss. Appeals for inspection of jars.
Sheriff's Sale of Stromsburg Property in Polk County
By order of the District Court of Polk County Nebraska the Nebraska Central Building and Loan Association sues to recover 2812.56 plus costs and 10 percent interest. The sheriff will sell on September 9 1914 at 2 PM in Osceola in front of the courthouse the lot 8 block 1 original town of Stromsburg and a lease on the upper part of the building. David S Potter sheriff. Mills and Beebe attorneys.
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District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Nebraska Central Building and Loan Association of
Lincoln
Charles Krumbach
Benjamin O. Hallquist
Bessie Hallquist
Stromsburg
Osceola
David S. Potter
Said County
Mills & Beebe
Notice to Creditors in Dimick Estate Polk County
In the matter of the estate of George E K Dimick deceased creditors are notified that claims must be filed by February 8 1915 and debts paid by August 7 1915. The county judge will convene hearings September 7 1914 November 7 1914 and February 8 1915 at 10 A M to receive examine hear and adjust all duly filed claims. August 7 1914. (Seal) Henry H Campbell county judge.
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George EK. Dimick
Nebraska
Said County
Henry H. Campbell
Mitchell Engin
Mitchell-Lewis Otor
John W. Bate
Mitchell
Racine
Bate
The State Journal Offer and Tire Sale Notice
A newspaper advertisement touts The State Journal as unbiased and nonpolitical and offers a trial subscription for one year including the Sunday Journal for $1. It also notes a tire sale by Any Auto Co with rubber goods prices rising 20 percent but stock of tires sold at old prices.
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State Journal
Sunday Journal
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