Strange Michigan Case Unfolds in Maude Tabor Death
Lawton Michigan December report clears Maude Tabor death as hemorrhage during induced childbirth. Dr. Warthin finds child likely born dead and placed back in the mother before rigor mortis. Body smeared with lye, missing proper embalming, suggesting attempted flesh destruction. Virgo’s six marriages revealed, with multiple aliases and deceit in marriage records. Virgo last seen Kalamazoo in 1915, claimed Maude asked for medicine or a doctor.
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Profesoor Warthin
Maude Tabor
Professor Warthin
Virgo
Warthin
Joseph C. Virgo
Warner
Alice Strom
Windsor
Canada
Maude
Kalamazoo
Glenn Warner
Lawton
Building Boom In West Under Way
New York December 16. North of the Ohio and east of the Missouri rivers 1919 contracts totalled 2,332,902,000 for eleven months through December 1, 1919. This beats last year’s period by 700,973,000, with the central west leading districts at 71,386,000 for November.
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New York
Ohio
Missouri Rivers
F. W. Dodge and Company
Central West
Embalmer Virgo Testifies In Maude Tabor Case
The trial featured questions about bigamy and whether Maude Tabor was dead or a child born, with Joe urged to prove truth by Lansing. Professor Warner pressed witnesses on an old embalmer's ability to move a body, and Virgo described handling over 2,600 corpses and various embalming methods before retiring three years ago.
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Dr. Warthin
Professor Warthin
Maude
Lansing
Warner
Maude Tabor
Virgo
D'Annunzio Reaches Agreement With Italy
TRIEST December 13 unofficially reports that Gabriele D'Annunzio has agreed with the Italian government to depart Fiume at once with his troops displaced by regulars. The move ends his seizure of the city and restores government authority.
Wage changes retroactive for railroad overtime pay
Under an agreement between the railroad administration and four brotherhoods of train and engine men overtime in slow freight service will pay time and a half, effective December 1. A separate note mentions the invention of a device massaging women's throats with streams of water to improve their contour.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Four Brotherhoods
Camp Point school consolidation letter to the editor
A letter from Camp Point township residents argues the consolidation of grade schools stems from farmer support, not a town mandate. It disputes the claimed $1 per acre cost, cites Maplewood district figures, and touts savings, drivers, and teachers funded by consolidation, urging road improvements and local benefits.
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Camp Point
Camp Point Township
Maplewood
Quincy
Consolidated School Committee
A, A. Holmes
Herring consumption leads among fish varieties
A report notes that herrings are eaten more than any other fish, reflecting a clear preference in dietary patterns and market demand. The data highlights the dominance of herrings in local consumption trends and suggests implications for fisheries and retailers.
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Wilson
Dr Arthur W Blackwell of Carthage Dies at 55
Dr Arthur W Blackwell, born May 4 1864 in Northampton England, died in Carthage on Sunday after a stroke aged 55 years 7 months 6 days. He practiced dentistry in Ohio Chicago and Carthage then osteopathy for years and lived in Carthage four years. Survived by wife Lottie A Lionberger two sisters Mrs Phipps and Mrs Morrison of Canada two brothers James Blackwell of Gault Canada Alfred Blackwell Woodstock Canada. Funeral was held Sunday at noon in Chin church with Rev C J Scot officiating and interment Ridge cemetery under Masonic auspices.
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Carthage
Arthur W. Blackwell
Joseph Hanital Stanton Blackwell
Northampton
England
America
Canada
Lottie A. Lionberger
Battle Creek
Mich
Charles Lester
Blackwell
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
Chicago
Phipps
Morrison
James Blackwell
Gault
Alfred Blackwell
Woodstock
C. J. Scot
Ridge Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
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PATHE
Kimball
West Side Square
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Newcomb
Miss Schwab
G. Kramer
D’ Annunzio
Italy
Services
Ff Christian Church
Genuspices of the Fraternity
Carthage High
Dee
Elizabeth Ferris
George
Alberta Balmer
Nauvoo
Vaston
Ware-Wayland Co
Clothiers
Hampshire
Furnishers
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