Bridge Dales Plan of Dupes of Cupid
Edward Dye crossed the Eads Bridge into Illinois to marry Miss Daisy Parr but faced a $2 marriage fee and a $2 license cost. Dye, 24, and Parr, 18, along with two mothers, ended up returning to Missouri with just 60 cents left. If the Illinois license is used, the ceremony must occur in St Clair county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ar Edward
Dye
Bads Bridge
East St. Louis
Justice of the
Frank Colling
St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Parr
Collins
Miss Parr
St. Clair County
Chicago Trial Halted Over Hungry Baby
Judge Sabath postponed a trial after a mother claimed a boarder beat her. a hungry infant in her arms led the judge to halt proceedings and arrange food and medical care. A physician stated the child was dying of starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sabath
Municipal
Chicago Tribune
Mary Dinitro
Birthday party and local social notes on State Street
A series of social events and visits are reported including Miss Thelma Harris celebrating her fifth birthday on State Street with friends. Miss Loleta Dibrell’s tenth birthday party. the Queen's Daughters meeting at St Marys parish school. a San Pedro park picnic with the San Antonio Turn Verein. betrothal announcement of Annie Goot to Herman L Paull. and multiple residents returning from travels to Corpus Christi Galveston and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Harris
State Street
Miss Miles
Hilda
Katie
Helen Wulff
Mary Louise Tarchman
Katie Miles
Elsie Texas
Riley
Arbyn Singleton
Velma Harris
Masters Leslie Lockhart
Lewis Johnson
Herbert Johnson
Albert Texas
Clyde Singleton
Herbert Wulff
Edna Frazier
Queen’s Daughters of
St. Mary’s Church
William Cassin
San Pedro Park
San Antonio
Turn Verein
Loleta Dibrell
Grace Truman Dodson
Katherine Townsend
Helen Bombreak
Erna Pfeiffer
Julia Bolsey
Annie Altes
Lorena Dodson
Hallie B. Lane
Margaret Voight
Social Evening Calendar With Clubs And Dances
Miss Emily Camp hosts an Elmira street party in the social calendar. Riverside Tennis Club holds a meeting at Crofton avenue court. Madison Square Presbyterian Ladies Aid meets at 9 30 with Mrs F M Hagner on Augusta street. St Mark s Parish Aid meets at 3 with Mrs Elwood Ford on Gaines avenue. A dance at Muth s Garden at 8 30 by Fort Sam Houston officers. Prospectors Club plans an evening at Miss Mar Gallagher s Prospect ill home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospectors
Prospect Hill
Carrie Gallagher
Waco
Emily Camp
Elmira Street
Riverside Tennis Club
Crofton Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
F. M. Hagner
Augusta Street
Parish Aid Society of
St Mark’s Church
Elwood Ford
Gaines Avenue
Muth
Fort Sam Houston
Prospectors’ Club
Miss Mar Gallagher
Clubwomen Reverse Judge in Divorce Suit
Three Tacoma women sat as advisory judges in a divorce case and overturned a prior ruling by Judge Mastarday. They ruled in favor of the wife Mollie Trosher, awarding her possession of the 19 month old child after new evidence refuted allegations of infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Superior Court
Tacoma
Wash
New York World
Mastarday
Mollie Trosher
Harper P. Trosher
S. Tullock
Trosher
Basterday
New York Public Library Ranks Among World Libraries
The article praises New York Public Library for its building and growth capacity while listing the world’s five largest libraries by volumes: Bibliotheque Nationale Paris 3 500 000 Library of British Museum London 2 000 000 Library of Congress Washington 1 800 000 Imperial Library Saint Petersburg 1 735 000 New York Public Library 1 300 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Public Library
Bibliotheque Nationale
Paris
Library of British Museum
London
Library of Congress
Washington
D. C
Imperial Library
St. Petersburg
New York Public Library
Tree Decays and Woman Dies in Indiana Dispatch
Rachel Silvers aged 86 widow of H Silvers died at her home in Hagerstown Indiana. She married at age 16 and planted a willow twig at her wedding that grew into a tree now showing decay. She was mother of three and the last of a family of six, with no survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Silvers
H. Silvers
Hagerstown
Ind
Mr. Silvers
New Poultry Roaster Uses Perforated Iron Tubing
A novel poultry roasting device fashioned from perforated iron tubing is packed with cotton soaked in a solution deadly to insects, aiming to prevent infestation during processing. The setup suggests a steam or fumigant-like method to keep poultry free of pests.
Woman walks 1200 feet down New York Aqueduct shaft
Mrs. Charles Carlow of this city becomes the first woman to descend 1200 feet in shaft No 8 of the New York Aqueduct and walk 400 feet through a tunnel under the Hudson with her husband. John Coyle and Joseph Strobach joined the ascent by motor boat at Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carlow
New York World
Newburg
N. Y
New York Aqueduct
Hudson
Carlow
Noisy Passage of Water and Oilskins Save Crew
In a chaotic scene the crew endured a rush of air and water seeping in from multiple points. A thick mist threatened to drench them, but their oilskins kept them dry as they struggled to stay aboard.
Wife Preacher Fills Nelson and Farrington Pulpit
Mrs. A. D. Harmon preached at the First Christian church in Nelson and Farrington avenues on Sunday in her husband’s absence at Cable. The sermon covered Christ’s first miracle at Cana and she plans to preach again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cable
Wis
A. D. Harmon
First Christian Church
Nelson and
Farrington Avenues
St. Paul, Minn
Probable Fall Resignation Delays at Harmon Charge
The note states that next Sunday and likely the rest of the summer will pass without Rev. Harmon returning to his charge, as his resignation takes effect in the fall.
Fight Ruins Family Teeth in Chicago Row
Mary Myerly and her aged husband cannot eat solid food after a fight over their shared false teeth. The incident ended with Mrs. Myerly striking her husband with a rolling pin, breaking the tooth plate and causing both to rely on soup and hash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Myerly
Chicago Record-Herald
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Dupes OF
Cupid
Katherine M. Joseph
Max Goot
Annie
Herman L Paull
el Paso
Edward C. Biesenbach
Corpus Christi
Caroline
Minnie Nauwald
Galveston
Irene Brown
Austin
University
Mrs. R. C. Rowland of
LaGrange
Mrs
W. H. Cade
van Ness Street
Mrs. L. G. Denman
Gilbert Denman
A. P. Ford
Lillian Samuels
Miss Romberg
Corpus
Henry Torrey
A. J. Dimaline
Port O’connor
Frank L. Shoemaker
Oklahoma
T. R. Winlock Holland
Edward Stauss
Lillian
Estelle
Port Lavaca
Frank Kaupert
Elizabeth Delft
William Martin
Sara Lee
Grace Jeffries
San Marcos
J. D. Blanks
Seymour
Charming
Antonio
Clubwomen
New York Library
Todo
Voile
Panama
EMIL
Blum Company
Houston Street
Terrell
Terrell Well Water CO
American Bank & Trust Co
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