Was Married Twice, Has No Wife Now
Charles Hoffman entered court with two wives but left without any wife. He had married Grace Gillette five weeks earlier believing his Brooklyn marriage from thirteen years ago had ended in death. The court nullified the second marriage and granted the first a divorce, naming the second wife as co respondent. Hoffman grieved as the second wife refused to remarry him.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Hoffman
Grace Gillette
Brooklyn
Philippines
Hoffman
Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Promotes Harmless Child Remedy
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted cure for crying infants with claims of curing wind colic diarrhea and pain. The text urges asking for the product by name and notes a 25 cent price. Also mentions Tom Green County option election results in Texas.
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Tom Green
Associated Press
San Angelo
Tex
The
Pros
Tomreen County
Contest of Election Opposed by Marvin Brown
Representative Marvin Brown of Tarrant County, a leading speaker for the pros, issued a statement opposing a contest of the election result in the statewide campaign.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Marvin Brown
Tarrant County
Death of Judge L W Goodrich in Marlin at 75
Waco Texas July 28 Judge L W Goodrich former judge of the nineteenth judicial district court died yesterday in Marlin aged 75 He was born in Ohio and was captain of the Thirteenth Texas cavalry in the civil war He leaves three children.
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Jo Goodrich
Associated Press
Waco
Tex
L. W. Goodrich
Theineteenth Judicial District Court
Marlin
Ohio
Thirteenth
Texas Cavalry
Hay shortage predicted across hay growing regions
Reports to the National Hay Association from Niagara Falls indicate a heavy hay crop shortage this year. Nearly every hay growing section has suffered from drought with Tennessee reporting less than half the average production.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
N. Y
National Hay Association
Tennessee
Man Hangs Himself in Hackensack Kept Note
In Hackensack New Jersey on July 28 the body of Gustave Ising was found hanging from a bedpost. He had written to an undertaker inviting him to the house saying I am dead. The note referenced his wife who had killed herself three months earlier.
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Associated Press
Hackensack
N. J
Gustave Ising
Ising
Norwich
Conn
Sigmund Gomberts
Night delay on steamer Ponce due to firemen strike
The steamship Ponce of the New Orleans & Porto Rico line remains at anchor in midstream after a firemen strike postponed its scheduled sailing. In Farmington Missouri a 19 year old mother, Mrs William Knight, has given birth to triplets two girls and a boy weighing 7 7 and 5 pounds.
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New Orleans
Ponce
Porto Rico
Farmington
William Knight
Knight
Costly woods used in Panama railroad
The Panama railway renovates its track with rare cabinet woods as it relocates for canal construction. Eight thousand hardwood ties from Colombia arrive at Colon, primarily guayacum or lignum vitae, plus polvillo corteza and balsamo. These durable woods require special machinery to install rail seats and fastenings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama Railway
Colon
Colombia
Polvillo
Corteza
Balsamo
Isthmus
Represhing Sleep Aid Advised By H Morsford
An 19th century ad promotes H Morsford acid phosphate as a nightly remedy. It claims half a teaspoon in water before bed induces restful sleep and affects mood.
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Morsford
Dockers Strike Settled and Wider Unrest in Wales
Cables report a dockers strike in Cardiff that ended after lengthy talks. The stoppage halted most South Wales trade and spurred riots amid coal miners. Also, Colombia imposes quarantine on ships from New York over health concerns. In Cape Haitian, quiet returns as railroad work by American interests may resume under General Leconte's assurance.
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Cardif
Wales
South Wales
Haitien
Cape Haitien
Leconte
Ex-Shah Followers Loot Shah Rud on March Toward Teheran
Turkoman tribesmen allied with Mohammed Ali Mirza, the deposed shah, pillaged Shah Rud on their march from Astrabad toward the capital. Sacred men women and children are said to have been slain during the raid.
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Teheran
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Shah
Shah Rud
Astrabad
Ten Candidates In Labor Day Queen Contest
Ten contenders vie in the race for Labor Day queen with a first ballot count dominated by Nora Steele leading 589 votes. Lena States trails with 535 and Georgia Satterwhite records 482 as late returns place Myrtle K. Broderick 485 and Katherine N. Plattner 413 among the top contenders.
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Trades Council Hall
Nora Steele
Lena States
Telephone Operatives’ Union
Georgia Satterwhite
Grand Chancellor Arrives for Knights of Pythias Meeting
Judge R H Buck grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias with Fort Worth headquarters arrives tonight to attend a local lodge meeting at Castle Hall Market Street. He is expected to confer grand lodge rank on all past chancellors in the city and is a district judge of Tarrant County.
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R. H. Buck
Knights of Pythias
Fort Worth
Castle Hall
Market Street
Blood for wife as Goodrich offers life saving aid
Fred Goodrich a 55 year old Fort Worth labor board member and Railway Trainman editor donated two quarts of blood for his seriously ill pellagra stricken wife. Despite his sacrifice authorities fear it may not help. Railroad head resigns at Montreal Central Vermont replaces Hays with Fitzhugh. Eleven pound tomatoes shown by J B Johnson in Louisville with two to a quart jar preserved by Mrs Johnson.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Fred Goodrich
Texas Joint Labor Legislative Board
Railway Trainman of
Associated Priss
Montreal
Central Vermont Railway
Hays
H. Fitzhugh
Grand Trunk Railroad
Central Vermont
Louisville
J. B. Johnson
West Street
Johnson
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Massachusetts Supreme Court Backs Workmen’s Bill
Boston July 28 The Massachusetts supreme court declares the workmen’s compensation bill constitutional under state law. The opinion notes contrasts with New York’s act and states the employer cannot use fellow employee negligence as a defense when an injured worker sues for damages. Spanish War Veterans urged to attend a July 28 meeting at Moose Hall Market Street led by Commander Henry F. Geyer.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Massachusetts
New York
Moose Hall
Market Street
Prisoners scarce threaten big farm losses in Haddam
In Haddam Connecticut July 28 sheriff warns that with prisoner numbers low the Middlesex county farm could lose 5000 to 10000 dollars in crops. Past seasons had ample help but current labor shortage hampers work and the sheriff hopes for more manpower.
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Associated Press
Haddam, Conn
Middlesex
Skeleton find near Center and Jefferson in Louisville
Workmen uncover three skeletons during sewer project at Center and Jefferson streets in Louisville. Two are coffin-enshrouded, the third likely a decades old body disposed of with quicklime. No cemetery history known though 1840 editor Shadrach Penn once faced danger at the same site.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Center
Jefferson Streets
Shadrach Penn
Ohio killer executed in penitentiary
Cletus A. Willaman, who killed his wife's father and stepmother in Stark county, was electrocuted at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus shortly after midnight.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Columbus
Cletus A. Willaman
W. A. Koons
Stark County
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