Widow Blames Other Woman as Surgeon Weds New Bride
Katherine Blake, once married to Dr. Joseph H. Blake, says she bears no anger toward him and hopes his new wife, Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay, finds happiness. She cites heart illness and guardianship concerns for their son, vows forgiveness, and insists the marriage lacks sanctity while wishing the rival unhappiness she feels is deserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola Greeley-Smith
Dr. Blake
Mackay
Katherine Ketcham Blake
Joseph H. Blake
Paris
Katherine Alexander Duer
Clarence H. Mackay
Mrs. Mackay
Blake
Girl Teacher Defends School From Madman in West Finley
Grace Jones, a 40 pupil country school teacher in West Finley township, faced Robert Dreamer when he attacked with a corn cutter and knife. She protected herself and the children until help arrived. the school remains closed as officials assess the danger and schedule.
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Washington
Grace Jones
Lfe
West Finley
Robert Dreamer
Dreamer
Misa Jones
Miss Jones
Reporter Wins Medal of Honor at Lodz
Lieutenant General Likman, commander of the German Guards division and military correspondent of the Tagelische Rundschau, wins the medal of honor for distinguished fighting at Lodz. Lumbermen decide to promote manufacture of wood blocking for paving.
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Perlin
Likman
Tagelische Rundschau
Lodz
Free Parcel Post Map Offer in The Seattle Star Advertisement
A lithographed two large charts map of Washington state in color showing Parcel Post zones and rules. The offer includes a six months Seattle Star subscription for 1.80 with a free map, postage prepaid, for current and new subscribers. The map aids routing and stamping parcel post mail.
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State of Washington
Post Office
The
Star
Seattle Star
Seattle
Parcel Post Mall
Kegley of Washington on a National Committee for Rural Credit
Washington article reports farmers’ support for a permanent rural credit league, formed after the state grange executive council meeting. Committee led by Herbert Quick to organize the league aims at personal short term loans via farmer co operatives, avoiding land mortgage facilities and central bank control.
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Kegley
Washington
Rural Credit Idea
Gilson Gardner
State Granges
Herbert Quick
Farm and Fireside
Western Starr
Westover
William T. Creasy
Pennsylvania State Grange
8. H. Hobbs
Farmers’ Union
Clinton
North Carolina
George P. Hampton
Grange Conference
C. Bee
Permanent Rural Credit League
Texas
Owen
Oklahoma
Old Hermit Reconciles with Daughter in Ontario
Peter Moore, 74, from Menominee Michigan, who lived as a hermit after burying his wife at his daughter's birth 48 years ago, reaches out to Anna Moore Jackson of Stratford Ontario. After a week of seeking forgiveness he learns his daughter still lives in Ontario and is willing to welcome him to spend his remaining years with her.
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Menominee, Mich
Peter Moore
Anna Moore Jackson
Stratford
Ont
Moore
Detroit
Ontario
An Improved Quinine Advertising Fragment
An odd fragmented note praises a improved quinine form with better effect than ordinary quinine. It requests the reader to remember the full name and look for the signature BEW GROVE on the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bew
Grove
Joseph Boudwin Loses Collie Obedient Dog Resumes Home
Joseph Boudwin a Pennsylvania railroad conductor attempted to dump his collie by crossing the Delaware River to New Jersey and fleeing in a motor boat. The dog swam back to shore, forcing a return and eventual abandonment of the pursuit before being heard barking at his Claymont home three hours after arrival. He now says the dog is so intelligent he will keep it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Joseph B. Boudwin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware River
Boudwin
New Jersey
Claymont
Baudwin
Girl twins wed brothers in Huntington ceremony
In Huntington West Virginia on December 11 a novel wedding linked two families when brothers William R Sweeney and Albert R Sweeney married twin sisters Mayme and Bosale Crawford. The ceremony occurred at the residence of Rev. O A Marple and highlighted the siblings’ inseparable companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
O. A., Marple
Mayme
Bosale L. Crawford
William R
Albert R. Sweeney
Twins Courted Together at Crawford Home and Proposed
The suitors met the twins in the Crawford home and courted them in the same room. They proposed on the same night, marking a simultaneous culmination of their courtship.
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Crawford
French parliament to welcome army front attendees
Paris reports 897 parliament members with 200 in the army as the cabinet arranges for a temporary front return to attend a parliamentary meeting. Kansas City notes the term blanket stiff used for labor unrest on the Pacific coast.
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Paris
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Frank P. Walsh
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
California
Oregon
War Postcards Captured In Front Line Drawings
English and French authorities seize front line post cards that caricature the kaiser and the crown prince. The cards are burned or confiscated, not due to fear of wounding the Kaiser but because possessor capture leads to immediate punishment.
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London
Crown Prince
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Geeend Ave
Madieon
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Stewart St. Wear Pike
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Mrs. Blake
Katherine Mackay-Blake
Wrs
C. tHlacKay
Right Drug Co
Washington St
Second Ave
Sook
Yellow Front
Dreamland
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Florida
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Paso Robles
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Los Angeles
Riverside
New Orleans
Pacific
C. G. Chisholm District
Elliott
Second Avenue
By Norman Rose
Grece
Fourth Ave
Kalsomine
U. S
Ashington
George Washington
War Department
United States
Canada
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Morey Stationery Co
TIS
First Ave
Columbia St
Northwestern College of Music
Peoples Bank
Regal Shoe Repair Shop
Senern
Main
O’neil’s Tailors
Fraser Paterson
University Street
Fraser-Paterson
Joseph
Kaiser
Union Dye Works
10Th Ave
C. T. Knowlton
Soc
Rowi
Edwin J. Brown
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