Bon Marche Helps Bachelors’ Santa Fund Aid
The Star reports Bon Marche owner Frank H. McDermott cut a $245.90 bill for needy children in two, paying $122.95. Cash and goods boosted the Bachelors Christmas Fund from The Star’s drive, with receipts and in-kind gifts totaling over $264.95 and a $66.80 credit remaining.
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Bachelors
Star
Bon Marche
Cynthia Grey
Kiddies
Frank H. McDermott
Ge Bon Marche Company
Ren Marche
National Grocery Company
Sylvester Bros
London
Shafer Bros
Private Senate dining room guests toast Elkins event
Washington report notes jan 14 revelry in the Senate restaurant with Senator Bit ing of West Virginia hosting teachers and guests including Mrs. William K Vanderbilt Jr Mr and Mrs Robert Mor Nicholas Longworth Katherine Elkina and ex Senator Henry Cassawey Davie among the attendees.
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Washington
Senate
Biting
West Virginia
William K Vanderbilt, Jr
Robert
Nicholas Longworth
Katherine Elkina
Henry Cassawey Davie
Pistol User Insane Says Col Chinn Fights With Knives
Col Chinn a Kentucky racing official and famed knife fighter says he will introduce a bill to declare pistol carriers insane. He notes he was shot nine times at a Chicago track yet killed two men with a knife in Latonia. He admits shooting was wrong in a Kansas City case. Also news of T. S. S. Wood, plasterer, reporting loss of trunk and 75 cents after leaving Kansas City.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Coronel Jack Chinn
Kentucky State Racing Commission
Kentucky Legielature
Colonel Chinn
Latonia
T. S&s
Popular Baritone Must Pay Alimony in Seattle
Frederick Powell, a well known baritone who performed before the Ladies' Muateal Club of Seattle, must pay $100 a month permanent alimony to his former wife Ella Powell. The decree was signed by Superior Judge John F. Main this morning. The divorce complaint cites absolute incompatibility and claims Powell earns $490 to $600 monthly while Mrs Powell seeks support for her health and well being. There are no children.
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Frederick Powell
Ladies’ Muateal Club
Seattle
Ella Powell
John F. Main
Mra
Powell
Main
The Only American Wounded in Nicaragua Trouble
Photo shows Jus Branchfield of Bismarck North Dakota wounded in Nicaragua's Red Cross hospital at Bluefields. He recalls the mine near Reeves, the 1910s era clash with Genera Maena forces, and says fighting for rights in new lands is preferable to wheat farming at home.
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Nicaragua
Bluefields
Jus. Branchfield
Bismarck
N. D
Reeves
Branchfield
Richard Taylor
New York
Daily Star
Katrada
North Dakota
Weds in Old Duds Suing Express Co
Walter Lathrop of Atlanta sues the Southern Express Company claiming it failed to deliver his wedding outfit on time for a Ludington ceremony in Lingonier Indiana. He cites humiliation from a rushed, unsuitable attire and seeks monetary compensation.
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Sues Express CO
Tlanta
Lingonier
Ind
Walter ‘Athrop
Atlanta
Lathrop
Ligonter
Chicago
Tragedy of the West Boys and a Saving Parole
The story recounts Western bound youths seeking riches, many losing touch with home. A Seattle incident led to Joseph Allen’s parole after Boston a father’s letter prompted lawmen to intervene. Three officials face a boy’s fate, and he is spared to return home for a Christmas reunion.
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Seattle
Joseph Allen
Roberts
Boston
Hoberts
Allen
John Raoberta
John F. Murphy
Hob Hodge
King County
Bo Murphy
Tontitown Sets Up Priest As Mayor In Novel City Image
In Tontitown Arkansas a village grows ambitious, projecting Father Baldini as its mayor and guiding moral leadership. The piece notes swamps refuge origins and a dreamlike transformation toward a model American town with a January line of events and community dances at Dreamland.
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Tontitown
Father Waldini
Father Baldini
America
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