Twin Oliver Brothers Split by Crimes and Bigamy Case
Boston dentists report Alfred D. Oliver and Louis C. Oliver, twins born in Climax Georgia, lived separate lives with one becoming a convict and the other a respectable banker. Alfred, mistaken for Louis, served four years for bigamy and faced release after proving Louis had nine toes, freeing Alfred from a Georgia prison term.
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Americus
South
Alfred D. Oliver
Louis C. Oliver
Alfred
Louis
Oliver Twins
Climax
Harding
Hardings
Louis C. Harding
Mississippi
Greenwood
Georgia
Honduras
Central America
State
Alfred Oliver
Misa
Chancellor Jones
Bertillon
Oliver
Campaign to send Washington eight to Poughkeepsie regatta
The campaign to send the Universality of Washington eight to the big regatta began with a campus assembly in the auditorium. Several business leaders spoke and plans to raise about $4,000 were discussed.
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Universality of Washington
Poughkeep Ale
Freddie Welsh Opens Training Camp for Rivers Bout
Welsh begins light week of work at Vernon camp as preparations start for March 17 title defense against Joe Rivers in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Welsh
Joe Rivers
Vernon
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Benefit Dyspeptics
An advertising notice touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick remedy to restore appetite and aid digestion. It claims the formula supports absorption from food, reduces stomach gas and heartburn, and rebuilds the body, with sales at drug stores for 50 cents a box.
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Stuart
Bedford Freed From Stockade Under Lister Pardon
Laula KR Hedford, former secretary of the Washington Democratic State committees, gains conditional pardon from Governor Lister after serving part of a six month sentence under the lazy husband act. Bedford, under guard, met his ailing wife in Tacoma and pledged to support her, promising hospital care if liberated from stockade duties. He was arrested last December and sent to pay his wife thirty dollars monthly.
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Laula KR. Hedford
Washington Democratic State Committees
Lister
Bedford
Tacoma
Vancouver
S. C
Ravenel Attacks Christian Scientists On Disease Views
Dr. M. P. Ravenel director of the Madison state laboratory criticized Christian Scientists in Fond du Lac during a Twilight Club talk. He said their beliefs fail to protect neighbors and their children from disease, asserting it takes more than teaching to deny medical science.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
M. P. Ravenel
State Laboratory
Madison
Tw Light Club
Dr. Ravenel
New Style Will Of L K Cook In Chicago Probate
The will filed for probate in Chicago on March 6 presents a strange probate style. The document directs one dollar to Roberta Cook, the foster daughter, with all other possessions to wife Lydie to dispose as she sees fit. Estate valued at $8,000.
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Chicago
L. K. Cook
Roberta Cook
Lydie
Violin Bridegroom Reunites with Golden Anniversary
Wichita, March 6. J W MecMantera of Benton welcomed his wife to a reception room prepared for their golden wedding anniversary. He played the same violin used at their wedding march 60 years ago, and repeated the tune for the celebration.
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Wichita
Kan
J. W. MecMantera
Benton
St Jacobs Oil Promises Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatic pain and aching joints. It claims relief comes instantly by topical application and promotes limited internal use with a trial bottle from any drug store. The copy also says the product eases sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache sprains and similar ailments.
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St. Jacobs
Youth Wins Big Bet On Horse At Thursday Meet
Local betting records fell as Edward Campbell staked his cherished California gold piece on a long shot. The horse won, Campbell collected $10 000, and his sweetheart forgave him, with marriage soon. Also featured is Hailey Mitchell’s Checkers at Seattle Theatre praised as witty and heartwarming with cheap seating.
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Edward Campbell
Campbell
California
Checkers
Hailey & Mitchell Players
Seattle
Theatrical Trust
Ady
Seattle Readers Purchase One Million Library Volumes in 1913
Seattle residents checked out 951063 books in 1913, up 98997 from 1912. Children read 356421 books, 37 percent of total, while fiction accounted for 692421 books or 62 percent. Nonfiction takes longer to read. philosophy and religion show notable totals, and useful arts cover trades, business, and homemaking subjects.
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Seattle
Farmer repays long owed debt after revival prompt
William Wallace, a farmer from 20 miles south of Joplin, repays a debt he owed for 23 years at a revival meeting held in a neighborhood school house. He went to Joplin with the visiting pastor and paid contractor J. M. Maret five dollars saying the debt had been dropped in a butcher shop and he had picked it up.
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Joplan
William Wallace
Joplin
J. M. Maret
Wallace
Maret
Miss Wilson Dances With Unintroduced Men at Greenwich Center
New York report notes Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president dances Old Dan Tucker with unintroduced young men during a social gathering at the Greenwich Navy social center.
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New York
Margaret Wilson
Dan Tucker
Greenwich Avy
Exclusive Jewelry Design and Stone Stock Advertised
A local ad promotes expertise in exclusive jewelry design and mounting with custom cut precious and semi-precious stones. It invites customers to inspect the stock for ring materials and highlights on-site repair services including fine watch repair with a timekeeping guarantee.
Press Agents Promise The Firefly Star Emma Trentini
The story follows Emma Trentini of The Firefly at Moore theatre as language and performance clash. Manager Hammerstein learns of rival plays, including Buffalo opposition named Blue Bird, revealed after an on tour call from Buffalo.
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Emma Trentini
Firefly
Moore Theatre
New York
Arthur Hammerstein
Buffalo
Hammerstein
Trentini
Pink wigs brighten society ball in London
March 6 report from London notes Mrs. George Keppel hosting a ball with striking hair hues. Mrs. Keppel wore a purple satin and chiffon dress while her hair appeared avasco rosetina. Few men wore wigs, mostly white, with Lord Arlington notably sporting a pink wig.
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London
George Keppel
Defenders of the Cross Fatally Harm Turk in Watertown
In Watertown Massachusetts on March 6 two Armenian youths Nishan Aprahanian sixteen and Manoog Garabedian seventeen fatally hurt Sunlu Yada a Turk after claiming to defend the cross. They say they were taught in Turkey to contest for their faith and swore to defend the cross. Sunlu Yada was wounded by a sharp object as he passed by.
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Watertown
Mass
Nishan Aprahanian
Manoog Garabedian
Sunlu-Yada
Turkey
Negro Thought Poor Leaves Vast Fortune
Augusta Ga March 6 When the will of William H Ellis a negro drayman was filed in the probate court it was found that he left an estate of 10000 It was thought
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Augusta
William H. Ellis
Man Describes Start With One Horse and a Borrowed Wagon
The subject details his poor financial condition and beginnings a few years ago with a single horse and a borrowed wagon. He notes the cane for men resembles a golf club and hides receptacles for cigarettes and matches.
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2Nd and
Fraser- Paterson Co
Welsh Trains
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Jet
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Raps Scientists
Tomor
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J. M. Bennett
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the Trust
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