Minister with Two Wives Seeks Heavenly Divorce for Fate
The Rev. John Horton, pastor at Beecher, Illinois, explains he married Amanda Breaker while his first wife lived, trusting God to judge. Horton arrived in America six months ago, joined Moody Institute, and settled with Breaker’s family. Beecher gossip threatens his return.
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Joliet
John Horton
Amanda Breaker
Beecher
Til
Horton
Mise Breaker
Beecher Church
Amanda Breaker-Horton
World-walker Julius Rath seeks child welfare facts
An 11 year old boy from Westfield Mass attends Normal Training School with his heart on the right and liver on the left. He travels to San Francisco to gather knowledge for American children and must have 1000 dollars and a dog at journey's end. He has worn out 435 shoes and five dogs.
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Westfield
Mass
Julius Rath
St. Louis
San Francisco
America
Effort Underway to Raise Leadora Steamboat Hull
Workers attempt to raise the steamboat Leadora which sank in the Missouri River near Elk Point South Dakota in 1866. The vessel carried a cargo of old whisky valued by its owners at a substantial amount.
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Missouri River
Elk Point
S. D
Faulkner in Trouble Yet Again Linked to Harbin Slaying
R M Faulkner, repeatedly arrested on various charges, faces new trouble after being booked for passing counterfeit money. He was seized by Patrolman Poolman and later by a United States marshal. The prior winter he was jailed for threatening to kill his wife and was implicated in the 1919 stabbing death of Bert Harbin at 1523 17th av S.
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Bert Harbin
17Th Av. S
Poolman
Faulkner
Harbin
Lover's objection ends in suicide of city agent
Walter Hartung, 22, a city passenger agent for the Banning Steamship Co., shot himself after parental objections to his love affairs and upcoming marriage. Police have not yet identified the young woman involved.
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Los Angeles
Walter Hartung
Banning Steamship Company
Warlike husband enjoined by wife in custody case
Mrs. Mary Fazzio obtained an injunction to stop her husband Charley Fazzio from taking their 4 year old son to Italy to fight the Turks. He sold his fruit stand and horse and wagon to raise funds for the trip.
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Cleveland
Mary Fazzio
Charley Fazzio
Italy
Fazzio
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief for Colds
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick cure for colds and grippe with a dose every two hours until three consecutive doses are taken. It claims rapid relief of headache feverishness stuffed nose and other symptoms, notes no quinine and cites three years of research and a fifty thousand dollar cost.
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Grippe
Pape
Quinault Drifts After Reef Stranding Off Drake's Bay
The steam schooner Quinault bound for Willapa Harbor with lumber struck a reef off Drake's Bay and drifted for hours until the nineteen crew improvised steering gear. Tug Dauntless departed to tow her back to safety.
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San Francisco
Quinault
Drake’s Bay
Dauntless
Willapa Harbor
Discharged SP boiler chief cited engine failures
J J Jones district president announced that William Carter was fired as general superintendent of boilers for incompetence and reporting. he claimed 12 dead engines at Bakersfield yard and 50 dead engines across California yards.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Wm. Carter
J. J. Jones
System Federation
Carter
Jones
Bakers Field
California
Howlett Backs Women Smoking in Public Places
Mrs Mor ris E Howlett formerly the baroness Von Schoenberg told Ragged Edge club members she favors women smoking in public places even if husbands nearby smell smoke.
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New York
Morris E. Howlett
Baroness von Schoenberg
Ragged Edge Club
Don’t Be Angry Note Reveals Home Desolation
Edward Castro found a farewell note reading I still love you and leave your clothes and $3. Lovingly, Annie, after returning home to a emptied house with all furniture gone including the piano.
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New York
Dearest
Annie
Edward Castro
Teacher’s attempt to save child ends in death
Mrs Harriet M Stafford, a school teacher in Rattle Creek Michigan, gave diphtheria antitoxin to her daughter Felicia aged 10 after authorities closed and fumigated her classroom to prevent diphtheria. The child died the same day.
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Rattle Creek
Mich
Harriet M. Stafford
Felicia
Dowd
Man Walks on 16 Foot Stilts Across English Hop Field
A bygone era figure walks on stilts for a living in England. He steps onto a tall platform, secures overshoes to his 16 foot stilts, straps in, and treks over a hop field tended by strings running between high poles. The scene highlights large stilts and long wood blocks for his feet.
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Hope
England
TwoYearOld Witness Sparks Child Cruelty Arrest
Chicago story centers on Raymond two year old who testifies that his father Thomas Raymond struck him and his mother. Neighbors alerted authorities leading to arrest after Judge Goodnow issues the warrant based on the wound observed on the child's face.
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Hicago
Chicago
Ward Raymond
Big Father
Thomas Raymond
Goodnow
Mra
Raymo
Pisha
Papa
Young counterfeiters jailed for coin fabrication in 1900s raid
James Leonard aged 11 and his brother Henry 14 were sent to reform school for two years for making spurious coins. They were described as clever counter felters using antifaxion and were captured in a West Virginia mountain raid with Jack Wilken. Parents James and Emma Leonard were jailed. Wilson received ten years and James Leonard two years in Leavenworth.
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Washington, D. C
James Leonard
Henry
Marshal Tyree
West Virginia
Government Reform School
Secret Service
West Virginia Mountains
Jack Wilken
James and
Emma Leonard Wilson
Leavenworth
Dried beef and vegetables price list from local market
A fragmentary price list shows dried beef and vegetables including potatoes at 1.26, carrots in sacks, California produce, hot house tomatoes, radishes, cantaloupe, parsley, cauliflower, cabbage, head lettuce, cucumbers, celery, peaches and pears with varied weights and unit prices.
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California
Punishment By Dress For Boys At Masonic Orphan Home
In Darrington Oklahoma Justice Henry M Furman acting for the Masonic board ordered two boys who fled the Masonic Orphan Home to wear girls clothing until age 21 or until reform proof is shown. After two days of cross dressing they pledged lasting reform and were to attend school in female attire for one day.
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Okla
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Henry M. Furman
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Judge Bans Gum From Divorce Court Testimony
In Cleveland on October 21 Judge Kennedy told a wife to remove chewing gum before continuing her divorce testimony. He paused her mid story and asked politely to dispense with the gum so he could listen and understand.
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Cleveland, CO
Vigil Ends After Twelve Years of Constant Watching
In Chicago, a twelve year vigil by Mies Marguerite Teubner ends with the death of her mother Anton Teubner. The daughter began watching in 1489 after doctors warned she must never be left alone as the illness threatened death.
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Chicago
Mies
Marguerite Teubner
Mra Anton Teubner
Marguerite
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