Durfree case widens with buried wife grave found
Gossip centers on Durfree and Dr Whiting over alleged strychnine use by Mrs Durfree. Silas Cunningham arrives in Elgin to prosecute, claiming his sister was murdered. A buried grave at Bluff City cemetery tied to Mrs Reitie Marie Durfree shifts public sentiment in the mystery.
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Durfree
Dr. Whiting
Silas Cunningham
Elgin
South Dakota
Bluff City
Retiie Marie Durfree
Poison and crime swirl around Elgin husband
Chicago reports a poison discovery in Mrs Elizabeth Cunningham Durfree of Elgin amid talk of a murder spree linked to Johann Hoch. Durfree, now charged with his fourth wife’s death, allegedly loved a neighbor's wife and told a doctor he would give half his life for her.
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Johan Wood—Durfree
Chicago
W. H. Durfree
Elgin
Johann Hoch
Durfree
Elizabeth Cunningham Durfree
Whiting
Concrete Work A Speciality By Patrick Fitzpatrick
Concrete work by Patrick Fitzpatrick promises best results from an experienced worker. All work guaranteed by bond if required. Corum Camden Co Mo May refer to local ad offering concrete services.
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Bond
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Corum
Camden, Co
Prize Money Awarded to Fidelity Council 55
Fidelity Council No. 55 Knights and Ladies of Security receive a $40 prize check from the national council for increased membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Council No. 55
Knights and Ladies of Security
National Council
Butcher Pioneers Viz Oral and S Goit Wheat Flours
G. B. Butcher succeeds W. E. Poindexter in a venture focused on Viz oral hard wheat flour and S Goit wheat flour, highlighting a specialty product line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Butcher
W. E. Poindexter
Maccabees Social Session Held by Ritchie Tent
Members of Ritchie tent No. 152 Knights of the Maccabees met last evening for regular business then enjoyed a social session.
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Ritchie
Knights of the Maccabees
Would-Be Voters Meet at Believers in Equal Rights Meet
Report of a gathering titled the thirty seventh annual meet ing of believers in the equal rights of the gentler sex in the conduct of government. Attendees discuss civic duties and suffrage principles.
Suffrage convention opens in Portland led by Rev Anna Shaw
Several hundred women fill the First Congregational church for the seventh annual national American Woman's Suffrage Association gathering in Portland Oregon. Rev Anna Howard Shaw opens with a vigorous overview of the year and outlines the movement's goals and future victories especially in the far west.
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Tional American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Union
Commonwealth
Equal Suffrage Movement
Anna Howard Shaw
Philadelphia
Far West
Oregon
Nancy Dillard Celebrates 79th Birthday With Family
Mrs. Nancy Dillard marked her seventy ninth birthday Wednesday at her East Seventh Street home. Four generations attended a seven course dinner at six followed by evening amusements. Guests included Nanny Dillard Tom O Exnow Dillard Belle Gentry Bud Dillard Frank Rodman Douglas Hughes Tom Sturgis Elizabeth Wood Bettie Hearn J N Spreasher Join Cordes Julia Card Sallie Lovelace J C Connor Howard Gilleland Jennie Emerson L F Shaw Mike O Bannon and others from Kansas City and Lamente. Werrell's Insect Exterminator advertised for house pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanny Dillard
Tom O' Exnow
Joe Dillard
Belle Gentry
Bud Dillard
F. M. Hughes
Frank Rodman
Douglas Hughes
Tom Sturgis
Elizabeth
Howard Wood
Bettie Hearn
J. N. Spreasher
Join Cordes
Julia Card
Sallie Lovelace
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Marketed For Women Health
The ad extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as preventing and curing common girlhood pains and female weakness. It promises relief from headache backache nervousness and other ailments, and offers $500 for uncured cases. Letters from women across towns praise easier birth and improved health, urging fair trials.
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Pierce
United
Dispensary Medical Association
Proprietors
Buffalo
N. Y
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Duffy S
Awer
Elias Hartz
Reading
Duffy
Duffy’s
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
New York
Free
Maccabese
Sedalia
Sedalia Auto Co
Portland, Ore
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Nancy Dillard
Sary
East Seventh Street
Werrell
R. V. Pierce
Pierge
Pepe
Archie Gordon
Oak Street
Boonton
New Jersey
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Mollie French
E. Green Street
Common Sense
Blanke
Grant Cabin
ST. Louis
Sedaia
A. E. Messerly
W. J. Letts
Chas. Hoffman
M. B. Coleman
G. J. Grosshans
J. M. Dobel
B. J. Nelle
M. V. Sweet & Son
Pregge & Francis
Queen City T. & C. Co
A. J. McVey
C. F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Company
Kansas City
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