De Wick Hatched to Save the Estate in War Times
Matilda seizes control of de Wick aided by Anthony Lynn’s changes while plotting to thwart Oliver Cromwell and royal faction. She uses a staged disguise and a secret alliance with Yupon Slade to secure letters and plans. When a messenger brings danger to Stephen, she arrests threats by burning warrants and rows toward a risky, decisive future.
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de Wick
Matilda
Anthony Lynn
Sir Thomas
Jevery
Earl de Wick
Marton Moor
Oliver Cromwell
Derick
Stephen
Anthony
Stephen de Wick
Prince Rupert
Dericks
Jane Swaffham
Hull
Pon
Miles Watson
Miles
Yupon
Watson
Ely
Squire Mason
Frederick Blythe
Sheriff Pursues Earl de Wick Amid Royal Court Intrigue
In a tense London scene a mail robbery case spirals into royal interference as the sheriff searches for Earl de Wick. Anthony Lynn quarrels with Cromwell while Lady Matilda and Cymlin Swaffham shield the house as Stephen de Wick escapes and the king’s warrant looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Blythe
Bly
Stephen de Wick
Tower of London
de Wick
Della
Yupon Slade
Mr. Lynn
Lady Jerery
Earl de Wick
Tig
Jevery
Matilda
Stephen
Anthony Lynn
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Matida
Cymlin Swaffham
Cymlin
Cumlin
Cash on the Breeze Ten Dollar Note Flying High
A gusty afternoon at a Benninga meeting sees a ten dollar bill lifted from a man counting money. The wind carries the note toward the roof where a large crowd of newsboys gum sellers and bystanders stampedes to grab it. A tall black man in fine attire reaches first, pockets the bill, and walks off smiling as others protest their bad luck.
Noted Widow and Bachelor Exchange Witty Quip
The charming widow declares only two women were truly perfect. The chronic bachelor replies that is one more than most women know, sparking a quick exchange filled with humor about perfection and wisdom in romance.
Planter Admits Guilty to Eleven Indictments in Peonage Case
J W Pace, a wealthy Tallapoosa county planter, pleaded guilty to eleven counts of holding enslaved people in involuntary servitude. He received five years on each count, to run concurrently, due to age and health, and may appeal. The case involved brutal whippings, including a victim named Owen Green. Pace sought mercy. the judge imposed the sentence and Pace left for home after posting bond. Three Georgia men were fined $1,000 each for peonage, with fines suspended on good behavior, noted as first such crime in Georgia and aimed to deter others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Pace
Tallapoosa County
Pace
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Owen Green
Mr. Pace
Dadeville
Macon
Speer
William Shy
Arthur Clawson
Robert Turner
Georgia
Stampede to the Gold Fields Near Valdez
Seattle readers learn first details of gold finds near Valdez on Lowe river twenty three miles from Valdez. The steamer Excelsior arrived with reports of 800 acres staked and a recent stampede to the new discovery as the news spread in the days before sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Valdez
Excelsior
Lowe River
Americans Attend Wedding at Guards Chapel London
Americans were among guests at the wedding of Miss Irene Helen Murray and Lieutenant Marshall Owen I. Roberts son of Mrs Ralph Vivian by her first husband. The ceremony was held at the Guards chapel Wellington Barracks.
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London
Irene Helen Murray
Marshall Owen I. Roberts
Ralph Vivian
Guards
Wellington Barracks
Women Only Apartment House Planned in Cleveland
Cleveland June 26 a women only apartment house is planned as the latest in the city men will be allowed to enter only to deliver goods the six story building will be near Wilson avenue and aims to serve female residents only
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Wilson Avenue
New York Trust Boss Talks Frisco Mortgage
Charles Fairchild president of New York Security and Trust Company in New Orleans states his firm will handle the mortgage of 176 million dollars on the Frisco railroad. He is in the city for discussions with Frisco officials and financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles 8. Fairchild
New York Security & Trust Company
New Bank for Champaign
Springfield Ill June 25 A permit by the State auditor authorizes the Trevett Mattis Banking Company to organize at Champaign Illinois with capital stock set at 100000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bank For
Champaign
Springfield
Trevett-Mattis Banking Company
Extra Session Sought to Authorize Levee Plan
Acting Governor Northcott may be urged to call a special legislative session after East St. Louis leaders and area lawmakers met to back a flood protection plan. A levee from Alton to Chester would require new authority, with a committee of three senators nine representatives and thirty citizens to push the bill once posed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Northcott
East St. Louis
Trautmann
Silas Cook
East St Louis
Ida Barber Weds Luther Day in Canton Ohio
Miss Ida Barber daughter of Mr and Mrs M C Barber and niece of Mrs McKinley became the wife of Luther second son of Supreme Court Justice William R Day. The ceremony at First Presbyterian church was by Rev O B Milligan with hundreds present. Guests included sisters Kate Barber and Stephen Day.
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Canton
Ida Barber
M.cg. Barber
McKinley
Luther
Supreme Court
William R. Day
O. B. Milligan
First Presbyterian Church
Kate Barber
Stephen
Hunting for bank robbers near Fox River chase
Three men who robbed the Cary bank of L. B. Menth of 3500 are hiding along Fox River. Detectives and citizens pursue by river and shore as a posse expects a deadly confrontation. The robbers rowed east of Cary and may be hiding in Lake County.
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Chicago
Fox River
L. B. Menth
Cary
Lake County
Two Bodies Found In Creek At La Grange Georgia
June 25 report says the bodies of W. H. Conley a prominent citizen and Ida Anderson were found in Long Cane Creek by fishermen. The woman’s head was crushed as if struck with an ax.
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Creek
la Grange
W. BH. Conley
Ida Anderson
Long Cane Creek
Baronet Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease Dies in London
Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease baronet and MP for Durham City, and chairman of Northeastern Railway, died of heart failure in London. Born 1828, he was created baronet in 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph Whitwell Pease
Durham City
Northeastern Railway Company
Death follows operation at La Salle Academy
New York June 25 The Rev Brother Anselm director of La Salle Academy of the Christian Brothers in this city is dead after an operation for acute kidney trouble which had troubled him for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brother Anselm
la Salle Academy of the Christian Brothers
Evanston Opens Kedzie Kedzie Playground Plot
Evanston Illinois has arranged with the Chicago Northwestern railroad to obtain use of an acre at Kedzie Street and Chicago Avenue for a new city playground for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Kedzie Street
Chicago Avenue
Tries to Murder Children Ends in Farmer Suicide
Frederick Schultz a wealthy Gridley area farmer attempted to kill his wife's four children in Bloomington Illinois then shot himself dead, narrowly escaping a fatal family tragedy.
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Bloomington
Ill
Frederick Schultz
Gridley
Pekin Races Called Off Scheduled July Meeting
The Pekin Trotting Association has canceled the race meeting planned for July 1 to 4 in Pekin Illinois. The organizers instead reschedule the meet for September at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Ill
Pekin Trotting Association
Graduation Hazing Leaves Mount Vernon Boys Stranded
In New York on June 25 fourteen Mount Vernon high school graduates were seized by alumni after commencement, stripped of coats waistcoats and shirts, tied to trees in rain near Pelham, and left for about an hour before helpers cut them free.
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New York
Mount Vernon High School
Pelham
Fifty Ships in Naval Review at Oyster Bay
Washington reports the Navy announces summer maneuvers with nearly fifty ships from the combined north Atlantic and coast defense fleets to assemble off Oyster Bay for inspection and review by the president in mid August.
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Washington
Navy Department
Coast Defense
Long Island Sound
Oyster Bay
Masonic Home Corner Stone Laid at Sullivan
Grand Master George Moulton presided as nearly every Illinois lodge attended the Sullivan ceremony for a Masonic home for aged members and for widows and orphans. Dr J B McFatrich of Chicago delivered the oration as visitors came from larger cities.
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Moulton
Sullivan
Bloomington
Masonic Lodge
Illinois
Order
George M. Moulton
Chicago
J. B. McFatrich
Courtmartial Ordered Over Delano Accounts Deficit
Secretary Moody ordered a courtmartial headed by Admiral Farquhar to meet in Washington on June 29 to try Assistant Paymaster General Philip W. Delano on charges of irregularities in keeping accounts aboard the gunboat Isle de Luzon on the Asiatic station, involving an alleged deficiency around $1800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moody
Farquhar
Philip W. Delano
Isle de Luzon
Phones for Divers
Cleveland engineers reveal a telephony device for divers allowing underwater speech with shore. A telephone will be installed in each diving suit, enabling constant communication during dives.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Incubator Babies Thrive In Bellevue Hospital
New York June 25 Hans Johnson and a second incubator infant whose surname is withheld are thriving at Bellevue Hospital. Both under three pounds at birth, they have survived and gained weight for two months. They are reported as the only such survivors and have shown steady growth and smiles.
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New York
Hans Johnson
John
Bellevue
Schaefer Returns, Paris Challenge for 8000-Point Balkline
Jacob Schaefer billiardist sails from Paris amid a challenge from Fournil for an 8000 point balkline match. The two shots event is set for January or February next year in Paris.
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Schaefer
New York
Jacob Schaefer
Paris
Fournil
Sharkey Buys Out Partner to Run NYC Café Alone
New York June 25 Tom Sharkey the former sailor is now sole proprietor skipper and host of the cafe in Fourteenth street. He bought out partner Bernard Reich paying 75000 dollars for Reichs share in the business.
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Sharkey
New York
Tom Sharkey
Cafa
Fourteenth Street
Bernard Reich
Reich
Deport Anarchists Ride to Frontier After Expulsion Decree
Paris June 25 Two Russian anarchists Prince Victor Nackachidse and his wife, ordered expelled from France, were arrested at Thonon-Les-Bains Haute-Savoie. They will be escorted to the frontier by authorities.
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Paris
Prince Victor Nackachidse
France
Thonon-Les-Baines
Hauta-Lavoice
Consul Gottschalk Promoted to Cali Peru Post
Washington June 25 Alfred M Gottschalk of New York who has served as United States consul at San Juan del Norte Nicaragua for the past year has been promoted to consul at Cali Peru to fill a vacancy.
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Washington
Alfred M. Gottschalk
New York
United States
San Juan del Norte
Nicaragua
Cali
Peru
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NAVAL
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Eeeseeenss
Lord
Sreeeemorne
Vas
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