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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1909

Page

7

Million Heiress Elopes Boosts and Breaks Hearts

New York reports two high profile elopements involving millionaires. Mrs. Russell F Hopkins revels in her daughter’s social ascent at the St Regis while San Francisco’s Helen Beryl Whitney Graydon has left her Harvard football star husband Thomas H Graydon after six years of marriage. Both stories trace elopement motives from glittering courts to family dismay, with spectators torn over whether eloping pays.

York Russell F. Hopkins Josephine Lawrence Bennett Hopkins St. Regis New York Fifth Avenue Josephine San Francisco Helen Beryl Whitney Graydon Thomas H. Graydon Harvard Ife Cincinnati Blondy Graydon Mrs. Hopkins Mrs. Graydon Beryl Whitney Miss Ely Eighty-sixth Street Riverside Drive New York City California Boston Chicago Thomas Graydon Hotel Imperial Miss Whitney Grayson Ely Sharon Springs Conn Moxley Imperial Vera Siegrist J. J. Lawrence Patent Medicine Russell Fr. Hopkins Atlanta, Ga Miss Siegrist Narragansett Pier Hopkins Peekskill Cupid Graydons Inbom Inaryl Whitney, Graydon Ae Mats Mjonia Exlatence Ream Oe Anuin Irvington-on-the-Hudson Vernaselle Hudson Mr. Hopkins Flawretce

Does it pay to elope in a high society romance

A sensational tale follows Mrs Helen Whitney Graydon, who sues for divorce from football star husband Tom Graydon after a sequence of elopements and scandals. Rich heiresses Vera Siegrist and Russell Hopkins wed amid ocean yachts and New York society, while grand families pursue forgiveness and fortune.

Great Electric Motor System Ad In New Aggregate

The snippet notes an electric motor system reference tied to an aggregate 05,873 unit context. It mentions terms like Great Electric and New and hints at an advertisement or product listing. Specific names, dates, or locations are unclear from the fragment.

Prisoner Maybray Claims McCann Identity in Barrington Case

J J Maybray, jailed in Des Moines on swindling charges, asserts Mrs Lillian Gates misidentified him as J J McCann the St Louis horseman killed by Lord Barrington. Maybray says he was in Chicago and Denver during 1903, his wife corroborates some parts, and he declares Gates insane.

Des Moines J. J. McCann St. Louis Barrington J. C. Maybray Lillian Gates Maybray Mississippi Plains Jim Dahlman Omaha Denver Kansas City McCann Lord Barrington J. L. Bollinge Wisconsin Barrington Seymour Missouri

Reckless clash over Pike County primary ends in killings

In Pikeville Kentucky three were fatally and severely wounded during a general brawl tied to a Pike county primary election. Anthony Taylor, a Republican worker, was shot three times and killed instantly while three others were beaten beyond hope of recovery.

Lexington Pikeville Pike County Anthony Taylor

Tragic Body Found In Louisville Reveals Details

Louisville police report a well dressed man was found dead yesterday near the riverbank area. Investigators say the body showed no immediate signs of foul play and a preliminary check suggests possible causes under review. Identified by clothing and valuables, the deceased remains unnamed pending next of kin notification.

Louisville Yaterday

British lord's brother leaps to death in sea

Plymouth April 27 Hon Ronald Ramsay brother of Hart Dalhousie dies by suicide from the Hamburg Amerika liner Cleveland while en route to the port. He reportedly suffered from a troubled love affair with an American girl and jumped overboard before the captain's ball. A letter to his uncle Charles Ramsay accompanies the incident.

Plymouth Eng Ronald Ramsey Hart Dalhousie Cleveland Ramsay Charles Ramsay Marthe W. B. Garrison New York Fox Ronny

Miss Adele Boas Is Found After Disappearance

New York reports Adele Boas the missing daughter of Arthur J. Boas was located aboard a train from New England and brought to her father in New York. About 50 relatives and neighbors gathered as detectives who found her arrived in Stamford, Connecticut. Adele appeared well though her father summoned the family physician, suspecting possible mental distress.

New York Adele Boas Arthur J. Boas New England Boas Cartage Stamford Conn

Arrest Three Jap Solons In Sugar Scandal

Tokyo on April 27 reports three more diet members arrested in the sugar scandal. Several heads of major companies are under investigation, with more corporate arrests expected. Premier Katsura vowed to fully clear the empire’s commercial atmosphere.

Diet Tokyo Katsura

Star Ball Player Dies in Philadelphia

Dr. Maurice Powers star catcher for the Philadelphia American League club died at a city hospital yesterday from gangrene poisoning. He was one of the best known and most popular ball players in the country.

Philadelphia Maurice Powers Philadelphia American League Baseball Club

Fairbanks Delivers an Address in Honolulu

Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks delivered an address in Honolulu on April 27. The report notes his attendance and remarks during the event, reflecting his public engagement and the era's political discourse.

Fairbanks Honolulu Charles W. Fairbanks

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