Glacier Creek miner urges judge to deny Spokane divorce
William R. Miller of Glacier Creek Alaska writes a letter to Spokane county probate court protesting his wife Jane Miller's 1897 desertion divorce proceeding. He cites his hardship as a Yukon placer miner and asks for an interlocutory decree preventing remarriage to keep his home intact and a chance to reunite.
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William R. Miller
Glacier Creek
Spokane
Wash
Alaska
Spokane County Superior Court
Jane Miller
Miller
Divores
Yukon
Seattle
Irm
Fox Hunters Chase Fox Near Newcastle
A Delaware fox hunting party led by Joseph Becker Edward Neher John M Hance and John B Traitt traced a fine fox near Newcastle. The hounds briefly ran the fox but the fox turned and led the chase for miles until reinforcements and other dogs scattered the pack and Reynard escaped.
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Willmington
Del
Delaware
Joseph Becker
Edward Neher
John M Hance
John B. Traitt
Newcastle
Reynard
Old Mack Magee Buried A Second Time In Missouri
James H. Magee known as Old Mack, a recluse, was buried in Hopkins Missouri for the second time in a quarter century. Born in Ireland in 1820, he traveled extensively after first surviving a near burial during an earlier cholera episode in Burt ington Iowa. He built Harvey eating houses along Santa Fe routes and died while praying for forgiveness.
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Mack
Magee
Hopkins
Ireland
America
New York
New Jersey
Bushnell
Ill
Hester Ann Pierce
United States
Santa Fe
Thene Newton
Kan
Albuquerque
Man Silent in Court Faces Workhouse for Silence
In Cleveland a man named John Grownest 46, accused of feigning deafness, refused to speak. Judge and police tested his silence with sign language and a deaf society president, but evidence suggested he faked, leading to a sentence of $60, costs, and five days in the workhouse unless he speaks.
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Cleveland
Lavine
John G. Grownest
Grownest
Wn Court Grownest
Elmer Bates
Society For the Deaf
Red
Sweeps Up $1800 Note In City Find
Altoona, Pa. street sweeper B. Tipton believed a wrinkled paper under the shovel was worthless. He found it to be a judgment exemption note recently executed for 1800 dollars.
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Altooda
B. Tipton
American Ingenuity in Horticulture Experiment
Prof William B Bottomley of King s College London described a remarkable horticulture experiment at Lord Brassey s Park Lane home. An American horticulturist faced a nine month seed order for pine seedlings and prune stock. He planted 20000 almond seeds, which germinated quickly. within six months they grew so fast grafting became possible and deliveries met the urgent timetable.
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London
William B. Bottomley
King’s College
Women's Agricultural and Horticultural Union
Lord Brassey
Park Lane
Trial Mechanics in Italian Courts Described in Detail
The article explains Italian trial procedure with three judges and jurors, witness depositions, and the accused as a central witness. It notes the court’s power to summon witnesses, protect attendance, and judge admissibility, along with the confrontational finale between accuser and accused in court.
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Stoss
Tre
Italy
Europe
England
America
Price of Samnation and vote selling in Ohio tale
Judge Hiram Flack of West Liberty cites Cashel voters as an example of vote selling. He recalls sermons against the sin, noting reformers warned the public and the price of votes rose from two to four dollars, signaling a shift in conscience and cost.
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Price
Samnation
Hiram ©. Flack
West Liberty
Ohio
Eoon
Cashel
Reform
Candate
Bpys
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Veteran Soldier Reflects on Civil War Hardships
A veteran recounts four years in the Union Army with sixteen battles including Antietam Gettysburg Fredericksburg and the Wilderness. He describes wounds layoff in Andersonville sickness hunger and extreme travel, ending as a private after enlisting as a corporal.
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Union
Antietam
Gettysburg
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Andersonville
Puck
No Excitement in Love Letters Cited
Mrs Gleemer laments a husband writing to two women after marriage and Mise Cayenne notes he loses interest when letters cannot be read aloud before a jury as public eyes watch.
Pension plan for widows gains national notice in Kansas City
Kansas City's plan to pension widows drawn from county funds and overseen by the juvenile court expands beyond Missouri with inquiries from the United States and Canada. The program, started to keep families together and send children to school, pays up to $10 per month per child and $5 for each additional child, with an annual cap of $12,000.
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ANSAS
Kansas City
Juvenilc Court
United States
Canada
McCune
Age Cote Ae Agin
Stowaway Survives 12 Days in Ship Hold on Ulster
Walter Purding, an American stowaway, says he lived twelve days in a ship hold with only raw potatoes and rats for company aboard the Ulster after stowing away at Liverpool. He endured hunger thirst cold and rough seas until hatch No 3 was opened following a failed foremast light.
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Altimord
Walter Purding
Baltimore
Johnston Line
Ulstermore
Gowan
Liverpool
Hatch
Purding
Potter
Night Owl Intruder Tragedy In Newport Home
Patrolman Joe Conlon and M B Herman confront a nocturnal trespass gone wrong as an owl crashes into the parlor causing chaos and Herman strikes at an unseen burglar. The dramatic clash ends with the owl dying amid shattered furniture and alarm.
New York Jobs Exchange Helps Thousands Find Work
The National Employment Exchange in New York reports success in matching jobless workers with manual labor and mercantile positions. In 1910 more than 4,000 manual labor placements were made, while mercantile roles were scarce with only 537 of 4,540 applicants placed. The program cost $1.93 per manual placement and $16.40 per mercantile placement above the fee.
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New York
National
Employ_ment exchange
New York City
Conditone
Bereau
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