Penitent Bert Zabriskie Returns Home After Long Wanderings
In Montville New Jersey Bert Zabriskie, who left home decades ago chasing a roaming fever, returns to a warm welcome from his wife and daughters. His father’s estate, once divided with a trust for the missing son, is settled. a codicil allows Bert to inherit if he returns before the younger daughter turns 24.
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Ontville
N. J
Bert Zabriskie
Boonton
Montville
George Washington
New Jersey
Morristown Heights
Rockaway River
Zabriskie
Zabriskies
Albert James Zabriskie
Rover
Jersey
Jersey City
Bert
Nelson
Kitchell
Truat
Far West
Father Zabriskie
Necklace in the Limelight at the Supreme Court
The $220,000 Pearl necklace of Mrs. William B. Leeds, tied to a tax dispute, came before the Supreme Court. The case questions whether the gems are taxed 10 percent as unstrung pearls or 60 percent as set or strung pearls, with details tracing import in 1906 and post‑entry duties.
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Washington
William B. Leeds
New York
Newport
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Bernard Citroen
Paris
Citroen
France
Widow Chooses Love Over Inheritance In Funeral Tale
Michael dies and his widow Mary receives a large insurance payout. Shaun O Grady, a bachelor with money, offers to share her car and home after the wake. She rebuffs him, saying she has promised to be with Johnnie Flynn, who lies in the grave.
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Michael
Mary
Shaun O’grady
Shaun
Faith
Father Brady
Johnnie Flynn
Chicago Tribune
Badly Frightened Fish Scares Carlisle Angler
Rankin Dunfre, a Carlisle Pennsylvania angler, recalls crossing the bridge with a lantern when a loud splash revealed a 16 inch fish floundering in the weeds. He suggests the lantern frightened it out of the water.
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Rankin Dunfre
Carlisle
Grewsome Battle Memorial in Diola's Ghostly Remains
London reports Norman Hardy describes a west central Africa memorial to the battle of Diola. He notes the Badjok as formidable warriers who swept across the region, clashing with the Kwilu valley people led by Yengo, where the Badjok were defeated and a skull memorial was raised on the battlefield.
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London
Kwilu
Yengo
Dilon
Peculiar Death in Hornell Woman Slips on Step
Miss Emma Charlesworth, 54, died in Hornell New York after slipping at a drug store. A comb in her hair fractured her skull as teeth pierced the wound and entered the brain, causing her death.
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Hornell
N. Y
Emma Charlesworth
Useless Sacrifice in Duncan's Dinner Tale
In a short vignette from Youth's Companion, Duncan enjoys his first shrimp with evident pleasure. The next dish, a mushroom, unsettles him as he laments the kill of the living being, addressing his mother in a moment of childlike remorse.
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Duncan
Milam Congreve Quotation From Incomplete Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a quotation to be interpreted tomorrow. The line references Milam and Congreve with poetic phrasing about wisdom and time. No clear event or context is established.
Convention a Success for Springer Heirs Association
The Interstate and International Association of Springer Heirs met in Boston June 11 12 1912 electing officers and forming committees. They plan to sue Wilmington Delaware in federal court this fall and to incorporate for twenty thousand dollars issuing stock. The will of Christopher Springer bequeaths farms real estate and stocks to Springer heirs of America including 800 acres at Wilmington. Charles Little Cincinnati Ohio signs as president.
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Springer Heirs
Sullivan County
Indiana
Interstate and
International Springer Heirs Association
Boston
Mass
Wilmington
Del
District Federal
Christopher Springer
Stockholm
Springer
America
Cristofer Springer
Chas. Little
W. Court St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Interstate and International Association of Springer Heirs
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Conservatory of Music
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Samuel R. Anderson
Selma Miller
Velda Eaton
Joseph A. Panther
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Purdue University
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