Forsaking All Others Ends In Family Secrets
In a home drama, Harvey and Helen navigate trust and control as Gladys reveals a hidden past. Gladys confesses a runa way upbringing and a ruined father, shaping Harvey’s view of inheritance and loyalty. He presses for transparency while Gladys pleads for secrecy as the couple’s marriage strains under the weight of concealed money and responsibility.
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Helen
Papa
Harvey
wy_fanners
Nell
Saunders
Mary
Gladys
Nettie Mater
Lisle
Tam
Mell
Murder theory clung as relatives dispute death of Loren Lewis and George Corgon
Relatives of Loren Lewis and George Corgon insist foul play killed the youths eight miles north of Alto Paso, rejecting accidental death. I W Lewis claims murder after reviewing the dump site near Etherton. John W Corgon supports that it is impossible they were killed by a train accident. Lewis offers a $200 reward for arrests and convictions.
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Tives
Lewin
Corgon
Loren Lewis
George Corgon
Moblie
Ohlo
Alto Paso
I. W. Lewis
George Corgan
Etherton
John W. Corgon
Etherton Switch
Mobile and Oblo
Divorced Farmer Trades Baby For Pony And Cow
Ogden Merritt a retired farmer of Arthur divorces his wife after months of disharmony. He allegedly settled for cash and received the six month old baby in exchange for a Shetland pony and a Jersey cow. Divorce was not contested and Merritt has since moved to town while Mrs Six Merritt returns to relatives near Pierson.
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Gladys
Harvey
Helen
Ogden Merritt
Means
Arthur
Merritt
Pierson
Dr Prunell Arrested for Wholesale Swindling in Several States
Dr Prunell alias Dr Cooke Eime and Batchelor, a noted swindler, is jailed in Galesburg awaiting trial. He operated through McCormack Harvester Co in Indiana and Minoy, with Louisville, Kentucky as his claimed home. Victims in Springfield Clinton Cameron Bone Ville Elmwood and Yates City sought his arrest as he lured funds with false medicines and vanished after appointments.
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Prunell
Minera Discharged by Judge Alten in High Court
The report notes Judge Alten discharging several defendants in a case involving murder on a railway line en route to a mine. It mentions the court proceedings, the defense urging good behavior, and references to those previously arrested and tried on related charges.
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Minera
Alten
Allen
United St
R Uiners
Carterville
Five Little Jokes and Quips From Old Newspapers
A compact collage of humorous snippets from 19th and early 20th century papers. The dialogue features Uncle Eben on contentment despite poverty, a Washington Star line about credit for being content, and a ward heeler remark. Also included are exchanges on politics, eyesight jokes from Brooklyn Life, and a gouted will joke about Frisby the gold enthusiast, with a golf course burial clause twist.
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Eben
Washington Star
Indianapolia Journal
Philadelphia Press
Farmer
Mandy
Brooklyn
Frisby
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Edward F. Bigelow
New York World
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Richard French
Helleville Street
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East St. Louis
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St. Louis Republic
Leslie
National Tribune
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