Claims arise for 800 million Baker estate in Colorado
Three Coloradoans announce rights to a share of Col onel Jacob Baker 800 million estate. George Lesher and Mrs Bem Blanchard of Fort Collins and Mrs Lucy Feltham of Loveland claim portions under a will directing distribution this year. The estate includes a Philadelphia 50-acre lot and land that became Chillicothe Ohio. The Girard Trust Company allegedly handles disbursement. Blanchard, blind, anticipated a long wait before payout.
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International
Fort Collins
Col
Jacob Baker
Warner
George Washingten
George Lesher
Bem Blanchard
Lucy Feltham
Loveland
Colonel Baker
Philadelphia
Chillicothe
Ohio
Girard Trust Company
Baker
Brother and sister of executed Irish lad live here
Lawrence mass March 28 Thom as Whalen hanged in Mount Joy prison Dublin Monday proclaimed his innocence in a letter to his mother later forwarded to his sister in Andover Mass Mrs Smith says he was the fourth oldest in the family 21 years old and studying music at the time of his arrest last JanuaryHe was a singer of much promise.
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Lawrence
Mass
Thomas Whalen
Mount Joy
Dublin
Mary Smith
Michael Whalen
Andover
Diamond Dyes It Like New Again
A brief ad notes that each package of Diamond Dyes provides simple directions to dye old faded fabrics such as wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods with a rich fadeless color. It cautions to buy no other dye.
Court Finds Boy Did Not Marry His Relatives
In Chicago Judge William Fetzer upheld Arnold Utescher at age 22, ruling he did not marry Sally Utescher to support her or any of her relatives. The South Carolina couple faced constant household rows and an aunt filed non support charges for not providing spending money to relatives.
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International News
Sally Utescher
South Carolina
William Fetzer
Court of Domestic Relations
Utescher
Chicago
German Lottery Scheme Is Revealed in Manchester
Manchester March 28 German lottery appeals flood the city from Ernest Schultz Berlin Germany. Communications target ministers lawyers workers and shop workers with explicit prize details and money forwarding directions. The matter has been reported to postal authorities by Postmaster Willis with no lottery orders yet received at the local office.
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Infernational News
Manchester
N. H
Ernest Schultz
Berlin
Germany
Willis
Suit Over Heart Balm Fails in Circuit Court
M Reightler sued William F Blickenstaff for 5000 alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant on Saturday in the Circuit Court. Reightler and Blickenstaff were involved in a divorce case in Frederick a year ago.
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Forrest M. Reightler
William F. Blickenstaff
Reightler
Blickenstaff
Frederick
Woman Preacher at Messiah Pulpit Draws Buffalo Church
Dr Leon O Williams of the Universalist Church of the Messiah in Buffalo reports a crowded service when Mrs Henry W Gorton preached and took a leadership role while men observed. The event underscores female ministry and equal consideration for women in religious work. In Lawrence Kansas the University of Kansas home economics department outlines a 16 percent annual clothing budget for a five person family, proposing self-made clothing and end-of-season buys to stay within limits.
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Church of the Messiah At
Buffalo
Henry W. Gorton
Leon O. Williams
Universalist Church of the Messiah
Williams
Rev
Williame
International News
Lawrence
Kan
Home Economics Department
University of Kansas
Six cottages burned on Green Spring Valley hotel property
Six furnished cottages on the Chat telance Spring Hotel property near Haltimore were destroyed yesterday afternoon by fire sparked by burning sedge grass in the hotel rear. The blaze damaged the Green Spring Valley site, once a fashionable summer hostelry, with losses estimated at 50,000 dollars.
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Green Spring Valley
Haltimore
Colored and white couple wed despite license refusal
York on March 28 saw William Florence Mills and Louise Jane Dear dorff marry despite the clerk of courts denying a local license. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. W. P. Brown of Bethel A. M. E. Church under authority of a Harrisburg issued license from the Dauphin County Court.
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York
William Florence Mills
Louise Jane Deardorff
W. P. Brown
Bethel A. M. E. Church
R. Smith
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Cascarets Ad Claims Liver and Bowels Benefit
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a digestive aid for adults and children, claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels for a clear wakeup. The quirky copy targets general stomach discomfort and hints at family use.
Bavarian Prince Becomes A Monk Celebrant In First Mass
Prince George of Bavaria, grandson of Emperor Francis Joseph, ordained a monk and celebrated his first mass at a Jesuit convent in Inngbruck. He served as a major in the Austrian Army. his divorce from Archduchess Isabella followed a ritual error at their ceremony. Memphis notes a wartime mystery as Miss Mabel Lowery questions if Lieut Marvin E Stainton, believed killed near Verdun, is alive in Memphis after a cryptic note appeared at her door.
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Prince George
Bavaria
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Inngbruck
Isabella of Austria
Memphis
Tenun
Mabel Lowery
Lieut
Marvin E. Stainton
Verdun
Lieut. Stainton
Miss Lowery
Nesternport Doctor Held Under Drug Law
Cumberland March 28 Dr J Fazenbaker Westernport held under $3 000 bail for action of Federal grand jury in May at a hearing before Commissioner Thomas J Andergron charged with violation of the Harrison Narcotic act Federal agents present at the hearing produced original narcotics prescriptions and typewritten receipts with dates and names of recipients over a year
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Cumberland
J. Fazenbaker
Westernport
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas J. Andergron
Another Woman Escapes from Operation in Georgetown
A Georgetown Illinois woman recounts severe left side pain that nearly required surgery. After trying doctors with little relief, she credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling daily work. She urges other women with similar ailments to seek the remedy.
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Georgetown
Ill
Imy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mar McCumbEn
Frazier St
Ilinois
McCumber
Avery
Government chemists in the Philippines adopt cocoanut oil gas method
Government chemists in the Philippines have adopted a method of preparing gas from cocoanut oil. The breakthrough could impact local energy production and industrial chemistry practices in the region.
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Philippines
Steals 66 Shoes All Left Foot Shock Brooklyn Loot
New York March 28. Frank Sabine of Brooklyn confessed at the police line up that he stole 56 shoes, all left foot, from the showcase in front of Samuel Brown’s clothing store. He quipped I got left on the shoes but you got me right. The incident drew attention to a bizarre footwear theft spree.
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New York
Frank Sabine
Brooklyn
Samuel Brown
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