Una Ormonde Wrongly Targeted In Train Station Mixup
Clayton defends Una Ormonde, who is mistaken for a wanted swindler. Detectives arrest her as she travels to meet friends, but Clayton provides letters proving her identity. The officers release her and apologize, recognizing the error and the risk of false imprisonment.
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Clayton
Una Ormonde
New York
Europe
Lou Cogswell
Pfeffer
Hay
Goodrich
Chicago
London
Paris
Miss Ormonde
Uncle Jim
Confidence and a Swindle Test on a Transatlantic Run
On a Pullman car voyage, Clayton debates trust and disguises with Mille alias. He pursues truth about her and, after a playful test of faith, she reveals love. They reunite aboard the voyage and plan marriage, joking to add Clayton to her aliases.
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Clayton
Mercey
New York
Mille, Allas
London
Detroit
Ormondes
Southampton
Cherbourg
Paris
Mlle. Alias.Ie
China France railway progress toward Yunnanfu
More than eight years have passed since China granted France a concession to build a railway from Tonguin frontier to Yunnanfu. Labor climate and a 1904 route change slowed progress, but work continues along the new path. It is hoped Mengtsu will open in 1907 and completion to Yunnanfu follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
France
Tonguin
Yunnanfu
Mengtsu
Teggingdou
Expert Locksmith Claims Ordinary Door Locks Useless
A Kansas City locksmith warns that common door and drawer locks offer little security for homes. He says experienced burglars can pick most locks in seconds, with only the six-pin government lock proving unpickable. He claims he could open safes by listening to tumblers but chose honesty over burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
The Shrew Mouse and Folklore of Its Bite
The shrew mouse is a global mammal with a pointed muzzle small eyes and musk glands. It lives underground or under rubbish and is nocturnal though once feared as poisonous. myths from Italy France and England claim a shrew’s bite harms animals and ash trees cure the “shrew struck” condition.
A Gallant Highwayman on the Appian Way
A highwayman halted a carriage on the Appian Way and fired a shot in the air. He discovered a woman alone in the car and asked where her husband was. She replied he was under the seat, prompting the robber to refuse the robbery as she lamented her husband.
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Tome
Appian Way
Evolution of Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Science
The early chemists pursued alchemical aims such as turning base metals into gold. Chemistry arrived in Spain with the Moors around 1150, with earlier claims from China and Egypt. It did not become a true science until the seventeenth century. Boerhaave first linked chemistry with medicine, triggering rapid development since.
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Spain
Boerhaave
Divorce Petition Against Non-Resident Defendant
Vernon H. Cook files in Jefferson county Nebraska a petition for divorce against Louella Cook on grounds of habitual drunkenness and alleged adultery with unnamed men. Answer required by March 11, 1907. Court action dated December 27, 1906.
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Louella Cook
Vernon H. Cook
District Court
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Vernon H. Coor
Cons
Curriosx
Probate Notice in Mary E Weigel Estate Hearing
The State of Nebraska Jefferson County notices final settlement and discharge of executors Eugene E Weigel and Jenny Line in the estate of Mary Elen Weigel. A hearing is set for January 30 1907 at 1 PM in the County Court Room Fairbury. Interested parties must appear and a notice will run in the Ditter Record for three consecutive weeks.
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Nebraska
Jefferson County
Mary Elen Weigel
Eugene E. Weigel
Jenny Line
Fairbury
Ditter Record
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E. ©. Parcells
Dr. H. Bauguess
Diller, Nebraska
H. Z. Diller
Diller
Diller Brothers
L. P. Raymond
Edison
Burlington Hou
Homeseeker’s
Colorado
California
Salt Lake City
Denver
Big Horn
Billings
Great Northwest
A. T. Watsey
L. W. Wakerey
Omaha
Nebr
Pickard & Son
J. G. Neely
Neely
The
Townsend Steam Laundry
Bkereign
Platentablity
Washington
D.C
Germany
Darmstadt
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