Michigan heiress case reveals lost estate mystery
In Chicago a probate case centers on Clara Laing Malcolm claiming an estate once valued at 135000. The guardian Cuthbert W. Laing allegedly dissipated the funds. A box in a safety vault is to be opened to recover assets. The girl learned she was an heiress only after marriage. Court orders the father to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clara Laing
Malcolm
Cuthbert W. Laing
Lapeer
Mich
Lve
Ann
Hamilton
Laing
Mason
Pupenees
Judge Cutting
Reac
Europe
Captain Streeter
Lake Michigan
Cutting
Starved to Death On Northern Pacific Train
Mrs Geneva Flaherty of Duluth died on a Northern Pacific train entering St Paul. Coroner says death due to starvation and exposure. She traveled with four children ages fifteen months to ten years. Husband jailed on nonsupport charges. Body to be taken to Mauston Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Geneva Flaherty
Duluth
Manston
Wis
Northern Pacific
Flaherty
Mauston
Social notes from a holiday season in Chicago and nearby towns
A long chain of greetings invitations and visits as residents from Chicago to Fort Wayne plan Christmas gatherings and holidays. Several names and places appear including Miss Eleanor Tucker Miss Spencer from St Louis Mrs Arthur Allen Legrange and Mrs John Candee Dean in Fort Wayne with multiple travel plans and card parties noted through December and January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Lefier
Chicago
Eleanor Tucker
Spencer
St. Louis
Caroline Burford
Miss Robertson
New York City
John Candee Dean
Arthur Allen
Legrange
W. C. Wickard
Frank Patton
Howe Military College
B. H. Jackson
Los Angeles
Cal
Ralph Knobe
Purdue
Broadway
Bruce Wiley
North Illinois Street
Greer
Oxford
Allen Wilkinson
Florence Cothrell
Fort Wayne
M. W. Wiggins
Greenfield
Joseph Wineman
Americus Club
Albemarle Tousey
Tacoma
Wash
Eudora Tousey
Illinois Street
John Dolfinger
Louisville
Wil
Otto Lefler
Charles John Bowman
Cincinnati
P. v. Pursell
Kirkover
New York
John T. Brush
Elmer Britney
N. H. Kipp
Robert Blakeman
Joseph Gray Kitchell
Benjamin Strether
Fond du Lac
Wis
Alfred Ristine Kipp
Ona B. Talbot
Hilda Fletcher
Woman’s Medical College
Baltimore
Robert Carlin
Frank J. Carlin
Belmont
Charles E. Wilson
Marie
Horace McKay
Brand Steele
Cort
Ethel Sny Ger
Columbus
Nettle O'Boyle
Horace Hord
Emma B. Hord
S. Robert Greer
Mary Hord
Charles Roemler
Edna Kuhn
Paul Martin
Frederick Wiley
Ireland
Charlese Paquette
Elkhart
Ind
Neville Clark
Susan Gay Pursell
McLean
Buffalo
N. Y
Martha Pierson
Conger
Mr. Conger
Carmi
Mr. Conde
Chandler
South Bend
Wiley
W. A. Zumpfe
Zumpfe
Maennerchor
Hermann
Franz Bellinger
Abram Wagner
R. W. Furnas
New Gowns and Wraps for Christmas Week
Holiday fashion notes from Indianapolis Journal discuss Christmas house parties and the rise of elegant gowns. Chiffon velvet, princess styles, and military touches appear in street, indoor, and visiting gowns with emphasis on full skirts, fitted girdles, and lace trims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
New York
Son
Angel Order
Liberty
May Manton
Actor and Actress Sued for 100000 by Chicago Firm
The W. 8. Cleveland Amusement Co sues Nance ONeil and McKee Rankin along with two others for 100000. It claims 10000 spent on scenery and costumes for four plays to run thirty days at Cleveland Theater, and says a breach forced a theater closure and the same amount in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland Amusement Company
Nance O'Neil
San Francisco
McKee Rankin
Cleveland Company
Rankin
Miss O'Neil
Cleveland
Six Woman Jury Sits in Juvenile Court Case
In Chicago a six woman jury, a historic first in local records, deliberated in Judge Honore's Juvenile Court. They ruled on Mary McGann, eight, to be delinquent and placed with her mother Ann McGann, who argued the child would die if separated. The verdict sent mother and daughter to Dunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Honore
Mary McGann
Ann McGann
Dunning
Swindled Housewives in Mail Fraud Case
In Chicago on December 18, Wilbur Leach was sentenced by Judge Humphrey to six months in jail and a fine for defrauding housewives nationwide. Using the Modern Supply Club as a front, he promised sewing outfits and pay for aprons, collecting $1 deposits and withholding payments for work performed. The case drew attendees from across the United States, with the Union National Bank and W I Richards noted in the surrounding report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Humphrey
Wilbur Leach
Modern Supply Club
Leach
Mhen
Bostonians Star Agnes Cain Brown to Sing in English Christmas Show
Agnes Cain Brown, new prima donna of the Bostonians, heads Christmas attractions at English’s though she has never sung in Indianapolis. Indiana’s Grace Van Studdiford stars in Reginald De Koven’s Red Feather in New York. The Grand promises holiday comedy and a bioscope lineup with Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and other attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Coleman
Morgantown
Amy Harmon
Franklin
Mark Wiley
John van Dyke
Charles Fence
Brownstown
Harriet Freeman
Ewing
John Freeman
Wesley Varnesdal
Edinburg
Ella Powery Brewer
Knightstown
Anna Stout
Trafalgar
George Stout
Nora McQueen
Indianapolis
Fesler
Peter Varnesdal
Harrodsburg
Charles Myers
Whiteland
J. T. Grubbs
Charles Morris
Vivian
Harrodsburg, Ky
W. Wilkerson
D. T. Praigg
Indianapoiis
T. B. Noble
Leota Wright
Mabel Tingle
Grant Covert
Elizabeth Jennings
Ophelia Blake
Ralph Atkins
Abram Lyons
John Foster
Columbus
D. N. Foster
Margaret Curd
Southport
Thompson Jennings
Blanche Tingle
Alice Shortridge
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Robert Whitesides
George Guthrie
Grace Norrington
Charleroi
George Sheek
Reenwood
George Anderson
Samuel Alexander
Alf Thompson
William Duff
Agnes Cain Brown
Bostonians
Grace van Studdiford
Indiana
Reginald de Koven
Red Feather
New York
Miss van Studdiford
Metropolis
Barnabees
McDonalds
Sacramento
United States
Charles Aldrich
Sam Edwards
Bin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Baum
The
Meinarsterakceek Iz
Ioc
Retin Brey Govels Co
Fletcher M
Noe
Michigan
Sy. Pespeek
Akewis
D. M. Parry
Clay
John Harrison
Bos Andies
MissCarthy
Nicholas McCarthy
Dramatic Club
Orphans’ Asylum
Arthur Deuel Gates
Muriel Hitt
Anna Louise Beck
Edith Wallick
N. A. Gladding
Elizabeth Driggs
Oliver T. Byram
Charles P. Doney
Edward Taylor
John W. Jones
Robert A. Brown
F. Q. Granniss
A. N. Hawiey
A. B. Mitchell
Niblack
Gladys Nehrbas
Corinna Boer
Noblesville
Charles M. Walker
J. Green
William A. Bristol
Yuki Yama
Japan
Mayo
Voss
T. L. Hale
Ingerman
Greenwood
Joey
Little Joey
Harry
Henrietta
Santa Claus
Malta
Selma Herman
Nance O’neil
Union National Bank
W. I. Richards
ZRAND
M. Park
Empire
the Park
Incinnati
Heuck & Fennessy
Miss Herman
Maslova
Tolstoi
Blanche Walsh
Mrs. Wiggs
Mother
Deusiter
Madge Carr
Eleanor Robson
Mary Ann
Miss Robson
Humphrey Ward
Agatha
Charles Klein
Mr. Pickwick
de Wolf Hopper
David Belasco
Imperial
Johnson Trio
Duffin-Redecay
Br. Lyon
Ayu Lyovr
Ads
Indianapolis Gas Co
Pennsylvania Street
Accordion Plaiting CO
M. C. Page
Odd Fellows’ Bidg
Penn & Wash
Sty Tel
Indiana Dental College
Fess
Delaware and Ohio
Jesse A Street
Washington
Amuss
IENTS
Horse Klein
OTT Bros
Hickerson
SRA
Monroe
Mack G Lawrence
Zelma
Wallno & Marinette
James Richmond
EN White & Sirmons
SCOPE
Empire Theater Oetewnee
Baron
Anderson
Huder's
Marion
Elwood
Munele
Aeolian Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!