Twin Brothers Impersonate Each Other Aboard Ocean Liner
The two physicians from Spring Mass arrive on the Koen Luise after study in Europe. They imitate each other in voice and dress to fool stewards and collect tips, eventually sharing a playful confession that the prank was a stimulating experience. Both brothers, Russell and Simon, laugh at their successful impersonation aboard the North Joyd line voyage.
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New York
Russell
Simon IR
Europe
Simon Russell
Edward Russell
Phosphorescent Gown Sparks Main Street Riot in Carlisle
Miss Beulah wears a gown treated with a glow wash causing a near riot on Carlisle Main Street. A growing mob trails the illuminated figure as churchgoers, motormen, and trolley riders converge, police struggle to restore order while onlookers press close.
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Carlisle
Bellea
Miss Beulah
Georgia girl with twenty five engagements defies marriage test
Mrs. Gussie Mashburn of La Grange Georgia, seventeen, says she has been engaged to twenty five men, foiled in elopements and twice married. She claims love tests marriage and says a grandfather forced her into the Smith marriage, making the union illegal for bigamy. She speaks from jail after arrest.
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International News Service
LA Grange
Gussie Mashburn
Six Year Old Lad Commits Crimes Faces Long Sentence
Racine Wisconsin reports Richard Tudovsky, only six, committed to the State Industrial School for Boys by Judge William Smithing until age twenty one. Despite his age he has banked numerous offenses from burglary to highway robbery, often threatening children with a knife, and appears in state crime records repeatedly.
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Racine
Wis
Richard Tudovsky
William Smiething
Richard
Erimine
Lonesome Jack Praises Rattlers as Pets and Aliens
International News Service reports from Los Angeles that Lonesome Jack Allman claims rattlesnakes are intelligent and affectionate after his mountains journey yielded several large rattlers. He says he can identify tracks, directions, and age, and has a secret call to attract snakes nearby.
Diaphanous wedding gown draws light on Los Angeles bride
Miss Belle Hassler of Waco Texas married J. M. Pitcher in Los Angeles with a diaphanous wedding gown that the light illuminated strikingly. The Rev D F Hope performed the ceremony as guests including Miss Betty Thompson and Mrs M A Arnold observed the gown’s glow.
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Pitcher
Betty Thompson
M. A. Arnold
Denver and
Fort Worth
Tex
Accounting Demands in Palliser Hitchings Case in Brooklyn
Charges of unprofessional conduct filed in the Supreme Court Brooklyn allege that Melvin G. Palliser and Hector M. Hitchings of Manhattan handled the estate of John Barr who died in Islip L. I. in 1902. James A. Barr of Metuchen NJ seeks an accounting for an estate valued at about 60 000 with Mrs. Mary E. Bailey and Mrs. Margaret F. Rossiter named cousins. It is claimed Mrs. Bailey as administratrix disbursed 16000 and that one third went to each of the cousins and to the lawyers.
Flames Halt Tango Dancers at Horseshoe Lake Fire
Firemen battled a blaze at a hotel at Horseshoe Lake Illinois where a crowd continued turkey trotting and tangoing by the light of the flames. The dancing pavilion also caught fire before the heat and smoke ended the music. Estimated loss tops 35000 dollars.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Nero
Rome
Horseshoe Lake
Ill
Liv-Ver-Lax Promises Safer Relief and Home Use
Advert says Liv-Ver-Lax keeps you feeling right, avoids layoffs, and relieves constipation as a natural remedy. It claims safety for children, dangers of poisons eliminated, and bottle guarantees. Priced 5 cents or $1 per bottle.
Mexican steamers repurposed for Gulf to Tampico route
Mexican interests rapidly acquire old American river steamers for Gulf voyages. The Herma Paepcke, 154 feet, 30 foot beam, four feet draft, built 1900, now fitted for the trip to Tampico under its own steam, escorted by the tug Hornet. Paepcke is the third river steamer bought for Mexico, with Jennie Barbour and John H Kirby towed to Tampico.
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Galveston
Texas
Mexico
Gulf
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Herma Paepcke
Herman Paepcke
Higginsport
Ohio
Memphis
Tenn
Jennie Barbour
John H. Kirby
Sampico
Mobile
Calveston
Corpus Christi
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
Patent medicine advertisement for Texas Wonder by Dr. E W Hall claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments and related conditions in men and women and regulate pediatric bladder troubles. It offers mail order with a $1.00 payment and notes two months of treatment per bottle. Alabama testimonials requested. 2926 Olive Street, St. Louis. Sold by druggists.
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Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Ate & Gists
Christopher Columbus figure arraigned for disorderly conduct
Christopher Columbus was arraigned in Chicago Avenue Court on a charge of disorderly conduct after he refused to move on when told by detectives. Judge Scully quipped about the discoverer of America and ordered a $5 fine for breaking orders.
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International News Service
Chicago
Christopher Columbus
Scully
Chicago Avenue
America
Judge Scully
Cheap Clerk Now Has Fortune
Joseph Ellis, a Tacoma clerk at Wal lis & Sons' Junk Co earning 15 dollars weekly for ten years, inherits a fortune estimated between 60 000 dollars and 60 000 dollars from his long missing brother Charles Ellis of Peoria Illinois. The estate was discovered by police via a Peoria inquest story. Ellis had left home decades earlier and rarely communicated, with only one letter home in 1908.
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McClure
Peoria
Ellis
Tacoma
Joe
Small but is boss of his household
Patchogue New York story reports Fred Benkenstein who weighs 130 pounds spanking his 260 pound wife with a hairbrush after dinner. Neighbors heard a disturbance but Mrs Benkenstein declined charges saying a spanking once in a while isn’t so bad. The incident occurred in Bishop Court as police did not witness the act.
370 Acre Potato Patch Under Fence in Hancock Wisconsin
A large potato field on the O Connor brothers farm in Hancock Wisconsin spans about 320 acres with seven eighths mile long rows. Edward Erb marked the field using a four row sled marker as part of the farm’s system while four horse diggers harvest. The farm has led Wisconsin in potatoes clover and rye for over 25 years with yearly yields up to 60000 bushels.
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O'Connor
Oh Girls Try Q-Ban Restorer for Gray Hair Reversal
The ad promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer a non dye product that claims to restore original color remove gray hair and dandruff and itching. It asserts rapid results with every use makes hair look 10 to 20 years younger and offers a money back guarantee if three bottles fail. Sold in Mobile Alabama by Van Antwerp with mail order prompt service.
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Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp
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