Swelldom’s Apollo Cruger and his three marriages scandal
The Surrogate’s Court in New York weighs the will of the late Eugene Guido Cruger. The tale recalls his rise to New York society, three marriages, a Paris interlude, and an ensuing custody fight over children. Olga Salomen Helts and Mrs Cruger No. 1 contest the bequest as Cruger’s mind is questioned.
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Guido Cruger
New York
Cruger
Blus
Jo Cruger
Apollo
Handsome
Blanche Spedden
New Orleans
Grace Church
Society
Mra
Mediterranean
Mota Kane Fell
Louis Bell
New
Eugene Guido Gruger
York
Cupid
Byron
Don Juan
Tartar
Eugene G. Cruger
Olga Salomen Heltz
Olga Salomen Helts
Cleared Barn of Rats and Other Oddities from Vermont
In a Vermont tale near Burlington, a grocer rid his store of rats using rolled oats and water, a clever method that drew laughs about a future parenthood. The Curiosities of Nature notes the silkworm thread and spider’s finer fibers, then shifts to Naples showing Ischia’s small-town life and near-misses with Vesuvius.
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Hamelin
Namelin
James F. Manning
Burlington
Nike
Vesuvius 1779 eruption and Newport Duchess review
Frances E. A. Wright recounts a perilous ascent of Vesuvius in 1779 describing lava, gas, and fragile crumbling of the summit, alongside a travelogue note on the Duchess of Marlborough’s Newport coronation robes and local reactions, including rail rates and tourist curiosity. The piece blends volcanic history with social commentary and diary style impressions of travel and spectacle.
Woman to Serve as Rural Free Delivery Carrier
Miss Lulu Adair will become one of the rural free delivery carriers on the new Manilas New York route starting August 1. She is the first woman in the country to receive an appointment as carrier on such routes, age 23, noted as determined and popular with solid business education. Superintendent Machen says though few women are appointed, they perform well.
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Garry
Lulu Adair
Manilas
N. Y
Miss Adair
Thin Atatu
Machen
Command at Sandhurst Name Change Suggests Shift in British Command
The British military attache in Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Kit tom, is named commandant at Sahdhlinit, a premier post in the army. Lieutenant Colonel Kittin previously led Royal Military College at Kingwinnt, signaling a notable leadership transfer within the British forces.
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Sandhurst
Washington
Kittom
Sahdhlinit
Kittin
Kingwinnt
Ping-Pong Cause for Divorce in Southsea Decree
Thomas Ford of Southsea England, a boarding housekeeper, obtained a decree in divorce court after claiming his wife stayed up late to play ping-pong, a dispute cited as the cause.
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Thomas Ford
Southsea
Eng
Mountains Racing the Latest Automobile Fadt
An early piece discusses speed obsessed auto innovation pushing into mountain ascents in the Swiss Alps. It cites a France tragedy involving Charles Fair and his wife, then notes drivers may seek higher risks by climbing peaks with improvised gear as a new thrill in motor sport.
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France
Charles Fair
Thu
Alps
Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Church Dies in Palo Alto
The article notes the death on May 18 of Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Church in Palo Alto California and describes a lifelong habit of sleeping with a stone under his head. A Baltimore clergyman recounts an extreme incident where on a subzero night the bishop slept with a stone under his head and windows open in the same room.
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Taylor
Methodist Church
Palo Alto
Cal
Baltimore
American Tourist Snubs Lines at Chatsworth Ruins
A humorous clash in Chatsworth, England ends with American tourist quipping about ruins and his wife. The exchange recalls the Duke of Devonshire and a misunderstanding over Fountains Abbey as the man jokes that since marrying, he “draws the line at ruins.”
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Chatsworth
England
Peak
SheMelder
Ingidé
Devonshire
Fountains Abbey
Old Yank
Ural
Died for Her Baby Brother in Wisconsin Town
A six year old girl died shielding her infant brother from a rattlesnake in a northern Wisconsin yard. The baby survived. the sister attempted to protect the infant with a broom before the snake struck. Nearby ads promote St Jacobs Oil and other products, alongside brief notes on customs, a king’s observations, and consumer remedies.
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Wisconsin
Jdi
Brest
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Shewan
Tartar Origi
Per
Crigee
Wocldy
Campania
Naples
Ischia
Begeara
Vesuvio
Vila
Montain
Apex
Vesuvius
Cir Guidy
Frances ER. A. Wright
Newport
Duchess of Marlborough
Lang Raglan
Pompeii
Herewaneum
Monte Nuovo
Raglan
Hinky Dink
Chicago Evening Post
Ile Reh
I Jong
Champigny
Vienne
Switzerland
New York Press
St. Jacob's
St. Jacobs Oi, Ltd
Balimore
St. Jacobs
Prussian
Berlin
du Paris
London
Dean
Alfonso Observis
Spain
Dre Fowler
United States
Pearson's Weekly
Mother Gray
Motter Gray
Nares
Allen
Olmsted
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