Divorce Sparks in Chicago Letters From Wife and Other Lovers
Chicago May 6 Mrs Katherine Grifith discovers a wife’s letter fragments in husband Normand Griffith a salesman for Marshall Field and Co. The wife seeks divorce custody and alimony after confronting Miss Ethel Johnson who refused to end the affair. Similar letters shown in court accompany another divorce where Helen M Watson wins custody and $25 monthly as Carl C Watson’s wife confronts infidelity with other correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Katherine Grifith
Birchs Wood Avenue
Normand Griffith, & Marshall Field and Co
Storman
Grifith
Ethel Johnson
Green Bay
Wis
Darling
Ethel
Love
Helen M. Watson
Watson
Sheffield Avenue
Kersten
Carl C. Watson
Sioux City
Frank A. Lasley
Carl
Woman walks 2500 miles for marriage voyage to Seattle
Seattle May 6 Mrs Char lotte Palmer a 45 year old widow hiked 2500 miles across Nebraska Colorado Utah Nevada and California then sailed 1000 miles to Seattle to wed Frank J Foy age 47 after legal age witnesses delayed license they found an old friend to testify and Judge Tallman performed the ceremony in Vancouver B C Palmer and her two sons earlier walked from Omaha to San Francisco advertising Omaha firms along the way and carrying rifles and side trips. they later rested in San Francisco before marriage on arrival in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Mary
Charlotte Falmer
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Palmer
Frank J. Foy
Mrs
Boone
Omaha
Neb
San Francisco
Rockies
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Mrs. Palmer
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Seven thousand printers join British army since war outbreak
London reports that seven thousand printers have left civilian work to enlist in the British army since the war outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wireworms Destructive to Cereal and Forage Crops
Washington May 6 The USDA identifies true wireworms as among the 12 worst pests to wheat and oats and damaging to potatoes and sugar beets. Bulletin 725 by J A Hyslop details recognition, species differences, and control methods including plowing, drainage, and summer fallow across wheat, corn, and cotton regions.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
J. A. Hyslop
United States
Mehi
Carolinas
Missouri
Arkansas
Minis
Northwest
Middle West
He Department of Agriculture
Divorce Granted After Two Army Romance Tragedies
Leavenworth, May 6. Mrs. Jeanette Clark Smith, known in Fort Leavenworth and the city, receives a divorce from Lt. Spencer Montgomery Smith by Judge McDonald in Chicago. Her early life linked to Fort Sheridan and Fort Leavenworth posts, including two marriages marked by a fatal self-inflicted death and elopement leading to separation and a missing husband in Galveston. The narrative follows her boy Wayne Clark Stith and travels to China seeking remedies for wireworms, detailing agricultural trials and soil practices while noting unrelated farming observations.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jeanette Clark Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Spencer Montgomery Smith
McDonald
Chicago
Smith
Leavenworth High School
Jeanette Qari! Smith
William B. Care
Carr
Fort Sheridan
Miss Clark
Captain Carr
Wayne Clark Stith
Army Family News Reveals Desertion and Divorce Case
In a Chicago transfer, Major Clark appeared as a key witness. Mrs Smith suing for divorce through Attorney William A Jensings, claims unresolved residence and residence details. Major Clark testified that her son in law is an army deserter with the divorce decree likely to allow Mrs Smith to live with her father at Fort Sheridan.
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Clark
Chicago
Amperfea
Smith
William A. Jensings
McDonald
Fort Sheridan
Weston Auction Bridge Club Meets in Weston
Weston hosts the Auction Bridge Club at Mrs. Walter Awards home with nine tables and many visitors while preparations unfold for a May 11 meeting of the First Congressional District West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs at the First Presbyterian church. programs cover morning and afternoon sessions with speeches, music, and discussions on topics from equal suffrage to standard high school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Walter A
Aliee McGary
Auction
Walter
A. Hoyd Corter
Mira Hirutua
Clarksburg
Kor
Firat
West Virginia
Federation of Womar
the First Presbyterian Church
Addyosaen
George Noun
Glen Burnel
Woman's
J. J. Bernhardt
Joseph Cochran
Parkersburg
Virginine
Phobo Moore
Mannington
Wheeling
E. J. Harty
Fairmont
West Virgina
John Ruhl
Clarkeburg
Wills Yost
Morgantown
Harvey W. Harmer
West Virgina Hills
Musle—Weston
Consibilition of Women's Clubs
Mra
Mario
Crop production mixed with state rankings across crops
The report lists leading states in buckwheat including New York and Virginia, with 1914 and 1920 figures for crops like corn, wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, rice, tobacco, cotton, and more. It notes state changes such as Kansas and North Dakota taking top spots in various categories and includes local society notes on residents and visitors.
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Washington
Ilinofa Hix
Towa
North
Dikolt
Atatoy
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
Tate
North Dakota
California
Conn
Albany
Iowa
Missouri
Tidiana
Ilinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
Neebranks
Hinois
Ohio
South Dakota
Washinton
Montana
North Dakot Inn
Wisconsin
Nebranka
Oklahomay
Town
Minoly
Minngnotgwanconsin
Olinole
Minnowo
Michigan
Mise Honda
Pennyylvania
Maine
Michigaine
Fann
New Yorke
West Vir J
Virginia
New c Vonnaylvania
West Viginia
May
Mitaouti
Wisconsown
Iola
Nosota
Louisiana
South Carol
Kentucky
North Johns
Oho
Tenn
Texas
Gear Carolina
Alabama
Mins
Georgia
Bama
South Carolina
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Onawa
Mrs. Watson
Mrs. Grondy
de Wolf Hopper
Tramel
Arwy
Nacional Service School For
Washington, D. C
Womanhood of America
Plattaburg
Navy League
Elizabeth Elliott Poe
Cleft
Vella Poe Wilson
National Service School For Women
Middle Atlantic States
New England States
Mississippi Valley
Weston Auction Bridge Club
Weston Public
Mosler
Fairmont Normal School
Provident Rowler
Beddow
Joeph
Fairmont State Normal School
F.E. Jarvis
Board of Education
Will O' the Wim
Glass
Brooks
Hum
Charleston
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Earle Reynolds
Hnew
Itickwood
J.C. McCarl
Eureka Pipe Line Company
James Tierney
Glenville
N. P. Alkire
Florida
Robert Troxell
W. W. Hall
Wallace
Cline Hood
Julius Martin
Engle Lake
Fin
George Harwell
Brutus Line
A. B. Corfor Fridae
Bureau of Crop Estimates
R. V. Malloy
Oraburg
Mia
Thomas Detroit
Mich
J. W. Steinbeck
James Jarvis
Stephen Tremiey
Bellefontaine
George Hlwill
Warner
Ben L. Beall
Burnsville
Walt
Tracy
Clarkaburg
George Moore
Charles Gitlyn
Charles Gitlyn, the Yoi McWhorter
Grace Bott
Buckhannon
J. C. Hawer
W. B. Stathers
Weit
Caneae
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