Had Five Wives. Springfield Clergyman Faces Bigamy Charge
Rev. Charles C Walker of West Springfield appeared in police court on bigamy charges after records show five marriages with no divorces. Case continued for fur ther hearing. He was arrested April 9 for breach of peace after attempting to see his latest wife and allegedly slashing her mother with a knife. The piece ends with a wry remark about the reverend.
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Springfield
Mass
Charles C. Walker
West Springfield
Heady
Walker
Lem Humphrey
Wild White Family Comes To Nyack Inasing Heap Of Mystery
Nyack New York May 1 The townspeople confront a wild family from the Ramapo Mountains The Old Man Thompson his wife and four children appear unwashed and uncivilized villagers find them in a dilapidated shack at Pearl River The board debates how to handle the situation noting a history of such families and lynching threats in the area
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Nyack N. Y
Town Board of
Nyack
Ramapo Mountains
Thompson
Pearl River
White man jailed for marrying a Negro in Indiana
Carl Johnson of Louisville Kentucky was sentenced in Clark Circuit Court to one to ten years in the Indiana Reformatory and a $1000 fine for marrying a Negro woman. Judge James W Fortune lamented the sentence as insufficient praising past and future society. A stark racial double standard is alluded to as justice and culture are questioned.
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Louisville
Indiana Reformatory
Carl Johnson
Clark
Jeffersonville
James W. Fortune
Louisiana inventor showcases semi-Diesel fuel oil engine
A Louisiana inventor develops a semi-Diesel fuel oil engine that eliminates high compressions by using an improved fuel-injection jet and preheated oil. The design yields smooth power impulses and fewer explosions, allowing a lighter engine suitable for passenger cars and motor trucks per Popular Mechanics.
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Louisiana
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cleveland Public Schools Align With Museum of Natural History
A planned affiliation between Cleveland public schools and a new city museum of natural history will benefit students. Ten tentative plans emerged to utilize museum resources in classrooms. Construction of the museum likely will be delayed for two to three years.
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Cleveland
Museum of Natural History
Brilliant French woman doctor lives in poverty
The London Herald reports Madeleine Bres, the first woman to practice medicine in France, now 82, blind and destitute after a 50 year career. She rose from poverty after early education in Nimes, married a jealous bus driver, earned her degree at 28, and benefited from Empress Eugenie's help to study. In later years she refused charity, enduring near starvation while newspapers reveal her decline.
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France
Mme
Madeleine Bres
Mme. Bres
Sisters of Charity
Nimes
Eugenie
London Herald
Humorous Self Story Tells of a Political Setback
A Democratic state office candidate recalls a tale of a billed speech at a county seat. The Republican chairman spotted the announcement and sent for a top speaker for the night before. The candidate spoke, then the next day the bureau canceled all arrangements for that evening.
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Republican County
Indianapolis News
Gas Holder Under Construction in Baltimore
The second largest gas holder in the world rises in Baltimore, to 228 feet when inflated and capable of storing 10,000,000 cubic feet of gas. Built as a major infrastructure project, the towering tank signals Baltimore’s growing energy capacity and engineering scale.
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Baltimore
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