State Senator Faces Paternity Prosecution in Indiana
Mrs. Mary Davis of Indianapolis sues State Senator Boyd of Noblesville under a paternity statute. The case, tied to allegations of blackmail and threats, centers on Boyd partnering with Davis in Hamilton County years ago and the child’s birth in Indianapolis. Boyd defends the suit as a blackmail attempt and vows to prove Davis untrustworthy.
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Mary Davis
Indianapolis
Boyd
Noblesvill
Hamilton County
Davis
Wealthy banker weds childhood rejected sweetheart
E A de Mauriac a New York broker, once rejected by Laura White of Cooperstown, has married her after decades apart. White, later Mrs Leavitt, divorced a deser tion and a Sioux Falls husband, and after a return to Cooperstown finally wed de Mauriac last week in a small ceremony. The couple, both prominent in finance and social circles, renewed their long纽held connection.
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E. A. de Mauriac
New York
Laura White
Judge White
Cooperstown
N. Y
W. E. Leavitt
Flushing, S. 1
Sioux Falls, & C
DE Mauriac
Sioux Falls
DeMauriac
The
Stock Exchange
Narrow escape as a Chicago mother and four children saved from fire
Mrs Martha Olson and her four children slept through an attic blaze at 1720 Dewey Court. Officers Weldon and Pruess entered the smoke filled home to rescue them, carrying a child each down the burning stairs. Both officers suffered facial and hand burns.
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Dewey Court
Chicago
Martha Olson
Weldon
Pruess
Roxton Mystery Dead Doorkeeper Edgell Found
The body of Stillman W. Edgell doorkeeper of the State Senate was found on the Charles river flats near the Harvard bridge Cambridge last week. It showed heavy decomposition with no marks of violence. The medical examiner ruled drowning as the cause but left the manner undetermined. Edgell had been missing since January 24 and search efforts continued.
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Roxton
Stillman W. Edgell
State Senate
Massachusetts
Charles River Flats
Harvard Bridge
Cambridge
Edgell
Fifth Wife Dies in Mysterious Iowa Death Case
Fremont county Iowa reports a sudden death of William Mayhor's fifth wife Mrs Mayhor on Oct 24 after she took three four grain quinine capsules for toothache. Coroner and jury later found strychnine poisoning. Mayhor, 60, Irish born, has married five wives with four prior deaths amid allegations he administered wrong medicine. He is under arrest and worth about $75 000.
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Iowa
Fremont County
William oMayhor
Mayhor
Mayher
Iowa City
Ireland
California
Emma Travis
Mattie Hoon
Sydney
Mayhors
Axtell
Kan
Anna Lamb
No 4
Kansas City
Erbeck
No.5
Midnight Photographs at Broadway Theatre Break Nighttime Limits
Photographer Mr. Rockwood unveils a new pyrotechnic method enabling vivid audience images at midnight. A recent Broadway Theatre crowd was captured between eleven and twelve o clock, signaling a cutting edge in photography. He predicts newspapers may publish events from night and day in picture form, urging young men to take their own dates to the theatre.
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Broadway Theatre
Rockwood
Mr. Rockwood
Century Clock of Knox Returns to American Roots
A 1560 Paisley clock built for John Knox has surfaced in Huntington Pennsylvania. It has descended through generations to John Witherspoon and was brought to America when he became Princeton College president. The signer of the Declaration stipulated the clock pass to the firstborn of each generation, explaining Joby Knox now owning the 80 foot timepiece.
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John Knox
Scotland
Huntington
Knox
Paisley
John Whitherspoon
John Witherspoon
America
Princeton College
Joby Knox
Indians in Massachusetts Marshpee Tribe Numbers Grow
Indians in Massachusetts have increased to about four hundred through intermarriage with colored people. They live on a shore reservation at Marshpee called Mashpi by Cape Cod locals. Catachnit is the tribe’s chief and postmaster, with an Indian boy delivering mail to Sandwich. Three lake islands are owned by a fishing club with members Grover Cleveland, Joe Jefferson, R. W. Gilder, Alexander Wood of Boston, and C. B. Jefferson.
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Massachusetts
Marshpee
Cape Cod
Catachnit
Sandwich
Grover Cleveland
Joe Jefferson
R. W. Gilder
Alexander Wood
Boston
C. B. Jefferson
Anne Reeve Aldrich a Promising Author Remembered
The late Anne Reeve Aldrich wrote The Feet of Love and a noted verse collection. A young writer with vivid public appeal she lived in a promising future. Descriptions praise her height grace and red brown hair and note her fear of a loveless old age in song.
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Anne Reeve Aldrich
Miss Aldrich
Pythons Fight at New York Park Menagerie Sparks Action
A large python at the New York Zoo sparked a violent fight with a smaller snake after devouring a double share of prey. Keeper Burns intervened, subduing the aggressive reptile and isolating it from the others to prevent further clashes. The remaining snakes then fasted for a month.
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New York Park
Central Park
New York
Smith
Zoo
Keeper Burns
Burns
Burlington’s New Short Line Links Lincoln to the Northwest
The Burlington Route announces completion of a new northwest line to Billings Montana linking with the Northern Pacific under traffic agreement. The line shortens travel between Lincoln Omaha and Montana Spokane Helena Tacoma and Seattle with savings from 50 to 473 miles. Train service will include Pullman Palace sleeping cars reclining chairs and day coaches. The route offers scenic views from eastern Nebraska across the Black Hills and Crow Reservation with notable sites along the way.
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Burlington
Western
Bilings. Mont
Lincoln
Billings
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Omaha
Kansas
Cit
St. Louis
Montana
Idaho
Puget Sound
Missouri
Mississppi
Ilelena
Jutte
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Livecoln
Nebraska
South Dakota
Black Hills
Devil's Tower
Wyoming
Custer Battlefield
Little Big Horn
Crow Indian Reservation
Divorce Mix-Up Highlights Lyonville Lawyer Error
A Louisville lawyer allegedly mixed two clients files on the same day causing a divorce for a woman who sought femme sole status. The misfiled case led a drummer husband to learn his wife’s divorce while she only sought independence. Rumors say the husband plans to return and seek remarriage or a court remedy.
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Louisville
Reading
Texas
Senator Jones of Nevada Pioneer Miner Turned Millionaire
Senator Jones of Nevada formerly with the Republican party became a Populist. He came from New England, moved to Nevada in its territorial days to mine and build a business empire. His wealth grew enough to secure a U S senate seat and he is described as a millionaire several times over.
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Senator Jones
Nevada
Republican
New England
United States Senate
Pythian Sisters Formed in 19th Century Expansion
The Knights of Pythias granted wives and kin the right to organize a sisterhood in 1884, with the first temple at Warsaw Indiana in 1888. Mrs Hattie A. Robinson of Dayton rose to supreme chief and held multiple top posts in the order and related groups, with a noted belt emblem described as a folded belt with a bow.
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Cincinnati
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
S’ythian Sisters
Warsaw
Ind
Hattie A. Robinson
Dayton
Ohio
Grand Temple
Septiss
Supreme Temple
Indianapolis
Robinson
Misery After Meals and Quack Remedies Parade
An extended, disjointed excerpt touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as universal cure and tonic for dyspepsia and related ailments while mentioning Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh and various joke lines. It also notes a man’s snoring as a social danger and hints at sensational medical claims without coherent narrative.
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Townsend Messenger
M’ Kane & Stout
Indiana
Mr. Nevergo
Miss Weerie
Pythian Sisters
Order
Rebekah
Temple Lodge No. 80
Nellie
Hanson
Hood
G. W. Warnock
Beverly
Nob
Douglas
Cordovan
Weeieved
Rey
Tom Tee
Prititoe
Romfo. CO
Clothing Dept
Iti
Pralta
Ravecaitorel
Miesouri
Joan B. Purdy
LIV
Neosho
Newton To
Siesoert
Henry & Cortsworth
Burbank
Gorten Graben
Bear Siana
Ncoln
Keneas
Price Haven
Syndicate Land and Irrigating Corporation
Wasedicton
Morris
Washington, DC
U & Pension Buresa
Tyrein
Claons
Stove K
Douglas St
W. U
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