Gardener Claims Title to Waterford Marquiate in London Suit
George Tooth, a London gardener, fights to prove he is the son of the fifth Marchioness of Waterford and rightful heir to the Waterford marquisate and Beresford estates. He alleges a concealed birth and notes monthly payments from the alleged father, the marquis, who allegedly shot himself after listing him as son. A parallel account details Georgina Tooth and the workhouse origins linked to the same claim.
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Waterford
London
Beresford
George Tooth
Chancery Court
Tooth
Marchioness
John Vivian
Paris
Vivian
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Chesham Place
Somerset House
Duncan
Seymour Place
Fulham
Priscilla Kynaston
Duncans
Marquis of Waterford
Charles Street
Pall Mall
Denar
Tie
George
Georgina Tooth
Vivien
Holborn
Dan
Fleet Street
Gloucester City Man’s Will Creates Million Dollar Paper Estate
The will of George Boehringer of Gloucester City New Jersey names Henry Meyer as executor and sole legatee. The estate comprises bundles of worthless paper with a history of buying worthless stocks that later appreciated to a claimed one million dollars.
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George Boehringer
Gloucester City
N. J
Henry Meyer
Boehringer
African auto trip Cape Town to Cairo begins
The piece notes an African auto journey from Cape Town to Cairo has started. It mentions the U S treasury handling over seven billion in cash during the year with accounts balancing to the cent. Kentucky breeders sue a steamship firm for 1200 over a cow tail loss used in show events. Bees Wagener of Atchison Kansas hosts the largest birthday party for 20 000 children. Boston mayor opts for Punch and Judy shows to replace outdoor opera as a cheaper summer option.
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United States Treasury
Kentucky
United States
Bees Wagener
Atchison, Kan
Colonization Society Plans Model Farms Across States
The International Colonization Society proposes establishing model farms on one 640 acre section per state to train settlers in productive farming. It asks states to provide land and aims to use any profits for settler aid, with eventual state-directed disposal of farm properties. The plan includes free rail transportation advocacy and coordinated supervision by state and society committees.
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International Colonization Society
Congress
United States
Professor validates frozen eggs as wholesome in court
Professor W G Sedgwick of Stevens Institute of Technology testified before New Jersey officials that 400 cans of frozen eggs seized three years earlier remain safe to eat. He fed them to his family and lab staff with no ill effects as evidence. He argued longevity does not indicate spoilage and recalled Li Hung Chang’s era to illustrate preservation. The eggs owned by H J Keith Co of Topeka Kansas were stored in Jersey City while courts consider their fitness for food.
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W. G. Sedgwick
Stevens Institute of Technology
State Board of Health
Trenton
N. J
Sedgewick
Blind for fifty years Mrs. Welsh regains sight
Mrs. Mary J. Welsh, sixty six and blind since her birth fifty years ago, underwent an eye operation at Wesley hospital in Chicago by Dr. Brown Pusey. After bandages were removed she saw again and, overwhelmed with joy, rushed home to see her eight grown children. Her husband is an invalid and she supported the family by washing.
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Mary J. Welsh
Chicago
Hillsdale
Mich
Wesley Hospital
Brown Pusey
Convict Advertises Body for Sale in Savannah
Thomas A. McCullough a Monroe county chain gang convict in Savannah announces his body for sale to the highest cash bidder. He details height weight age and race and cites an eighteen year sentence for a 1911 killing in Griffin. He fears burial by relatives and seeks money mainly to sever ties with family as he nears death from heart disease.
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Savannah
Thomas A. McCullough
Monroe County
Griffin
Millionaire Day Worker Delivers Dignity At Factory
Elisha S Converse Yale student and son of Col Harry E Converse leaves Beacon Street home each weekday for a Malden rubber shoe plant. He toils nine hours in a room near 100 degrees, learning his father’s business from the bottom up by handling red hot heels and trimming heel corners.
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Marion
Converse
Scientists Show Gas Conservation Save Oklahoma Output
Washington reports a bureau of mines demonstration reducing waste by 150,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas daily in Oklahoma. The saving, valued at $87,500 daily and $18,000,000 yearly, is credited to A. P. Pollard and A. G. Teggen, oil experts from Bakersfield and Pittsburgh, sent by Dr. Joseph A. Holmes.
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Washington
van H. Manning
United States Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Bureau of Mines
A. A. Follord
Bakersfield
Cal
A. G. Heggen
Pittsburgh
Bureau
Joseph A. Holmes
Pollard
Teggen
Manning
Conscience Fund Receipts Hit Low for Year
Washington reports the conscience fund brought in $2,814.44 for the year ending June 30, the weakest total since 1901 and well below the hundred year average of $4,200. Since 1811 the fund has drawn $494,615.69, with a peak year of $35,868 in 1902 and a single large $18,669 anonymous gift to New York’s collector of customs.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Madison
New York
Icebergs Real Terrors Warned by Coast Guard Captains
Captains E Johnston and A S Gamble of the Seneca and Miami report iceberg dangers along the transatlantic route from April to July. They warn that ice is unseen in thick weather and advise ships to stop and move very slowly until haze lifts.
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Washington
Co. E. Johnston
A. S. Gamble
Seneca
Miami
Johnston
Sam McCall Ex-Slave Turns 2 Acres Into Cotton Marvel
Sam McCall, a seventy-five year old ex-slave in central Alabama, turned two cultivated acres into a record setting cotton yield, producing up to four bales per acre with intensive farming. He improved soil by feeding bacteria with crop refuse, creating natural humus without commercial fertilizers.
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Sam McCall
Alabama
United States
Sam
McCall
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