Strange Ending of an Indiana Romance
Lawrenceburg Indiana report on a 65-year-old man and 60-year-old wife who after 37 years of marriage and raising six children ceased speaking in 1884. Aunt Julia Grubbs secures divorce and 32000 alimony while leaving the family home. The story details their quarrel over geese and a peddler, the vow of silence, and the unbroken estrangement through decades despite shared life.
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Ham
Julia” Grubbs
Lawrenceburg
George E. Downey
Uncle Ham
Julia Grubbs
Julia ‘Grubbs
Hamilton Grubbs
Moore
Hill
Ham” Grubbs
Jule’ Harris
Julia Harris
Jule
Benjamin Plummer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Indiana
Harely
Miller Township
Ham Grubbs
Ella
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Jilted on Wedding Day in Philadelphia Mystery
Miss Katharine Simmons faced a failed ceremony after a telegram from her fiancé Charles Roser said he would not attend. Neighbors recall a long quarrel with Mrs. Grubbs, Ella Grubbs, and a 21st birthday departure leading to a divorce final with $2000 alimony.
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Philadelphia
Catherine Simmons
Chadwick Street
Miss Simmons
Charles Roser
Roser
Eight-year-old saves passenger train near Osceola
Altoona reporter describes eight year old Wallace Moore son of a nearby farmer who noticed an open spur switch and stood on the track to signal a Tyrone division train. Engineer Franks hit emergency brakes and halted the train within feet of the boy likely preventing injury to 128 passengers.
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Altoona
Wallace Moore
Osceola
Here
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Franks
Deaf parishioners hear London sermon by bishop
The bishop of St. Albans preached a sermon in a London church for the deaf and dumb. A curate fluent in sign language translated sentence by sentence to the large mute congregation.
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St. Albans
London
Man Returns to Wed His Daughter in Appenzell Tragedy
Geneva report details a Swiss man once deposed in Mexico who adopts a farmer's child in Appenzell. The father, after returning to Switzerland and wooing the girl unknown to her, discovers the kinship, confesses, and leaves $15,000 for her. He vanishes, the daughter remains heartbroken.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Appenzell
Mueller
Mexico
Schloss
Ilfelder
Wanderer
Moscow Gambler Eats Boots Over Japan Peace Bet
A Moscow man lost a 500 rouble wager and fulfilled his bet by eating parts of his boots. He chewed a small strip daily for five months after Russia failed to force Japan to sue for peace last summer.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Japan
Kisses Save Crop At Saline County Wheat Field
Mabel Huston an 18 year old daughter of a Saline county farmer handed out kisses and hugs as prizes to harvest hands who did the most work. By night the wheat was out of danger from threatening rains, saving the crop.
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Topeka
Kan
Mabel Huston
Saline County
Mayflower Story Recounted By A Student
A Hartford school exam in American history prompted a humorous answer describing the Mayflower voyage. The student claimed the Speedwell sank and passengers were transferred to the Mayflower, which then made the journey intact.
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Hartford
England
N. Y
Progressive official questioned over private income sacrifice
A Washington Star quote questions the newly appointed official about his progressive originality and notes he did not mention giving up a large private income to take the office.
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Washington Star
Reads Like a Miracle in Moravia and Nearby Notices
A Moravia New York feature reports a sugar diabetes recovery after Dodd's Kidney Pills with the husband praising the cure and noting loss of weight from 200 to 130 pounds. The receipt of a remedy advertisement is cited as life saving amid medical doubt.
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Moravia
N. Y
Benj. Wilson
Dodd
Bright
Cure For The Blues With One Medicine That Never Fails
A cheerful woman struck by the blues seeks relief from female troubles and nervous despair. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is urged as a remedy evidenced by Rosa Adams of Louisville Kentucky who reports restored health and buoyant spirits after use. Readers are invited to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Adams
12Th Street
Louisville
Roger Hanson
C.S.A
Mrs. Pinkham
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Julie
Kansas
Wan
Gambler
Fortune
Lillie Chase Walker, & Bt
Woodfords, Me
Perry Nursery Co
Rochester
U. S
Red Ants
Chicago Chronicle
A. Paxton Company
Boston
Mase
Lion Coffee
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Chicago
Portland
Oregon
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Ogden
Denver
Kansas City
F. A. Miller
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