Widow Charlotte Hoyt’s Love Wins Big Estate In Will Case
Judge J F Bunn awarded control of the Hoyt estate valued at about $200000 after a jury verdict in northern Ohio. The affair centers on Charl otte Hoyt of The Maples in Tiffin and her longtime lover and former adviser Judge Bunn.
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Sffin. O
Charlotte Hoyt
Reuben M. Hoyt
New York City
J. F. Bunn
Hoyt
Judge Bunn
Eva E. Hill
Frank and
Rufus Guss
Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Tiffin
Paris
Europe
New York
Stettheimer
Maples
Catherine Guss
Hill
Eighty-eighth Street
Yonkers
N. Y
Tobacco Tags Build Interdenominational Church in Hollis
J P Withrow of Hollis and Ellenboro NC calls on U S tobacco chewers to save tobacco tags for an interdenominational church project at Hollis NC He notes he bought and sold $1000 worth of tags last year to show the ease of collecting enough tags with wide chewer cooperation.
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Norfolk
J. P. Withrow
Hollis
Ellenboro
N. C
America
Hollis Post Office
Withrow
Lightning strikes barbed wire. eight cattle die in Brown County
During a thunderstorm in Brown county a group of cattle on Asa Hu i s farm sought shelter against a barbed wire fence. A bolt of lightning traveled along the fence wiring and killed eight cattle units.
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Kansas City
Brown County
Asa Hu’i
Betsy Ross Anthem honors liberty and nation
Minna Irving praises Betsy Ross in Leslie's Weekly for making the flag that symbolizes liberty. The poem contrasts Time’s decay with Ross’s enduring stitching and the flag’s role as a beacon for the oppressed and brave.
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Betsy Ross
Minna Irving
Leslie’s Weekly
A Pleasant Evening in the Yards
A narrator recounts a sleepless vigil aboard a sleeping car on a chaotic night run, with endless switch engine blasts, jolts, and reevaluations of comfort. Amid railyard noise the traveler endures nervous bumps, late arrivals, and uneasy romance with Grace Leaming ton, hoping for sleep despite chaos.
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Iary
Niagara
Biff
Freeport Doctor Linked to Rockefeller Father Identity
In Freeport Illinois longtime resident Dr William Livingston aged 96 is at center of speculation sparked by Ida Tarbell’s July portrait of John D Rockefellers father. Neighbors note striking likeness to William A Rockefeller. Mrs Livingston defers comment.
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Freeport, Ill
John D. Rockefeller
Freeport
William Livingston
McClure
Ida Tarbell
William A. Rockefeller
John D
Dr. Livingston
Margaret Allen
New York City
New York State
Rockefeller
Tarbell
Germans Move Into Virginia Farm Belt Near Richmond
Germans from the north and west are settling in Richmond and Lunenburg county along the Southern railway. Over 40 families moved in last year to farm, raise cattle, poultry, fruit, and grapes. A Minnesota migrant bought a farm for 3000 and later declined a 12000 offer. A new colony divided hundreds of acres into 100-acre plots, proving efficient, prompting Virginia farmers to follow their example.
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Richmond
Lunenburg County
Southern Railway
Virginia
Minnesota
Americans Spend Record Sum on European Travel this Summer
The article notes Americans will spend about 200 million dollars abroad this year to Europe, with 80 000 already carried, 30 000 more expected in July, and a total season estimate of 200 000 passengers, signaling a record rush.
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Europe
Not a Cash Basis Splurgits Pay On Time
Humorous exchange notes Mrs Splurgit insists on prompt bill payment and her husband agrees they always pay everything on time confirming their financial reliability.
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Splurgit
Splurgits
Detroit Free Press
Men find pride in showing their good deeds
The phrase suggests many men enjoy highlighting their virtues and positive actions to others. It reflects a social habit of self praise and encouragement of moral behavior. The tone remains reflective and general.
Illiterate Roumania in Education Gap
A census shows two thirds of Roumania's 6 million population cannot read or write. Of the remaining one third, at most half can do little more than basic literacy, with one sixth fairly well educated. Reforms are hoped to follow to raise education levels. Roumania lags behind Russia in education.
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Grace Leamington
Stout
Grace
Roumania
Russia
Siena's Large Hats and Long Horns Noted Abroad
The piece highlights Siena Italy known for its distinctive large hats worn by women and its cattle with long horns. The hats, called Leghorn hats in America, are a local product unique to Siena though widely exported under foreign names.
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Siena
Italy
America
Nova Scotia blacksmith unveils copper hardening claim
A Nova Scotia blacksmith says he has discovered how to harden copper and has forged a copper razor that shaves well. He claims copper can be made to any required hardness.
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Nova Scotia
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Michigan
Chicago
Morris C. Stettheimer
JF Bunn
Father Time
S. E. Kiser
Jerusalem
Pullman
Chicago Record-Herald
DR. W. Livingston
Illinois
John S. Rockefeller
Ida M. Tarbell
State
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