102 Year Old Widow Shrake Heads Six Generations of Shrakes
Mrs Lydia Shrake of McGregor Iowa, aged 102, claims six living generations. She raised a large family, sent five sons to the Union army during 1861 65, and has survived through toil and privation in frontier life along the Mississippi. She attributes longevity to hard work and continues to recount a long heritage and hopes for more descendants.
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Gaye
Washington Post
McGregor Iowa
United States
Lytia Aull Shrake
Mississippi
Wsala - Ingler
Shrike
William Salt
Jacob Shrake
Mr. Shrake
Wisconsin
Wessingippi
Wralusing
Alse
Mrs. Shrake
Shrake
America
Bell theft tale from Lower California mission bells
A San Diego story details an alleged plan to steal two Barcelona bells valued at about 49000 from a mission inland from San Quentin. The would‑be crew loaded the bells onto a Buick truck then dumped them into the sea when pursued by federal officers.
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San Quentin
Lower California
San Diego
Pedral Ofiala
Vufficera
TH Stickler
Imperial Valley
San Cuentin
Buckler
Stickler
San Quintin
California
Telemaches
Camtaker
Wow Can
Willam Olson
Olsen
San Kegans
Tam'tiar
Shearwater
National Museum
Tondon
Barcelona
Sain Quintin
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Boy Scouts Ban Bathing at Camp Archibald Butt
Local Boy Scout council bans swimming at Camp Archibald Butt except inside a wire enclosure after a sighting of a large shark near Annapolis. Arrangements will allow exhibition swimming in the wire enclosure at Chesapeake Beach opposite the bath house. Navy experiment stallion workers reported a 10 foot shark in the wake of their launch. other sightings at the Wicomico River mouth remain unverified.
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Severn River
Annapols
Boy Scout Council
Archibald Butt
Chesapeake Beach
Bath House
Annapolia
Forgetful Groom Marries Berry in Hagerstown Va Ceremony
Ernest A Mauck of North Bessemer Pa caused a mix up by using his divorced wife’s name instead of Maud M Berry of Elkton Va when applying for a license. After a misstep found at the Rev Dr Lynn’s parsonage they wedded and a second ceremony was planned. The tale unfolds amid mix ups and a rural Virginia setting.
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Ide V. Flynn
Luray
Mauck
Miss Berry
Century-Old Resident Abraham Wilson Dies Near Dear Park
Abraham E Wilson died yesterday near Dear Park at Wilcom Store ten days after his hundredth birthday. He never married and lived his life in the Cumberland area. He is survived by a sister, Miss Rachel Wilson of Piedmont, and suffered paralysis, hindering his ability to walk.
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Wison
Wilson
Washington Pout Cumberland
Abraham E Wlison
Wilcom Store
Dear Park
Rachel Wilson
Pied- Tmont
Austria to Raise Tobacco Prices 5 Percent Plus
Vienna July 22 The Austrian government will raise tobacco prices by more than 5 percent affecting cigars and cigarettes. The move aims to boost revenue from the tobacco monopoly by about a year. Postal rates are also set to rise 10 percent despite business opposition.
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Vienna
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