Montgomery News Items of Interest
Local notes list residents visiting relatives and attending events across nearby towns. Names include George B Drew James Mackell William Kennedy Maggie Bradley Anna Cahilh Janice Loughwiller and many others as they travel to Indianapolis Washington Cincinnati and Terre Haute for institute visits business and family occasions with reports of illnesses and mobility issues among townsfolk.
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George
Drew
James Mackell
William Kennedy
Maggie Bradley
Cannerburg
Teachers’ Institute
Forgery Case and Howland Will Through The Ages
A lengthy retelling of the Sylvia Ann Howland will forgery case and its famed participants Hetty Green and Albert Patrick. The narrative traces handwriting analysis from 19th century methods to modern tests, noting the forged Rice will and the contested second page with duplicated signatures. It highlights expert testimony, legal costs, and the lasting conclusion that Byda Ann Howland’s 1866 will stands. Also brief notes a Texas bank robbery at Fort Worth and a grain rate debate in Washington.
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New York
Sylvia Ann Howland
Hetty Green
Finance
America
Alvert Patrick
Bing
Americas
Patrick
Rodhy
Egeb
Patrick Owei
Valer Jones
Sylvia Anni Howland
Gedfort
Mass
Hett Robinson
Hetty Tobingon
Orcher
Mias Robinson
Howland Bh
Hoth
Miss Trobnnoon
United States
WMS
Pingbareu
Miss Rofansen
Burmera
Law Reporter
Byda Ann Howland
Royal Papers Found After Two Centuries In Cellar
Discovery in a Windsor cellar uncovers private letters and general correspon dence of King George II and George I. The papers, missing for decades, survived in the duke of Wellington’s former residence and were moved to Windsor for cataloging and potential publication.
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George 11
George Je
Wellingt
Gerandfather
George II
Trugtees
Woolavat J
Windsor
Aing
Etree
Than
Infant Toilers In Botham Youki Revelations From Hearings
Investigators report child labor in New York tenements as hearings by the state factory investigation commission reveal infants and young children toiling in home factories. One case cites an eighteen month old at work on artificial powers. families average five to six dollars weekly. Tuberculosis frequent in these households. hearings push for age limits and tenement factory laws with potential abolition of such work.
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Ivestigating Commission
New York
Cornek
Cornek Gover
Wogkera Bir
Moommon
Peane
Foigst
Paca
Bedbugs Transmit Plague Findings Stir Scientific Debate
A dubious tonality piece reports Vaelbitski and Quick on bedbugs as plague vectors in guinea pigs, noting experiments that show bedbugs can transmit plague and may pose greater risk than fleas. It cites lab work at St Peters and Cambridge, plus a warning on contaminated clothing and insect feces as infection sources.
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New York
Vaelbitski
Ym van Vilet Manning
Mr Quick
University of Cambridge
Siernal of Hygieneia
D. T. Verjbitskl
Rasalan
Imperial Institute of ‘Experimental Medicine
St. Peters
Anton
Blossoms for a Bridal Day and Hospital Charities
A wedding scene unfolds with a bride gifting flowers to a ragged boy as she departs in a carriage. She had bought bouquets for children’s hospitals the day before, and the decorations mirrored her charity. The bride wore a lace gown and ivory tones, said to bring luck, while the crowd watched the moment. Also noted: a 116-year-old Dublin basket maker and other city notices.
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Lori Anter
Countess Hu
W. Shert
Bernt
Public park plan eyed for Equitable site in New York
A proposed park on the former Equitable Building site in downtown New York would convert the burned property into a sunlit playground for hundreds of children. Proponents argue a single million dollars could fund play areas, replacing dangerous street play with safe recreation. The piece recalls the 17th century garden once at the location and a 1688 seller’s garden by Philip Stentenberg.
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New York
New York Park
Equitable
Philip Stentenberg
Slander Case In Yonkers Court Involving Landlady
New York report details Mrs. Jennie Villeon of Buena Vista filing slander charges against landlady Nellie Peterson in Yonkers police court. A violent incident in a tenement led to Frederick Schoonmaker’s death as Wilson and others confronted a misidentified man in the stair vestibule.
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New York
Jennie Villeon
Buena, Vista
Yonkers
Nellie Peterson
Las
Former Floradora member stranded in Texan farm romance
Dessa Gibson, once a Floradora sextet member and wife of Draper Daugherty, failed to turn him from a Broadway habit into a farmer’s husband. Daugherty returned to New York as Gibson, backed by money, faced a potential loss of status and millions if a court or elder Daugherty intervenes.
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Floradora
Texan Farm
Bon of
Faery M) Daughisty
Hubbland
Fort Worth
Tex
Dessa Gibson
Draper Daugherty
Columbus
Daugherty
New York
Draper
Columbia
Millenaira
Luffale
Harry
M. Daugherty
Nessa
Cork
Floredora
Adn
King Punishes A Driver in Paris Tale of Royal Irony
An anecdote from the king of Spain recounts a driver in Madrid struggling up a steep hill with a cart drawn by two exhausted horses. A passing car with a young man and his companion halted, the kingly motorist intervened, roughed the driver, and warned him to complain to the king of Spain.
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Paris
Spain
Madrid
Alfon
Queen Victoria
Science hits living cost by heat in food studies
In Carnegie Laboratory and Bellevue Hospital, researchers Dr Graham Rush of Cornell Medical and Mr Eugene Dubess test food heating properties using a respiration calorimeter. One subject has endured nearly three days in the calorimeter, monitored by telephonic reports from doctors as the device measures body temperature during controlled intake.
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New York
Immigration Bill May Be Killed in Taft Veto Mood
Washington dispatch reports President Taft may veto the immigration bill citing the literacy clause as the deciding factor. The wire note reflects cautious, evolving positions on legislative fate and possible political repercussions.
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Washington
Taft
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