Mystery in Wife Leaving Husband Described at Divorce Suit
A two year marriage ends as G H Gutknecht seeks divorce from Lottie G Gutknecht for desertion. The couple, wed in June 1907, had peaceful relations until she stayed with her parents in St Johns Oregon after a visit in 1909. She gave no reason for not returning, despite letters from him urging her home. Rumors of remarriage surfaced but no proof was offered. The judge found the situation odd and granted the divorce.
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Oregon
Goig
B. F. Swisher
Suit over alleged assault by Pullman porter on Mrs Lillian Smith
Mrs Lillian Smith seeks damages of 5000 dollars claiming a negro cook, mistaken for the Pullman porter, seized her ankle while she dressed in a Pullman car on the C G W railway. Officials report the man was a passenger, not in quarters, and peered through curtains as she dressed. The case centers on bell functioning and whether the porter was in the smoking compartment when not on duty.
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Lillian M. Smith
C. G. W. Railway
Pullman Company
Mrmith
Cus
Parker Carnival Co
Sells-Floto
Smith
Minneapolis
Porter
Wilson Gives Tariff Views at Democratic Club
Presidential candidate Wilson outlines tariff positions before the National Democratic Club. Charles Durham of Lovington Illinois reports a positive bed wetting cure for a child using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes rapid improvement after two days and full cure after about six weeks.
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Charles Durham
Lovington
Licensed To Wed. Woodrow Wilson Talks Tariff Policy
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey addressed the National Democratic Club on tariff as the campaign’s chief issue. He denounced favoritism and patronage in tariff policy, urged a shift to principle and efficiency, and warned against harmful trusts and combinations that raise production costs. He argued for a strong, fair tax system and government that serves all, not a few.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
National Democratic Club
Democratic Party
Case
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Foley
Jas. McCaffery
Mer
Schlitz Hotel
Omaha
Neb
Foles
Taggart
Gage
Lillian Smith
Wilson
Newton H. Turbett
Cedar Falls
Finn Mae Mead
Clyde S. Mastain
F Hudson
Bertha Boyer
Hudson
America
Golden Eagle
A. Geismar, Prop
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