Goodfellow Pioneer Debates Estate Plan For Probate
John Goodfellow's will leaves a large estate to be managed by trustee A Van Valkenburg with a $100000 bond for a special administrator to collect and preserve assets. The will provides income to seven children and a unique clause to cash out remaining shares to surviving descendants once all children are gone. The 1917 will, witnessed by J H Anderson and J W Schubert, outlines notes mortgages cash bonds and land contracts totaling over 100000.
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John Goodfellow
A. van Valkenburg
la Porte City
Goodfellow
Big Creek Township
van Valkenburg
Mr. Goodfellow
Mr. van Valkenburg
Jennie Kennedy
Mary McNamara
Winnifred King
Alice Kline
George Goodfellow
William Goodfellow
J. H. Anderson
J. W. Schubert
Jail sugar profiteering verdict hints prison plan
New York November 15 The first sugar profiteering conviction in this federal district was secured Julius and Charles Roth commission merchants found guilty by a jury of selling sugar at 221/2 cents a pound purchased at 98 4 cents a pound Federal Judge Knox presiding indicated he would sentence the men to prison if the law is to have any real effect.
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New York
Julius
Charles Roth
Knox
Typhus Wave Ravages Galicia Amid Scarce Aid
Galician front reports describe a severe typhus outbreak spreading through villages unreachable by doctors. Red Cross presence expands as hospitals are ruined and supplies scarce. Authorities fear winter will worsen the crisis with vermin spread and higher mortality. British wool shipments to the United States are arranged to ease material shortages for clothing makers amid domestic questions.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Red Cross
Col
Halban
Galinian Front
American Red Cross
National Costume for Men Evolved in France
In Roubaix France Oct 17 National costume for men ready for market first lot 25000 suits price 110 francs. Tailor profit 10 francs a suit. Cloth cotton warp woolen filling navy to gray to green. Aimed at wage earners and salaried men. Andre de Fouquieres will buy one on sale. Much cloth produced in Roubaix and Tourcoing government aided as manufacturers faced wartime shortages and wage pressures.
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Roubaix
France
Associated Prc
Andre de Fouquieres
Hoe
Tourcoing
Garage Doorkeeper Opens 146000 Times In Year
Hellenschmidt operates the Repass station doors, tallying about 146000 openings and closings in nine months on the job. He counts roughly 400 door actions daily, with 236 at the south door and 216 at the north, where cooling slows use. Visitors signal entry by honks as the doors glide on a wheeled mechanism.
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Hellenschmidt
Repass
Flivver
Japanese railway officials drop gold braid symbols
In Tokyo on October 7 the unpopularity of militarism leads to the removal of glittering shoulder straps and swords from railway officials. The practice, begun about ten years ago, ends as railway workers adopt a more democratic appearance and style.
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Tokio
Waterloo Eyes Coal Shortage Relief Amid Stocked Supplies
Waterloo reports 1000 to 1200 tons on hand and 5000 to 6000 tons in transit as state fuel chief Charles Webster arrives. He warns two to three weeks remain before new coal shipments. New distribution rules require applications for coal to avoid distress, with railroads directing allocations to prevent favored customers.
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Waterloo
Charles Webster
Webster
New Hampton
W. T. Proctor
Regional Coal Committee
Paw
Army and Navy
Office Boys Hard To Get In Chicago News
Chicago officials discuss dwindling office boy supply as wages rise. Experts cite stricter child labor laws and school attendance increases, with more youths choosing trades or continuing schooling rather to take office positions.
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Chicago
Office Post
Office Pet
William Bachrach
Rusty oranges blamed on tiny piercing insect
A damaged text item describes rust or orange fruit affected by a minute spiderlike insect. It notes the insect punctures the rind with a sharp awl like tool as the fruit ripens on the tree. The description ends abruptly while detailing the insect’s punching action.
Persian poet laureate kept busy on royal progresses
Narcisse Persia notes that in Persia the shah on travels kept a poet laureate among his retinue. The laureate was tasked with versifying much of the king’s utterances and deeds, while the historiographer recorded them for posterity.
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Narcisse Persia
Persia
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British Ministry of Munitions
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Ministry of Munitions
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Miss Sedgewick
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Texas Drilling Syndicate
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W. R. Law
Washington
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Benjamin J. Rosenthal
Boyce
Columbia
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Cleveland
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Cleveland, Ohio
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