Woman Prisoner on Barge Five Years Sparks Feud
In Jersey City the feud between barge captains erupts as Martha Warn, wife of one captain, daughter of the other, is alleged to have been held on her elderly husband’s coal barge for five years. Police recovered the tale after a fight between William Warn and Arthur W Banks led Banks to reveal the claim. Warn to be arraigned for a wearing before Recorder Mills.
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Jersey City
N. J
William Warn
Arthur W. Banks
Warn
Banks
Inin
Martha Warn
Bank
Recorder Mills
Salaries of city workers listed in Tammany Hall payroll
A New York City payroll shows salaries for numerous Colored citizens under Tammany Hall management. Names include Ferdinand Q Merton, James Watson, James D McLemmon, Chauncey Hooper, Jonza Burnham, Henry Johnson, Robert Parker, and many others with varying annual pay from 1,200 to 5,600 dollars. Married notice: Ruth L Johnson wed Walter M Jackson at Mrs Aenes Jones’s home in Yadkins Street with Rev Thos G Howard officiating.
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New York City
Tammany Hall
Ferdinand Q Merton
Civil Commission
James 8. Watson
Aust. Corp. Counsel
James D. McLencon
James H. G. Green
Stenapragher
Chauncey Hooper
Jonza F. Burnham
Henry Johnson
Robert L. Parkern
Harry Bragg
Horace ©. Miller
Joseph Eppse
Edwin F. Horne
Lorenzo L. Hurke
Cornelious A. Hughes
Edgar L. Ross
I. Newton Braithwaite
Arthur Morgan
James H. Havenell
John C. Bell, Jr
Grace Campbell
Mattie Wiggins
Charles C. Allison
Maj. Wm. H. Jackson
Emma T. Wood
Lillie M. Carr
Josephs. Brown
Veteran's Relief Commission
Ruth L. Johnson
Ivanhoe
Walter M. Jackson
Pocahontas
Aenes Jones
Yadkins Street
Thos G. Howard
John Stewart M. EB
Paramount
New York
Royal Theatre
Walter Woods
Anthony Caldeway
Leroy Scott
James Cruze
Louise Dresser
Virginia Lee Corbin
Kathryn Williams
Ricardo Cortez
Missionary Society Notes and Local Social Update
The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church reports net receipts of 328.70 with Club No 1 contributing 200.10 and Club No 2 led by Mrs A A Brown at 128.60. A luncheon followed a brief business session hosted by Mrs Maggie Martin. The next regular meeting is at Mrs Sampson Adams home. Clarence Ward and Charles Rutherford of Wolfe visited Crozer friends.
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Ple Baptist
Club No
Walter Spencer
Club
A. A. Brown
Missionary Society
Maggie Martin
Sampson Adams
Woman's Baptist District Convention
Upland Baptist Church
Lola M. Mack
Clarence Ward
Charles Rutherford
Wolfe
Crozer
Contents Unknown junior class play at Bluefield Colored Institute
The Bluefield Colored Institute junior class prepares the play Contents Unknown to be staged Thursday in the school auditorium. A dress rehearsal is tonight with focus on singing and dancing from the girls, featuring Miss Elvine Porter as Carol King performing Love is a Painter.
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Bluefield Colored Institute
Elvine Porter
Carol King
Love
Hyder to Speak at John Stewart Church Program
Rev BE M Hyder pastor Edwards Memorial Presbyterian church will deliver the principal address at Bluefield event. He is a new addition to Bluefield’s ministry and will give many a chance to hear him. The program is directed by Mrs Ethel M Harris, president of the local Child Study Club.
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BE. M. Hyder
Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church
Mr. Hyder
Bluefield
John Stewart Church
Ethel M. Harris
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office
Transfers include C L Townsley to J T Craft lot 4 and part of 6 section 4 Princeton for 1468.93 dollars and W E Ross to T O J Wilson et al lots 1 to 6 in Bluefield for 0 dollars along with several other deeds. Also note a stray phrase about Europe considering paying war debts, but not seriously.
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C L. Townsley
J. T. Craft
Princeton
Willis Alston
Maggie L. Alston
Day Street
Bluefield
T. OJ. Wilson
Lillie M. Johnston
J. C. Gentry
Arnold Craft
Beaver Pond
W. E. Ross
T. O J. Wilson
HH. A. Rice
F. B. Taylor
Union Street
G. P. Spence
Reid Land & Improvement Company
Roundhouse Addition
Princeton Land Company
J. M. Goodwin
Maine Avenue
Europe
Community notes from the city page four column
The report mentions a satisfactory oration and notes Mrs C B Thornton returning from a visit to Bristol and Roanoke. The brief item reads as local society news with personal updates rather than a major event.
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C. B. Thornton
Bristol
Roanoke
Retail Credit Men in National Meet
The Retail Credit Men’s Association with over 12 000 members will hold its thirteenth annual convention in Minneapolis Minnesota at the Nicollet Hotel from June 9 to 12 The event will cover all vital business topics related to better credits and will receive thorough attention.
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Retail Credit Men's Association
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Nicollet Hotel
Remarkable Endorsement for Mayr’s Remedy
After years of stomach trouble one speaker says Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy restored health. He notes a millionaire with stomach issues refuses patent medicines, while the remedy claims to remove mucus from the intestinal tract and reduce inflammation. One dose supposedly proves its value with money back guarantee. The White Pharmacy promotes widely.
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Mayr
Princeton Paragraphs Continued On Page Nine
Local items note guardianship for Roberta Wolverine with a $57 bond, a marriage license for John Edley and Ollie Moore, and a rain soaked day causing floods and school disruption. Mariners sail from shore as creeks rise, with police reports on car thefts, a staged Ford recovered near Kegley, and a liquor sale case postponed.
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Idaho
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Wimmer
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Schedal
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Spanishburg
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Cutiura
Tetra Laboratories
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