Insurance of Paupers’ Lives Provokes City Officials
New York city charity commissioners blame the insurance of paupers’ lives for years under a flawed law. Undertakers and distant relatives profit while beneficiaries forget policy details. Industrial insurers deny knowledge of the practice, yet the ill system keeps paupers in Potter’s Field as beneficiaries hope for a payout. The piece calls the scheme a horrible game with human lives as stakes.
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New York
Commissioners of Charities
Potter's Field
Potter’s Field
Neville Gile suit moves fast as court hears death claim
In Boston Superior Court the Neville Gile case advanced rapidly in the fourth session. Mrs Gile testified why she should not be liable for 50000 dollars for alienation of Captain Neville affections. The widow, Mrs Neville, attended with her son, as spectators packed the courtroom. The testimonies touched on the captain’s life, travels, and relations with Mrs Gile before his death, with witnesses detailing past arrangements and family disputes.
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Neville-Gile
Superior Court
Neville
R. J. Neville
Captain Neville
Ashmont Street
Atkinson
Napoleon
van Nyville
Boston
R T Almy Christmas Hints Bargain Clothes for All
Retail notice from R T Almy & Co promoting Christmas gifts with heavy discounts on suits overcoats ulsters and boys wear. Highlights include Suits from $6.75 to $15, Overcoats from $7.75 to $15, Ulsters at $8.75, and numerous boys suits and reefers priced as low as $2.63 to $5.00. Early selections encouraged.
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Black
Oxford
Boston
Captain Neville Affair Hearings Describe Family Ties
Testimony in a colonial defense hearing unfolds scenes aboard a yacht and in a Boston cabin as Mrs Gile and Mrs Hills discuss a captain, a long acquaintance, and alleged financial and personal dealings. The record notes a trunk inspection, a medical history, and pending adjournment to Monday morning.
Armstrong Dies by Own Hand in Chicago Shooting
Louis Armstrong, manager of the Imperial Hotel, killed himself yesterday. Among his letters was a note to actress Vera Hall begging forgiveness and declaring love before death. Hall, present during the shooting, was left in critical condition by the shock. Armstrong reportedly had a romantic history and a Worcester, Massachusetts father who is a leading businessman.
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Chicago
Louis Armstrong
Imperial Hotel
Vera Hall
Tragic Ottawa Fire Claims Leahy Family
A residence owned by Patrick Leahy burned in Ottawa early today. Patrick Leahy and five of his children Thomas Marie Kate Maggie and Patrick aged nine perished. Mrs Leahy and a boy named Frank, aged five, survived. It is believed a lighted lamp caused the blaze.
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Ottawa
Ont
Patrick Leahy
Leahy
Thomas
Marie
Kate
Maggie
Patrick
Jones Pleads Not Guilty in Arsenic Murder Case
Alfred W. Jones, arrested for murdering his mother by arsenic poisoning, pleaded not guilty in Dover Police Court. Evidence from a private inquest led County Solicitor Nasson to request a December 20 hearing. The case hinges on family feuds, missing valuables, and claims of jealousy over property and wills. Mrs. Jones and Alfred's defense hint at others being implicated.
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Dover
Alfred W. Jones
Nasson
Dover Court House
D. H. Goodell
Antrim
Alfred
Avery
Wood
Nason
Jones
Men In Court Today
New Hampshire
Alfred Jones
Jane
Harvard
William Jones
Prescott
Willey
Post
Chairman Avery
Milton Selectmen
Sally Jones
Milton
Edgerley
N. H
Boil Death at Medfield Insane Asylum
A 42 year old inmate, William W. Spearing, died after being scalded in a bath at Medfield Insane Asylum. The water ran hot due to likely misadjustment, and he burned for twenty four hours before death. An attendant was discharged after officials attributed the accident to bath procedure lapses.
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Medfield Insane Asylum
William W. Spearing
Spearing
French
Medfield Asylum
Mayor Ramsdell Tangles Lynne Hotel License Shakeup
Mayor Ramsdell plans to replace Commissioner Herrick with former commissioner William E. Neal as ten of Lynne's eleven hotel licenses are canceled triggering a battle over appointments. Charges of prejudging cases surface against Herrick, while liquor dealers call the move a $20,000 hold-up. If Herrick is removed, a court challenge is expected.
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Lynn
Lynne
Ramsdell
Herrick
Ramsdeill
William E. Neal
Lcenses
Shady Side forms vigilante to catch Peeping Tom
A vigilante committee forms in Guttenburg New Jersey to capture a Peeping Tom who has terrorized women along Bullsferry Road. He has narrowly escaped gunfire four times, with residents including Charles Bower and Thomas Herman attempting to catch him as frightened residents report windows peered at and taunting laughter.
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Guttenburg
N. J
Shady Side
Here
Bullsferry Road
Charles Bower
Thomas Herman
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