Cocktail Evidence Swirls in Brokaw Alimony Trial
In Mineola a lengthy divorce case features cocktails and cigarettes as focal points. Butler L. I. Sydney Woods testifies Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw used cocktails in various rooms and puffed cigarettes, while she contested only four cocktails and occasional smokes in her own testimony.
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New York
Mary Blair Brokaw
W. Gould Brokaw
Mineola
L. I
Sydney Woods
Brokaws
Lyons Letters Reveal Father Patrick Lyons Identity Death Tale
A Boston man, Walter W. Lyons, reports his father Patrick J. Lyons died November 16 while running an optical shop in San Antonio. The elder Lyons, aka Rev Payson Young, fled a Boston wife and three children 15 years earlier, became a self styled missionary and clergyman under various names, allegedly dying in North West Canada before reappearing in California as an Episcopalian priest.
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Walter W. Lyons
Bennington Street
Boston
Patrick J. Lyons
Rev
Payson Young
San Antonio
Tex
Lyons
Canada
California
Young
Nichols
Boston Post
Young Lyons
Denver
Flo
Disputed Cleric Payson Young Linked to Missing Alma Clark
The San Franciscan Rev Payson Young connected to the 1908 disappearance of Alameda art student Hena Clark is said to be dead in San Antonio. The case sparked a bishop led inquiry, a resignation, and public scandal as Lyons confronts his estranged father seeking recognition and possible legal action.
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Young Lyons
San Francisco
Payson Young
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Hdna Clark
Alameda
San Antonio
Tex
Copenhagen Panel Delays Judgment on Cook Polar Data
The Copenhagen committee probing Dr Frederick A Cook's polar data plans a non-committal report. Embarrassed by mixed findings and lacking proof, the panel aims to avoid adverse or favorable verdicts. A Copenhagen professor familiar with the proceedings outlined the situation.
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Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
University of Copenhagen
Danish professors split over Cook polar claim verdict
The committee members fail to reach a unanimous decision with Danish members urging favor of Cook and foreign members opposing. The plan is to issue a verdict that the committee cannot say whether Cook reached the pole. Data is incomplete and Cook will not be summoned. Professor Stromgren cited secrecy pending full data review.
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Cook
Dr. Cook
Stromgren
University of Copenhagen
Memorial Columns for Soldiers Field Bridge Proposal
Mayor Hibbard and City Engineer Jackson propose tearing down the old Soldiers Field bridge near Harvard Stadium to build a high model like the Alexander III bridge with Harvard class memorial columns. Boston would finance the plan, with Harvard to approve a bare outline structure to test the idea.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field Bridge
Hibbard
Jackson
Soldiers Field
Harvard Stadium
Seine
Paris
Boston
Cambridge
War Department
Doctored Pole Photo Claims Raise Pole Reach Doubts
Dr John Brashear of the University of Pittsburgh says Frederick Cook admitted faking the North Pole flag photo for slides and notes. He notes no shadow cast by the flag despite sunlight eight degrees from the horizon and questions the validity of Cook and Peary reaching the pole.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
John A. Brashear
University of Pittsburg
Brashear
Cook
Dr. Brashear
Dr. Cook
Widow of Adjutant General Dalton Dies at 70
Mrs. Hannah F. Dalton, 70, widow of the late Adjutant General William Dalton, died yesterday at the Hotel Westminster after a long illness. Born Hannah Nichols of Salem, she married General Dalton in 1862. Survived by daughter Edith B. and son R. Osborn.
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Hannah F. Dalton
William Dalton
Hotel Westminster
General Dalton
Hannah Nichols
Salem
Edith B
R. Osborn
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