Woman hurls bricks on ex-lover's home in Jersey City
New York socialite Wilma Kadowsky, spurned after a divorce and a new marriage, testified in court that years of love letters and broken promises drove her to bombard James Batchelar's Summit Avenue home with three bricks. She seeks $5000 for breach of promise and was paroled by Justice Murphy.
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New York
Wilma Kadowsky
West Sixty-fourth Street
Manhattan
Jersey City
James Batchelar
Summit Avenue
Mr. Batchelar
Batchelar
Josie McGoldrick
Lyons
N. Y
Hair Just Appears on the Face of a 60 Year Old Man
Luke Schmidt of Fall River, a 60 year old resident, suddenly grew facial hair after ten days. Doctors and barbers find it puzzling while Schmidt enjoys weekly shaves. He plans to grow a full beard and mustache modeled after Emperor William of Germany.
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Fall River
Luke Schmidt
Ifis
Mr. Schmidt
Cornean Street
Schmidt
William of
Germany
Anarchist Colony Idea Fails In Palmeira Brazil
Felix Dubois cites the 1880s Palmeira colony Cecilia in Parana where about 150 Reds founded a community that lasted under three years before returning to Paris. He notes money and laziness as main failing elements and argues such tests expose anarchist theories amid global debates on governance.
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Paris
Felix Dubois
Hoar
St. Helena
France
Palmeira
Parana
Brazil
Cecilia
Senate
Congress
United States
M. Dubois
Giovanni Rossi
Europe
Siberia
Larceny Case Ties Pork to Beer Value in Albany Area
Christmas eve thefts led to arrests for larceny of poultry hams and $2 from J. J. Mulligan. Officers Rooney and McCarthy traced the goods noting pork and turkey traded for a pint of lager. Suspects listed include James J. Barry John J Murphy David Kneeland David Mulvey Edward J Coote with early Harrison avenue connections.
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J. J. Mulligan
Paetroimen
Rooney and
McCarthy
Albany Street
James J. Barry
Harrison Avenue
John J. Murphy
Hunneman Street
David J. Kneeland
David Mulvey
Dearborn Street
Edward J. Coote
Nawn Street
Aft Vision
Harrison Av
Sisters Win Million Each in Klondike Venture
Chicago reports Bertha Purdy and her sister Mrs Petellow rose from penniless conditions in the Klondike to fortunes near one million dollars each. They started in a tent, operated a small store, then prospered through Dawson into substantial gold dust cash and mining claims.
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Chicago
Klondike
Bertha Purdy
Purdy
Petellow
John Miles
Nome
Miles
Seattle
Dawson
Dufferin Patellow
Sweden
Taunton Police Chief Orders Uniform Standards
Taunton on December 24, Chief of Police Dunbar aims for a well dressed force with uniform appearance as a virtue for all ranks. Rules include black shoes only with blue uniforms, clean and shiny, tan shoes barred, straw hats in summer, helmets removed seasonally, clothes kept clean and stain free, white gloves possibly worn on Sundays and holidays.
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Taunton
Dunbar
Hurley
Saleen
Boston Traveler Tour to Washington by Fall River Line
Joseph P. Taggart of the New England Petroleum Association advertises a personally conducted tour leaving Boston Friday evening on several dates including Jan 17 and ending after five days in Washington. The rate is 25 dollars covering all expenses plus hotel board, with visits to Philadelphia and New York and stop-over privileges.
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Boston
Fall River Line
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Joseph P. Taggart
Washington Street
Swiss Admit Burke Heiress Pose as Margaretha Kloeti
After years of European court scrutiny the Swiss gov ernment recognizes Mrs Thomas Burke as Margaretha Kloeti alive in New York. A Zurich bank deposit of 400 plus interest from 1882 will be sent as a New Year gift, confirming her identity and lineage from Louisa Kloeti of Third Avenue.
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New York
Thomas Burke
Margaretha Kloen
Louisa Kloeti
Third Avenues
Eleventh Street
Jacob Robert Kloeti
Margaretha
Dean's Ointment Ad Promises Quick Healing
A vintage ad touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for various ailments, claiming it ends sleepless nights and daytime distractions caused by a “horrible plague.” Sold at drug stores for 50 cents, the terse copy emphasizes reliability and availability.
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Dean
Water Front Notes From A Busy Harbor Day
A rescue by Captain Conrad of the British schooner Scintilla saved a pota to shipmate cast overboard near Commercial pier in the Bay of Fundy. Harbor life saw no disasters as foreign ships enjoyed Vermont turkeys and plums duff while Glasgow plans a public dinner to calm plague fears. Mystic Conn will launch the five masted Jennie R Dubois and shipbuilder A D Story of Essex prepares an auxiliary vessel for Captain Solomon Jacobs of Gloucester with Bertelsen Powers engines.
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Conrad
Scintilla
Commercial Pier
Souris
P. Is. I
Bay of Fundy
Vermont
Glasgow
Glasgow Central Station
Mystic
Conn
Jennie R. Dubois
A. D. Story
Essex
Lexington
Cape Cod
Solomon Jacobs
Gloucester
Helen Miller Gould
Bertelsen & Powers
East
Boston
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
England
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Berwick Park
Mass
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Hotel Plaza
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Tremont St
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London Hospital
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Court Street
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Commonwealth Ave
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Tug Standard
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Buenos Ayres
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Halsid Drug Co
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School St
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Priend St
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I. W. Palmer
Washington, D. C
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