Mrs Thaw Delivers Gifts to 750 Prisoners at Tombs
Evelyn Thaw, on her 23rd birthday, joined Harry K Thaw as he acted as Santa for inmates at the Tombs distributing cigars cocoa and sugar to 750 prisoners including Giuseppe Capuzzo the alleged Sophie Kehrer killer. She says she will be the chief witness at Thaw’s coming trial and urges acquittal.
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New York
Evelyn Thaw
Park Avenue
Harry K. Thaw
Santa Claus
Giuseppe Capuzzo
Sophie Kehrer
Thaw
Girl Leads Burglar Gang in Springfield Robberies
Cleo Waugh, 19, admitted to Chief of Police R. E. O'Brien that she was among the leaders of a gang robbing stores and chicken roasts in Springfield over the past two months. She described her role as a spotter for the burglars and detailed the jobs in which she participated.
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Springfield
Cleo Waugh
R. E. O'Brien
Librarian E F L Gauss Dies in Chicago
E F L Gauss, first assistant librarian at the Chicago Public Library, died in Chicago on Christmas Day. He had served the library for many years and was highly regarded in professional circles. His death leaves a vacancy in the city’s library leadership.
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Chicago
E. F. L. Gauss
Chicago Public Library
Divorce Court Prepares 200 Cases for January Term
The January term of the Divorce Court presided by Judge Fessenden will convene next Monday with 200 cases set for presentation. The text notes January as a popular month for divorces, akin to June for weddings.
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Fessenden
Hughes Condition Improves After Illness
Albany December 25 Governor Hughes shows marked improvement after grip attack as reports describe his condition as much better with medical staff monitoring his recovery.
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Albany
Hughes
Soul mates romance shakes Brooklyn court in four suits
In Borough Park a tangled case unfolds as Charles Stoddard sues real estate broker George Hermann for 50000 alleging alienation of his wife Ella Stoddard. Mrs Stoddard sues Mrs Hermann and others for 10000 alleging slander over claimed soul mate affair and letters. Hermann denies wrongdoing while accusing the suit of resting on gossip and office intrigues.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Borough Park
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Julia Kuttner
Charles B. Stoddard
Vigilancia
George J. Hermann
Ella St. Claire Stoddard
Mr. Hermann
Dean Sumner Visits West Side Saloon To Offer Help
Chicago scene at Levinsky's on Green and Lake as Dean Walter T Sumner of the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul speaks to the crowd of thieves ex convicts and African Americans. He offers aid and hands out Christmas cards with the church address inviting troubled individuals to seek help.
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Chicago
Walter T. Sumner
Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul
West Side
Levinsky
Green and
Lake Streets
Cupid Links Aged Couple In Simple East Somerville Nuptials
Robert S. Bateman aged 75 and Jennie J. Allen aged 55 were married yesterday afternoon at Mrs. E. L. Hews home in East Somerville. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Harry P. Rankin. Bateman, a Beekman N Y native, served in Troop I of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War and later worked as a pension department messenger in Washington.
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Robert S. Bateman
Jennie J. Allen
E. L. Hews
Rush Street
East Somerville
Harry P. Rankin
Flint Street
M. E
Bateman
Beekmantown
N. Y
Mooers Forks
Miss Allen
Third
Wisconsin Cavalry
Washington
Harrison
Young Men's Aid Holds Annual Dance in Boston
About 1000 young people attended the Boston Young Men's Aid Association dance at Odd Fellows Hall last evening. The arrangement committee included M Heiman as chairman A H Cohen as secretary A Stein as treasurer and M M Egges L Gordon J Rabinowitz P S Feinberg IE I Miller A B Steele and J Williams.
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Boston Young Men's Aid Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
M. Heiman
A. H. Cohen
A. Stein
M. M. Egges
L. Gordon
J. Rabinowitz
P. S. Feinberg
IE. I. Miller
A. B. Steele
J. Williams
Taft Delivers Philippine Trip Report to Washington
Secretary Taft returned from Cincinnati with a completed report on his Philippine tour. The President is expected to present the report to Congress with a special message.
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Washington
Taft
Cincinnati
Congress
Commission of Seventeen Delays Congo Annexation Explaination
The Commission of Seventeen in Brussels refers back to the government the question of the crown domain tied to the Belgium Congo Independent State annexation treaty for fuller explanation.
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Brussels
Commission of Seventeen
Belgium
Congo
Aged Man Wins Love After Brief Courtship in Worcester
In Worcester on December 25, Andrew M. Schofield a septuagenarian and widow Eliza A. Davis, 63, wed in a ceremony led by Rev. I H Packard of Park Avenue Church. Schofield compared his nuptials to Thomas H Dodge’s marriage at 84 last week, noting age should not deter marriage.
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Worcester
Andrew M. Schofield
Eliza A. Davis
I. H. Packard
Park Avenue Church
Schofield
Thomas H. Dodge
Babies Toss Coin to Identify Parents in Port Jervis Mix
In Port Jervis, at Deer Park Sanitarium, William H. Lent and John Cross agreed to flip a coin to decide which baby belonged to Lent and which to Cross after nurses mixed them. The incident occurred on December 25 as the two infants arrived with their mothers. In Chicago, the Widows Club met at Marie Russell’s home and unanimously allowed members to exercise leap year marriage proposals in 1908.
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Port Jervis
William H. Lent
John IF
Cross
Lent
Mrs. Cross
Deer Park Sanitarium
Chicago
Chicago Widows’ Club
Marie Russell
Forty-first Street
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