Religious fanatic dies by own action in river plunge
New York on February 2 hospital attendants using grappling irons in the East River reported the death of Henry Pennington Toler. A Princeton graduate and former Wall Street broker, he had been confined in Ward's Island insane asylum since July and leaped into the river. He sank in the Hell Gate eddy shortly after escaping.
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New York
East River
Henry Pennington Toler
Princeton
Wall Street
Ward
Hell Gate
Toler's Violent Descent After Church Controversy
Toler became violently insane last summer after conflicts within the First Church of Christ, Scientist in this city. For a time he supported Mrs. Augustas F. Stetson, the deposed first reader, but subsequently he
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Toler
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Augustas F. Stetson
Ten Years Test of Eczema Cure Offers 25 Cent Trial Bottle
A ten year test of oil of wintergreen in D D D Prescription proves its merit for skin diseases. The ad promotes a 25 cent trial bottle from D D D Laboratories and Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores, claiming immediate itch relief and skin soothing benefits. The liquid penetrates to the inner skin, killing germs without clogging the outer layer.
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D. D. D. Laboratories
Chicago
Riker-Jayones
Man Driven to Asylum By Dream of New Jerusalem
He abandoned his brokerage, gave his money to the church, and became a first reader after threats and claims about sent letters. He believed Harlem’s upper section and Mary Baker Eddy owned property worth three billion dollars and organized a movement to reclaim it for a New Jerusalem. His fortune dwindled, his wife left, and he collapsed mentally.
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Christian Science
Toler
Pos
Harlem
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Jerusalem
British Charity Ball Showcases World War II Era Attire At Somerset Hotel
A Boston charity ball at the Hotel Somerset featured British military uniforms alongside elegant gowns as veterans from the Royal Horse Artillery Canadian Fusiliers Highland brigade and more paraded in a hollow square. A reception honored guests led by Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham with Governor Draper absent due to a family death. Proceeds support the British Charitable Society and its Women’s Auxiliary aiding Britons worldwide and born in the UK Ireland and Canada.
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Somerset
Boston
God Save the King
United States
Royal Horse Artillery
Canadian Fusiliers
Highland Brigade
Rifle Brigade
Sixtieth Rifles
Africa
Egypt
India
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police
Draper
Frothingham
Coaley
Manton
de Lumichrast
Humphrey
F. C. de Sumichrast
Alderman Ballantyne
James H. Devlin, Jr
Irish Soclety
James Brough
Woman's Auxiliary Board
Scots’ Charitable Society
Fred J. Macleod
Intercolonial Club
BE. Muldowney
British Naval and Military Veterans’ Association
Charles E. Williams
British Empire Club
Sons of St. George
John Scholes
Lnited British Societies of
Lawrence
M. Graeme Haughton
Victorian Club
J. Davis Roberts
British Charitable Society
Mr. Davies
Comrodition Society
Joseph M. Young
Manchester Unity
Springfield
James Humphrey
Woman's Auxiliary British Charitable Society
Joseph H. Taylor
British Club of
Rhode Island
Henry Coaley
Daughters of St. George
John B. Masson
Peter Kerr
Order of Scottish Clans
Howard Noble
Henry D Dupee
William Alexander
Highland Dress Association
Elizabeth Jones
Independent Order Daughters of St. George
Son of Eugene Field faces divorce suit in Chicago
Eugene Field Jr., son of the late poet, is defendant in a divorce filed in the Superior Court. Mrs. Field at 1447 Pemberton avenue says they separated three weeks ago after differences over ad ventures, books, and temperament. She alleges improper conduct around April 15 1909 with a woman at 292 Wabash avenue, while noting their romance began in New Orleans with a rapid engagement and marriage in 1905.
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Chicago
Eugene Field
West
Superior Court
Pemberton Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Mrs. Field
Wabash Avenue
Ohio
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Cornell View of Marriage and Divorce
Ithaca Feb 2 Walter F Willcox sociologist told his Cornell class that birth and child rearing give the state jurisdiction over marriage and divorce He said without this factor he might favor free love He noted divorce is four times higher in childless households and argued rigid laws promote immorality
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Ithaca
Cornell
Walter F. Willcox
Boy Defends Mother Against Assailant on Harrison Avenue
Edward Shannon ten, rushed to his mother’s aid as John Edwards also known as Charles Avery struck her at the door on Harrison Avenue near Dover Street. Edwards was found guilty by Judge Bolster and sentenced to one month in the house of correction.
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Edward Shannon
Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
John Edwards
Charles Avery
M. Shannon
Edwards
Freight rate war averted as New Haven raises class one
New Haven railroad announces higher first class rate from 69 to 75 cents per 100 pounds on Canadian Pacific and Ontario and Western routes. The move aligns with standard trunk line rates and eases fear of a Western trunk line rate war. Effective date set for April 1 following legal arrangements.
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New Haven, Conn
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Canadian Pacific
Ontario and Western
New Haven
Trunk Line
Erie and Lackawanna
New Haven Railroad
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