Rousseau family in probate court contradicting tale of son
In East Cambridge Probate Court Mrs. Sarah Rousseau testified that James Delbert Rousseau is her son amid cross examinations over letters hair and receipts. The hearing drew a large crowd as she and other Rousseau family members faced questions from attorneys about claimed maternity and identity.
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Daniel Russell
East Cambridge
James Delbert Rousseau
Leslie A. Simpson
Rousseau
Fielding
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Lizzie Vice
Mr. Simpson
Vice
James D. Russell
Jim
Simpson
North Dakota
Medway
Proctor
Daniel Blake Russell
James Rousseau
Mrs. Rousseau
Berry & Upton
James D. Rousseau
New York State
Confesses to Pension Fraud in Brooklyn Case
Edward Volckmer, 65, was arrested in Brooklyn on federal charges of filing a false pension affidavit in the name of a dead veteran. He allegedly claimed to be Edward O'Brien of the Sixteenth Massachusetts Infantry and received a pension until 1894. Volckmer never enlisted, but served as a camp follower with the Army of the Potomac beginning at age 14.
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New York
Edward Volckmer
Brooklyn
Edward O’brien
Sixteenth
Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers
Volckmer
Army of the Potomac
How Hub Man Got For Coat
Samuel Klaus a Boston mining engineer was sentenced to a year in prison after entering a Broadway auto agency to buy a car then taking the proprietor’s fur overcoat. He pretended to arrange a demonstration, wrote a $1475 check on Chase National Bank which bounced, and escaped with the coat on a cold day.
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New York
Samuel Klaus
Boston
Swann
Broadway
Chase National Bank
Klaus
Mill Girl Heiress Heads to New York Society
Providence R I January 11 1920 The 1 050 000 inheritance of Alice May Maloneyson Pickup a Riverpoint mill worker and heir to Branford Maloneyson lands her in New York high society She plans to move to 766 Columbus Avenue end join the 400 after a settlement in New York and a November 23 transfer Her husband John H Pickup and she have married since 1909 and worked at the Royal mill The Swedish born heiress describes her upbringing and plans to enter elite circles in the city
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R. I
Alice May Maloneyson Pickup
Royal Mill
Riverpoint
Columbus Avenue
New York
Post
Pickup
Maloneyson
Alice May
John H. Pickup
New Bedford
Curtiss Sets 55 MPH Passenger Speed Record in Air Show
Glenn H. Curtiss in a Curtiss biplane establishes a new world speed record of 55 miles per hour with a passenger aboard. He also breaks a timespan record for lift off, while Louis Paulhan fails to match the speed. Paulhan flies with a mechanician for three miles but does not equal Curtiss’s speed. Edgar S. Smith is injured by a Langley machine propeller during the meet.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Louis Paulhan
Edgar S. Smith
Langley
Los Angeles
Cal
Paulhan
M. Fancuilli
Spectacular aeroplane finale at Aviation Field
Four aeroplanes battled a stiff sea breeze before 30 000 spectators as Edgar Smith was injured by a propeller during tuning. Paulhan in a Bleriot wowed the crowd with low altitude maneuvers while Curtiss, aboard a race biplane, set a new passenger speed record with Fancuilli aboard at 55 miles per hour judged by Lt. Paul Beck.
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Aviation Field
Edgar Smith
Langley
Paulhan
Curtiss
Rheims
Fancuilli
Paul Beck
Army Signal Corps
Polonaise Limp Becomes Paris In Fashion On Fifth Avenue
The polonaise limp, successor to the Directoire glide, arrives from Paris via London and is blamed on new apron skirts. Fashionable women on Fifth Avenue practice the gait as gowns sway from the waist to near the ankles, producing a deliberate limp.
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London
Fifth Avenue
Directoire
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
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