Killed Eating Piece of Bread
In Portland Maine an eight year old boy, Percy Verrill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Verrill of South Windham, died after bread lodged in his windpipe during play. A lump of bread slipped as he ran and jumped, causing his collapse and death within minutes. Madrid reports King Alfonso received a telegram from Emperor William noting the Belgian woman Mlle Douterligne, condemned to death, had been freed.
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Portland
Percy Verrill
Nathaniel Verrill
South Windham
Madrid
Paris
Alfonso
William
Mlle. Douterligne
Danderine Promises Lustrous Hair With Quick Results
An advertisement touts Danderine as the easy inexpensive solution for heavy soft fluffy hair free of dandruff. It claims a 25 cent bottle improves appearance within ten minutes and, after two weeks, hair becomes new and downy. It asserts Danderine grows hair stops shedding cures itchy scalp and never fails.
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Knowlton’s Anderine
Advt
Germans Must Return Appam to English Owners
In a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court ordered restoration to English owners of the liner Appam and its cargo seized by a German raider. The ship and cargo, valued at 3 to 4 million dollars, must be delivered within 30 days.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Appam
Hampton Roads
Moewe
Court upholds neutrality ruling on prizes in American ports
Justice Day writes for the court affirming the Virginia federal judge's decree and Secretary Lansing's ruling that prizes arriving unaccompanied by captor ships may remain only to become seaworthy. The Appam case finds American ports were not to be used as depots for belligerent spoils, upholding neutrality and prohibiting capture prizes from lingering in U S harbors.
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Justice Day
Waddill
Virginia
Lansing
Appam
Hampton Roads
Berg
London
United States
Appam Tied Up in Norfolk as Prize Crew Held
The liner Appam remains in Norfolk tied to a dock under U S marshal custody. German prize commander Lieutenant Hans Berg and his crew were removed to Philadelphia and interned after diplomatic severance on Feb 3. Berg threatened to blow the ship rather than surrender to enemies.
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Appam
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Hans Berg
Berg
Prisoners Testify in Noble and Robbins Drug Trial
A woman from Charles Street jail and a Deer Island inmate testified in Superior Criminal Court as Doctors Lemuel Noble and Eliot Robbins face charges of illegally dispensing drugs to addicts. The witnesses linked prescriptions to Noble's office and the Walter Baker Sanitarium, with the man noting prescriptions from both doctors. Officials said addicts returned to normal after complete deprivation of their drug.
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Flora Hadley
Charles Street
Deer Island
Lemuel C. Noble
Eliot D. Robbins
Superior Criminal Court
Noble
Walter Baker Sanitarium
Dr. Noble
Baker Sanitarium
Quinn
Shaw
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Aita
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Tian
BUGS
Axminster
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Cretonne
Fogo
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Standard
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New Wilson
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Germany
U. S
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James Stillman
William Graves Sharp
Walter M. Barry
M. P. Peixoto
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Berges
Senate
S.somstantoo
Tivepeast
Chine
Hamburg
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