Wo oing of Leah Maude Decker in Pennsylvania case
Miss Decker testifies about her relationship with Joe Squires during a school case. She describes letters threats and kisses, a snow wash incident, and attempts to kiss while protecting herself with a dishpan. Defense portrays her as honest. prosecutors denounce Uncle Edward and demand dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Griffing
Miss Decker
Squires
Post
Migs Decker
Pelletreau
Howell
Leah Maude
Victor Squires
Edward N. Squires
Timothy M. Griffing
Miss Enid Wilson Crowned England’s Ideal Beauty at London Ball
London society buzzes as Miss Enid Wilson captivates royalty and millionaires at a Hotel Cecil ball for Gordon Memorial College. The heiress, daughter of Charles Henry Wilson MP, is praised by artists as a rare English beauty and compared to historic duchesses.
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England
Enid Wilson
London
Cecil
Gordon Memorial College
Khartoum
Miss Wilson
Lady Godiva
Misa Wilson
Duchess of Leinster
Duchess of
Devonshire
Charles Henry Wilson
M. P
Arthur Wilson
Tranby Croft
Prince of Wales
Thomas Wilson
Null
Globe
Boston Harbor
Kipling’s Child Charm Across Continents
The passage describes Kipling playing with children as if he were one of them, never telling them idiotic things. It cites his preface to Wee Willie Winkie and suggests his approach delighted both children and adults in Lahore, Bombay, San Francisco, Brattleboro, England, and elsewhere.
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Kip
Ling
India
Kipling
Lahore
Bombay
San Francisco
Brattleboro
Vermont
England
Blue roses and Kipling charm in a child’s note
A Kansas City reader recounts a tall tale about a five year old Gloria Hunt sending blue roses to a former governor and receiving a lyrical reply. The piece praises Kipling and Verne while stressing the charm and danger of believing fanciful stories.
Miss Leah Decker in Good Ground Court Case Over Elopement
In Good Ground New York on March 12 the fate of Miss Leah Maude Decker, a 23 year old schoolteacher, hinges on Commissioner Charles Howell’s ruling after testimony about her relationship with pupil Joseph Squires. The case highlights alleged disqualification to teach for fostering a romance, with Uncle Edward Squires under scrutiny for spying.
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N. Y
Leah Maude Decker
Charles H. Howell
Riverhead
Howell
Joseph Squires
Edward
Squires
Robert &. Pelletreau
Patchogue
Witnesses Describe Theft of Innocence In School Drama
Theodora Eldridge testifies she carried notes between a boy and a teacher and saw the boy with the teacher in a room. Otis Sinclair recalls Uncle Edward W Squires claiming details from a peep-hole in the ceiling, while Principal Miller and Miss Decker’s living arrangements tie into the observed events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora J. Eldridge
Joe
Otis Sinclair
Edward” W. Squires
Miller
Edward
Miss Decker
Millers
Gas Turned On Accidentally
Bertha Fay a 55 year old hotel resident found unconscious in her room on St Paul street due to a gas leak. She says she may have partially turned the gas on after retiring Saturday night and was revived at City Hospital where she is recovering. police deem it an accident as the stop cock was only slightly turned.
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Griffing
EF. A. Eagan
Miss Decker
Squires
Joe
Leah
Parson Eagan
Pelletreau
Eagan
Man of God
Pelleteran
Ney Rom
Bertha Fay
St. Paul Street
Brookline
Moran
City Hospital
Miss Fay
Pro vision dealer Mr P A Hern sails from New York
Mr P A Hern of Stodder and Hern provisioning dealers has traveled to Jacksonville Florida to recuperate after a long illness with pneumonia arranging travel from New York on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Hern
Stodder & Hern
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Funeral of George Young at Hancock Avenue
The simple service for George Young was held yesterday afternoon at his Hancock avenue residence with a large turnout. Rev. Mr. Cuggan delivered fitting remarks, read Scripture passages, and gave prayer. Attendees included J. Reed Whipple, William H. LaPointe, D. F. Ford and other successors of Young’s hotel, plus Alfred Turner and several others. Interment followed at Mt. Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Young
Hancock Avenue
John M. Clark
William B. Smart
Lyman Boynton
William C. Ulman
A. A. Folsom
William D. Park
Winslow C. Lakas
John S. Camrell
J. Henry Brown
Freeman
J. Doe
Mt. Auburn
Fate of the Leiter Girls Abroad Sparks Society Gossip
The Misses Leiter daughters of Levi Z. Leiter and sisters of Lady Curzon plan to stay abroad for years. Society chatter questions whether they will return unmarried. India offers few ideal American husbands, with many princes not deemed suitable by American sensibilities.
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Chicago
Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Curzon
India
America
Maharajah of
Kapurtuhla
England
George Law
Niles of Kapurtuhla
Dhuleep Singh
Cornwallis
Queen Victoria Arrives in Nice and Aids Relief Fund
Queen Victoria arrived by special train from Boulogne sur Mer and expressed sympathy for families affected by the La Goubran naval powder magazine explosion. She promised a donation to the relief fund as crowds cheered and officials presented a gondola bouquet on her arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Victoria
Boulogne-sur- Mer
Toulon
la Goubran
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt a Leading New York Society Figure
Mrs Vanderbilt emerges as a modest charitable hostess in New York society. She embodies grace and restraint despite immense wealth, raising children simply while entertaining royally and welcoming old friends, countering claims of snobbery from social climbers.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Dream of a Cosmic God in Rabbi Pletscher Lecture
Rabbi Charles Pletscher argues the God of our fathers is outgrown and urges a greater God that fits modern cosmology and anthropology. He cites Zangwill’s Chad Gadya, contending revelation is ongoing and leaders must seek a cosmic God to satisfy contemporary spiritual yearnings.
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Charles Pletscher
Temple Adath Israel
Zangwill
Chad Gadza
Fire
Israel
God
State to Hear Telegraphs and Telephones Hearing
A hearing before the mercantile affairs committee at the State House tomorrow at 10 30 a m will hear parties interested in Rep Donahue's order based on B T U No 18 resolutions and backed by labor groups seeking state ownership of telegraphs and telephones. The issue attracts growing interest in future operation and control of telegraphs and telephones.
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Committee On Mercantile Affairs
State House
Donahue
Fall River
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Itoes
Edward’ N. Squires
Milllionaires
Gloria
Hunt
Colorado
Washington
Teddy
Jules Verne
Young Joe Squires
Uncle Edward
Bellevue Ospital
Soc
Price
Beast Chemical Co
Brockton
Mass
Florida
Bernard M. Wolf
My Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Queen Victoria
James Cilhook
Edith Dingley
Rabbi Fleischer
State Telegraphs and Telephones
Tremont Street
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