Document Denounces Forgery in Divorce Case
Paris May 29 J Martin Miller former American consul at Rheims told reporters the document produced by Miss Mae Wood in New York against Senator Thomas C Platt is an absolute forgery He is consulting attorneys to consider prosecuting Miss Wood for forgery and says he first saw the claim in American papers today.
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Paris
J. Martin Miller
Rheims
New York
Mae Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Miller
Miss Wood
Married City Engineer Weds Sternographer Secretly
Pittsfield May 29 The city was startled by the secret wedding of City Engineer Arthur B Farnham and Leola Sadye Morgan stenographer for the city poor department They were married last evening by Rev Thomas W Nickerson and left for a weeklong wedding trip after obtaining a license at the city clerk's office Farnham formerly worked for the State Highway Commission and Miss Morgan was loaned to his department for dictation duties
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Pittsfield
Arthur B. Farnham
Boston
Leola Sadye Morgan
City Poor Department
Thomas W. Nickerson
St. Stephen’s Church
Farnham
State Highway Commission
Morgan
Two Greater Boston Women Named Memorial Day Orators
Two women from the Greater Boston area will speak at Memorial Day events. Sue Stuart Wadsworth, new Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps president, will give the Stoughton Town Hall address before Canton and Stoughton Grand Army posts, while Estelle F. H. Merrill of Boston and Cambridge is invited as Memorial Day Speaker at Jefferson Maine.
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Greater Boston
Sue Stuart Wadsworth
Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps
Stoughton
Grand Army
Canton
Estelle ¥ F. H. Merrill
Boston
Cambridge
Jefferson, Me
Massachusets
Woman’s Relief Corps
Watertown
Corps 59
Needham
Corps 96
Haverhill
Fannie T. Hazen
Cambridge Cemetery
Corps
South Boston
City Point
Colored Corps
Rainsford Island
Gloucester
Hingham
Corps 60
Milford
George Draper
Ipswich
Merrimac
Northampton
Lynn
Lander
Waltham
Somerville
Relief Corps
Central Hill Park
L. S. Wadsworth
Cat Catches Many Trout at Alford Farm
Alford Vermont May 29 A remarkable house cat owned by H H Woodford has a talent for catching trout in Alford Brook. The cat lies by the stream and scoops fish with a quick paw, delivering live trout to the house and sometimes sharing with kittens. Last summer the cat brought 150 trout to the home.
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Alford
H. H. Woodford
Alford Brook
Woodford Farm
Thieves Loot Three Neenah Schools In Ink Damages
Thieves broke into the High Second Ward and German schools in Neenah Wisconsin on May 29 damaging property with ink. A valuable gold medal was stolen from the High School principal's office. They entered the cooking school and had a lunch while leaving a note praising the cook and threatening to kidnap the instructor for her cooking.
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Neenah
Wis
Van Camp's Milk Promises Pure, Rich Dairy Quality
Ad extols Van Camp's canned milk as two thirds water evaporated from milk, sterilized and additive free. It emphasizes sanitary dairies, inspected cows and men, consistent flavor, GMO-free style assertions, and nationwide supply with 20 000 cows across five states.
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van Camp
Van Camp's Thick Cream Phrase Sparks Debate
A diner advert claims Van Camp's product is as thick as thick cream prompting readers to compare texture and quality with rival brands. The note emphasizes richness and consistency, inviting consumer opinions and brand scrutiny.
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van Camp
Promoting a Free Milk Dishes Cookbook
An advertisement offers a free cookbook from Van Camp Packing Co in Indianapolis Indiana detailing exact costs for various milk dishes. The note invites readers to request the free booklet.
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van Camp Packing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Sheath Gown Makes Broadway Gapes And Gasp
New York May 29 A new sheath gown in silk or cloth sparks a Broadway craze as crowds chase the wearer through Times Square and into the subway. Dressmakers say the look stems from Napoleonic revival and Directoire concepts, with fashion experts debating fit, corsets, and modesty.
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New York
Broadway
Times Square
Juno
Trouvile
Maceo's Son Weds Pretty White Girl in Syracuse
Joseph Antonio Maceo, dark skinned son of Cuban insurgent general Antonio Maceo, marries Alice Isabel Mackley, a white clerk, in Syracuse. The couple, both in their first year at Syracuse University, registered and celebrated with family as they begin married life.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Joseph Antonio Maceo
Alice Isabel Mackley
C. A. Fulton
First Baptist Church
Mary Mackley
Alice
Young Maceo
Antonio Maceo
Spain
College of Fine Arts
Syracuse University
Maceo
Mackley
Frederick Mackley
13-year-old girl held on major burglary charge in Philadelphia
Minnie Alberriere is held in $800 bail after authorities linked her to a home burglary on North Twenty-first Street. A mother reported a locket theft while she was away, and a special policeman observed the girl prowling near the house after school. Police recovered stolen items from Minnie’s room.
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Philadelphia
Minnie Alberriere
North Crosby Street
Gorman
Clifford Gessich
North Twenty-first Street
Minnie Alite Triere
Gessich
Schoolmaster's unwed plan ends with playful notice
In Marion Indiana on May 29 fourteen Gas City public school girls planned a novelty shower for Harry Dragoo the high school principal who would soon wed. He greeted them with announcements reading Nothing to it as they arrived with neckties socks and gifts for housekeeping.
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Marion
Ind
Gas City
Harry Dragoo
Benedict
Dragon
Curfew Proposal Raised Over Washington Roller Skating Girls
Washington May 29 The President asked to safeguard the welfare of roller skating girls who stay out late. A proposed curfew would ban unaccompanied young women after 10 pm. Washington girls vow against curfew as officials consider the case.
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Washington
Mrs. Hiscoe’s death by gas in New Rochelle home
Mrs. Charles C. Hiscoe wife of a Fifth Avenue decorator died by suicide in New Rochelle after sealing a gas jet with a tube in her room. Her 14 year old son found her upon returning from school.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles C. Hiscoe
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Hiscoe
Controversial Nickname Case Ends With Fine
Louis A. Grundhoeffer of 2718 Sheridan Avenue called a girl Pussyface and was arrested after Miss Lizzie Cella of 6116 Easton Avenue objected. Judge Pollard ruled against him and fined five dollars for the insult.
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ST. Louis
Pussyface
Louis A. Grundhoeffer
Sheridan Avenue
Lizzie Cella
Easton Avenue
Pollard
Maude Adams as Viola in Twelfth Night Seen by Boston
Photographs of Maude Adams dressed as Viola arrive in Boston. She has long wore male attire in prior roles, and critics note her striking appearance. She performs at Sanders Theatre Cambridge next Wednesday and Thursday, and at Yale University New Haven next Friday in an outdoor show if weather permits.
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Maude Adams
Viola
Boston
Miss Adams
L’ailgion
Peter Pan
Chiquot
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Yale University
New Haven
Paupers Strike at Southbridge Almshouse Over Food
Five able inmates from the Southbridge Farm led a walkout to the town overseers claiming hunger and demanding better fare. Police escorted them back to work as Warden Dorval defended feeding standards citing Sunday beef roasts and strawberry shortcake.
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Southbridge
Southbridge Almshouse
Homer Dorval
Dorval
Wilfred P. Gendreau
Warden Dorval
Man Kills Snake That Strangled Child in South Norwalk
In South Norwalk Connecticut Ed ward Schoonover killed a large black snake that had wrapped around his two year old daughter and was strangling her. The father struck with a hoe after the snake released the child and attacked him, severing the reptile’s head.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
Edward Schoonover
Colorado Democrats consider Davis daughter as Denver delegate
Colorado may name two women delegates to the national convention in Denver in July. El Paso county Democrats discuss honoring Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes of Colorado Springs, the only living daughter of Jefferson Davis, with a delegate spot.
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Jeff Davis
Denver
Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado
el Paso
Margaret Howell
Jefferson Davis Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Mrs Sophia Hacker and Robert Stewart Wed in Marion
Marion Ohio May 29 Mrs Sophia Hacker aged 68 of this city and Robert Stewart aged 68 from Shelbyville Indiana were married here. They were sweethearts years ago in Indiana.
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Marion, O
Sophia Hacker
This City
Robert Stewart
Shelbyville
Ind
Indiana
Soul Kiss Case Ends With $200 Verdict
A Somerville case sees Mrs. Honora Morrison ordered to pay Mrs. Helen Eaton $200 after a jury found evidence of a kiss imprinted on Morrison by Joseph M. Eaton during his marriage to Mrs. Eaton. The $5000 suit claimed alienation of affection. Both Eaton and Morrison denied any kiss occurred.
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Joseph M. Eaton
Honora A. Morrison
Helen T. Eaton
Somerville
Morrison
Eaton
Club Woman Shot Herself in Missouri Suicides
Portland Mo May 29 Mrs Samuel A Stevens wife of a prominent businessman and founder of an early women’s club shot herself at home on State Street. She was a well known club woman in the state leaving a husband and two children amid illness induced depression.
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Portland
Samuel A. Stevens
State Street
Man Loses Leg After Train Accident Near Bluestone
Huntington May 29. Bluestone resident John Walker had his left leg severed when struck by a train. Friends aided him to a hospital but he halted en route at a telegraph office to send a telegram to his sweetheart in Pennsylvania, writing the message himself and refusing an anesthetic during dressing of the wounds.
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Huntington
Penn
Bluestone
John Walker
Walker
Pennsylvania
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