Heiress to 10 Million Left to Milwaukee Girl
Milwaukee girl Miss Bella Brown aged 18 is reported heir to a fortune exceeding 10 million dollars from a New York great uncle, Leo Lawrence. The will delays transfer until she reaches 21, with Lawrence once a Wall Street broker.
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Tremont Street
Milwaukee
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Bella Brown
Violet Street
Leo Lawrence
New York City
Combined 24 years for assault in Brooklyn crime
Isaac Williams, a Black man, received a total 24 year sentence at Sing Sing for criminal assault on a young woman and assault on her escort in Brooklyn. The case highlights a violent street crime and swift judicial action. Williams faced a Brooklyn court ruling and a concurrent prison term to serve.
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New York
Sing Sing
Isaac Williams
Brooklyn
Brookline Library Receives Historic White Commission Photo
The Brookline Public Library displays a framed photographic reproduction of Major Edward White’s 1742 commission as first major of Suffolk county militia. Born in Brookline in 1693, Harvard graduate, town clerk, selectman, and General Court representative, White’s original document has passed through four generations and now resides at Emory College in Oxford, Georgia.
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Brookline
Edward White
Suffolk
George II
Major White
Harvard College
General Court
Emory College
Oxford
Italy Protest Over US Literacy Immigration Law
Rome reports the Tribuna condemns a proposed US bill to halt illiterate immigration as a cruel act against Italy. It urges a formal protest and a veto from President Roosevelt, noting Italian emigrants would bear the heaviest impact.
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Tribuna
United States
Italy
Roosevelt
Woman Run Down by Unknown Driver in Brighton
Mrs Catharine McLoughlin of 4 Rockland Street Brighton was struck crossing Bowdoin square by an unknown driver who fled. She was taken to Relief hospital by Division 3 patrol wagon and released after minor injuries were dressed.
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Catharine McLoughlin
Rockland Street
Brighton
Bowdoin Square
McLoughlin
Division 3
Norris, the Automobilist, Breaks Leg in Crash
Chester Norris, well known Cambridge automobile manufacturer, was taken to Cambridge Hospital yesterday afternoon with his left leg broken above the knee after being thrown from his motorcycle at Brookline and Auburn streets. He swerved to avoid a collision with a bicycle and struck the curb.
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Chester Norris
Cambridge
Cambridge Hospital
Brookline
Auburn Streets
Avaa
Willson Strout Tie In Mt Vernon Wedding
Miss Vaneta Willson daughter of Charles F. Willson wed Henry F Strout son of Supreme Court Judge A A Strout of Portland at the bride’s father’s home in Mt Vernon. Rev Collyer officiated with Miss Mabel Ray and Dr Henry Barstow as witnesses. Philharmonic Orchestra provided music. After a wedding breakfast the couple left for a bridal tour and will reside in Brookline Massachusetts.
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MT. Vernon
N. Y
Vaneta Willson
Charles F. Willson
Henry F., Strout
Supreme Court
A. A. Strout
Portland
Collyer
Church of the Messiah
New York
Mabel Ray
Franklin
Mass
Henry T. Barstow
Boston
Philharmonic Orchestra of
Camden saloons closed after state court ruling
Camden New Jersey November 20 Mayor Nowrey ordered all liquor saloons in the city closed under a writ of ouster after the State Supreme Court ruled the city excise board act unconstitutional. Licenses granted by that body are void. A special City Council session will reissue licenses, likely delaying reopening about two weeks.
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Camden
N. J
Nowrey
State Supreme Court
City Excise Board
Beware of Dudes and Girls Sermon in Chicago
The Rev. D F Fox preached at California Avenue Congregational Church warning marriageable young women about “dudes.” He described them as triflers, giggling, smoking in their heads with a hopeless chase after plains, and turning their nostrils into smokestacks.
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D.F. Fox
California Avenue Congregational Church
Plains
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