Warships Sail South Monday For Hampton Roads
The battleships Vermont and New Jersey, under repair, are set to sail Monday for a Hampton Roads rendezvous with the Atlantic fleet for its winter cruise to West Indian waters. The armored cruiser New York will depart for Hampton Roads with Montana and North Carolina to form a special service squadron. Scout cruisers Salem and Birmingham will leave about Dec 4, destination undisclosed. Remodeling of the Illinois is not yet ordered, with work expected to take at least two years and cost about $1,000,000.
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Baltimore Rail Official Major Bulkley Dies at 79
Major H. D. Bulkley aged 79, comptroller of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, a noted figure in the railroad world, died at his Baltimore home today.
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Girl’s Third Wedding Plans Halted in Defiance, Ohio
In Deshler Ohio the 19 year old Mrs Bessie Speck Williams Larcum faced fallout as her divorce from Edward Larcum was finalized and plans for a third marriage to Benjamin Hill, a former boarder who funded the divorce, were blocked pending court review. Hill’s marriage license request was denied and the court withheld the final divorce decree while investigations continued. The string of nuptials began with a marriage at 16 to Percy Williams of Cincinnati.
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Edward J. Larcum
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Daughters win high bid to keep Chicago home at $700000
Three daughters of the late Patrick McCarthy fought a dramatic bid in Chicago Real Estate Board rooms to retain the Dearborn and Washington property. They won at $700000, $340000 above court appraisal, driven by sentiment for the old homestead.
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Patrick McCarthy
Chicago Real Estate Board
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Washington Streets
Moody Institute Student Jumps to Death in Dormitory
Chicago police report William F. McCormick 31 a Moody Bible Institute student leaped from a third story dorm window after shouting good by and eluding a roommate. He died en route to a hospital, believed to be mentally deranged.
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William F. McCormick
Moody Biblical Institute
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McCormick
Judge Grants Divorce in San Francisco Row
Judge Graham dissolves Anita Coover’s marriage to David R. Coover in San Francisco. Mrs. Coover denounces her husband as dull stupid lazy and languid in court.
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Graham
Anita Coover
David R. Coover
Mrs. Coover
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