Waldron befriends lover as bail denied in Boston court
Frances Waldron, charged with receiving stolen dresses and facing two years in prison, attempted suicide in custody by inhaling chloroform after arrest. She refused to name the thief, despite hours on the witness stand and presence of her father, mother, and Cecil Stewart in the courtroom. Judge Emmons postponed the sentence to Thursday, bail set none, and Waldron was returned to Charles Street Jail while wearing black with a white ruffle.
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Boston Court
Frances Waldron
Miss Waldron
Emmons
Sherborn
Cecil Stewart
Charles Street
Mr. Stewart
Alimony Fight Continues Over Pfaff Divorce Case
Christine Hekking Pfaff insists on $25,000 alimony from Henry Pfaff Jr. after a Dakota decree. She appeals to the Appellate Court following a Circuit Court loss in Massachusetts. The 1889 Stuttgart marriage preceded years of dispute and remarriage by Pfaff.
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Henry Pfaff, Jr
Dakota
United States
Colt, Webb and Aldrich
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Stuttgart
Germany
Young Pfaff
Libellant
United States Circuit Court
District of Massachusetts
Putnam
Tollgate dispute ends in $75,000 suit against bank president
New York October 18 report details Mrs Phebe Miller tollgate owner suing Frederick Wagner Union Bank president for injuries after a dispute over a 2 cent toll at a five mile Pawling Beekman turnpike gate. Miller alleges she was struck and injured during a struggle when Wagner returned to raise the gate. She seeks $75,000 with attorney William Dowling.
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New York
Phebe Miller
Frederick Wagner
Union Bank
Wagner
Cigarette Cost Bride a Wedding in Midvale
Miss Genevieve Ransom, in Midvale Nebraska, faced a dramatic wedding interruption when her groom Harry Kelder rejected her at the altar after noticing a cigarette on her breath. The ceremony halted as guests watched the clergyman begin pronouncing them man and wife.
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Midvale
Neb
Genevieve Ransom
Harry Kelder
Engagement Ends After Bridal Smoking Incident
Miss Ransom smoked a cigarette an hour before her wedding after being warned by Keldar. He refused to proceed with the marriage, and the engagement was declared off as she fainted at his feet in the doorway.
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Miss Ransom
Keldar
Herschell crew in peril as schooner runs aground
At Sulphur Island reef off Alpena Michigan the Herschell rests ashore with six aboard. The captain reached shore by yawl after a line parted. A gale of 50 mph and heavy seas threaten the crew. Tug Frank W. set to rescue, vessel owned by Captain Thomas Clark of Chicago with crew from that port.
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Alpena
Mich
Herschell
Sulphur Island Reef
Frank W
Thomas Clark
Chicago
Beacon Street Busses Proposed For City Transit
Handsome ten seated busses may run on Beacon street to connect with Beacon Hill and the business district. Fares would be 10 cents each way from the Beacon street terminus through School street to Postoffice square. A trial from 10 am to 3 pm would cover shopping hours. Emmund D. Barbour backs the plan with 99 Beacon street residents offering 2 funds to start the company on a ten minute timetable.
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Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
School Street
Postoffice Square
Emmund D. Barbour
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