Summer Girl's Love Letters Published Sparks Brooklyn Romance
In New York City Edith Graham learns Herman Holke Jr has published her old love letters and sued her for breach of promise at $100,000. He offers to drop the suit for $300 while she responds with a quip on a cigarette gift and vows to keep faith, sharing a handwritten plea and signatures ending with Mrs. H. Holke Jr. and a hyperbolic kiss count.
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Herman Holke
Brooklyn
N. Y
Old Orchard Beach
Edith Graham
Vernon Avenue
Herman Holke, Jr
Graham
Holke
Romantic Summer Fades Amid Jealous Pursuit and Letters
A teen romance at Old Orchard Beach ends as autumn chills set in. Herman Graham pursues Miss Graham despite her rejection, showing the jealousy with letters and a push for legal action. A note dated Aug 8 reveals a birthday gift and photos from the seaside, while another Aug 15 letter hints at continued affection from Sugar Island Maine.
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Old Orchard Beach
Want Pedigree of Bartenders
Boston police delivered copies of a new Excise Board order to saloon owners demanding bartenders supply full names addresses ages heights and other personal data. The move aims to identify workers with past imprisonments and remove them if possible, though the public rationale was not disclosed.
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New Excise Board
Boston
Deer Island
Utes Off Reservation Cavalry In Pursuit
Washington October 19 Governor Brooke of Wyoming asked for action. Secretary Taft acting for the President has ordered Major General Greely to dispatch a cavalry troop to Wyoming to round up and return Ute Indians causing a disturbance to their reservation.
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Washington
Brooke
Wyoming
Taft
Greely
Cambridge Boys Riot on Car Sparks Court Arraignments
Sergeant Robinson halted a Cambridge bound electric car riot Saturday. Four young men were arraigned in the District Court for disturbance on a car. Daniel Doyle fined ten dollars and appealed. Harry Doyle sentenced to ten days in the House of Correction. John Mahoney ten days. Edward Malone fined ten dollars and appealed. Thomas Conroy and Timothy Galvin defaulted.
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Sergeant Robinson
Daniel Doyle
Harry Doyle
House of Correction
John Mahoney
Edward Malone
Thomas Conroy
Timothy Galvin
Insurance Agents Call for Uniform Rates in Indianapolis
The Local Fire Insurance Agents convention in Indianapolis ad journed after adopting a resolution urging a uniform flat and contingent rate, equitable regulation of salaried agents, and elimination of multiple agents to cut insurance costs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Express Kills Man at Melrose Station
The Portland Express No. 19 from Boston struck and killed E. N. Badger, 45, of 70 Myrtle Street at the Wyoming station. Badger, once a Boston salesman, had not worked for a year due to illness and recently left a sanatorium.
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Melrose
Portland Express
Boston
Wyoming Station
E. N. Badger
Myrtle Street
Bishop's Daughter Lena Cowdin Dies by Own Action
Mrs Lena Potter Cowdin daughter of Bishop Henry C Potter of New York and wife of Winthrop Cowdin died by hanging at a private sanitarium in Cromwell Connecticut on Tuesday night authorities said her death appeared to be death by her own hand.
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Cromwell, Conn
Lena Potter Cowdin
Henry C. Potter
New York
Winthrop Cowdin
Tragic Suicide at Private Sanitarium Leaves Town Stunned
Mrs. Cowdin aged 44 recently arrived for treatment at a private sanitarium disappeared from nurses during a Tuesday afternoon. Her body was found three hours later in the cellar, rope tied to a steam pipe as a box supported her weight. Medical Examiner Dr. Charles E. Bush certified death likely about an hour and a half earlier.
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Mrs. Cowdin
Charles E. Bush
Will of Gen Edmund Rice Sparks Probate Controversy
Judge Mc Kim allows the will leaving the estate to Mrs Elizabeth Rice while Corinne Miles Scharff a daughter from a former marriage contests the document alleging undue influence The estate valued under $8000 includes swords furniture and personal effects The case heads to the Supreme Court with Middlesex and Suffolk probate questions raised
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McKim
Edmund Rice
Elizabeth H. Rice
Corinne Miles Scharff
General Rice
Supreme Court of the State
Greenwood
Wakefield
N. L. Sheldon
Sheldon
Cincinnati
Huntington
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