Mrs. Astor Faces Absolute Divorce Suit Against Husband
New York dispatch reports that details of the absolute divorce suit by Mrs. Alva Willing Astor against Colonel John Jacob Astor emerged amid secrecy. Servants claimed involvement of a named woman in Rhinebeck and Referee Young will soon file final papers at Poughkeepsie. Decree is expected, with action sealed like the Vanderbilt case, keeping testimony private.
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New York
Alva Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Denen
Rhineback
Dutchess County
Young
Poughkeepsie
Alfred Gwyne Vanderbilt
Astor Custody and Secrecy Mark High Profile Suit
Witnesses were kept away from clerks with rear entrances in Charles H Young’s law offices as Mrs Astor testified, then returned to private offices. Five more witnesses, including a yacht servant, spoke on Thursday and Friday. Custody split favors mother for Muriel and father for Vincent with a large settlement excluding the Fifth Avenue mansion and Rhinebeck estate. Mrs Astor may live abroad after the decree.
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Charles H. Young
William Street
Astor
Young Law Office
Fifth Avenue
Nourmahal
Muriel Alva Alice
Vincent
Rhinebeck
Collision Sends Shenandoah to Bottom in Nantucket Shoals
At Vineyard Haven on Oct 29 the steamer Powhatan collided with the barge Shenandoah, sinking the barge and causing a panic aboard. The Shenandoah’s engineer perished after abandoning a small boat, while the Powhatan rescued its own crew and three others from the Shenandoah. The Shenandoah wreck lies about a mile east of the Shovelful lightship with masts showing above water.
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Vineyard Haven
Powhatan
Merchants & Miners’ Transportation Company
Shenandoah
Nantucket Shoals
Ile
Tug
International
Ryan
Chatham
Lfe
Powhatan Steamer Tow Faces Harsh Ocean Crossing
Men women and children aboard the Powhatan endured a trying voyage after leaving Boston bound for Norfolk. The Shenandoah sailed as the last barge in a tow of three guided by tug International, with Lincoln and Paxtang ahead. Captain Ryan led the Powhatan carrying two passengers and a heavy cargo amid a cold, moonlit night and rough seas near Shovelful Lightship and Pollock.
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Powhatan
Boston
Norfolk
Shenandoah
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
International
Lincoln
Paxtang
Ryan
the International
Rescue of two lightship crewmen off Chatham coast
Josiah Hatch of Boston and Frederick Warner of South Yarmouth, both Pollock Rip lightship crew, were rescued at daylight from a disabled catboat near breakers on the flats off shore. Surfmen Crowell and Parker of Inward Point reached them in a dory after a difficult pursuit. They had set out from Woods Hole to reach the light ship when their engine failed and they anchored.
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Chatham
Josiah Hatch
Boston
Frederick Warner
South Yarmouth
Pollock Rip
Crowell
Parker
Inward Point
Warner
Hatch
Woods Hole
Ready for the Cold Wave Hit by Monday Next
Mr Bernard M Wolf of Wolf's My Clothier and Leo Fisher his buyer have returned from New York with unusually good values in men's winter overcoats. The pair say a cold wave is predicted to strike us on Monday next, making now a timely time to buy.
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Bernard M. Wolf
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Leo Fisher
New York
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Roberta Corwin Hill
John Jacob Alyors
Boston Post
Oeeshemme Aineinen
Brooks
C. E. Brooks
Brooks Bldg
Marshall, Mich
U. 8
S. A
Vira
Hunter Baltimore
Maryland
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bldg
Water St
Siegel
United
Viewu
Misses’ Coats
Zibeline
Maire
Henry Siegel CO
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