Mrs Curtiss Finally Controls Her 10 Million Estate
New York Aug 18 Mrs Julia Watt Morris Curtiss who spent vast sums on dresses and entertaining until a Connecticut court declared her incompetent now can manage her 10 000 000 fortune as she wishes Supreme Court Justice Brady removed Johnny Shaw and Elmore S Banks as conservators and granted her full control She plans to provide life necessities and seeks an account of the estate from the committee Her long battle with conservators continues as she vows to challenge past rulings and asserts domicile and legality of prior orders.
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New York
Julia Watt Morris Curtiss
Supreme Court
Brady
Johnny Shaw
Elmore S. Banks
Banks
Shaw
John C. Shaw
Curtiss
Roland A. Curtiss
Rosette Bailey
Bridgeport
Nettle Eee
Connecticut
Outing for employees by W F Hallett and staff
Eight employees of W F Hallett the spring water man will join an outing Tuesday after he bought tickets for them. Rev George W Nicholson of the First Baptist Church was named administrator of Joe King a Chinese convert's estate. King sent $2000 to China before death leaving only a few hundred dollars in estate.
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W.F. Hallett
George W. Nicholson
First Baptist Church
Joe King
King
China
Newtown Social Notes Highlight Bridgeport Visits
Local residents share weekend visits and gatherings across Bridgeport Danbury New Haven and surrounding towns. Names include Mr and Mrs H M Greenmann Miss Susan Chambers Miss Eliza Burr and Miss Mary Crowe, with mentions of Trout fishing on the Housatonic and a wart remedy advertisement at Cyrus Pharmacy.
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K.ward
Bridgeport
Elmer
George Fairchild
Charles Merritt
Chicago
Fpraygeis Keane
Botsford
New York City
H. M. Greenmmann
H. F. Greenmann
Michael Keating
Savin Pock
Mary
Nora Crowe
Pethel
Orrah Downs
Stevenson
Housatonic
Susan Chambers
Eliza Burr
F. Wildmann
Danbury
Frederic Wildmann
Esther
Marguerite Kilbride
May Barnum
Mamaroneck
W. W. Perk
New Haven
Charlesina Driscoll
Jessie Gordon
Aldrich Aims at a Great Central Bank
The piece reports on Senator Aldrich and allies pushing a central banking plan. It cites talk of a monetary commission, imagined shifts in U S currency control, and comparisons to Andrew Jackson's legacy amid fears of a powerful, possibly foreign-influenced financial center guiding policy and funds.
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Aldrich
Daniel
Monetary Commission
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
United States
Monetary Street
New End
New York
Corms
York
London
Paris
Treasury
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Commission
Vreeland
Standard Oil Company
Europe
A. P. Andrew
Sepia Rerenan
Canada
Passenana Ee
Gould
Republic
National Monetary Commission
Plaza Hotel
Aoe
Com
Burrows
Refead
Jackson
Central Bank
Weather Indications From New Haven Forecast
Special United Press weather note from New Haven indicates fair and warmer conditions tonight and Thursday. A coastal storm, initially near Atlantic City, has moved east to Nantucket, bringing heavy rain along the New England coast in the last hours.
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United Press
New Haven
Atlantic City
Nantucket
New England
Social Personal Notes from a Connecticut Town
A society page itemizes visits and small social events. Mr. W P Pendergast, John Hancock Life cashier, left for Maine New Hampshire Vermont with his aunt Miss Broderick of Washington Terrace. Friends presented him a hardwood table with a silver plate bearing names. Other gatherings include Miss Emily Focht’s tenth birthday party with several children in attendance. Local notables Captain George W Wilson of Engine Co 8 has taken a cottage at Fort Trumbull Beach for the season.
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W. P. Pendergast
John Hancock Life Insurance
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Broderick
Washington Terrace
Es . Ee
George Fox
Treapaier
Fairfield Avenue
HH. Suckley
E. J. Soule
H.W
George Heisler
W. Roraback
C. A. Sharpe
J. B. Fallon
Albert J. Merrit
Bartlett
J. P. Grey
Wiliam HB. Com
R. A. Cleveland
Lalley
George W. Wilson
Engine Co. No. 8
Hecate
Fort Trumbull Beach
Eugene J. Duffy
New London
Thieutenant Thomas F
No. 3 Engine Co
Cottage Street
Lieut
Boatewain ‘Duffy
Whaling City
Pruner Morgan Visits Beverly Amid Government Reform Talk
United Press dispatch reports Assistant Treasury Secretary Charles Morgan visiting Beverly to discuss a Treasury committee plan to streamline government business, cut dead timber, and drop employees if approved by the President. Charlie Taft, the President’s son, is reportedly learning golf from the President at Essex County links. A Texan patents a postcard stand for dealers using rotating wheel spokes.
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United Press
Beverly
Morgan
Charlie Taft
Essex County
Wife fatally stabs husband in New York tenement quarrel
In New York on August 16 Mrs Augustis o Crisanti fatally stabbed her husband Luigi Chicarelli during a struggle on a sixth floor Avenue A tenement. Witnesses include the couple’s four children as the husband tried to throw her from the window after drawing a revolver.
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United Press
New York
Augustiso Crisanti
Luige
Avenue A
Hugene Chi
Chicarelli
Foster Father Accused in Abused Girl Case
A 17 year old girl from Peers county died after prolonged abuse by Frederick Cham pes, her foster father since she was 11. The girl, Miss Chambers, appeared at a relative’s home but authorities were not alerted until a later date. Doctors say her condition is grave and recovery doubtful. The foster father is under arrest as investigators pursue the case.
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Ae Ceaeavil
Xipiee
Fonongahela
Anne
Frederick Cham
Chambers
Eiclans
Aviator Theme of New Music at Tuileries
Aug. 18 at the Tuileries music hall two new compositions debut. They are titled Rasgible and Vers Les Ci ster meaning Toward the Sea in honor of Louis Blériot. Mme Campredon, opera star, renders the piece.
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Peri
Tulleries Ieal Dens
Louis’ Bleriot
Mme. Campredon
Knee to Ankle A Mass of Humor Mystery
A fragment from a broken OCR item notes a phrase knee to ankle a mass of humor and hints at a stray punctuation blur. The readable bits suggest an odd humor piece or titled fragment with missing context and unclear entities.
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HUB Clothing
Dveport Public Market& Branch
Ket
Bank Sts
East Main St
Bo. B. Clark & Co
Daylight
the Wooster-Atkinson Co
Broad Street
Peck & Lines Co
Middle ST
Bridgeport, Conn
Boston Loan Co
Taylor
Beers
Oston Loan Company
Crawford Laundry Seed Avenue
Newtown
Uate Eee
Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Cannon St
Kleban & Gelman
Main Street
Chamansky & Gelman
Essors
Emily Focht
Ruby
Isabelle Margaret Hodson
Marion Ifred
Alfred
Mountain
Muriel
Phyllis Cowrse
Richard
Margaret Baker
Daniel Schoonmaker
Essie Fagal
Park A E
Waterbury
Miss May Leopold
Esther Louise Jarvis
Ocean Grove
Marie Thomas
K. I. Frink
Jin
May
Hatearst Foley
Howard Avenue
Mary Bibbins
Meiga & Co
White Heart Inn
Salisbury, Conn
Marchand
Green Island
Peter Regnery
Black Rocks Avenue
Loren Delbridge
Cornwall
Una Keith
Charles Keith
San Francisco
Pruner Morgan
Taft
Small
Sim
Cuticura
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