Negro lawyer's client cannot remember date in divorce case
In Superior Court Judge Reed blocked Victoria Amanda Rives's divorce from Robert Rives after she could not prove three years of state residency. Attorney H. G. Tolliver of New Haven appeared for Rives as the court required a residency date and arrival details.
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H. G. Tolliver
New Haven
Reed
Tolliver
Victoria Amanda Rives
Stamford
Robert Rives
Parts
Connecticut
Couln
Frank C. Austin
Elizabeth Austin
Austin
Chinaman Held Serious Charge in Local Court
Jim Wah, a New Britain Chinese laundryman, faced lascivious carriage and carnal knowledge charges involving two minor children. He pleaded not guilty and posted $2,000 bond. Ada Subrez, his partner and mother of three, faced lascivious carriage charges with $500 bond, her youngest child ten weeks old.
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United Press
New Britain
Jim Wah
Wah
Ada Subrez
Holy Ghost Bark Wrecked Off West Africa
A report from Shiloh Maine states the Holy Ghost And U Society ship was wrecked on the west coast of Africa. All aboard were rescued and transferred to a schooner bound for Portugal.
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Portland
Barkingdom of the Holy Ghost
U* Society
Shiloh
Africa
Portugal
Elizabeth Kenney to Wed City Clerk Stephen Boucher
Miss Elizabeth A Kenney announced her engagement to City Clerk Stephen F Boucher at a dinner at her parents Yale Street home. The couple plan to marry in the middle of June likely during next month.
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Miss Kenney
Yale Street
Elizabeth A
Thomas F. Kenney
Stephen F. Boucher
Kenney
Boucher
Daughter Testifies Father Innocent In Theft Trial
Regina Fox, daughter of Samuel Fox of South Norwalk, testified in the Superior court that her father knew nothing of stolen goods claimed from Adams Express Co. She said she ran the fur store and handled buying and selling. She denied a package was returned to the store by an express employee. Fox claimed $95 damages for the loss. Everett Byington and William G. Everson, two express employees who pleaded guilty, were present in court.
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Regina Fox
Samuel Fox
South Norwalk
Adams Express Co
Curtis
Criminal Superior Court
Express Company
Miss Fox
Express
Fox
Everett Byington
William G. Everson
Mrs Edward A Jennings Hosts Floral Brooktown Reception
Mrs Edward A Jennings entertained at her home 168 Brooktown avenue yesterday afternoon with assistance from her mother in law Mrs Austin Jennings. The house was a floral bower and Bridgeport society plus a few out of town guests attended. Light refreshments were served.
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Edward A. Jennings
Brooktown Avenue
First Conn Heavy Elects Worcester Man to Highest Office
Hartford May 19 The First Connecticut Heavy Artillery Company elected Thomas Halpin of Worcester Massachusetts president. Charles C Ortie Hartford was chosen secretary treasurer. Executive committee named Edmund D Riley Hartford N F Wilbur Meriden David W Sharpe New Haven H W Deming and C Curtis Booth Hartford.
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United Press
Hartford
Connecticut Heavy Artillery Company
Thomas Halpin
Worcester
Mass
Charles C. Ortie
Dosen
Edmund D. Riley
N. F. Wilbur
Meriden
David W. Sharpe
New Haven
H. W. Deming
C. .Curtis Booth
Aviator Hamilton Defies Boston Tea Etiquette in Early Morning Lecture
A Boston aviator named Charles K Hamilton, who attended a lecture on aviation at a village green, caused a stir when police found $9 270 in his pockets after a prior arrest. He argued etiquette favored 5 PM tea, but the officer enforced the 25 bond for court and Hamilton left with W Starling Burgess, as they plan a 100 horsepower Baby Wright flyer to reach 90 miles per hour.
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Boston
Bowley
Station 4
Brown
Bostor Commons
Charles K. Hamilton
Touraine
Hamilton
Lieut
W. Starling Burgess
Marblehead
Former State Senator Littlefield Charged With Killing Mother
Newport Rhode Island May 193 The trial of former State Senator Frank Littlefield of Block Island opened on an indictment charging murder. He is accused of killing his 70 year old mother Anne E Littlefield by striking her at their home after a quarrel on April 12. Her wounds included head injuries and a broken neck. A separate search found bottles valued at 1 cent each at Bufford's junk shop, with detectives investigating how they arrived there.
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United Press
Newport
R. 1
Frank Littlefield
Block Island
Littlefield
Anne E. Littlefield
Mitchell Dairy
Bufford
Levitt's Lane
Hall
Finnish duo held as interpreters fail in court
Two Finnish men, Deva Korsmann and Alexia Keto, were held by the city court after failing to understand any interpreter. Officers say they attached themselves to freight cars in the railroad yards. Both men, said to be living in New York, faced charges of unlawful car riding.
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Finland
Eos
John Smith
Deva Korsmann
Alexia Keto
Prosecutor Redden
Foster
Luke Petruschell
Leopold Cohm
August Brill
Brill
August
Redden
Finnegan
Gloucester
Mass
Oeva Korsmann
Farmer
New York City
Keto
Korsmann
Health Record for Stamford Washington May 193-A
Stamford health report shows for April only 42 deaths with no contagious disease deaths. Four dozen illnesses reported, 11 mild measles cases. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service notes low outbreak levels in Stamford Conn. during the month.
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United Press
Washington
Stamford
Conn
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Blackmailers' Bomb Explodes Outside Lower East Side Grocery
A bomb exploded outside Lorenzo Valsano's grocery on New York's Lower East Side after blackmailers demanded money. Twenty families fled their homes in nightclothes but no injuries were reported.
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United Press
New York
Lorenzo Valsano
Lower East Side
Ritual Murder Accusations Over Jewish Populations Fizzle
In St Petersburg authorities pursue clues on a Kiev massacre scare amid ritual murder rumors. Jewish lawyer M Slosberg challenges sensational reports, citing past cases in Butais and Vilna where juries acquitted, and notes no Jewish involvement in the present Yuschinsky death. He outlines two Jewish groups Hassides and Misnakdim and cautions myths recur.
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St. Petersburg
Kiev
M. Slosberg
Russia
Butais Transcaucasia
Vilna
Butais
Khvdlson
Million Fund Sought to Endow New London Women’s College
Alfred H. Chappell outlined a drive to raise a one million dollar endowment for Bates College for Women in New London. A $135,000 gift funded land and site acquisition, with $50,000 from the city and about $200,000 in treasury so far. A committee led by Morton S. Plant, Chappell, and the secretary will oversee the effort.
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United Press
New London
New Bates College For Women
Alfred H. Chappell
Woman's College
Morton S. Plant
Chappell
Connecticut town endowment drive for new college gains momentum
Elizabeth C Wright of Hartford reports plans to appeal to New London and state philanthropists for a 1 million dollar endowment to start a college project. Trustees include M B Plant Bryan Mahan and others from New London Hartford New Haven Moosup and Portland. Mayor Mahan calls for statewide support.
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Elizabeth C. Wright
Hartford
Chappell
Connecticut
New London
Mr. Chappell
Morton
Morton 8. Plant, Bryan F. Mahan, Collin 8. Buell and A. H. Chappell
Edward L. Smith
Edward H. Robbins
New Haven
BE. C. Wright
Edward Milner
Moosup
O. Gildersleeve
Portland
Yale College
Yale Corporation
Bryan F. Mahan
London
Missing Catherine Graley Alive or Dead Questioned by Town Clerk
Town Clerk William Thomas is asked for information on the whereabouts of Catherine Graley or Gealy who lived at 118 Hallett Street seventeen years ago. The inquiry comes from her niece Mary A Lyons Friday Bridge Summer Row.
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Birmingham
England
Ley
Gealy
William Thomas Haseen
Catherine Graley
Hallett Street
Mary A. Lyons
Friday Bridge
Summer Row
Wall Street Today Irregular Decline and Rebound
Ope price movements show a heavy tone early amid lighter demand from shorts. By 11 am losses were covered as outside demand and short covering rose. Noon quieted with some recessions and reduced business, while government bonds held steady and other bonds strengthened. Abele family notes and a medical update follow.
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New York
Cor
Shorts
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