Killed Her Spouse Loses Insurance in New Jersey Case
Caldwell New Jersey January 6 Judge Dungan Newark Circuit Court rules General Accident Life and Fire Insurance must not pay $7500 policy on Margaret C Beutinger who was acquitted of murdering her husband in July 1916. The insurer argued misrepresented facts as Leutinger denied excess liquor use. Evidence from the murder trial about the victim’s violent temper supported the defense.
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Beutinger
Insurance Company
Beutinser
Busy hardworking people rely on Hood's Sarsaparilla ad
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as boosters for brain and nerve energy amid overwork. It claims the remedies lift the nervous strain of modern life and enable easier task completion, with Hood's Pills as a laxative supplement sold by druggists.
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Hood
G H Arnold Dies at Home and Noted Police Captain
G H Arnold, a famed police captain, is dead at his home. He led night patrols, hunted burglars including bank robber Dimmn Dobbs, and partnered with Superintendent Birmingham and Detective Cronan on high profile cases. Funeral set for 2 PM Wednesday at his home with interment in Mountain Grove cemetery.
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G. H. Arnold
Arnold Owen
Dimmin Dobbs
Des Nerado
Arnold
Birmingham
Cronan
United States
Mountain Grove Cemetery
Greek Catholics Celebrate Christmas in City
The Greek Catholics observed Christmas yesterday according to the Gregorian calendar. Special services were held, bells rang in the evening, and followers of the Gregorian reckoning marked the birth of Christ on the sixth of January by the Julian calendar as used by Greeks Russians Serbs and other Slavish peoples of the Greek Catholic church.
Fire Draft Board Man Ridiculed in Brooklyn Speech
In Brooklyn on December 20 Sammel H Cragg a Local Exemption card holder caused his removal from the draft board after remarks ridiculing the Jewish race at a flag raising. Governor Whitman and Adjutant General Sherrill denounced racial prejudice and urged restraint. Cragg claimed three epochs in a Jewish boy’s life, the last being exemption.
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New York
Jan
Governo Whitman
Charles Jd. Sherrith
Brooklyn
Sammel H. Cragg
Cragey
Sherrill
Crags
May Form Bread Line in Europe
Lord Rhondda warns against false optimism about food in England and France. He says rationing is likely and long queues for daily necessities will appear in many towns. American delegates at Paris urged compulsory control of foodstuffs across England France and Italy.
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H Rhondda
England
France
Jingkund
Italy
Demurrage Rate Revisions and Rail Policy Moves
The article outlines new demurrage rates and a shift to higher charges across regions, with $1 for day two and $8 for day three, and adjustments aimed at canceling average tariff provisions. It notes no change for export freight and details anticipated tariff filings with the Interstate Commerce Commission as railroads face broader legislative action in Congress including proposed rail bills and suffrage debates.
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Pacific Coast
McAdoo
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Cout
Smith
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Tommorrow
Sints
Mc Adeao
Capitol
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
South Carolina
Pomerene
Ohio
Susan B. Anthony
Walsh-Pittman Coal and Oil
Senate Sieges and Elections Committee
Satolletto
St. Paul
Bryan
Senate Military Committee
House Naval Committee
Senate Committee
Department of Munitions
Senate Commerce Committee
Edward I. Curry
Government Shipping Board
Senate Manufacturers ' Committee
Hlouse
Lane, Baker
Houston
U. S. to Take over Telephones
Government measures to control telephone tolls and cut cross state spy activity are discussed. Proposals include government takeover, censoring inter state calls, and forbidding non English use over wires. Officials cite dangers from German systems and signal corps engineers may study the lines.
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Signal Corps
Committee Leaves for Washington to Aid Coal Supply
Bridgeport leaders from the Manufacturers' association and the Chamber of Commerce, along with Singer Manufacturing and Bridgeport Brass executives, depart for Washington to press fuel relief. Carl Irishmen remains in Bridgeport to lead local efforts while the group plans a coordinated Washington program.
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Bilton
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
George K. Crawford
Bridgeport Chamber of Comerce
George M. Mimes
Singer Manufacturing Compay
Willian T. Webster
Bridgeport Brass Company
A. H.ullard
Bullora Machine Foel Company
Washington, D. C
United States Irael Administration
Bridgeport
Carl Irshmen
United States Fuel Administration
Sigmen
Washington
Fuel Administration
Siemon
Sbridgeport
Motor Company
Bridgeport Motor Company, Inc
TH. H. Brautigam
City Ice and Coal Company
Brautigam
Salt
Arm Terminal Company
I”. A. Bennett
The
Manufacturers' Association
Peace Talks Stalled by Hans With Aerial Aid
Italian and British aircraft conduct daring operations around the city as enemy forces adjust, with balloons destroyed near Susegana and a plane downed. Weather remains mild with little snow. Bridgeport mobilizes fuel support, wood for fuel to be sold at $6 a cord standing, $123 at yards. Early saloon closing eyed to conserve energy, police to enforce urgent coal needs.
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Mestre
Gassano
Castelfranco
Susegana
Navy Department
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Puel
Hinckley
Ats
Nel
Hartford
Conn
Bridgeport
Carl F. Sienson
Thomas W. Russell
Bennett
Wood
T. J. Pardy
T.ff
Pardy Construction Company
Meigs
Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Pardy
New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Woodlands
Botsford
Siemon
Bridgeport Liquor Dealers' Association
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Local Saloons Consider Reducing Hours in Bridgeport
A Bridgeport liquor dealers committee met with Carl J. Siemon, head of the local fuel committee, to discuss reducing business hours. The discussions focus on aligning operation times with energy costs and supply conditions.
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Bridgeport Liquor Dealers’ Association
Carl J. Siemon
Saloon Hours Extended and Liquor Sale Policy
In Hartford the saloon is to stay open later with a 10 o'clock closing and a later morning opening. In Capital City officials discuss reducing consumption and extending liquor restrictions as part of a broader sale policy.
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Hartford
Capital City
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