Patience Worth Visit Delights New York Crowd
New York witnessed Patience Worth, the alleged English girl voice, dictate 28 000 words of verse over ten days in the Curran home and at Behr's apartment. Mrs Curran denied fraud and said royalties on the books totalled 1200 dollars in six years.
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New York
Patience Worth
Patience
James Curran
St. Louis
Curran
Herman Behr
Afr
Ibanes
Ibanex
Bodansk
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
Nome
Washington
Mistress Worth
Ouija Board
Patence
Boddy
Mrs Curran
Nps
James A. Ayslop
Psychical Research Society
Thant
Reds Sought Life of Chas J Scully in Death Ring Plot
Authorities in New York City and state say a death ring plot aimed at Charles J. Scully, a former Department of Justice agent, and other New York officials was formed to terrorize prosecutions of revolutionary suspects. Scully, active in anti-German actions and later involved with protecting liners during the war, is central to the alleged plot.
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Charles J. Scully
Department of Justice
New York
Communist Party
She Bang
Bridgeport
Slaciette
Cummings Prophecies Democratic Victory in 1920 on League Stand
Homer Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, predicted a sweeping Democratic win in 1920 if Senator Lodge’s plan to politicize the League of Nations materialized. He said Republicans would face public backlash for blocking the League and warned treaty wreckers would be judged by history.
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Cummings
Homer
Democratic National Committee
Lodge
League of Nations
Atlanta
Led Out and Married Without Knowing It in Bristol
Thomas Maynard, reportedly the first man married without his knowledge, faced court in Bristol when his wife and a second wife pressed desertion charges. Maynard, claiming shell shock from front-line injuries in France, described a hospital misadventure in which a girl supposedly married him for two hours. The judge noted the remarkable case as Maynard was ordered to support his wife.
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Bristol
Eng
Thomas Maynard
Maynard
Amy
Nard
France
Post to furnish turkeys for soldiers families
Members of the Harry W. Congdon Post, American Legion, plan a Thanksgiving dinner and will provide necessities to Bridgeport families of deceased soldiers and those unable to buy. Several applications have been received, due by Friday. Baskets to be delivered Wednesday night. applications to the post will reach the proper officer.
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Harry W. Congdon
American’ Legion
Bridgeport
City Life Ablaze With Fights Runaways and Planes
A citizen recalls a wild day over Cattawampus with three street fights two runaways an incident of a lady horsewhipping an agent and several airplane flyovers. He dodged crowds was knocked over multiple times and figures his health will be off for a while amid the town’s chaotic scenes.
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Cattawampus
Rother
Rince
Tom P. Morgan
Judge
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Reds
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Smith-Murray Ca
Turkeys
Simrain OF
Xan Gupya
Necco Sweets
NEW England Confectionery CO
Boston
Mass
Factory Help
Manufacturers’ Assn. Employment Bureau
Locomobile CO
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Hcroft Manupa Company
H. C. Canfield CO
Housatonic Avenue
Bench Workers
Bridgeport Metal Goods
Butters, Mfg. CO
Black Rock Mfg. CO
Manufacturers’ Association
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