Forbidden Back Breadth Robbery At The White Homestead
In East Westland, Henry Whitman and his wife Sylvia confront a life changing will after Abraham White dies. The couple fears wealth and temptation but faces a moral test when Flora Barnes is exposed for stealing a back breadth from the corpse to make a dress. Sylvia asserts ownership and destroys the theft, keeping dignity in the wake of inheritance drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Meeks
Sylvia
Abrahama
Miss Babcock
East Westland Gazette
Abrahama White
New York
Martin Barnes
Martin
Flora Barnes
South Room
Henry Whitman
Simeon Capen
Barnes
Capen
Flora
Hiram Adams
Pather
Alford
Wallace
East Westland
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Pink Silk Dress Sparks Henry Whitman’s Late Blessing
Henry Whitman contemplates sudden good fortune after Abrahama's death as Sylvia discovers her sister’s wardrobe. He wrestles with relief, injury from past struggles, and fear of an idle future while debating whether to retire from his shoe shop. The scene ends with uncertain prospects and a Sunday cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Sylvia
Horace Allen
Providence
Henry Whitman
Wallace
Hving
Detective Recovers Suspect in Cincinnati Leather Theft Case
Detective Houillion escorted Aaron Wertheimer a Indianapolis junk dealer sought on a false pretenses warrant. Wertheimer resisted requisition papers and habeas corpus. The pair fled by auto and rail to avoid lawyers. Wertheimer and partner Harry Strassberger are linked to leather theft from Rumsfelder Erlick Shoe Co. in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houillion
Aaron Wertheimer
Indianapolis
Wertheimer
Hoosier
Cincinnati
Greensburg
Harry Strassberger
Rumsfelder Erlick Shoe Company
Genesee and
Plum Streets
Swindled Jeweler Loses Diamonds in Bank Scam
George G Rekert, a jeweler at 1533 Vine street, said a well dressed man swindled him of four diamonds valued at 825. The con man paid with a mixed bank roll totaling 824 plus a silver dollar, leaving only 24 dollars when the jeweler counted again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Rekert
Vine Street
Rekert
City Hall Bank
Rekart
Hig
Miss Julia Bothwell Granted Five Months Study Leave
Assistant Superintendent of the Cincinnati Kindergarten Training School Miss Julia S Bothwell receives five months leave to study at Columbia University in New York City. She departs for the East next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia S. Bothwell
Cincinnati
Columbia University
New York City
Miss Bothwell
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The
New York Herald Company
Poors Whitman
New England
Sydney Meeks
Sylia
Abrahama Ite
Rose Fletcher
Fiora
Red
Trust
Sylvig
Indiana
Will
Columbia
NEW York Herald
Tribune
Max Pemberton
England
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
America
Commercial Tribune
Max. Pemberton
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