Mrs Stafford's Christmas Star
Albert Stafford a New York lawyer plans a 11 month saving spree to surprise his wife with diamonds. After a string of bank bank robberies and a stolen star he returns a paste copy to avoid a public scandal, only to uncover a deeper fraud masterfully resolved by a jeweler.
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Albert Stafford
Stafford
New York
Lowenstein
Deering
Stackpole
Central Office
Mr. Stackpole
Higginson Walworth
Lenox
Telegraph
The Case of Maria Bri cía A Loveless Life Ahead
A New York City newborn, Maria Bri cia, born with a brain tumor removed at Harlem hospital, faces possible loss of love and domestic feeling after the operation. Doctors note phrenology claims about love and discuss potential emotional outcomes, with a future of lovelessness if brain tissue affecting affection is removed.
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Staria Bricia
New York City
Harlem
Faculty of Love
Maria Bricia
Jessie A. Fowler
Fowler & Wells
Maria Bri¢ia
New York World
Louisa Bricia
Laughts Ie
New Racing Yachts To Dominate Next Yachting Season
A new class of 70 foot racing sloops will be built from a single Herreshoff design. Ex Commodore E. D. Morgan and prominent yachtsmen order four vessels, with six to eight total by season start. Races planned in June, Newport regattas in July, with cups and prizes for top performers. Other potential builders include C. L. F. Rob inson, T. Lathrop Ames, W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., and August Belmont.
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Herreshoft
Bristol Yard
New York
Chicago
E. D. Morgan
Harry Payne Whitney
H. G. Havemeyer, Jr
H. B. Duryea
Herreshoff
Newport
Newport Racing Association
Newporters
C. L. F. Robinson
T. Lathrop Ames
Boston
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
August Belmont
Long Lost Spoon Found in Belleville Henhouse
A silver spoon lost 70 years ago by Hugh Holmes of Belleville New Jersey was discovered by a servant clearing rubbish in a hennery. The spoon bears the initials H bo 1 and matches a family silver set once believed complete with 12 pieces. Mrs Leonard Busby, a Holmes relative, identified it as the missing member of the 11 spoon set now reunited with the family.
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Hugh Holmes
Belleville
N. J
New York Sun
H. Bo
Leonard Busby
Franklin
Markham’s New Epic Headed for Paradise Lost Theme
Edwin Markham, author of The Man With the Hoe, declares a major new epic half written and centered on justifying life. He relocates to 545 Third Street Brooklyn and pursues a lyric epic in Miltonian form with realistic modern characters. His income rises and publishers bid for his unseen work while he remains largely reclusive.
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Edwin Markham
Third Street
Brooklyn
Max Nordau
Milton
New York Journal
Markham
United States
Ile
London
Harpers
Doubleday & McClure
Howard Pyle
Heaven
Hell
Abrahen Lincoln
The
Gulf
Rumor Triggers Bank Run at Portland Savings Bank
In Portland Maine on December 23 deposits poured in as rumor spread about the bank’s solvency. Most payments were in gold and the run forced officials to use legal means to guard cash. The bank reported a $1,125,000 surplus in secure investments and plans to reopen ready to meet all demands after paying about $125,000.
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Portland
Sister and student vanish after Chicago departure
Terre Haute, Ind. December 23. Sister Irma Cecile of the Sisters of Providence at St. Marys of the Woods abducted a student, Louise Seeley from Wisconsin, and they disappeared together after leaving for Chicago. No trace of either has been found.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Irma Cecile
Sisters of Providence
St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods
Chicago
Louise Seeley
Wisconsin
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Lowenstein’s
Newport News
Sam White
Sam Jacobs
Abe Levin
Burmap
Bricia
Maria
Ohio
C. J. Thompson
Defiance
Man With the Hoe
Candalee Gray
Boses
Siering Benedy Co
Sewa
Mackintosh
Davis
BEARS
Foeruck & CO
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