Odds and Ends From New York Headlines and Oddities
A roundup of quirky New York anecdotes and oddities: a man distributing 1500 one dollar bills to Bowery bums, Macy’s selling plump peacocks at 34.96, a husband hiring a "camera" to trap his wife in the subway using a sawed off shotgun, a Broadway press agent’s infant Hedda, another publicist paid 20000 for a doughnut stunt, a longshoreman bitten by a wandering scorpion on the North River dock, and subway posters wiped clean by a man who erases mustaches and eyebrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bellevue
Bowery
Macy’s
Broadway
Hare
Hedda
P.a
North River
Subway
Estate notices and appointments in several wills
Account of sales filed in the estate of John H. Matthews by administrator K. Thomas Everngam. Proof of publication notice to creditors filed in the estate of Emma H. Nuttle by executor Harry H. Nuttle. Releases filed in the estate of Kenneth Baker Butler by Joseph Emory Butler Franklin Leon Butler and guardian Franklin Leon Butler for Bruce Marvin Butler infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepatees
John H. Matthews
K. Thomas Everngam
Cherity
Emma H. Nuttle
Harry H. Nuttle
Kenneth Baker Butler
Joseph Emory Butler
Franklin Leon Butler
Bruce Marvin Butler
Orphans' Court Admits Administrator for McCarter Estate
Orphans Court meets with Chief Judge Dennis and two associates. George Gordon Butler named administrator for Fannie Alice McCarter estate with bond filed and creditors to be notified. Appraisers Orme and Van Dyke appointed. various inventories and orders filed for estates of Geo B Stewart Michael Walenter Mary E Kinder and others. legal actions in Weaver v Alfred Thomas et al. also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Jesse T. Dennis
Charles V. Moore
J. Norris Coulby
Fannie Alice McCarter
George Gordon Butler
E. Theodore Orme
Paul S. van Dyke
Geo. B. Stewart
G. Lawrence Wilson
C.t.a
Michael Walenter
Mary E. Kinder
Bessie K. Handy
K. Thomas Everngam
Zeth Weaver
Alfred Thomas
Melvina Roe
Marshall Roe
Lizzie Seward
Elsie Meredith
Laurence Roe
Mildred Tribbett
Helen Schuyler
Ridgely News Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Ridgely residents recount family visits and travel with Mrs Elizabeth Haymaker hosting and Mrs Blanche Taylor returning from Washington and Baltimore. Activities include safety programs at the Ridgely High School, World Day of Prayer at the Methodist Church, and a county advisory board gathering in Denton. Local events feature the Senior Class play The Groom Said No, Mardi Gras plans, and a sermon at St Pauls Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Haymaker
Centreville
R. R. Lane
Blanche Taylor
Washington
Baltimore
Western High School
Miss Taylor
Ronald R. Lane
Enoch Strannahan Sr
Mary Laird
Ronald Lane
William Sharpley
Chincoteague Island
Carlton Marvel
Florida
Stanley B. Sutton
Kent Counts
Ridgely Youth Center
Frank H. Kessler
Ridgely P.T. A
Ridgely High School
Paul W. Haviland
Delaware State Police
Corp
John F. Herbert
Clarence Lynch
Herbert
Sergeant Lynch
Ridgely Methodist Church
Visory
Ridgely Supply Company
Southern States Cooperative Agency
Denton
Southern States Board
Charles Dean
C. H. Turner
Francis Lynch
Melvin Blades
J. Boone Jarrell Sr
Paul Hoffman
Martin L Sutton
Donoho
Grace Vernon Smith
J. E. Parker
John M. Saulsbury
New Orleans
Hansen Hoffman
J. Boone Jarrell Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Carl Helm
Chevrolet
The
Local
Joseph Huntley
Lancaster Theological Seminary
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
National Farm Loan Association
Easton
National Farm Loan Association of Easton
H. E. Holsinger
Sec
Treas
Hmoore
ICE Service Company
Dial
Clayton
Zeke
SWIFT
BRIMM
Swift & Company
Swift's Mant Foods
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!