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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
5
New York report by Mrs. Josephine Garino of Travelers Aid describes marriages arranged by families at the docks. One case involved a Italian bride with a widower fathering eight children and a wooden leg. The bride accepted the match after questions on money and work.
Police seek Robert F. Miller of Manhattan linked to a scam that produced about 100 fraudulent decrees in two years through eight courtesan-like corespondents in a Westchester branch of the New York supreme court. Justice Seeger and District Attorney L P Davis pursue leads. Miller’s bar status unclear though licensed in Vermont and Indiana.
Bertram Shapleigh, music writer, testifies marriage faltered after his wife Mabelle Shapleigh pursued new ideas abroad after inheriting 40000 dollars. He recalls happy years before Europe trip altered their life. Mrs Florence A Carpenter and Miss Frances Carpenter corroborate. Judge Sabath grants him a decree.
James Gibbons seeks warrant to charge Mrs. Sarah Crawford Grayford with grand larceny after she drove away a car Crawford had supposedly given her for Christmas. Crawford asserts he bought and delivered the auto. the couple later separated and Crawford sold the vehicle. Police faced whether the car could be stolen from its owner turned recipient.
The 1918 California state land settlement at Durham Butte County created 6 219 acres of small farms for 120 families and 200 children. The state provided land loans and expert guidance with farm advisers and cooperative buying and selling. The project aims to build a self sustaining rural community with a communal center, schools, roads and irrigation.
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