Woes With Blows But Wins No Bride Judge Fines Mahoney
In Chicago a man named John Mahoney tested a so called stone age seduction method after paying $80 for a violent method to win Julia Chemeleske. He followed her, assaulted her in an alley, and was fined $50 plus costs by Municipal Judge Hopkins for the attack on the woman, who had a certificate of being brutally choked and beaten.
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Chicago
John Mahoney
John
Mahoney
Princeton Avenue
Wiliam F. Waugh
Bennett Medical College
Jefferson Park Hospital
Julia Chemeleske
Albany Ayehua
Joln
Halsted Street
Julia
Mulhoney
Balated
Thirty-fifth
Chemeléske
Sician
Hopkins
Python on Rampage Shakes Bronx Zoo to Night Alarm
A large South American python escaped its crate at the Bronx zoological garden on the night shift. It roared through the reptile house breaking crates and startling staff. Police were alerted after the animal hissed at a guard and zoo Keepers recaptured it, returning the snake to its crate. A Brooklyn man, George J Gordon, learned he had married his mother in law to keep a promise to his wife.
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New York
Bronx
South America
Alf Costain
Tremont
Dennis Cahill
Costain
Cahi
Hla
Hard Luck Johnnie Ends Life After Strife and Faithful Love
In Pittsburgh a man known as Hard Luck Johnnie drank carbolic acid at 2 a.m. and died shortly after. His misfortunes began after a tumultuous romance with Miss Pry, including ambush shootings and injuries. He had sought permission to call on her, aided by a $900 gift, then faced repeated betrayals before taking his life.
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Pitteburg
Johnnie
Nell
CloFa
Neila
Ohnnie
Miss Pry
West Moreland County Hospital
Pry
West Moreland
Jehuile
Pittaburg
Judge Tries Man by Phone in Wisconsin Case
In Kenosha Wisconsin Judge Clifford Randall of the municipal court held an unusual Sunday trial by telephone against Charles Fielden of Chicago. The judge ordered Fielden to plead. Fielden pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars with total costs of 28.03 dollars, to be settled via the telephone operator who would transfer the payment to the court.
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Kenosha
Wis
Clifford
Randall
Municipal Court
Charles Fielden
Chicago
Camp Lake
Michaal Kleist
Fielden
Blejat
Abe
Negro porter aids in river swim and escape
In Sacramento California, a black porter identified as Jackson swam in the Sacramento River near evening. Fred Ford and William Gladstone observed him. a shotgun fired from a boat missed as Jackson floated on his back, escaping unharmed amid the confusion. An unrelated Omaha report quotes Judge Chas. Sgille on women’s attire.
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Bea Serpent
Sacramento
Calif
Arthur Taelegoo
Fred Ford
William Gladstone
Jackson
Gladstone
Hog dispute at Smyth ranch ends with Smyth awarded
In Julesburg Colorado a hog wandering from Smyth's farm sparked a long court battle. Smyth and Camelin clashed over ownership through four jury trials, with the last jury ruling Smyth entitled to $30 plus $218.70 in court costs. The hog, long consumed as meat, sparked talks of double costs as Camelin appeals to the Supreme Court.
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Julesberg
Izclo
Hogar
Smyth Ranch
Litigante Nave Sp Smyth
Poland
Sedgwick
Rey
Sal
Iola
Gine Ho
Sulesberg
Camelin
Capielin
Justice Court
Court-Corts
Smyth's
Camelin's
Cass
Supreme Couury
TWO EGGS EVERY OTHER DAY IN Winsted Hens
In Winsted Connecticut Margrat reports a Rhode Island hen that lays two eggs on alternating days, one morning with a hard shell and one afternoon with a soft shell, or just one egg on days she does not lay two. A Glendale, Maryland reader adds a humorous sketch of a chicken with odd features from the Yorkshire town of Glendale and praises its freakish quickness.
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Winsted
Conn
Margrat
Rhode Island
Glendale
Mags
Nho
Glandale
Torkshires
Third Set of Teeth Fraud Fallout in New Jersey Arrests
Jonathan H. Yole, 29, and Addie Benjamin of New York face charges after a bizarre scheme involving false molars and a stampr marked lattern. Police report a Clever Artist Asbury Kirk associate died, with investigations tied to a long running fraud involving dentistry based items and stamps.
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South Plainfield
N. J
Jonathan H. Yole
Asbury Kirk
N. die-Ars
Addie Benjamin
New York
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South Front
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Gent
Mgr
Butler Loan & Trust Co
Rentschler
Bell
Webb & Hawthorn
Undertakers
Main Street
L. Liebman & Son
Sutherland
Hamilton
Ohio
Chisago Bullsmae
Chattar
Big
Python
Watchman
Snake
Paticeman
Wisconsin
Omaha
Neb
Chas. Sgille
Gostly
Colorado
Mass
Rand
H. Keenke & CO
Holzberger
Moerlein’s Beer
John Holzberger
Louis Breinig
Henry A. Dornbush
Bell Telephone
Hamilton Vehicle Co
Monument Avenue
M. Stolz
South Third Street
Morning Glory Bakery
Laurel and
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Lindenwald
Roman Verdin, Prop
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