Prominent North Carolina Scion Files Suit Over Wife’s Alleged Infidelity
Seth Baugham, wealthy son of an old Washington, D C family, sues William Webber of New York for 100000 in the New York Supreme Court, alleging Webber seduced his wife Marion Crawford Baugham while he served in France. The case reveals Webber’s connections, living arrangements, and alleged affair details from March 1919 onward.
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New York
Seth
Baugham
Washington, DN. C
Supreme Court
Wiliam Webber
Marion Bullus Baugham
France
Lucille Pugh
Broadway
Webber
Bangham
Miss Pugh
Southern Artillery
Camp Mills
L. I
William
Wamayr
Marion Crawford
Roosevelt Addresses Republican Rally at Clam Bake
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt delivered his first political speech since announcing his candidacy for the assembly from this district. He recalled his father’s 1898 campaign kickoff in the same area and condemned the Democratic organization as aiming to upset the American idea of representative government.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Assembly
Republican County
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
Wilson
Trade commission sails to Europe for direct US ties
The Southern Commercial Congress will dispatch a trade commission to Europe aboard the S S Noordam departing New York September 3 arriving Boulogne September 12. It will visit France Italy Belgium Holland and England with headquarters in Paris and London to establish direct reciprocal commercial and financial relations.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Europe
Trade Commission To Europe
Spanish Beauty Lost Believed in Chicago
Chicago police seek Miss Eresa Soto a wealthy Spanish beauty who came from New Orleans. Her sister and the sister's husband are also wanted following a request by D. W. Bryant of Tulsa Oklahoma. A $50 reward is offered for information locating the Soto family.
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Chicago
Senorita Eresa Soto
New Orleans
D. W. Bryant
Soto
Tulsa
Oklo
Railroad Schedules for Passenger Trains at High Point
The arrival and departure times for passenger trains at High Point are published for information only and are not guaranteed by the railroad.
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High Point
revolt over silk stockings prompts barelegged protest
London Aug 12 A sign of women’s revolt against silk stocking prices appears as a barelegged woman strolls through the financial district. She remains uncamouflaged while onlookers react with mixed surprise and admiration, defying the era’s fashion norms.
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London
Financial District
Yaris
New York
Historic 1917 Rail Schedule Shows Arrivals and Departures
The schedule lists times for trains on the C and Y Railway and associated lines, noting arrivals at Charlotte Washington Danville Richmond Birmingham and Gordontown along with northbound services. It includes a note that times are not guaranteed and mentions a conditional stop at Asheboro and a U S Railroad Administration depot office.
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Rairoad
Washington
Birmingham
N. O
Wacha
Chagliotte
Richmond
Danville
Charlotte Washington
Birhin
Washa
H.P.R.A
Arai
Gordontown
Thomasville
High Point
Elsie Janis Loses War Medals in Boat Dive
New York August 12 Miss Elsie Janis the play girl of the A E F lost medals presented by General Pershing and soldiers of the Sixty ninth while rehearsing a dive from the yacht Omelda. She dropped her handbag on deck and it vanished before the dive, containing medals a large sum of money a gold cigarette case and a gold match box. The thief may keep the other items if he returns the medals.
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New York
Elsie Janis
General Pershing
Sixty-ninth
Omelda
Janis
Farmer Dies After Drinking Homemade Brew in New York
Poughkeepsie August 12 Ward Pitcher 68 of Silver Mountain near Millerton died after drinking a home made molasses corn and yeast concoction. He retired to the hay field then fell ill and died.
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Poughkeepsie, N
Ward Pitcher
Silver Mountain
Millerton
Verona Woman Packs 1209 Cans This Season
A Verona Texas farmer's wife Mrs E H Miller held a remarkable record by preserving 1209 cans of fruit and vegetables this season, showcasing notable canning effort and productivity.
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E.H. Miller
Verona
Texas
Couple Reconciles after Court Over Dances and Star Boarder
In Kansas City on August 12 Judge Edward Fleming witnessed Mrs. Nuta Atterbury accuse her husband Frank of neglecting support since last November. Frank admits the issue and a star boarder at Lulu Atterbury’s home. The judge orders reconciliation and Frank agrees to quit dancing while Lulu gives up the star boarder, and they depart together leaving the boarder alone.
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Kansas City
Nuta Atterbury
Frank Atterbury
Mrs. Atterbury
Edward Fleming
Frank
Lulu
Custody Case Reveals Fifteen Year Old’s Preference
In Brooklyn Julienne M. Tainter fifteen testifies before Supreme Court Justice Kapper that she prefers living with her father. She criticizes her mother Mrs Marion Tainter Bishop Dickerson of East 62nd street for frequent marriages and notes the father took the mother to England where she stayed five years, contrary to an agreement.
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Brooklyn
Julienne M. Tainter
Supreme Court
Kapper
Marion Tainter
Bishop Dickerson
No. 210
East 62Nd Street
Dickerson
England
Two Die in Sewer During Storm Dredged Suits Filed
Dubuque residents sue the city for 22 500 each for the deaths of Mrs. George Kennicker and her niece Ruth Brose who drowned after entering an open sewer during a recent cloudburst. Relatives claim city negligence left the sewer opening uncovered.
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Dubuque
George Kennicker
Ruth Brose
London Messes Roughly Fifteen Thousand Women Convicted
About fifteen to twenty thousand women are convicted of drunkenness in the London metropolitan area each year, according to the report.
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London
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