Man Charged He Was Forced to Marry by Revolver Threat
Frederick A. Ealand of New Brighton Staten Island sues for annulment claiming Grace Purcell’s father forced the marriage by threatening to kill him. Priest Father James P. Byrnes performed the ceremony amid disputed coercion with Ealand resisting until compelled to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Ealand
New Brighton
Staten Island
N. Y
Grace Purcell
James P. Byrnes
England
Purcell
Ealand Bays
Walher Byrnes
James L. Devlin
Mr. Purcell
Big Codfish Swallows Spectacles on Georgia Banks
A large codfish hauled from Georgia waters by Olaf Nelgon of Leila Norwood swallowed a clam and, astonishingly, a pair of brass rim spectacles with both lenses intact. The whale of a fish was seen trying to digest the items, the spectacles filling its stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Banks
Olaf Nelgon
Leila B. Norwood
Dropped dog in ticket box at Times Square station
An AR T worker handling heavy metal cans caused them to topple into the edge of the Times Square station ticket chute. A woman, frightened, dropped her fox terrier into the chute instead of her ticket. The ticket chopper operator refused help but later rescued the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough Rapid ‘Transit Company
Times Square
New York City
Bue
Dewey
Mr. Tar
Ao Baby
Man Dug From Grave Alive In New York Rescue
A plumber named Fisher trapped twenty two hours by quicksand and clay in a Tompkinsville trench is rescued as firemen haul him from the earth. He jokes to his wife about overtime pay while being pulled to safety, amid tears and relief from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wisher
Tompkinsville
N. Y
Simmer
Fisher
Dagen
Wiliam J. Barry
Forty Suckers on Her String In St Louis Case
Letters found in Mrs Rose Vinton room reveal forty men courted a woman identified as Bessie Dale at 502 North Fifteenth. Men paid her amusements and even advanced money while believing she would marry them. Mrs Vinton and her husband Charlies Vinton were arrested in St. Louis amid these accusations. Police report several letter writers doubt Miss Dales sincerity and accuse her of seeking gifts rather than a husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Dale
Rose Vinton
Charlies Vinton
St. Louis
North Fifteenth Street
Miss Dale
Digging Trench Rescue Ends in Fatalities and Delays
In a dug trench rescue near a railroad, workers and fire crews used planks and supports as the sides caved repeatedly. Despite long efforts with shovels and tools, the trapped man could not be freed before succumbing, while investigators questioned a nearby official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuly
Bremen
Fisher
Darist
Gtr
Daly
Choad
Lin Beanise
Moose Moose in Bangor Streets and Tragic Bird Attack
Early morning Bangor reports a moose sighting near Columbia Street by Charles H. Potter as it wandered toward Hammond Street and vanished after ramming a Bugueis church area. In Urbana Iowa a blue jay attack on nine Jay Wolf's infant son killed him from head injuries and led to the mother also being struck before the bird was driven off.
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Moose Laune
Bangor
Charles H. Potter
Columbia Street
Kelly
Hammond Street
Mr. Potter
Alan
Buguise
Hammond Streedt
Jay Wolf
Charles Vanes
IL. J. Haines
Urbana
Big
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Priest
Ealand
Baland
Homer City
J. R. Roberts
Indiana County
R. E. Roberts
Homer City, Pa
Old King Cole
Thompson
R. W. Wehrle & CO
Indiana
Penna
J. L. Orr
Syracuse
W. S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
Indiana, Pa
Plumville
J. G. Forsythe
P’hone
Rossmoyne Flouring Mills
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne
Penn’a
Deank
Germantown
Lockard
M. Lockard
Moore
J.C. Irving
the Jeweler
Phila, St
McCreights
Enna
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