Divorce Dilemma in a Distant Family War
Annie confronts banker Mr. Jeffries over her husband Howard Jr. and his troubled past. She pleads for aid to save him, denies leaving him, and rejects a public divorce while facing aristocratic indifference. He offers only legal funding and silence, forcing her to seek other counsel and hope for justice.
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Jeffries
Annie
Mr. Jeffries
Judge Brewster
Howard
Manhattan
Wall Street
Billy Delmore
America
Howard Jeffries, Jr
Tombs
Tragic double shooting in Wilkinsburg boarding house
In Pittsburg, April 6, Edward Walsh aged 43 shot Mary Ryan a fashionable boarding house operator in Wilkinsburg then shot himself, dying instantly yesterday afternoon. Police reported no further details.
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Pittsburg
Edward Walsh
Mary Ryan
Wilkinsburg
Boston socialite fails 108 mile trek to Del Monte
Miss Eleanor Sears of Boston and Newport attempted a 108 mile walk from Burlingame to Del Monte in 55 hours but quit after 66 miles in 20 hours. A pacemaker left San Francisco mid-route, ending the effort and her $20 wager.
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Boston
Newport
Burlingame
del Monte
San Francisco
100 Year Old Elk Celebrates Birthday in San Diego
Hale and hearty Charles C. Clusker, the oldest B. P. QO. E. in the world, marked his 100th birthday with an 8 o'clock rising, long walk, cafe lunch, a record elderly block sprint, a Coronado visit with Miss Eleanor Sears who called him a kid, and a centennial dinner hosted by W. H. Olmstead of Los Angeles who arranged the event three years earlier.
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San Diego
Cal
Hale
Charles C. Clusker
Coronado
Eleanor Sears
W. H. Olmstead
Los Angeles
Three Round Bout Held In Church Roof Fight
In Xenia Ohio on April 6 two workmen quarrelled on a Reformed church roof and moved to the basement where spectators marked a quick fighting ring. They fought three three minute rounds. the larger man was defeated and left town with his tools.
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Xenia, O
New Reformed
Thieves Enter Club and Residence in Indianapolis
Thieves smashed a window at the Indianapolis Tennis clubhouse on Oriental and St. Clair streets and stole contents from 50 lockers including nets rackets and shoes. A separate entry Sunday night targeted Charles Rutherford’s apartment in the Roberts Annex on N Illinois street stealing a few pieces of jewelry.
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Indianapolis
Oriental and St. Clair Streets
Charles Rutherford
Roberts Annex
N. Illinois Street
Scare unkinks hair in Virginia woods fire incident
In Richmond on April 6 Stephen Green, a Black man, and a companion hunted near a camp. Green slept by the fire and awoke to burning clothes. He ran four miles for help, tearing off his garments as they burned, arriving nearly nude.
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Richmond
Stephen Green
Green
Rough robber beaten by pin in Harlem assault
Miss Trene Conway and cousin Agnes May chased a robber across High Bridge and Amsterdam Avenue. The assailant struck Conway and threatened with a knife before being tackled by Patrolman Bradley at 157th Street. The women defended themselves with a hatpin and the suspect was bound over in Harlem court on $5,000 bail.
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New York
High Bridge
Trene Conway
Shakespeare Avenue
Agnes May
Manhattan
Bridge
Miss Conway
Miss May
Amsterdam Avenue
157Th Street
Bradley
W. 152d Street
Muss Conway
Apples fly as father actor is hurt in act gone wrong
Theodore Jackson, 43, of Williamsburgh New York, was injured during an open air vaudeville tryout when his son Walter threw fruit at him. A fat apple struck the fork in the man’s mouth, smashing into his eyes and nearly blinding him, breaking two teeth and cutting his lips. He was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
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Jackson
Walter
Lillis Goes Abroad After Texas Court Case
Jere Lillis, the Kansas City banker who fought Jack Cudahy at Cudahy's home, left San Antonio today for London to escape publicity in Texas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jere & Lillis
Kansas City
Jack Cudahy
Texas
London
England
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