A Stirring Tale of Romance and Finance in New York
George Rand, a poised Sturtevant Trust vice president, vows to help his half brother Hannock after years of neglect. He recruits the former drug addict as a confidential secretary, steering Hannock toward regain and respect while navigating a hard city and a web of family secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Meredith
Stevenson
George Rand
Sturtevant Trust Company
World of Finance
Fred Hannock
New York
Arthur van Wutbenow
Young Rand
Middleberg
van Wathenow
Mr. van Wuthenow
Hannock
Rand
Tenderloin Detective Bureau
Fred Hanmek
Mr. Rand
House of Rand
Harnock
Miserly heirs feared as Henrietta Chappell linked to large fortune
In New York a judge named a sheriff's jury to probe the mental condition of Henrietta Chappell of 240 West 131st Street amid claims a family trio lived in squalor despite owning about 160000. Neice Bessie Kiddle alleges mortgage schemes by nonrelatives and seeks protection for Henrietta. Doctors describe weak mindedness and lack of capacity to manage affairs, while aides recount years of ragged living and hoarding.
Public Auction of Marion County Real Estate and Dower
Certified copy of a decree directs sale in Marion County Indiana to satisfy a $54.50 debt plus interest and costs. The property includes lots in Parker and Fletcher Oak subdivision totaling Sixty-three and Ninety-one to Ninety-four in City of Indianapolis. Sale set for a Saturday in 1920 at courthouse doors between 10 am and 4 pm. If rents and profits cannot cover the decree, the sale will convey the fee simple subject to rights and conditions. Sheriff notices list multiple executions and bidders at highest offer.
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Circuit Court
Marion County
Indiana
William Nettles
Pininuf
Hiram Bellew
Court House
Pease
George W. Parker
Fletcher
Tadianepotie
Tadiana
Tate
Val Dalia
Jack Rossi
Sherif Duval
Aisemeyan
Totten Aepe
Hubbard
Leander Keee
Maraion
Marion Cownty
Negro Falls 100 Feet On Head At Cumberland Dept Store
Harry Dade a Black worker fell from the eighth floor window of the Cumberland department house landing on grass and sitting up, reportedly unhurt. At Emergency Hospital he was examined given a drink and sent home.
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Washington
Harry Dade
Cumberland Department
Dade
Romance in Real Estate Suit Drives Mother Son Dispute
New York April 30 A real estate action before Supreme Court Justice Whitney centers on Robert L. Lyons an architect who claims a half interest in apartments at 141 East Seventy first Street and 234 and 236 East One Hundred Twenty third Street He sues his mother Mrs Mary Lyons alleging a partnership and shares in the property while she contests the claim and accuses him of pursuing expenses beyond their agreement Their estrangement followed his secret marriage in 1906 to Miss Annabel Knoeppel and a dispute over household support and improvements Lyons formerly supported by his mother now reportedly lives in a fine home. the case includes romance as a factor in the legal papers.
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Hannock
Middleberg
Father
Rand
New York
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Henrietta Chappell
West One Hundred and Thirty-first Street
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
Miss Chappell
Bessie A. Kiddle
Heatly
Lexington Avenue
George W. Heatly
Gilbert
Henrietta
One Hundred and Thirty-first Street
Dr. Perkins
Chappell
William Chappell
Merlyn H. Evans
E. One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Street
Willam Chappell
Evans
Robert L. Lyons
Riverside Drive
Mary Lyons
Seventy-first
Twenty-third Street
Vincent L. Labelle
Lyons
Labelle
Annabel Knoeppel
Robert Lyons
Free 3.50 Kidney Cure Recipe Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure weak kidneys and related symptoms within a week. It offers Dr. A. E. Robinson's plain-envelope mail order and assures the remedy uses only pure, harmless ingredients and quick healing power, claiming doctors would charge $3.50 for the prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Robinson
Luck
Detroit
Mich
Fire Captain Plunges Three Stories In Air
April 30 New York. Fire in a five story building at Peckslip and Front street driven by Frank Rizzo junk dealer. Captain McGowan of engine 9 climbed to the third story and leaped from a broken window to the roof then fell to the street and was carried to St. Gregory's hospital in serious condition. Policeman Gaffney, who reported flames, activated the alarm as the rescue began.
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New York
Frank Rizzo
Peckslip
Front Street
Capt McGowan
Engine Company No. 9
Engine Company No. 31
Dietrich
St. Gregory's Hospital
McGowan
Gaffney
Fire blazes through building. flames reach roof
Deputy Chief Binns ordered a second alarm as tongues of flame leaped from every floor. Fireboats waited near Peck Slip but were not needed as land crews fought the blaze to control by about 9 o’clock. Damage estimated at $5,000. the building previously suffered a basement fire last spring.
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Binns
New Yorker
Hewitt
Strong
Peck Slip
Binnes
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Tian
Sing Sing
Bannock
Clyde Fitch
Chappells
Mrs. Merritt
Bertha Willis
William
Albert A. Howell
Mullally
R. T. Lyons
Outs
Preme Court Justice
Whitney
Ben Hur
Crawfordsville
Finson
Wechsler
Delaware and
Onlo
Company
Michigan City
Rochester
Plymouth
Pera
Kokomo
Tipton
Noblesville
Union Station
Cincinnati
St. Hamilton
Decatur
Bloomingdale
Connersville
Ruadville
H. G. Alexander
D. P
NEW York Central Lines
Adams
New Point
Batesville
Morris Seaman Wanbarz
Guilford
Aurora
Denis
Broadway
11Th Street
New York City
Shenplax
TOR
Hote Breakfast Co
WM. Taylor & Son
Lao
Harris-Thompson CO
Chret Wi
Route Fe Zeemens Mae Coe Lovel
Ian
Indianapolis Gas Co
Dental College
Col
Ohio Streets
Hartmann’s
Delury the Hatter
Kentucky Ave
North Illinois ST
Marion Paint Co
S. Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis National Athletic Club
Washington Skating Kirk
National Athletic Club
State of Indiana
Bert Ritchie
Prospect
the Garment Cleaners
Walter Ehlers
South Lunnels St
SFA AN. Rems
Washington St St
Bryce
Model Laundry
Seser
Gon
Chicago
Newyork Central Lines
Big Four
Washington Street
Pennsylvania
Madison
Lea
Ieee
Terre Haute
Brazil
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Piper Machine Co., Ine General Machinists
W. Mayne Pheee
Victor
Novner
Ictors
R-Stewart Music CO
Orth Penneyivents Streat
the Hotel Kingston
Circle Park Hotel
A. J. Tron
Indiana Union Traction Co
Nebbeeville
Kekomo
Perm
Malin
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