Lunatics Carried on Special Lackawanna Train to Asylum
New York dispatch reports 250 passengers, all chronically insane, moved from Ward's Island to the state asylum at Binghamton aboard a five car Lackawanna train. Thirty-two attendants and eight physicians, led by Dr. Murray, oversaw the transfer from Hoboken pier No 2. The patients included eight Japanese and seven Negroes. twelve had committed murder.
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Indianaapolis Sun
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Lackawanna Road
Hoboken
Ward's Island
State Asylum For
Department of Charities
General Wanser
Dr. Murray
Lackawanna Station
Weston Threatens to Use His Whip in Wall Street
Edward Payson Weston, famed for walking from Portland to Chicago, returned to New York carrying a heavy rawhide whip and a Chicago bought sombrero. He said he would go to Wall Street to whip the man who swindled him out of a substantial sum.
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Weston
Son Weston
Portland
Chi
Cago
New York
Chicago
Don’t Waste Money On So-Called Fat Doctors
Bold ad urges readers to self-treat obesity using a home mixture of Marmola, Cascara Aromatic extract, and Simplex syrup. It claims a teaspoon after meals and at night will reduce excess weight in 30 days without dieting or exercise, promoting a cheap, safe, and effective shortcut.
Burgess Admits Hotel Cash Embezzlement Scheme
Charles Burgess, hotel bookkeeper, concedes he misappropriated between $1,200 and $3,500 from the English hotel accounts. He says the thefts, executed in $10 increments by altering receipts and expenses, were driven by personal ruin after his wife divorced him. Wabraham, the proprietor, claims $3,500 was taken and notes Burgess’ method and motive.
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Charles Burgess
JS. G. Wabraham
Burgess
Houser
Dugan
Kansas
Wilbraham
Christmas Social and Society Notes Report
The Trenton society section details a ladies sewing club dinner at the Lowe home with festive red and holly decor and a children's table featuring a Hersher tree. It lists many family guests, upcoming parties, luncheons, and holiday events including a doll party, sorority open house, and notes on members traveling or visiting.
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Sovial Sewing Club
Washington Lowe
Trenton
Charles Leeds
Tom Farmer
Lowe
Boyd Templeton
Anis Burk
George W. Stout
Ruth Howard
Addie Stout
Meridith Lowe
Fieleon
Harriet Stout
Virginia
Phoebe Farmer
Mary Leeds
Christmas Eve Visit Keeps Local Families Busy
The community reports a flurry of gatherings as families plan visits and celebrations. Mr. and Mrs. W. Springer of Louisville will spend time with the Archers and Hewitts, while Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wellman will holiday in Ramona Indiana with the Alvard Alversons. Craft couples travel to Anderson, and Doney family visits Cambridge City. Rose Haas visits Logansport to see sister Leo Jacobs, and Ola McCulloch returns from Winchester.
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Roy Wellman
Ramona, Ind
Mrs
Alvard Alverson
Frederick Craft
Anderson
Mr. and
W. S. Craft
Rose Haas
Logansport
Leo Jacobs
Anti-Saloon league to canvass LaPorte wards
In LaPorte Indiana the Anti-Saloon league led by Supt Hicks plans a ward by ward voter poll starting with the second ward to mount a full remonstrance effort. After completing the second ward the first ward poll will follow. third to fifth wards are set aside for now.
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Anti-Saloon League
Supt. Hicks
Mayor Ahearn Denied Recognition by New York Mayor
John Fr Ahearn was re elected president of the Manhattan Borough by the board of aldermen but Mayor McClellan refused to recognize him when he took a seat on the board of estimate at its regular meeting. The council chamber was crowded and excitement ran high as the mayor blocked his name from being called during roll call claiming the re election was not legal.
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New York
John Fr. Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of Aldermen
McClellan
Board of Estimate
Council Chamber
City Hall
Ahearn
Chamber
Manhattan Borough
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Hits Steubenville Area
In Steubenville and nearby mining village of Nobscot Washington a scarlet fever outbreak prompts evacuation. Sixteen deaths reported in two weeks and four children from one family died within 12 hours. Residents unable to leave town fled after locking homes.
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Steubenville
Dev
Penobscot
W. Wa
Jury awards damages in double trial at Chicago
A second jury before Judge Ben M. Smith set Miss Agda Broberg’s damages at 15000 against James R. Tal madge Mershon. The plaintiff, once a domestic at the Lake-ave home, had sued after alleging he attacked her while his wife was away. Mershon is reported to be in Kansas City. Mrs. Mershon is in St Louis with her parents after filing for divorce.
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Chicago
Ben M. Smith
Agda Broberg
James R. Talmadge Mershon
Brotere
Lake-ave
Mershon
Kansas City
Twin brothers Walter and Willis Cox sentenced in Madison
Walter and Willis Cox, twin brothers aged 2, living in Cincinnati, were sentenced to five months in jail for pocketbook shattering. Two young girls claiming to travel with them, Mayme and Ella Ford, were sent home to Cincinnati by authorities.
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Madison. Ind
Walter
Willis Cox
Cincinnati
Mayme
Ella Ford
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