Baby Duval Case Delights Court As Candy Smiles
In New York on May 5 a baby named Yvonne Duval sat on a judge's desk and charmed Magistrate O'Connor while her would be guardian Mrs. Gouge faced a kidnapping charge tied to a Montreal custody dispute. Detectives traced the child's movement from Quebec to New York after a telegram from secretary Skroder prompted action, with authorities unveiling a tangled tale of adoption attempts and ran from Montreal to Florida.
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New York
Jefferson Market Court
O'Connor
Bessie Rouge
Yvonne
Quebec
Gouge
Jacksonville
Fla
Central Office
Sullivan. Bedner and McLaughlin
Thomas D. Walsh
The
Children's Society
C. E. Skroder
Montreal Society For the Protection of Women and Children
Montreal
St. Augustine
Ponce de Leon
Montreal Star
Montreal Society
Skroder
Children’s Society
Chanticler Names In Dairy Lunchroom Lingo
A playful digression records a three cornered chat about food orders in a dairy lunch setting. The quoins mix minced ham and eggs with toast coffee pie and chicken pie, with chanticleer themed slang injected into the meal discourse.
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Baltimore
The Main Difference in Hat Selection
The Chicago Post reports a playful distinction where a man picks hats by size while a woman chooses by price. The dialogue features a boy asking how hats become most becoming and a father offering the gendered guidance.
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Chicago Post
Eggs Shower in Bronx Egg Fight Sparks Police Omelet Scene
Charles Oliver, driver for Helstein Express, loses four crates of eggs on One Hundred and Thirty eighth Street. About 25 boys aged 6 to 12 grab ten dozen eggs, pelting passing cars and a fat policeman who is knocked about, ending up smeared like an animated omelet.
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Bronx
Alexander
Third Avenues
Oliver
Third Avenue
Red Head
Wife Charged With Score Of Bad Habits
Louis Knudson files cross complaint in Clara Knudson divorce suit alleging eight years of abuse and neglect. He says she slams him, throws knives and hot coffee, pulls hair, bites neck, and takes most of his $70 monthly earnings. He urges temper control to save marriage. otherwise seeks divorce.
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Seattle
Louis Knudson
Clara Knudson
Knudson
Knudsen
Rat Adopts Baby Rat by Local Cat Family
A Baltimore couple, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Orem, found their cat returning with a rat she had found and placed among her five new kittens. The family watched as the cat carried the rodent to her kittens, effectively adopting it. The fate of the baby rat remains a mystery.
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Baltimore
Louis Orem
Mount Vernon
Mrs. Orem
Cat
Waldneister May Wine at Meridian House
Bliss Native Herbs at 225 W Washington provides daily herb wine samples while Waldneister May Wine is brewed fresh at Einner's Wine House, 210 W Meridian, blending local herbal flavors and traditional methods.
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Waldneister
Einner's
Meridian
Bliss Native Herbs
Washington Street
Relatives of Drowned Girl Involve High Society Figures
New York social connections tie Miss Estella Reid to Mrs Bertha Reid Wells and Princess Rospigliosi of Milan as investigators probe a mysterious Naples death. The Princess has identified the body and aids the inquiry, while Mrs Wells disputes suicide claims. A recent theory suggests kidnapping led to drowning.
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New York
Rospigliosi
Milan
Estella Reid
Naples
Ancient copper bells found in Honduras cave
Andrew H. Blackiston, a New York scientist aboard the steamer San Jose, reports locating a secret Honduran cave about 50 miles from Pimiento containing about 200 copper bells. The bells vary from watch charm to chime size, with wire work and cast shapes, plus spear heads and a large turquoise inlaid ceremonial mask. He will present the find to the Nacional museum in Washington.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Jose
Central America
Andrew H. Blackiston
New York
Honduras
Pimiento
Blackiston
Washington
Nacional Museum
Recruit Crew Line on Physical Test at Marine Station
Walla Walla district report describes John Hutchinson attempting to enlist in the U S Marine Corps. After ironing out questions he balked at the dressing room stripping stage and slipped away, leaving behind a possible disguise. The note hints the candidate may have been a woman posing as a man and linked to a prior recruit bound for San Francisco.
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Walla Walla
John Hutchinson
Sergt. Chamberlain
United States Marine Corps
John
Hutchinson
Marine Corps
San Francisco
Daughter Receives $3 Million Estate in Appleton
In Appleton Wisconsin on May 5 the $3,000,000 estate of John McNaughton passes to his daughter, wife of a Lawrence College professor, after his lack of a will. The daughter married Prof. J C Rosebush soon after graduation. Verbal directive grants her nearly the entire estate, including several large paper mills and bank interests.
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Appleton, Wis
John McNaughton
Lawrence College
J. C. Rosebush
Mother bites daughter in Flatbush court case
Eight year old Rosa Peto testified that her mother Carrie Petito bit her arms cheeks and almost tore off her ear while keeping her prisoner at Rutland road Flatbush. Petito fought officers in court and was jailed after a search found $400 in her stocking. The child was sent to a shelter and the father claimed it was Rosa who caused trouble. Magistrate Nash postponed examination and held the mother in jail.
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New York
Rosa Peto
Rutland Road
Flatbush
Carrie Petito
Flatbush Court
Brooklyn Children’s Society
Rosa
Nash
Raymond Street
Giuseppe Fpetito
Smile Seldom Seen in Police Court Chamber
A humorous moment lights a grim courtroom as Judge Collins and spectators laugh at innocent replies from children witnesses. A 10 year old testifies about oath meaning truth, joking that a liar goes to Plainfield. The bulldog anecdote and misstatements ease tension in the pressurized police court scene.
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Colling
Collins
Plainfield
Greeks Take Over Florida Sponge Fishery in Five Years
Boston May 5 Greeks from the Mediterranean islands rapidly seized Florida sponge fishing, moving the industry at Tarpon Springs from local hands to Greek control. By April 1905 two divers introduced operations and a Greek workforce expanded to about 1,000 within a year, displacing traditional pole and hook methods once common in Tarpon Springs and Key West.
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Boston
Mass
Mediterranean Sea
Florida
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Union
Key West
Century-old petition calls for price limits on victuals and liquor
In Butler Pennsylvania on May 5 a 1804 court petition signed by 100 citizens urged the judge to set price controls on meals liquor and tavern goods. They argued meals at 25 cents were extortionate whisky 40 cents per gallon pork 3 to 4 cents per pound and flour 2 dollars per hundredweight.
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Butler
Robert M. McFarland
Moore
Banker is Found Dead in Henderson Ravine
Henderson Ky May 5 Stephen K Sneed 69 former cashier of Henderson National Bank was found dead in a ravine near his home Wednesday by two sons in law J Ewing Rankin Jr and Chapman Mason After four years of ill health he wandered from home last Sunday while temporarily insane
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Sneed
Henderson National Bank
J. Ewing
Kin, Jr
Chapman Mason
Army Orders Indicate Promotions and Transfers
Washington May 5 Army orders assign Capt Louis F Garrar Jr for examination for promotion and detail Second Lieut William W Boddie to the Presidio San Francisco for observation. Leave granted First George R B Rodney two months. Capt Walter M Wilhelm relieved at Walter Reed and to return to station. Harold Christensen retirements and Frank N Graham to retire board. Major Denne C Howard to Jefferson Barracks. Charles C Reese to Concordia College as professor. Edward E Dravo to oversee Seattle purchasing office during Maj Hugh J Gallagher’s leave. ODN Sergeants ONeill and Thornton placed on retired list.
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Washington
Louis F. Garrar, Jr
William W. Boddie
Second Infantry
Presidio of
San Francisco
George RB. Rodney
Fifth Cavalry
Walter M. Wilhelm
Ordnance Department
Walter
Charles C. Reese
Fifteenth Infantry
Concordia College
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ivers W. Leonard
Eleventh Infantry
Edward E. Dravo
Seattle
Wash
Hugh J. Gallagher
William O'Neill
George Thornton
Portland’s wooden leg shop draws steady crowd
In Portland Oregon a small shop run by J. H. Lutes specializes in artificial limbs. Staff include Lutes, his wife as bookkeeper, and a nurse who aids women and children. Customers, with wooden legs and arms, come and go as the shop discusses stumps remedies and fittings.
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Portland
Ore
J. H. Lutes
Lutes
Tates
One of the first dime novel writers lives on
Mrs. Mary Andrews Denison of Baltimore Maryland will celebrate her eighty four birthday on May twenty six. She is one of the two surviving early dime novel authors and has published since 1853 starting with Home Pictures. Her prolific output includes at least sixty novels with sales over a million copies.
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Andrews Denison
Bargain Household Goods Sale Prices Listed
A local ad offers a wide range of items with low pricing. Soaps from 4c to 10c per cake, 50c brooms, moth balls 4c, camphor 10c, shelf paper 2c, washing powder 10c, cleaners 22c, dust down 22c, carpet soap 22c, spoons 10c, sewing items 5c, men's shirts 25c, kids stockings 8c, women's hosiery 15c, damask linens 35c yard, linen crash 6c yard, towels from 6c to 12c, towels and washcloths in assorted low prices.
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Chanticler
Restaurant
LINGO
Charles Oliver
Forty-seventh Street
Helstein Express Company
Reade Street
Tabby
Bertha Reid Wells
Princess Rospigliosi
Lfe
Florda Industry
Banker
Includ
Normandy Heights
Wasson A
Santa Claus
Killarney
New Castle Gardens
Montgomery
Ile
Richlieu
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