Ghost of a Cat to Man Haunts New Jersey Town
In Park Ridge New Jersey on November 25 residents report a white ghost that grows from cat size to human height, scaring colored families to stay indoors. Caesar and Alfred Snyder, Ned Rawson, and Burt Snyder discuss sightings while locals plan a cakewalk. Rawson vows to protect the area with shotguns if needed. The event disrupts nightly coon hunts and unsettles the community.
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Park Ridge
N. J
Woodcliffe
Caesar
Alfred’ Snyder
Ned Rawson
Rawson Twins
Burt
Ned
Snyder Boys
Snyders
Reed Place
Rawson
Fortune teller's tale ends with Graff ring recovered
A. A. Graff from Syracuse returns from New York with his wife’s $2,500 diamond ring, stolen at a West end Atlantic City hotel 18 months earlier. A Red Bank fortune teller predicted recovery within two years. Lawyer George Seligman arranged return after Graff identified the jewel in New York. Graff believes a wealthy thief sold it to avoid wearing it. The ring weighs six to seven karats.
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Syracuse
N. Y
A. A. Graff
New York
West-end
Atlantic City
Red Bank
George Seligman
Seligman & Seligman
Boy Hobo Willis Howells Heads For Buffalo
Cleveland reports a nine year old tramp Willis Howells who ran away from home after saying he hated school. He rode Lake Shore trains to Buffalo with no money or ticket, was challenged by a conductor, and landed in Buffalo after pleading about his dying grandfather. His mother could not keep him at home.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland
Willis Howells
Willis
Buffalo
Central Station
Lake Shore
Stylish Woman Abandons Baby in Indiana Cornfield
STYLISTICALLY DRESSED young woman described as a blonde about 30 vanished after leaving a 4 week old baby in a large cornfield near St Francisville Illinois. Witness PS Smith saw the act and noted the infant may be adopted. Meanwhile federal cases include Richard C Davis pleading not guilty to embezzling $70 000 from the People's National Bank and others charged with mail crimes and open deliveries. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as health tonic.
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Vincennes
Ind
Richard C. Davis
People’s National Bank
Washington
Bashier
F. M. ‘Smallwood
Frank IL. Rumford
Indianapolis
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Ilinois
Burdock
D. Summers & CO
Morris
Ray Paree On
MERIT
Brussels
East Washington Street
Stevenson
Saratoxe
Pater
Neers
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