Heinze Plans Return West After Creditors Reach Deal
New York Topics reports Fritz Heinze will quit New York to start anew in the West once creditors’ settlements are arranged, aiming to rebuild fortunes with focus on Ohio Copper near Salt Lake City and holdings across several states. The note recalls his 1906 victory over Amalgamated Copper and Standard Oil, and hints at organizing headquarters in Butte if needed. The piece also mentions the Vigilant yacht being prepared for May sea trials and a Hungarian romance involving Lt Laszlo Kada and Miss Marie Seymour Eddy with a wedding at St Patrick’s Cathedral.
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New York
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Columbia
Ohio Copper Company
Salt Lake City
Butte
Amalgamated Copper Company
Standard Oil
Laszlo Kada
Marie Seymour Eddy
Titus E. Eddy
Kada
Eddy
Vienna
Mar. Lavelle
St.atrick’s Cathedral
Two Naval Weddings and a Fire Tragedy Headline
The page reports two upcoming weddings in naval circles. Dr. George A Lang and Miss Helen Van Courtland De Peyster plan a April 28 ceremony at St Bartholomews Church with Bishop Grattan officiating. Ashton J De Peyster will wed Miss Alice A Miller on April 21, joining a note on a Pitt Street fire that killed at least two and left twenty tenants homeless.
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George Augustus Lang
Braden Navy Yard
Helen van Courtland de Peyster
St. Bartholomew's Church
Bishop Grattan
Frederick J. de Peyster
Ashton J. de Peyster
de Peyster
Alice A. Miller
E. A. Abercrombie-Miller
US. S.N
Kansas farmer nets big profit on land sale near Hiawatha
John Marks bought 110 acres four miles west of Hiawatha for 7000 dollars a year ago and has just sold the farm to Boyd Overfield for 10700 dollars, a gain of over 50 percent in one year. He will retain possession until March 1.
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Hiawatha, Kas
John Marks
Hiawatha
Boyd Overfield
Mr. Marks
Gossip of Society Sees Many Heads Abroad and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Stanley Christopher depart for a six week Washington and Atlantic City trip while Mr and Mrs James Lombard return from seven weeks in California. Mrs Ridgely sails to Washington for several weeks and Mrs W A Rule returns from the East. Mrs Conway Holmes comes home from the South with Miss Carroll of Vicksburg. Mrs W Scott Bates hosts an informal bridge party with Easter lilies in evidence. prizes go to Mrs Kemper and Mr Barton. Captain Usher and Mrs Usher visit from Mr and Mrs Wear and plan Brooklyn departure tonight. Mrs John H Overall returns to St Louis after hosting her daughter and heads to New Haven for her younger son's graduation with relatives joining in Rye Beach plans. Mrs A S Haines returns from Muncie and Mrs Emma Chambliss visits Kansas City. Mr and Mrs M H Rice and son Wallace return from Florida while Mr and Mrs Louis Robidoux come back from Hot Springs after a three week trip.
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W. Scott Bates
William Kemper
Mra
J. L. Loose
George Barton
Thomas
James Harkless
Edgar Clark
Harry Walker
Jay Tschudy
Frank Lott
J. Edward
M. Wu
Winifred Sexton
Frank Holland
Misa Lawler
Kemper
Barton
Bates
John H. Overall
Arthur G. Black
St. Louis
Overall
New Haven
Black
Curtis F. Barnam
Baltimore
Rye Beach
N. H
Argument Between Wyandotte and Shawnee Counties
The motion to decide which county shall receive the $1,000 paid by W W Rose of Kansas City for violating a supreme court order was not heard and was continued to the July session. Attorneys for both sides must file briefs. oral argument will be allowed. The fine was assessed in Shawnee county but Wyandotte residents argue Rose’s offense occurred there and the sum should go to Wyandotte school funds.
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Wyandotte
Shawnee
Kansas
Torexa
Wyandotte Or
Shawnee County
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Kas
Supreme Court
Wyandotte County
Rose
Imperial Proclamation Targets Pekin Fire Rebels
In Pekin a wave of arson, blamed on rebels, triggers a government crackdown. The throne orders an investigation as officials report suspected firebugs burning four million dollars in property over three weeks. Police and military enforce strict measures with an official gazette listing rebels and ordering immediate arrest of fifty seven Japanese suspects.
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Pex
Pekin
Jealousy Case In Police Court Over Street Car Ride
Mrs Jennie Baker of 4226 Forest Avenue and Mrs Carrie Thompson of 4310 Forest Avenue appeared in police court after a quarrel centering on a street car ride shared by Baker's motorman husband. Judge Kyle admonished them to stop the quarrels or face fines.
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Jennie Baker
Forest Avenue
Carrie Thompson
Thompson
Baker
Druce Case Witnesses Sentenced at Old Bailey
Mary Robinson, a Druce case witness, was sentenced in London to four years penal servitude for willful perjury. Margaret Hamilton, another Druce witness found guilty of willful perjury and conspiracy, had her sentence postponed pending a legal appeal.
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London
Mary Robinson
Druce
Old Bailey
Margaret Hamilton
Freck and the Six Ward Election Night Confusion
In the Sixty ward Freck complains about election language barriers as waiters wager on outcomes. A Somvic league member recalls watchful Italians and Syrians while leaguers track precinct talk for votes. The scene hints at graft and language misunderstandings in a tense election night.
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Freck
Sack
Frank
de Sixt’ Ward
de Sixt
Election Day Tales From a Diner and Street Ward
In a vivid slice of urban life, a pair of workers discuss elections and voting. One insists workers drive turnout while another mocks the “pink tea” reformer who talks big but lets roughs sway voters. The scene unfolds around a spaghetti joint and a glassy wagon on election day.
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Freck
Daffy
Groom shoots serenader on honeymoon arrest shocks couple
In Minneapolis on April 10 William Griswold is jailed charged with fatally shooting Bennie Navratil, who had joined a chariva party serenading Griswold and his bride in Hopkins suburb. Navratil died after the incident as the newlyweds planned a happy honeymoon.
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Minneapolis
William Griswold
Bennie Navratil
Griswold
Hopkins
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Muncie, Nd
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Kansas City Friends
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