Convict Attends Wife Funeral Then Returns to Sing Sing
Ossining New York prisoner Abe Lewis traveled to Brooklyn with a guard to attend his wife’s funeral after the governor granted permission. He returned to Sing Sing within hours and said the new warden Moyer would be given a fair chance as inmates pledge cooperation. The episode reassures inmates amid frequent prior wardens and shifts in discipline.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
William H. Moyer
Abe Lewis
Whitman
Brooklyn
Lewis
Moyer
Calvin Derrick
New York
Mr. Moyer
Fortune in elopement for Gerstad family
San Francisco reports the Gerstad family of Bellingham Washington may gain a fortune through their daughter Signe after an elopement with D M Delmas who was arrested on a bad check charge and identified as an escaped Texas convict. A Chicago firm seeks Hilgar Gerstad as heir to a Swedish estate and cited the episode in press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Signe
Gerstad
Bellingham
Wash
D. M. Delmas
Delmas
Texas
Sydney P. Robertson
Chicago
Hilgar Gerstad
Sweden
Boy Proves Best Farmer in Montclair Gardens
Montclair New Jersey sixteen year old Robert Hickie grew vegetables worth fifty six dollars on a twenty by one hundred foot plot assigned by the community gardens committee. He led fifty six gardens in productivity and beauty as supervisor George Huttenlock reported to President Dallas Flanagan. The gardens used two vacant tracts to create one hundred fifteen thousand eight hundred fifty square feet of productive land. They supplied vegetables to two hundred eighty seven people and included celery carrots and cabbage for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Robert Hickie
Plans to strengthen Army Flying Service expands aviation network
New York reports that plans are nearly complete to establish additional army aviation stations and schools across the United States. Stations already exist in Mineola Chicago San Diego Newport News San Antonio Miami and Columbus with others planned for Philadelphia and Memphis. The signal corps will operate instructor corps at each station and provide training for national guard officers and reserve aviators. A field officers course will be held in San Diego as the corps expands to a nationwide system. The department has contracted or purchased 850 machines including 90 watercraft and expects about seven million dollars more to complete the order.
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New York
Mineola
N. Y
Chicago
San Diego
Cal
Newport News
San Antonio
Miami
Fla
Columbus
N. M
Philadelphia
Memphis
Signal Corps
Ruth Law plans coast to coast air flight in new machine
Miss Ruth Law announced a new long distance aeroplane project built for her by an aircraft company. She will pilot the craft solo on the coast to coast trip while the Aero Club of America times the flight. The machine will carry two passengers and ten hours of fuel with a speed above 100 mph. A first test is due within a month and a Buffalo construction site will supervise the build.
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Aero Club of America
New York
San Francisco
Ruth Law
Chicago
Avatrix
Miss Law
White Horses Dominant In German Cities Amid War Strain
Berlin reports that most working horses in Germany are white or flea bitten gray with dark paint used to disguise younger whites for civilian use. Aged drivers match the antiquated carriages, four fifths of taxis are electric, gasoline reserved for official needs, and boots remain common among soldiers.
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Berlin
Germany
Unter den Cinden
Noah
Illegally Voted Native of Ireland Granted Citizenship
Denver region report notes James Lockhart a Colorado rancher who voted in presidential elections for decades. He gained U S naturalization after discovering his father may not have naturalized. Lockhart had served in the Civil War era and held multiple political roles. The case arose when he filed on government land in southern Colorado.
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Denver
James Lockart
Ordway
Colo
United States District Court
Lockhart
Ireland
Gibson County
Ind
Colorado
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Leavenworth, Wash
G. W. Hoxley
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
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Reeves & Reeves
Wenatchee, Washington
Wenatchee
O. B. Hughes Bam Sumner
J. A. Adams
Columbia Valley Bank Bide
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
Halbert Block
Geo. G. Hannan
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Washington
B. J. Williams
An.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
E. HW
Fox
Hight St
Weeler
Leavenworth
John E. Porter
Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Knights of
Pythias
Masonicas
Harry Warner
U.C
A-R. Brown
K. of R
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
E. Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
The
Echo
Montclair Lad
Portland
Ore
Lettie Trapp
Clarice
Army Flying Service
Chicago Association of Commerce
Association of Commerce At Ones
Taxis
Wichita
Kan
W. E. Smith
Little
Arkansas
Central Street
Mr. Smith
Florence, Colo
Bessie Norton
Joseph Bowling
W J. Kidd
Leavenworth Market
Chas. Eckhirt
Nolan
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Amanda C. Towne
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Y VU
U Pictures
7S Inc
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