Lawyer Harvey Watterson Falls to Death from Wall Street Window
Harvey W. Watterson a 30 year old lawyer and son of Henry Watterson of The Louisville Courier plunged from the nineteenth floor of his Wall Street building at 37 Wall Street to death on the roof of a neighboring ten story structure. The fall was likely accidental with no witnesses present. Watterson left his desk to go home shortly before 4 pm, was last seen by F R Bagg, and his death is described as instantaneous with no sign of foul play or financial trouble. Mrs. Watterson is prostrated by the loss.
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New York
Harvey W. Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier
Wall Street
Watterson
F. R. Bagg
Bagg
Thomas F. Wing Niar
Coronier
Wing
Columbia University Law School
Taft Wife Prominent in White House Social Era
Washington notes Mrs William Howard Taft will lead social life at the White House, with daughter Helen to be introduced to society. Observers say Mrs Taft may be a stronger political influence than her husband, shaping the new administration’s social and political tone.
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Supreme Court
Philippines
Taft
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr
Washington
White House
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Helen
Mustache Dyed at Expense by Two Boys
A Surry County farmer had $69 stolen in Winston-Salem when two small Black boys lured him to a restaurant and offered to dye his red mustache with shoe polish. He had shipped his tobacco crop to the city for sale and the loss equaled his entire year’s earnings. The incident occurred around one o'clock this afternoon.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Surry County
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Maternity Hope
An old promotional note extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female complaints. It cites testimonials from Maggie Gilmer and Josephine Hall, claiming restored health and motherhood after use, and claims the product helps conditions like displacements inflammation fibroid tumors and fatigue.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
8. C
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Kee
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