Ambitious Alicia Jeffries Hosts A List Night In New York
Alicia Jeffries, wife of banker Howard Jeffries, hosts a blue blood salon at their Riverside drive townhouse. She hustles to elevate status with Dr. Bernstein and Judge Brewster as guests while fearing exposure from her dangerously intimate history with Robert Underwood.
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Howard Jeffries
Riverside Drive
Hudson
New Jersey
Jeffries
Knickerbocker
France
Gi Alieta
Alicia
New York
Dr. Bernstein
Mr. Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Underwood
Mrs. Jeffries
Astraria
Peter
Paul
Mehii
Alicia Bave
Meido
Howard
Brewster
Judge Brewster
Howard Jeffries Seeks 2000 From Yale Ally Amid Scandal
The synopsis follows Howard Jeffries, son of a banker, drawn into a corrupt circle by Robert Underwood. After marrying a gambler’s daughter and facing disinheritance, Howard is broke and pressured to repay a 250 loan. A former college friend offers a business deal requiring 2000 cash, forcing Howard to confront Underwood.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Howard
Annie
Alicia
Astralia
Underwood
Picture Hanging Shapes Room Appeal, Decorator Says
An interior decorator notes the way pictures are hung changes a room’s look. He warns high hung frames distort perspective and low ones strain the viewer’s spine, urging varied levels for different shapes to maximize visual harmony.
Ivory Trade Volumes in Antwerp London and Liverpool
The article notes Ivory imports at Antwerp London and Liverpool remain near 484 French tons in 1888 and 469 tons in 1908 with peaks to 683 tons in 1900. It cites Congo region opening boosting Antwerp trade over London and warns that export bans on sub six pound tusks in India and Congo do little to curb the killing of elephants for ivory. Prices range from 1 to 3 dollars per pound.
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Antwerp
London
Liverpool
Mir
Congo
India
Europe
Docks Carry Vast Tide of Old Cordage Trade
The article notes enormous sums move through the sale of old rope and string at the docks. It highlights that fishing nets bring in thousands, yet the overall cash flow is far larger as cordage circulates.
Spirit medium claims exhumation in Texas will case
A petition seeks exhumation of Oscar Olson to challenge a Swedish planter’s forged will. Assistant County Attorney Baldwin, backed by Swedish Consul A. B. Adone, alleges forgery amid a probate filed by Lydia McMann. Spiritualists’ messages prompted the inquiry into possible murder and poisoning. Olson had no American heirs.
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Oleson
Miss McMann
America
Spook calls street names on Chicago car enunciator
A Chicago City railway experiment on a Cottage Grove avenue car uses an enunciator connected to four horns. A phantom voice calls out names like Fifty-fourth street and Jackson startling passengers and prompting puzzled reactions. The conductor explains the device makes voices seem near each listener.
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Chicago
Fifty-fifth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
Fifty-third
Jackson
Chicago City Railway
Eskimo Woman Sentenced to Kansas Penitentiary
Carrie Sang Sing from Cape Nome Alaska, an Eskimo woman, was sent to the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing for two years after an attack with a deadly weapon in Nome. She is the first Eskimo woman prisoner in the Kansas system, and her marriage to a Chinese man is noted. Her parents have also served time at McNeil's Island. Authorities fear she may not survive the Kansas heat next summer.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Carrie Sang Sing
Kansas
Lansing
Carrie
Cape Nome
Alaska
Nome
McNeil’s Island
Wash
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