Lawsuit on Conspiracy to Commit Mental Incarceration
Lewella Oakes sues Francis J. Oakes and Adelaide J. Oakes claiming a conspiracy to commit her to several asylums from 1891 to 1894 and later to multiple institutions. The Appellate Division upheld dismissal on statute of limitations grounds, while a dissent urged trial on the merits. The piece also covers a separate water company dispute over a municipal permit to disconnect a service pipe for Mrs. Conklin.
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Lewella
Whitestone
Sheavers
Darien
Conn
Oakes
Patterson
Justice Ingraham
van Brunt
Supreme Court
John P. O'Brien
New York and Westchester Water Company
Keating
Department of Highways
City of New York
Bronx
A. B. Conklin
Henderson
Stylish tailor made girls suits and dresses sale
Two attractive groups temptingly priced offer the season finest tailor made girls suits in cheviot Venetian and covert cloth at 20 dollars and broadcloth ceviots at 30 dollars with various trims. Also wool dresses and cashmere dresses on sale for toddlers and preschoolers with sizes from 1 to 4 years. Second floor locations noted.
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Ninth Street
Fourth Avenue
Holiday Gift Goods in Men's Furnishings and Home Items
Advertises mufflers from $1 to $7, rocking chairs $1.50 to $375, wicker rockers $1.50 to $4.25, high chairs $1.75 to $4.75, and holiday handkerchief sets in linen. Emphasizes dependable quality, variety across styles, and boxed gift presentation at Broadway store.
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America
Europe
Ninth Street
Lemaitre
Paris
Broadway
Untrimmed Women’s Hats Offer Velvet Styles at Low Prices
Velvet hats in black and colors with simple trims appeal to shoppers. Walking and outing hats feature modest adornments, with prices from 1 to 4.50 dollars, and quick turnover at 2 to 3.50 dollars for later-season offerings. Second floor, Tenth street.
Submarine Torpedo Boats Eyed as Harbor Threats
John P. Tolland, inventor of the Hol and submarine boat, lectured at Manhattan College on submarine torpedo boats. He argued France favored by Great Britain despite imperfect boats and claimed submarines could enter British harbors, cripple fleets, and trigger destruction. He described failed Plunger designs and Spanish war plans to attack Havana Harbor, stressing safety and ongoing naval research.
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John P. Tolland
Manhattan College
Toluid
France
Great
Britain
Holiud
Wolland
Tiayana
Hotlind
Pushudbaf
Holland
Prince
Brgland
Wavane
Emma Goldman Returns to Lead Propaganda Tour
Emma Goldman, in a rapid tour of anarchist hubs, denounces Paris police action against a planned international congress and criticizes Paris authorities. She plans further lecturing across cities, vowing to spread propaganda and warn of continued anarchist activity.
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Emma Goldmaan
England
France
Anc Cus
Paris
Parisias
Fammy Goldman
Euyland
Despondent visitor from Haverhill commits suicide in New York hotel
Louis Rosengardt of Haverhill MULES visiting son in law Morris Rosengardt at 615 Lexington Avenue New York was found dead from gas asphyxiation in a kitchen chair. He had been despondent for several days.
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New York
Louis Rosengardt
Haverhill
Famil Lais
Morris Rosengardt
Mercer Street Clothier
Rosengardt
Lexington Avenue
Chicago Rabbi Accepts New York Pulpit Call
Chicago Rabbi I. S. Moses, eight years at a city synagogue on Thirty third Street and Indiana Avenue, has accepted a call from the Atumath Chesed Congregation in New York City. He will assume the New York pulpit around January 1.
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Chicago
New York
I. S. Moses
Thirty-third Street
Indiana Avenue
Atumath
New York City
York
Homeless Woman Found Dead Sister of Fire Foreman Bowen
The body of Miss Bowen, 29, sister of William P. Bowen foreman of Engine Company No. 59, was found dead in a room behind Ernest Dausand’s restaurant at 616 Hudson Street. The coroner ruled accidental gas asphyxiation after the radiator leaked. She had sought lodging, sang for the restaurant family, and was later identified by her brother.
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Nrate Bowen
William P. Bowen
Engine Company No. 59
Seventh Avenue
Ernest Dausand
Hudson Street
Miss Bowen
Bowen
Wick
Rainbow Distilling Ship Could Replace Yosemite at Guam
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard officials discussed sending the distilling ship Rainbow to Guam to replace the wrecked cruiser Yosemite. Repairs and alterations would be needed before the voyage.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Rainbow
Guam
Yosemite
Chaplain Jones to Speak at Harlem Y M C A Meeting
The Rev. Harry W. Jones D D chaplain of the battleship Texas will address a meeting of men at the Harlem Branch Y M C A 5 West One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street tomorrow at 430 p m The session open to all men.
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Harry W. Jones
D. D
Texas
Spain
Harlem
Youn Men's Christian Association
West
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Two Steamfitters Burned in Basement Explosion
Two brothers John and Edward Stevenson of 389 Willis Avenue were working in the basement of a newly finished apartment building at One Hundred Fifteenth Street and St Nicholas Avenue. A candle used to inspect a joint ignited benzine fumes and caused an explosion. Both men escaped the flames and were transported to J Hood Wright Hospital where officials fear they will die. Very little structural damage occurred.
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One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
St.Nicholas Avenue
John
Edward Stevenson
Willis Avenue
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Arson Sentences for Hoffmans in Flathouse Fire
Adolph and Florence Hoffman of 68 Wast One Hundred and Forty-sixth Street were sentenced to five years each after pleading guilty to attempting to burn flat houses in November. The fire endangered about twenty residents and caused roughly $10 in damage.
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Adolph
Florence Hoffman
Goff
Hoffman
Post Office
Mary Hoffmeyer
Lieut Hobson Condition Reported Stable at Presbyterian Hospital
At Presbyterian Hospital last night it was stated Lieut Hobson’s condition was as good as could be expected with no changes noted during the day.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Lieut. Hobson
Eggs Love and Lucre in Hart Egg Purchase Fraud
Gus Hart alias Steinhart of Missouri and New York, convicted in General Sessions for misappropriating 1161.36 from his prospective father in law. The funds came from 382 cases of eggs sent to Hart to sell in New York for A. Loewenstein of Chillicothe Missouri. Hart planned marriage to Loewenstein’s daughter and spent the proceeds on races. He awaits sentencing Monday.
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Lucre
Gus” Hart
Steinhart
Missouri
New York
Hart
A. Loewenstein
Chilliecothe
Lawson
Pretoria
Broadway
Loewenstein
Hearing on Brooklyn Heights and Lexing ton Ave lines
State Railroad Commissioners set a 10 o clock A M hearing in Brooklyn for December 20 to address complaints by L Leruch and Twenty third Ward residents about the Lexing ton Avenue elevated line and the Greene and Gates Avenue surface line service.
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Albany
State Railroad Commissioners
Brooklyn
Old Common Councili Chamber
L. Leruch
Twenty-third Ward
Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
Lexington Avenue
Greene and
Gates Avenue
Boy Dies After Eleven Years Without Solid Food
Charles Neher, fourteen, of West Woodstock, died in Kingston after living eleven years on milk only. At age three he drank concentrated lye, burning his stomach and halting growth. Subsequent meals remained impossible, and he never regained solid nourishment.
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Kingston
N. Y
Charles
Hiram Neher
West Woodstock
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McNeulty
Edward R. Kerbs
Nathan Rosenstein
Second Avenue
Cigar Makers’ International Union of America
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