Rival halts wedding with dramatic pretense
Philadelphia dispatch reports Charles J. Taylor’s interrupted marriage to Beesie Soden was allegedly a pre arranged plan with his other sweetheart Elizabeth Proctor. Proctor’s mother claims a “grandstand play” using a butcher knife convinced attendees. Taylor denied the accusations and left with other officials. Proctor and her mother provide versions of the scene and motives. A Pittsburgh note follows about a man’s death in a gas incident at a hotel foyer, no papers found on the body.
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Philadelphia
Charles J. Taylor
Beesie Soden
Taylor
Elizabeth Proctor
Miss Proctor
Miss Soden
South Second Street
St. Johns Episcopal Church
R. K. Yerkes
Montgomery Avenue
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Miss Procter
Mr. Varler
Tam
Miss Seden
Hiss
Margaret Proeter
Elizabeth
Proeter
Howe
Peorter
Proctor
Pittsburg
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Garic
Indiana
Wolf
Am Lin City
Rabbit Bone At Breakfast Kills Philadelphia Man
Philadelphia December 24 Gouree Morris aged 62 of 8741 Filbert Street died after swallowing a bone from a rabbit breakfast. The bone reportedly lodged in his throat causing fatal complications before hospital treatment could help.
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Philadelphia
Gouree Morris
Filbert Street
Morrison
Funeral Strike Delays West Scranton Obsequies
In West Scranton a funeral was delayed when a mourner refused to ride in a cab driven by a non union driver. The Liverymen and Undertakers association ordered carriages back to their liveries, but family friends urged the holdout mourner to change his mind. After about an hour, the funeral proceeded to the church.
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Scranton
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Nos Yrion
Liverymen’s and Undertaker's Association
Fang
California Canners Seal 209 Million Tin Can Pact
The California Canners' Association reaches a contract with American Can Company for 209 million tin cans to be delivered over five years at 60 million per year. The cans will be used entirely for fruits and vegetables grown in California.
Shopping Trips to Cure Insane Women
In St Louis on December 24, insane asylum socials organized shopping treat ments for women with murder forms of insanity. Sixty patients were taken to large stores in recent days and given chance to buy many small items. The trips were reportedly enjoyed by the participants.
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St Louis
Insane Asylum
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