Butterfly Ball Stuns Philadelphia Debutants with Flora Fantasy
Miss Mary Astor Paul’s coming out gala at Horticultural Hall featured 500 guests among blooms and pink decor. Butterflies from South America and the West Indies were released in a staged garden scene, while perfumed water fountains and colored lights heightened a tropical atmosphere amid praise for host James W. Paul Jr and a glittering display by society figures.
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Miss Mary Astor
Pat
Philadelphia
Horticultural Hell
Philadelphi Society
James W. Paul, Jr
Mary Astor Paul
South America
West Indies
Paul
Horticultural Hall
Iits
Artsons
Pail
Irs
Pauli
Alexter van Hensselizer
Anthony Hazel
George W. Childs
Dresxii Biddle
Pass
Margaretta
Col. A. F. Drexel
Death of Lehigh Valley Conductor Suspicious
Boston Pa December 23 Charles Sanfer Lehigh Valley railroad conductor housed in Boston was found dead on a Packerton bridge top of a car. Police believe he fell from or missed a departing train but notes a head wound and a suspended inquiry to determine cause and location of death.
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Boston
Charles Sanfer
Lehigh Val
Bis
Easton
Packerton
Bethlehem
Buy
Tars
Tere
Glendon
Parkerton
Stanley
Negro Shot by Posses in Marshes Shooting
A posse killed a black man linked to a recent shooting of J. W. Brinson, the town marshal. Brasor was found three miles away in a house, shots from Major wounded Williams, the town marshal, and the house was set on fire. The suspect exited and fired his gun twice without effect before being shot and killed.
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Poss Alig
J. W. Brinson
Marcisee
Brasor
Major
Man accidentally shoots wife in Wilkes-Barre scene
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Isaac Jenkins’ wife is wounded when a Christmas pistol misfires. A bullet meant for a target penetrates a thin board and strikes Jenkins’ abdomen while he was at home.
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Wilkes-Barre
Dee
Issac Jenkins
Sieder
Jenkins
Berne
Builet
Treasure Recovered After Street Car Crash Theseus Incident
In Chicago on December 28 a street car collision with a wagon of a United States Express Company resulted in injuries to guards and the recovery of about 500 060 in gold coins scattered in the street. Barney Terback and Henry Kerker guarded the scene until help arrived and the treasure was removed to Morey hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rerrison
United States
Barney Terback
Henry Kerker
Morey Hospital
Unclear Society Item From Damaged OCR
The readable text is severely garbled with no coherent event, names, or locations to summarize into a factual two-line record.
Sinking Steamer Message Reaches Boston
An ironclad message found in a bottle is addressed to 123 North Fifth Street Boston. It reports a steamer sinking with the words Good-bye all and notes guards took two ships to safety. The bottle was picked up and conveyed to authorities.
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Atlantic Citr
J. Ber
Ter
North Fifth Street
Bostom
Gar
Bostin
Letter on postal banking and bank failures prompts Roosevelts support
Washington dispatch reports De. J. A. Watles criticizes banking failures and advocates a postal bank. The letter recalls personal losses from various banks, laments distrust in private financiers, and urges Congress to back postal banking to protect savers and stabilize the economy. The writer praises Roosevelt and calls for a nationwide safe deposit system.
Japs Learning to Box Says Loughney on Jiu Jitsu
A. M. Loughney, a Seattle athlete studying Jiu Jitsu in Japan, predicts a Japanese boxer could emerge as a top prizefighter. He notes Japan’s warriors, the samurai, know Jiu Jitsu deeply, but most American-exposed wrestlers know little, and he cites Japan's short reach as a disadvantage. He toured Japan in 1906 and now teaches physical culture in the United States.
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Jeffries
Nippon
M. Loughney
Japan
A. M. Loughney
Seattle
S; Louis
Nutere
Jinditsu
United States
Leughner
Lovehner
Lovngzhney
Night Watchmen Woes Highlight Elite Districts
A New York Sun item reports a night watchman fired in a construction firm for seeking work elsewhere. He asserts boredom and fits of quiet in upscale neighborhoods drive misconduct, noting watchmen often pass the night by talking or counting while residents stay peaceful.
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Fred
Seail
Nat
New York Sun
Mitchell's Successor T L Lewis Elected President of Mine Workers Unison
In Wheeling West Virginia December 28 officials announce T L Lewis elected president of the Mine Workers Unison. Lewis will succeed the late leader and is described as a resident of God Save the Fiert with strong ties to Pennsylvania districts and national labor efforts.
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T. L. Lewis
Wheeling
W. Va
United
Pennsylva
V. L. Lewis
Lewis
Family mix up saves sister mother-in-law from deportation
Louis Schubert, claiming to be a San Francisco millionaire butcher, saved his sister who is also his mother-in-law from deportation aboard the Brandenburs arriving from Bremen. He had married her daughter weeks earlier in Austria and pledged to support them after the trio were questioned by immigration officers.
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Louis Schubert
Baltimore
Dec
San Francisco
Brandenburs
Bremen
Schubert
Trig
Austria
Death Ends Odd Sleep of Miss Edith Wardrop
New York heiress Miss Edith Wardrop aged sixteen died in Lincoln hospital after a coma lasting more than 189 hours. Wardrop, ward of W S Kellem of 37 Willis Avenue, had been in an unexplained long sleep baffling alienists and scientists. The events followed illness at a friend’s home last Thursday afternoon as a fire engine passed by.
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New York
Edith Wardrop
W. S. Kellem
Willis Avenue
Lincoln Hospital
Wardrop
West Pittston man dies from robbery injuries
Wilkes Barre Pa Dec 28 Camerom L Deal of West Pittston died of injuries after a robbery in West Pittston amounting to a large sum. A Civil War veteran and owner of several Grand Circuit winning horses, Deal was one hundred six years old in the account but the report is garbled. Pinkerton men are on the trail.
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Wilkes-Barre
Camerom L. Deal
West Pittston
West Pitston
Pittston
Jaree
Pickerton
Czarina’s Court Fetes Countermanded For New Year
The czarina’s palace schedule is disrupted with formal functions postponed until after the new year. Physicians urge rest abroad for the heir and infant son, heir to the throne, as court events are rescheduled.
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Czarina
Tset
Physitiens
Ureed
Ane
Ara
Elevator fraudster nabbed in Fifth Avenue home
Police arrested Earnest Archer at Colonel William Berbour’s residence after detailing blue prints of elevator layouts found on him. Investigators say Archer targeted Fifth Avenue residences posing as an elevator inspector and intended to rob John D. Rockefeller John Jacob Astor and other financiers.
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John BD
New York
Earnest Archer
Fifth Avenue
Archer
William Berbour
John D. Rockefeller
John Jacob Astor
Notable Obscure News Bits From An Early Baltimore Ledger
A fragmentary report notes the death of a Jefferson Davis era figure in Baltimore at age sixty three. It mentions a letter to President Lincoln and a fourteen year old boy from Western Massachusetts who sent something to the president. Also referenced are three young siblings, Kate Mary and George Clerk, involved in a tragic incident at a pond near Castletown with a hazy cause.
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Jackson
Baltimore
Jefferson Davis
Reostrelt
Hiar
W Mass
Chris Seth
Kate
Mary
George Clerk
Castleton
Train Robbers Captured in Dee River Minn
Three armed men roped a passenger train at Dee River Minnesota, held riders a moment, were knocked down by passengers, then disarmed and turned over to the sheriff. Municipal authorities reported swift capture with no injuries noted.
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Deen River
Minn
Dee
Northern
Pays
Ngry Trai
Convicted of Forgery in New Jersey Court
A man in Mays Landing was found guilty of forgery after a trial in a New Jersey court. The defendant, Dee Amirens, formerly a comptroller, was convicted with a verdict delivered in December.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Dee Oo Amirens
Chin
Amce In
Emberric Eres
Cnly
Scanol Resigns Carlisle Head Mercer
Carlisle Pennsylvania reports the resignation of Scanol as head of the Carlisle unit. Hans A Mercer is named in connection with the position change.
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N Scanol
Carlisle
Hans A. Mercer
Phen
Man
Dangerous Deadlock Ends Fatally at Pearre's Pharmacy
Fragmentary notice reports a fatal incident linked to a stoppage and medical response guidance from Dr. Rice's New Life, with claims of a guaranteed remedy at Pearre's Moceru Pharmacy.
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Dr. Rice
Pearre
Moceru
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