Heir to Million and Half Sought in Allentown
Two New York lawyers search Allentown for Lewis Donner aka Freckles a former local druggist and Switzerland heir to a 1.5 million fortune from a grandmother. Donner vanished after enlisting in 1916 while a wife later sought for non support. investigators probe Sixth Ward relatives for clues.
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Allentown
New York
Lewis Donner
Jacob B. Waidelich
Reading
Donner
Switzerland
Waldelich
Pennsylvania
Liggett
Rexall
Goodby
England
Boy Shoots Stepfather in Wilkes-Barre Home
August Welk, shot and killed by his stepson Ernest Lentz during a reported attack on Welk's wife at their Tee Park home in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Welk had been released on bail after an abuse charge when the incident occurred. the stepson reportedly used a shotgun to defend his mother.
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Wilkes-Barre
Welk
Ernest Lentz
Tee Park
Protest at Belfast Hospital Fire Draws Red Cross Notice
London dispatches report Ulster capital agitation over a Monday night fire at Mate Hospital. Hospital authorities protested to the Geneva Red Cross headquarters seeking protection for British troops and aid for the sick and wounded. Geneva replied readiness to act and asked for the addressed contact, with Britain named. No explicit claim of hospital casualties was confirmed in the message. In Newark, New Jersey, Charles Miner faced a $1 fine for keeping a theatre open on Sunday May 21 under an 1887 act.
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Red Cross
London
Belfast
Mate
Ulster
International Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Sed Cross
Newark
Charles Miner
Miner
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Everett True
Yue
Geneve
C. E. Cline
Doll Bros
Cretonnes
Doll Brothers
India
N. Market ST
Frederick, MD
Detroit Vapor
America
Fox's Stove Store
E. Patrick St
Premier
Kemp
Pentod
Penrod
Dad
Brother P
C. Thomas Kemp
Quarty
Frederi
Charles Segaloff
South Market Street
Prederick, MD
Chalmers
Panama
Bodmin
Carty's
Carty’s Furniture Store
Patrick St. Gastor Frederick
DOW
Seeger & Company
South Market St
Pearre
Prescription Store
Telephone
Market ST
Dr. Fahrney
Emo
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