Stillman’s wife awarded substantial alimony and fees
In Poughkeepsie Judge Morschauser granted Mrs. Fifi Potter Stillman 7500 dollars monthly alimony 25000 dollars counsel fees and 12500 dollars for witness expenses The court kept in abeyance a higher temporary alimony request and did not release five letters from French- Canadian guide Fred Beauvais deemed privileged The ruling focuses only on the alimony motion with possible later publication in the divorce case.
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Poughkeepsie
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Fifi Potter Stillman
James A. Stillman
The
National City Bank
Morschauser
Sti Man
Guy Stillman
Fred .Beauvais
Beauvais
Parrot Laden Steamer Mataram Docked in Brisbane
The Steamer Mataram arrived in Brisbane to take on coal for a voyage to America carrying 18,000 parrots. Sailors report the birds have learned to swear, keeping waterfront watchful and awake during the port call.
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Australia
Seven Seas
America
Cussing
Jersey Woman Has 70 Descendants
Jersey City April 1 Mrs Eliza Lawrence is a great great grandmother with five children, 25 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The oldest descendant is 38 and the youngest 18 months.
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Jersey City
N. J
Eliza Lawrence
De Kover Seeks Divorce From Mysterious Pipe Smoking Wife
Frederick De Kover reveals his wife smokes a pipe cigars and wears masculine attire, attends stag events, hobnobs with men, and relies on him for shopping and dress fittings. He claims to be the same person in disguise as an impersonator who played both male and female roles in films and now seeks a divorce.
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Frederick de Kover
Frederick
Los Angeles
Boolony
Coffeeach the New Moonshine Coffee Drink
Chicago April 1 reports a new beverage called Coffeeach blending moonshine and coffee. The drink has a strong kick of about 65 percent and its name reportedly reflects its effect on the drinker.
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Chicago
Prohuition
Funeral Plans For Ex-Empress Amid Hushed Expectation
Potsdam reports pander mourners prepare for an imposing funeral as news of the ex-empress expected death spreads. She will be buried in Germany but the exiled ruler will be barred from attending the ceremony.
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Potsdam
Pandermans
Germany
May Urge U. S. to Take Roads
Washington reports railroad owners to press Congress to nationalize roads amid chaotic conditions and high costs. Bankers control 90 percent of lines and may act by mid May to craft bills, as passenger rates remain high and receipts lag a year earlier.
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Eny
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Senate
W. W. Atterbury
Atterbury
Labor Board
Bare-Legged Dance Founder Denounces It
Mrs Jean Van Vilewingen of Chicago, who started the bare legged dancing vogue in the United States, repudiates the practice. She blames commercialism and vulgar displays of nudity, plans to teach regional dances, and calls for immediate censorship to stop what she created.
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Chicago
Mra
Jean van Vilewingen
Atterbury urges wage cuts amid rail control clash
Under government control organized labor and railroads clash as Atterbury proposes broad wage and wagon reductions without negotiations. The labor board rebukes executives, noting that law creating the board aims to settle disputes, not bypass procedures, while millions are drawn from the treasury.
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Atterbury
Labor Board
United States Treasury
She ll Marry Her Teacher at New Trier High
Miss Dorothy Park of Chicago is engaged to Prof. Cecil W. Boyle of Evanston a chemistry teacher at New Trier High School who has taught her formulas including H2O H2O2 and CO2 and also references love in a light line
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New Trier High School
Chicago
Dorothy Park
Cecil W. Boyle
Evanston
Hart Fails to Aid Gires at Medical Lake
A missive from Olympia reports Gov. Hart did not assist in the case of girls removed to a clinic at Medical Lake. The group returned to Tasoma Thursday as Mrs. J. W. Fancy seeks homes for the girls and aims to reopen the home.
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Gires
Builders in Three Towns Are Striking
Omaha and Des Moines reports show building trades workers striking over a 20 percent wage cut proposal. In Des Moines operations are at a near standstill as about fifteen hundred men halt work for an unspecified period amid contractor demands. Persian funeral rites noted elsewhere while Holland fires and taxes are mentioned in scattered items.
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Des Moines
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