Lamabra Man Waives Extradition In Roberta de Janon Case
Detectives Scanlon and Emanuel arrived in Chicago to escort Frederick Cohen to Philadelphia after he and Roberta de Janon eloped. The 17 year old heiress and the man claim hypnotic influence and blame for the escapade. Cohen waives extradition and trusts the girl to shield him from prosecution. Roberta wishes to return to her father, the Buist fortune heir, and may seek funds to support Cohen.
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Cmicago
Pollew
Scanlon
Emanuel
Philadelphia
Frederick Cohen
Roberta de Janon
Ile
Cohen
Miss de Janon
Chicago
Littl
Roberta
Robert Buist
Reform Mayor Not For Boston Outvotes Hubbard
Boston voters rejected reform mayor George A. Hubbard in the first partyless election under the new charter. Ex Mayor John F. Pitagerald won the mayor’s chair as Hubbard received only 1 782 votes, far fewer than his 38 000 tally two years earlier.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
George A. Hubbard
Reform
John F. Pitagerald
Hubbard
Fitzgerald
Divorce Cost Him His Citizenship
Bartnett Levy a Napa business man sought naturalization but the court denied his request after Deputy U.S. Attorney J. H. Richardson established that Levy admitted extreme cruelty toward his wife in a divorce case. The judge upheld the argument, and Levy left without citizenship papers.
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Napa
Cal
Bartnett Levy
United States
England
Levy
Peaford
J. H. Richardson
Richardson
Gould Reckless With His Love
United Press reports a New York case in which Heasie Devoe tallies Frank Gould’s love letters. The term endearment counts include 87 instances of love and kisses in 3% letters, with 122 words of affection publicized.
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United Press
New York
Heasie Devoe
Frank Gould
Miss Devoe
Ilove
Kisser
Beasle
Frank
Beaste
Kitty Grey
Eyes
Morse's Wife Opens Wall Street Office in Bid to Free Husband
Mrs Charles W Morse opens a two room office on Wall Street to campaign for her husband, jailed in Atlanta federal penitentiary. She aims to raise funds and restore the Morse fortune through public support and publicity.
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United Press
New York
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Laundryman, a Jap and $5 bill excite atty general
Washington reports the attorney general advised returning a cleaned six dollar note to Hosita Takahashi after a Denver bank and a laundry found a misread ten dollar bill. Ri. K. Goddard of the Denver secret service sent the note to Washington for review. Officials concluded Takahashi may have mistaken the bill value. The incident sparked reactions about racial pride and notoriety.
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Ity United Presse
Grand Junction
Colo
Washington
Hosita Takahashi
Takahashi
Ri. K. Goddard
Denver
Secret Service
Goddard
Boy Bandit Attacks Reform Schools In Citizen Critique
Arraigned for life sentence in the killing of Henry Miner, Robert McCormick the boy bandit issues a lengthy statement condemning authorities and reformatories. He argues many youths seek change but are labeled criminals and cites Christian aid as unreliable. Professors at the state university call the document a rich sociological prompt for study.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Robert McCormick
State University
McCormick
Henry Miner
Ypatland
Sociologiata
Unions Endorse Women’s Suffrage at Washington Labor Meet
Delegates at the ninth annual Washington State Federation of Labor endorsed enfranchisement of women and urged passage of constitutional amendments. Mrs. Luema G. Johnson and Mrs. F. W. Cotterill urged suffrage to loud support as the convention pressed toward a campaign fund. Miss Alice Lord of the Seattle Waitresses union gains support as a candidate.
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Luema G. Johnson
Women's Trade Union League of
Tacoma
F. W. Cotterill
Seattle
C. R. Chase
Congress
Washington
Alice Lord
Militia Arrives to Quell Mob in Vienna Illinois
Four companies of state militia arrived in Vienna Illinois to take charge after a mob formed to lynch three negroes charged with murdering Allen Clark a rural route mail carrier. Sheriff Mathis halted trains and surrounded the jail as the troops moved in to restore order.
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Panies
Allen Clark
Jall
Mathis
Gov, Dencon
Marineburg
Clark
Burnside
Vienna
Big Pour Railroad
Here
Harrisburg
Japan Angrily Reacts to Knox Manchuria Plan
Tokio protests urge neutralization of Manchurian railways as an American dictatorial move. Officials and papers call it interference, hinting at American rebuffs and possible motives tied to railway loans. Public sentiment ranges from ridicule to alarm amid growing tensions with the United States.
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United Press
Tokio
Jan
Knox
United States
Tng
England
Antung Mukden
Japan
America
United
Eta O
San Francisco
Negro dances in street with dead wife’s body
Cincinnati report describes Thomas Harvey a Black man carrying his dead wife through the street by the arm last night while singing and dancing. Two patrolmen pursued him he dropped the corpse and fled the scene.
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United Pree
Cincinnati
Thomas Harvey
Lurvey
Man Cited In Apparent Domestic Tragedy Leaves House
A man identified as Harvey fled his home after his wife died, returning at midnight as undertakers prepared the body. He allegedly forced them out, placed a cigarette in the deceased’s mouth, and carried the corpse down the street toward the station for safekeeping.
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Harvey
Arief
Telephone Company Overcharges Questioned in Court
The Independent Telephone Company faced a suit over delinquency charges for overdue bills. Judge Lindsau ruled penalties beyond the ordinance maximum are illegal, upholding MacMahon and challenging the company’s 60 cent monthly penalty. Bouillon’s reforms are credited with starting curb on such charges.
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Peared
MacMahon
Seattle
Telephone Company
Franklin Ay, Roattie
Telehone
Independentelephone Company
Independent Telephone Company
Lindsau
Supreme Court
GANG PLANS REELECTION OF REYNOLDS IN TENTH WARD
The Gill machine campaigns to keep Reynolds on the Beattie city council claiming he serves their interests. Reynolds received federal disability payments and city pay while in office, and the campaign argues he betrays constituents for gang profits. George W. Gau is urged to oppose Reynolds to fill the unexpired Parker term.
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Reynolds
Gill Machine
Parker
Tenth Ward
George W. Gau
Gau
Gill
Washington
United States
United States Treasury
R. T. Reynolds
Beattie
George W. Gan
Gan
Divorce Timeline Question Reflects Client Lawyer Exchange
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a woman asking about divorce duration and a lawyer estimating about two months. The dialogue highlights uncertainty and expectations about how long it takes for a divorce to finalize.
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Yonkers
Naughty Promises and Nickels Prompt Boy to Be Good
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader recalls a boy named Brobby who protests his naughtiness while his mother offers a nickel for every promise to be good. She insists promises to be good should be made only when he is inclined to misbehave.
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Brobby
Cleveland
Hotel maid found fifty thousand and returned it
A hotel maid recovered sixty thousand dollars in gold certificates left by Edward Healy, San Jose police chief, who hid the money under a hotel bed while betting on the Jeffries Johnson fight. Healy alerted others, and the bank roll was returned to the Easterner, Mary O’Neill, as the tale closed.
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United Press
New York
Jeffries Johnson
Edward Healy
San Jose
Cal
Healy
H. T. Mille
California
Matt Larkin
Mary O'Neill
Weary Presented Four Hundred Dollars to Manager
A brief note records a chambermaid presenting the manager with four payments of 100 dollars each.
Unclear phrasing on workers rights and employer duties
The fragmented text questions legal relations between workers and employers about who pays for damages after an accident on a rig. It references Samuel J. Wettrick and an admission or meeting time, but details are incomplete.
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Samuel J. Wettrick
Blaine Men Plan Meeting to Back B. IL. Council Candidacy
Blaine men meeting tonight in Queen Anne to form a working committee in support of B. IL. bid for councilman in Ward. Organizers aim to unite supporters and prepare campaign activity.
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Blaine
B. IL
Bhs
Didacy
Onight
Queen Anne
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Central America
Prudential
C. M. Swartzbaugh
Northern Bank and Trust Co. Building
the Prudential
John F. Dryden
Home Office
Newark, N. J
Dinary
J. Rohrbach
Lumber Exchange
M. E. Avitt
Finance
Rikka Doey
Herrmann
American Bank Bldg. Cor
Madison St
Eastern Manufacturers
Fifth Avenue
Gibraltar
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