Mrs Stokes Wins in Fight for Her Children
Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes wins custody of her two children amid a high profile New York divorce case. The lengthy battle spans years, involving claims of damage to her name and attempts to secure alimony and custody. Stokes’ surrender is viewed as a potential end to the legal warfare.
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EF. M. Thierry
New York
Helen
Elwood Stokes
Dren
W. E
Stillman
Negabe
Stokes
Finch
Idren
Herbert C
Martin W
Myles A. Walsh
Littleton
Ts. Stokes
Beamirch
Kes
Helen Elwood
Den
Mrs. Stokes
Ben ‘Andsay
Denver
W. D. Stokes, Jr
Edgar T. Wallace
Lifornia Oi
Hurg
Mra. Stokes
Wallace
Stokes Case Ends as Court Reveals Past Life Highlights
Littleton recalls how Stokes allegedly stalled his second wife and children in a house and abandoned her within a year. He began a campaign that this trial closes. A March 17 order to hand over cash to his wife sparked new evidence about the financier's earlier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Stokes
Millonaire
Fine Whisky Stolen From Vancouver Warehouse
Thieves stole 100 cases of the finest whisky from the Dominion Trading Co. warehouse on Columbia Street in Vancouver overnight. The value is listed at 4000 dollars and the area was crowded with North Vancouver ferry passengers at the time. Also reported, the American steamer Western Front was lost off Sicily near the English coast.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dominion Trading Co
Columbia St
Washington
Western Front
Sicily Islands
Shipping Board
Vamp Is a Vamp Says Beach Manager in 1920s Remarks
WashingtonJuly 22 J Gordon Leach manager of Chesapeake Beach says policemen are broad minded and accept the ladies of the sand in scant bathing attire A vamp is a vamp for a that he adds stockings lure more than bare legs The beach enforces rigid bathing suit rules on men
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Washington
J. Gordon Leach
Were They Cowed or Just Charmed
New York July 23 passengers aboard the liner Belvedere faced a Greek Turkish Romanian Bulgarian race feud that threatened violence. Captain Ragusin ordered the ship orchestra to play calming music and the quarrel cooled turning to harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ragusin
Belvedere
Germany Goes Wet With a Vengeance
Amsterdam reports official statistics show Germany’s drink traffic rising after the war. Ten million bottles of champagne were sold in Germany last year and two and a half billion dollars were spent on alcoholic liquors.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Falls In Well Trapped Four Days Rescued By Passersby
Roy J. McMillan, 29, fell into an old well in Kansas City and could not climb out for four days and nine hours. Passersby pulled him free and he told doctors at the hospital he improvised a ladder from sticks and wires, reaching about five feet from the rim before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Roy JL. McMillan
McMillan
Afghan princess touts strict morals for proud nation
In San Francisco the Afghan royal Princess Fatima Sultana praised early marriage as a moral cornerstone. She described harsh punishments for crimes and claimed Afghanistan is the most moral country due to its strict rules for women and offenders.
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San Francisco
Afganistan
Fatima Sultana
England
America
Uncle Sam
Ralph
Weddings in Penn City Grow in Cost
Philadelphia July 22 reports wedding costs rising starting with licenses. Marriage license fee increased from 1 to 1.50 dollars. The last couple to pay the old rate were George Washington Flater and Alice Mc Grath. the first to pay the higher price were Andrew Jackson and Willa Williams.
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Philadelphia
George Washington Flater
Alice McGrath
Andrew Jackson
Willa Williama
Mayor Couzens Aims To Make Detroit A Free City
Detroit Mayor Jim Couzens pushes municipal ownership of all public utilities including streets, gas, power and streetcars to prove public operation works. He vows to build a municipal railway, trackless trolleys, and expand city services to show citizens and the nation how public ownership can foster civic independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Couzens
Detroit
America
Cousens
Couzena
Couzens
Courens
Detroit United
Lecturer Against Worry Professor Commits Suicide
Dr. W. Ee. Armstrong, once famed for his address Why Worry, died yesterday in Kokomo Indiana by drinking poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
W. Ee. Armstrong
Minneapolis Ad Club Woman Speaks at Seattle Meeting
Miss Agnes Rooney director at large of the Advertising Club of Minneapolis and secretary treasurer of the McMartin Advertising Agency spoke to the Women's Advertising club of Seattle in the Bon Marche tea room. She explained the advertising organization of her city.
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Agnes Rooney
Advertising Club of
Minneapolis
McMartin Advertising Agency
Women's Advertising Club of
Seattle
Bon Marche
Everett Legion Post Named for Russell Lovelace at Fort Gibbon
The American Legion post at Fort Gibbon Alaska is named in memory of Russell H Lovelace an Everett boy whose mother Mrs Rose Lovelace now resides at 316 Nob Hill Beattie.
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Everett
American Legion
Fort Gibbon
Alaska
Russell H. Lovelace
Rose Lovelace
Nob Hill
Beattie
Community Fund Chooses Seattle Executive Secretary
An announcement by Dr. Park Weed Willis of the Seattle Community Fund states Frank E. B. Burleson of Akron Ohio is chosen executive secretary of the Seattle order. He will open Seattle offices August 6. In Houston a man convicted of bigamy after marrying Viola Miller nine years ago receives a five year sentence.
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Park Weed Willis
Seattle Community Fund
Frank EB. Burleson
Better Akron Federation
Akron
Ohio
Seattle Order
Burleson
Seattle
Houston
Tex
Viola Miller
James Smith
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Helen Elwood Stokes
Jimmie
W. E. D. Stokes
Penn City
Sloan
Bradbury
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Community Fund
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Union St
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