This Girl Acts Like a Lady Lady Scammer Case in Chicago
Thomas Os, a 60 year old Iowa farmer, accuses Lodavaine Miller of a confidence scam in Chicago. He says she married him in effect by promising marriage and took eleven thousand dollars for a diamond ring a lawsuit funds travel to the West a house a chicken ranch and a New Mexico plantation. He claims she then gave a Bible and urged him to move to Los Angeles join a church and wed a rich widow.
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Chicago
Thomas Os
Iowa
Lodavaine Miller
J. Rufus Wallingford
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Man Held 15 Days in Jail Without Charge
Christopher Moody, living at 1815 16th Ave, was arrested May 3 after a shooting incident involving Detective Mayon. Moody, who had no weapon or prior dope links, spent 15 days in solitary confinement without trial or charges before being released, amid police pressure to admit gun possession.
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Christopher Moody
Mayon
Lester Thomas
Thomas
Moody
Tennant
Brown and
Frisco Police Chief Alleges Conspiracy Against Him
San Francisco police chief John Seymour, suspended, vows to serve his four year term and denies imminent dismissal. His attorney says charges are being prepared against Mayor McCarthy for conspiracy to remove Seymour.
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Frisco
Seymour
Peter P. Dunne
Board of Police Commissioners
McCarthy
Widow of Violinist Faces Will Contest in Midnight Rites Case
In Alfred Maine Mrs Olea Bull Vaughn seeks to break her mother Mrs Sarah Thorpe Ball's will. Ball left 500000 mainly to a group of psychics linked to occult rites. Testimony describes mystic practices at the Ball home in Itve Maine and Cam Massachusetts.
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Alfred
Olea Bull Vaughn
Ole Bull
Sarah
Thorpe Ball
Ball
Vaughn
Niccolo Roberto
Bull Home
Bull
Kills Self in Dream At Father's Home
John Mc Aleenan shot himself at his father's home and died two hours later. Police say the act was accidental. Dr. John Cramer, brother in law, attributed it to a nightmare or sleep unconscious grip of a revolver kept under the pillow.
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New York
John McAleenan
John Cramer
John
Humane officer hunts prowling cats in Sacramento
Humane Officer Frank M. Woodson has pursued night prowlers for days, capturing 37 cats so far, amid a mange epidemic. The disease is feared to spread to people, prompting the intensified cat hunt. In St Louis barbers vote to abolish tipping, believing it drives men to drink.
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Sacramento
Frank M. Woodson
ST. Louis
Market Prices for Fresh Produce Meats and Butter
The markets list average prices for fresh produce meats and feed with notes that prices vary by freshness and grade. Local items include Washington and Eastern Washington butter, poultry, vegetables, apples, oranges, and dressed meats with selling prices and quality indicators.
Cook Exporation Fraud Touted as South American Rise
Auguste Cook, an author, published a book claiming explorations in Counan, a supposed republic. Thousands bought the work before investigators proved Counan's nonexistence. Cook's wife exposed the deception.
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Paris
France
Auguste Cook
Counan
Republic
Cook
The Golden Potlatch
The piece extols the Golden Potlatch as a bank promotion urging readers to open an account to gain future wealth. It defines Potlatch as spending savings from song and patience and links Golden to opportunity, inviting participation now.
Mrs Berry to Have Hearing Before Civil Service Panel
The hearing for Henrietta Herry, former city jail matron, will occur before the civil service commission tomorrow night. Delays followed illness among witnesses. Bushy controversy over alleged nude parade by prisoners sparked her dismissal, though officials later cited other issues.
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Henrietta Herry
Civil Service Commission
Berry
Bannick
John Corbett
Homelessness and unemployment rise in New York report
New York reports show 60 percent more homeless and unemployed men this year than at the same time last year. The charity societies warn of worsening conditions and increased need for assistance.
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New York
Charity Societies Today
Woman Ends Life After Son's Death At Crystal Lake
Mrs. Stephen C. Whitemore of Wear Mayfield, Boranton, Pa, shot herself at home in a note saying the grief over her son's suicide two months earlier was unbearable. Her son George had killed himself at their Crystal Lake summer home. The report notes she used the same revolver.
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Boranton
Stephen C. Whitemore
Wear Mayfield
George
Crystal Lake
Figures in Ranch Trade Prompt Legal Clash in Oregon
Edward Corkery failed to keep a weather eye on city politics and is suing Pat Sullivan over a ranch trade. Sullivan claimed the Uma tila farm along with Walla Walla County in Oregon would yield about 1200 dollars monthly. After a new city administration, business fell by half, and Corkery accuses Sullivan of misrepresentation. Judge Dykeman presided over the case.
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Edward Corkery
Pat Sullivan
Corkery
Umatila County
Ore
Walla Walla County
Sullivan
Dykeman
Unclear Van Not Liable for Reelection Call of Mayor Gill
The fragment notes a van not responsible for the reelection call of Mayor Gill and mentions trade ex lands. Details are sparse but imply a political dispute over campaign actions and land transactions involving an unidentified vehicle and local officials.
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Van
Gill
Paris Chauffeurs Strike Ends in Tire Attacks
May 29 report describes 2,200 Paris chauffeurs on strike causing widespread embarrassment. Strikers attacked nonunion drivers, slashed tires, damaged cars and threatened passengers amid tensions.
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Motors Paris
Parmane
Taft to Speak in Chicago on Reciprocity Talks
Taft will visit Chicago June 4 to join a major reciprocity discussion organized by the Western Economic Society. Three meetings are planned with invitations extended to governors of Middle Western states, and many have accepted.
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Chicago
Taft
Wesern Economic Society
Middle Western
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