The Deluge Continues at Ball Household Wedding
Anita and I attend a tense wedding in the Balls’ grand house as Joe Ball scrambles to marry us with a Methodist minister. Anita endures snobbish guests and a sharp clash of class, while I confront a force within me that commands hard choices for her future.
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Anita
Ball
Joe
Ana
Mr. Blacklock
Mister
Joes
L Itone
Sherry’s
Brooklyn
Billy
Mrs. Ball
Miss Ellersly
Miss Elleraly
Alva
Methodist Church
Pastor Krause Resigns After Hats Incident at Stapleton Wedding
Rev. Dr. Albert P. Krause of the German Lutheran church in Stapleton submitted his resignation under pressure after a wedding reception in which wedding guests wore silk hats and were told they had been used as a bed. The German singer guests attended and wine and beer flowed freely as the church leader faced criticism for convivial conduct. The resignation, accepted, leaves the church awaiting a new pastor.
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New York
Albert P. Krause
German Lutheran Church of Stapleton
Pulldime
Krause
Stapleton
Wexner Institute
Rochester
University of
Letusi
St Paul's
Man torments self in bizarre tongue sacrifice case
New York police wrestled William M. McLaughlin forty times, a 34 year old resident of Huron Street, as he tore his tongue from its roots in a delusional bid for favor from the czar of Russia. He fought doctors and neighbors, was strapped into a straightjacket, and taken to Kings County Hospital in Flatbush where his condition was described as serious.
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New York
Exer
Carina
Russia
William M. McLaughlin
Harun Street
Kings County Hospital
McLaughlin
Huron Street
Cxar
McLanguin
Greenpoint Postes
Larry
Eastern District
Snyder
Flatbush
Cat Fights Rattlesnake Likely Fatal to Snake in Tulsa
Dr. McConnell of Tulsa recounts a porch scene where a cat seized a three foot rattlesnake by the neck and fought it for about five minutes. The cat was bitten but unharmed. the snake received fatal wounds after spectators intervened. Fourteen rattles and three buttons were removed from the snake.
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Tulsa
Rev. Long
Jack London
Mr. Roosevelt
Dr. McConnell
McConnell
Harrison
Influx of New Shades Sparks Street Jam at Entrance
A chaotic crowd formed at the entrance as a flood of new shades caused a near panic. Onlookers compared the scene to historic outbreaks and wondered what brought the throng to Brooklyn, while locals joked about what their spouses called them in early marriage.
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Brooklyn
Hades
N. Y. World
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Allie
Mr. Ball
Wis
Wien
Sloud
Tedping
Wdom
Joel Ganghiter
Bose
Abe
McCabe
Willoughby
Cleveland
Hata
Maniac
Czar
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