English Estate Contested by Countless Claimants in London
A sweeping tale tells of the Angell Stockwell estate in London valued at hundreds of millions. Since 1740 thousands worldwide claim ownership, with fraud and violence feeding a long legal saga spanning generations and churches, ships, and rare wills.
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London
Angell
Canada
Brixton
Stockwell
Streatham
Walworth
Lambeth
Balham
Thornton, Heath
Purley
Riddlesdown
John Stockwell
John
Dursley
Gloucestershire
Angells
John Angell
Benedict
Allery
Russell House
Girl Finds Ideal Man From Poster Sparks Engagement
Miss Gladys Hewett, Brighton typist, admired a poster of a strong silent man. She wrote to the firm and learned the poster was based on a real individual a wireless operator. They exchanged photographs and letters, leading to a romance and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Gladys Hewett
Brighton
Miss Hewett
Prisoner Loses $900 In Jail After Mates Take It
In St. Clairsville Ohio Mike Russell thirty Wheeling West Virginia jailed for interfering with an officer kept $900 in bills instead of handing over valuables to Jailer McConnaughy. After a half hour in the bull pen, his roll of one $500 and four $100s vanished and a search of 70 prisoners and bedding found no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Mike Russell
Wheeling
W. Va
Russell
McConnaughy
Engagement Announced After Ring on Third Finger
A woman displays a ring on the third finger of her left hand and smiles as she announces their engagement to be married.
Clock from 1800 era kept by Union county farmer
A clock dating from before 1812 was in the possession of Union county farmer G. Quinn. It was made in Plymouth Connecticut and reportedly remains in daily use and in good condition despite its age.
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Blue Mountain
Miss
G. ©. Quinn
Union County
Plymouth
Conn
Brooklyn Student Stowed Aboard Cunard Ship Sentenced
Hamilton Weeks twenty a student of 357 Ninth street Brooklyn is serving one month in a British prison for stowing away aboard the Beren Garia of Cunard Line found aboard the ship on its last eastward voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
Hamilton Weeks
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
England
Berengaria
Cunard Line
Cable
Dog Biscuits and a Dinner Dance Plan
In Westmont Lora rushes through errands for neighbors and buys dog biscuits for a pup. Doctor Miles reappears with a craving for biscuits and invites her to a home town dinner dance, sealing the moment with a warm confession. Lora agrees to go, skipping the missed train.
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Jessie
Mark Temple
Westmont
Jessie Meacham
Lora
Bennie
Doctor Miles
Union Station
Miles
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Promotes Digestive Comfort
Sweeter Children's stomachs sour and need an anti acid. Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes acid with a pleasant spoonful. It is endorsed by physicians and widely used in households. The U S registered trade mark dates to 1876 of Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
September's Big Part in Story of America
Chronicle item lists key events by year from 1531 to 1926 including Bak Boa discovering the Pacific Ocean in 1531, St. Augustine settlement in 1655, Hudson river discovery in 1609, Winthrop founding Boston in 1630, first Continental Congress in 1774, Ethan Allen capture in 1775, Philadelphia entry in 1777, treaty in 1783, Constitution in 1787, Lake Champlain battle 1814, Star Spangled Banner after Fort McHenry bombardment, first baseball club 1845, Scott in Mexico City 1847, navy flogging abolition 1850, Burnside in Nashville 1863, McKinley assassination 1901, Marne stand 1914, St Mihiel and Bulgaria surrender 1918, Florida hurricane 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bakboa
Pacific Ocean
St. Augustine
Hendrik Hudson
L Winthrop
Boston
Ethan Allen
Philadelphia
Lake Champlain
Fort McHenry
Scott
Mexico City
United States Navy
Burnside
Nashville
McKinley
Marne
St. Mihiel Salient
Bulgaria
Florida
San Francisco Chronicle
No Harm in Sleep Golf Says Doctor
A brief exchange notes a doctor’s quip that dreaming of golf harms nothing. The dialogue reflects on aging and happiness, suggesting people expect continued life on earth yet a romantic view remains elusive as life nears its end.
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P. Go
Ina
Toledo
Warren
Butler
Clinton
Clermont
R. R
South
Lebanon
Vienne
The
Fen
Pam Spring
California
Jiffy Products CO
Dayton
Petersburg
N. U
Cincinnati
California Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Huntington
Pasadena
Calif
Claxton
St. Johns
N. F
Claxtons
Royal George
Samuel Allery
Townsall
Dartmouth
William Adrian Allery
William Angell
Devonshire
Australia
Canterbury
York
Ewell
Newcastle
Sunderland
Baker
St. John’s College, Stockwell
Stokenham Church
Mary
Justinian Angell
Elizabeth
By I. Wright
Cael
Parker
Cox Chem
Wks
Floreston
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Earth
Doan
DY JD
Northrop & Lyman Co., Inc
Buffalo
Samph
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