Alimony Dispute Between Rival Figures Tallies in New York
In White Plains Supreme Court, Helena Van Hagen sues for alimony and legal fees from Warren Van Hagen claiming he lives with Ada Belle Bacon in Mt. Vernon. She cites a $30 check signed by Bacon and a decade of “more than friendly” ties, seeking direct payments and dissolution of the marriage. She presents a letter from Warren offering to restart with someone else if divorce is possible.
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New York
Helena van Hagen
Mt. Vernon
Supreme Court
Joseph Morschauer
White Plains
Ada Belle Bacon
North Eighth Avenue
van Hagen
Warren BH
Helena
Warren
Heart Pierced but Man Lives for Five Months
Ansonia Doctors recount James Bryant a robust brass foundry worker shot through the heart in a street brawl. He survived five months, returned to work after partial recovery, then died of heart failure. He overpowered his attacker before collapsing after a three block walk. the assailant was sentenced to prison.
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Ansonia, Conn
James Bryant
Husky Negro Brass
Bryant
Bee Sting Proves Fatal for Iowan Near Vein
Sioux City Iowa March 18 H J Dagle forty nine died within twenty minutes after being stung on the wrist by a bee while helping carpenters with home work Doctors said the venom entered a vein and reached the heart He had recently survived a fall in an elevator shaft breaking his back and was still in a plaster cast at death.
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Sioux City
Montana Claims Rats Are Absent Across State
Bozeman officials cite a climate advantage as Montana asserts it is free of rats. O B Stephi of Montana State College notes Butte once boasted the world’s largest city without rats, with past outbreaks in 1924 and 1928 quickly eradicated.
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Drow Wilson
Columbia
S. C
Wilson
Wootton
South Carolina
Bozeman
Mont
Montana
O. B. Stephi
Montana State College
Butte
Steph
Goiter Theory: Germ Cause Proposed by Doctor
Dr. B. O. Houba of Tacoma Washington told the first International microbiology congress that goiter is a germ disease not iodine deficiency. He said he isolated the goiter germ after five years of work and that early cases may be cured with a vaccine.
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Paris
B. O. Houba
Tacoma
Wash
Houba
Vacuum bottle causes 10 minute Southbend Express shutdown
A vacuum bottle dropped from a subway train in Times Square struck the third rail and short circuited the Southbend Express system for ten minutes.
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New York
Times Square
Efficiency Talked Down by a So-Called Expert
Charles Cole of Union Pacific critiques the idea of efficiency and mocks "efficiency experts" who propose odd job fits. He recalls a Los Angeles Times tale where a supposed expert would retool workers by odd assignments such as a night watchman for insomnia or a smoking-triggered tremor leading to mandolin playing.
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Charles Cole
Union Pacific
Los Angeles Times
Fossil scales discovery and racist humor at Warm Springs
Boise physician Dr. F B Daude described fossilized lizard scales found in Oregon and compared tracodon and mesothorrium scales with a racist metaphor. He then made a joking racist anecdote about a colored man, prompting controversy.
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F. B. Daude
Boise
Oregon
Warm Springs
Doctor Daude
Tin peddlers in New England rural life recall old carts
Early residents remember tin peddlers who appeared at doors every 80 with pans and kitchenware. They traveled in side-opening carts selling varied household items and taking old magazines, rags, lead pipe and other metals in exchange. They were shrewd yet kindly Yankees who made friends as they went.
Racer Tin Used in Golden Arrow Speed Record
The racer Tin Made of Tin contributed the tin alloy for the Golden Arrow, the car driven by Major Segrave to set a Daytona Beach speed record last March. No other metal could endure the friction without overheating or melting.
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Racer
Major Segrave
Daytona Beach
Regulated Age Cop Seeks Licenses in Odd Exchange
A terse incident centers on an age regulation check by police requiring licenses for driving fishing hunting dogs and builders. Authorities question a motorist about drivers licenses and other permits as part of routine enforcement.
Prices and Wisdom Sayings in a Humble Market
A short ad style fragment notes watches priced at the lowest dollar, while a reflective meditation on birds, fear, sin, and wisdom cites Wendell Phillips and Bayard Taylor to contrast big words and small truths.
New Ice Demonstrated As Nonmelting Opal Ice
Max Heinrich Garth introduced Opal ice in New York City a nonmelting skating ice made by adding hot water to a secret chemical mix. The substance remains not cold and cannot refrigerate.
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Max Heinrich Garth
Germany
New York City
Simple Solution Pulse Speed Riddle
A joke about medical advice where a nurse notes his pulse quickens each time she checks it and the doctor answers with a pun suggesting blindness as a remedy. The piece plays on wordplay and clinical irony.
Quotable Proverb Snippets From Louisville Courier Journal
A collection of aphorisms and adages appears in the Louisville Courier Journal. The lines reflect common wisdom on behavior and experience, contrasting practical knowledge with monetary value and caution.
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