Da Cunha repudiates marriage by public allotment
George W. Da Cunha once urged marriage by public allotment but announced yesterday that he has repudiated the idea. He introduced as his wife Ellen I. Swain a Santa Monica woman he wooed and married in December, a private union not by public drawing. Da Cunha had previously been known for advocating government supervised matches.
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Associated Press
Los
Ngeles
George W. da Cunha
Santa Monica
Mont’ Clair
N. J
da Cunha
Lot
Ellen I
Swain
Fair Equestrienne Seriously Injured in Central Park Incident
Miss Leonie Burrill, 20, daughter of attorney Middleton S. Burrill, was driving a horse in Central Park when it frightened and fell. She suffered a brain concussion and was reported in critical condition. The horse and bridle were pulled by Mrs Rex Beach as the car sped on with Miss Burrill clinging to the rein.
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Associated Press
New York
Central Park
Leonie Burrill
Mise Burrill
Middleton S. Burrill
Rex Beach
Fred Stone
Hydroaeroplane Crash Kills Officer Near San Diego
Lieutenant Rex Chandler of the coast artillery was instantly killed when a hydroaeroplane fell in San Diego Bay near Fort Rosecrans. Lieutenant Lewis Brereton was badly hurt as the plane plunged from about one hundred feet after departing from North Island. Hoath carried the dead and injured to shore while officials sought an explanation.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Rex Chandler
Coast Artillery Corps
Lewis H. Brereton
Fort Rosecrans
Hoath
Brereton
Chandler
Army Aviation School
North Island
Pensacola Negroes Plan Colored Y M C A Effort
The Colored Young Men’s Athletic Association prepares to organize at a mass meeting Sunday at 3 in Williams Hall North De Villiers Street. Walker W. Thomas, president of the Athletic Club, calls a seven member council and an executive committee to form the movement toward a Colored Y M C A with officer elections set for April 20.
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Pensacola
Colored , Young Men's Athletic Association
Williams’ Hall
North de Villier Street
Colored Young Men's Christian Association
Walker W. Thomas
Young Men's Athletic Club
Young Men’s Athletic Association
Olson Acquitted of Murder Charge in Minnesota Trial
The jury found Prof. Oscar M. Olson not guilty of murdering Clyde N. Darling, a former University of Minnesota farm school employee. The verdict ended a six day trial as Olson, tearful, planned reunion with his wife and daughter after Darling’s earlier attentions to Mrs Olson.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Oscar M. Olson
University of Minnesota Farm School
Clyde N. Darling
Olson
Orr
Prof. Olson
Professor Olson
Darling
Montevideo
Plea for Pardon Made in Behalf of E A See
Mildred Bridges and Evelyn Arthur See appeal to the pardon board in Springfield. Attorney Seth Crews argues See’s life work and beliefs are not factors in the abduction case. Records suggest a dispute over consent and the trial’s handling of testimony.
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E. A. See
Associated Press
Springfield
Mildred Bridges
Evelyn Arthur See
See
Lfe
Miss Bridges
Seth Crews
Moth
Sée
Crews
Lee
Chicago
Foley Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Trouble Claim
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Pills relieve rheumatism from kidney trouble and bring back normal urinary function. It quotes John Wel bert of Foster Callf claiming a complete cure after long suffering, and notes the product contains 10 habit forming drugs from Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Foley
John Welbert
Foster
Callf
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Women sweep town council in Tyre Kansas mayor elected
Complete election returns show Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh elected mayor of Tyre with a female majority on the council. Mrs. E. F. Herring Mrs. Myra Newton and Mrs. Maggie Park win council seats as an independent ticket competing with Progressive and Citizens tickets. An annual audit was noted.
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Associated Press
Coffeyville
Kas
Council
Tyre
Here
H.C. Defenbaugh
E. F. Herring
Myra Newton
Maggie Park
Progressive
Citizens
Free three ounce sample bottle offer from Oromulsion
A three ounce sample bottle is mailed free of charge by Oromulsion located at 548 Pearl Street in New York. The note invites recipients to request the sample by mail.
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Oromulsion
Pearl St
New York
Gold certificates found scattered in Leavenworth gutters
In Leavenworth Kansas three post office inspectors opened a probe into gold certificates found in gutters and yards, part of a $50,000 theft from Kansas City five years earlier. Most are $20 notes. at least $1,000 surfaced within eight blocks of Charles Savage’s relative’s home. A wind dislodged money believed hidden in a tree. investigators note the area’s residents, including many Blacks and Slavs, widely searched for the notes.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kas
Post Office
Charles Savage
Kansas City
Foley Kidney Pills Improve Sufferer’s Health
C H Grant of Peoria Illinois reports kidney and bladder trouble eased after using Foley Kidney Pills. He describes backache congestion fatigue floating specks and pain disappearing after three days with continued use until completely free of trouble. He recommends the remedy. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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C. H. Grant
Waverly
Peoria
Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Removal of tariff will injure the South
In St. Louis on April 9 F H Smith president of the St Louis Lumbermen's Exchange warned that removing the lumber tariff will lower prices and curb American shipments. He noted free lumber would push Canadians to supply boxmakers and common lumber users in the North and East, hurting Southern millmen and delaying market adjustment.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
F. H. Smith
Poison Route Fatality in Roanoke Official’s Son Drowns Himself
In Roanoke on April 9 Province McCormick aged 83, a civil engineer and son of prominent lawyer Marshall McCormick, died in his father’s office. He left three letters indicating his intent to commit suicide by poison, addressed to his father’s stenographer.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Long-serving New York teachers retire with pension records
The fifth annual report of Lyman A. Best shows forty retired teachers aged sixty to seventy still alive and drawing annuities from the New York City Teachers Retirement Fund. Notable names include Edward Bush with sixty-eight years in service and a $1,500 yearly pension, and Sarah E. Coley with fifty-nine years as principal of Public School No. 48 earning $1,200.
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International News Service
New York
New York City
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Lyman A. Best
Edward Bush
Brooklyn
Bush
Nathan P. Beers
Manhattan
Thomas Inter
The
Normal College
John D. Robinson
William J. Kennard
George White
Coley
Beers
Sarah E. Coley
Catherine M. Williams
Ellen T. Ahern
Helen G. Morgan
Frances A. Pope
M. Eliza Purdy
Children Burned to Death in Elwood House Fire
In Elwood Indiana on April 9 Goldie and Lester Richard aged one and two died in a house fire that left their sister, five, severely burned. Their mother Eliza Richards, distraught, begged for a knife to end her life after leaving the children momentarily in a neighbor’s care.
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Elwood
Ind
Goldie
Lester Richard
Richards
Eliza Richards
Hawaiian Merchants Protest Sugar Tariff Plan
In Honolulu on April 9 a mass meeting protested a tariff bill's sugar schedule. Merchants reported 20,600 complaints already sent to Washington and 20,000 more pending. Former Governor Carter appointed a delegate to carry Hawaiian complaints to officials.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
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