Dotes BibL in His Defense in Separation Suit
Bertha K Singer seeks separation from Les L Singer claiming cruelty and desertion after marriage in 1910. She alleges a $5 000 annual business income and gifts totaling far beyond $10 000 wedding present from her father. he counters with a frugal lifestyle and a plea for a modest home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Bertha K. Singer
J. Kurtz
Les L. Singer
Singer
Smith
Off Streets
Broadway
Sumner Avenue
Ife
Ian
Manhattan
Myer-in-law
M I Peterson dragged along platform fence at Baldwin station
Miss Ina Peterson 18, of Milburn, was dragged over fence rails as a 6:03 Eastbound train departed Baldwin station. Roth, 22, attempted boarding, grabbed her arm, train pulled free but pulled her along the pickets, tearing clothes and injuring her. D H Rice assisted as she was carried to a car for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
L. I
Missina Peterson
Daugher Louis Peterson
Milburn Avea
Long Island
D. H. Rice
Peterson
Roth
Freeport
Tation
Grand 6
Baldwin Station
Crete
Rice
Hopper Attacks Salacious Theatre Plays at Friars Dinner
New York December 20 De Wolf Hopper, guest of honor at the Friars dinner for David Warfield at the Hotel Astor, denounced salacious plays and moral clinics in theatre. He urged managers to stop producing indecent material, arguing the public rejects it. Warfield was the butt of jokes as a lively gathering turned to serious critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
de Wolf Hopper
David Warfield
Hotel Astor
Mr. Hopper
Warfield
Peter Grimm
Rennald Wolf
Runaway trained bear disrupts Main Street shoppers
A female trained bear escaped from its trainer on Keokuk Iowa’s Main Street between Fourth and Fifth, scattering women shoppers in a cloak store. A playful dog sparked the escape, but after a long chase the bear was recaptured and soon muzzled, reassuring frightened bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Main Street
Fourth
Fifth
Flirt With Masher Turns Out to Be Wife at Masked Ball
In Grand Forks North Dakota on December 20 Mrs. James McCormick sought arrest of her husband for disorderly conduct after he flirted with her during a masked ball. Police declined to act as McCormick did not realize his companion was his wife, who revealed herself only after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
James McCormick
McCormick
Get-IT Corn Cure Promises Quick Pain Relief
An old ad proclaims Get-IT as the simple corn remedy. It claims rapid disappearance of corns without sticking to stockings, cutting or salves that irritate the skin, offering painless relief.
Were Married a Half Century
In Altus Oklahoma on December 20 a divorce was granted to Mrs. J A Crosby aged seventy four from J M Crosby aged eighty six after a fifty year marriage. The court ordered the division of their 700 acre Jackson county farm land amid testimony from many local witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altusb
Okla
J. A. Crosby
J. M. Crosby
Jackson County
Mathews
Stevens Point couple celebrate twenty ninth child birth record
In Stevens Point Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Joseph Kostruck welcome their twenty ninth child. The Kostrucks claim the count is not unusual and express desire for a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Wis
Joseph Kostruck
Kostruck
Revived Hunter Faces Long Recovery In Erie Morgue Wagon
A sixteen year old Melvin Hoff, left for dead after a hunting incident, revived while being carried to the Erie morgue. Doctors say he may recover. The report also references leading London banking houses and mentions a Boer War veteran. It also hints at Lady Acheson becoming a prominent London entertainer after settling in her new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Melvin Hoff
London
Lady Acheson
Husband Gets the Best of 17 Terrible Matrimonial Contract
Terre Haute scene details William E. Penn who pursued reconciliation after a divorce suit and coerced his wife into a contract granting him full control of their rooming house and a nearby property. He admits prior marriages under different names while a Missouri widow’s letter is read in court. The wife, coming from North Carolina after answering a matrimonial ad, says she financed the business and property with her inheritance. She claims she did all the work in the rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
William E. Penn
North Carolina
Penn
Baltimore
Farmer says meteor yields crystallized gold claim
Fresno report says Fred Williams found a metal resembling gold in a well at sixteen feet. Jewelers suspect crystallized gold but an assay warns such meteor gold would be extremely valuable if weighing twenty tons, potentially over ten million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
Fred Williams
Bakersfield
Williams
M. A. Martin
United States Mint
San Francisco
Australia
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Weaver
Masher
Slady Acheson
Quarrering
Mildred Carter
Lord
St. James Square
Lord Falmouth
Lord Acheson
Balkan States
Falmouth House
Admiral Boscawen
Pet Seoll
Eee
Dauphin Street
Stoll's
California
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Malaga
Iona
A. & P. Cocoa
Lona
Sultana
Florida
Sultana Coffee
Ree
Bell
Shatrmese
Toma
Southern Express Company
Anne Tae
W. S. McFarland
Gheeghas
M. Molerook
Mabe
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