Money and Morals in New York High Society Divorces
A critique of the Vanderbilt Belmont divorces and the broader pattern of divorce among New York's elite. The piece notes multiple marriages and separations within leading families, suggesting wealth shapes moral standards and social life in the upper crust. It references Consuelo, the duke of Marlborough, and the Yznaga family to illustrate ongoing marital rearrangements.
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William K. Vanderbilt
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Vanderbilt-Belmont
Upper Fifth Avenue
Newport
Lenox
Oklahoma
Sioux Falls
Servente
Vanderbilt
Belmont
Oliver Perry Belmont
Mr. Belmont
Consuelo
Duke of Marlborough
Remarkable 105-Year-Old Mary Fitzgerald Welch Dies
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald Welch of Rahilly Ireland born 1790 dies after a long life in Chicago. She never suffered illness until weeks before her death, kept keen sight and hearing, read without spectacles, and faced death with calm. She leaves six children forty grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Chicago
Mary Fitzgerald Welch
Welch
Rahcilly
County Carlow
Ireland
Mrs. Welch
Horrors of Cruelty to Children Exposed in New York Exhibit
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children exhibit in Commodore Gerry's offices displays over 2 000 torture devices and tools used on young victims. Descriptions detail nails in a barrel hoop, a low board pressing on a child, rawhide whips, a blazing knife on an 8-year-old, and other brutal instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York City
Commodore Gerry
Nellie Rice
Maggie Casey
Siberia
Patrick Kirby
Patrick
A Girl's Heroism Mary McGill Saves Drunken Man
Miss Mary McGill an eighteen year old school teacher at Miners Mills near Wilkes Barre Pa risked her life on a railroad cut to pull a drunken man from the tracks as a fast freight bore down. Both were knocked aside by the rushing train but survived. The engineer saluted her brave act as the train passed. The man thanked her and walked home.
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Mary McGill
Miners’ Mills
Wilkesbarre
Delaware and Hudson
Miss McGill
Reunion of Regulators Recall Lynchings in Noble County
A reunion is planned in Noble County Indiana for the 1852 Regulators the first organized vigilante group in the state through which horse stealing and other crimes were suppressed. The 1853 execution of Gregory McDougle near Ligonier highlighted their harsh methods and now surviving members, wealthy and influential, may gather in Ligonier for a reunion.
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Noble County
Ind
Indiana
Reno Brothers
Noble
Elkhart
Steuben
Kosciusko
O. Kessler
Gregory McDougle
McDougie
Canada
Ligonier
McDougle
Mafia violence flares in Louisiana sugar districts new killings
A new assassination on Pike's Peak plantation in St. James parish echoes a series of mob killings in the Louisiana sugar districts near New Orleans. A dead man found with buckshot bears the name Joseph Capone and a summons to testify in the Defalco trial, suggesting the victim may be Guissipe Mauro, husband of the key witness, murdered to silence him.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Pike's Peak Plantation
St. James’ Parish
Giordano
Joseph Capone
Defalco
Guissipe Mauro
Child Describes Imagination as What You Cannot See
A 4-year-old child defines imagination as viewing things that are not visible, offering a simple, vivid view of how youngsters perceive hidden ideas and mental pictures.
The Boy with the Goon and Other Vignettes
A mixed selection of humor and anecdotes features a farmer-turned-shopper tale about a $2 overchange, a contrast between the rich and careless on sidewalks, and light quips from Chicago and Detroit papers. Notable lines include a grocery grievance, a riddle about the smallest man, and engagements with a single diamond worth $150.
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Chicago Post
Feud Erupts After Old Feud Reignites Over House Paint
Wool Hanks and Scroggs, long estranged for twenty years, clashed when Scroggs tried to dictate paint color as Wool-Hanks began repainting. A tense exchange included a rifle mistaken for a shotgun, prompting further nervousness from an unnamed old man.
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Wool—Hanks
Scroggs
van Pelt
Very True Punishment Pains Professor and Student
A dialogue fragment shows Professor expressing regret at punishing William and William acknowledging the discomfort. The exchange reflects a formal teacher student dynamic and a misalignment of feelings about discipline.
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Professor
William
Fliegende Blaetter
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Mary M’gill
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Boy With the
Jerry McFadden
Lender
Detroit News-Tribune
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