Supreme Court Rules Neighbor Must Pay For Dead Cow
In New Jersey the court holds farmer Frederick Bealaman liable to neighbor James Van Nest for the death of Van Nest's cow that trespassed into Bealaman's cornfield. The decision rests on Bealaman's duty to keep fences repaired to prevent neighboring cattle access.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Frederick Bealaman
Somerset County
James van Nest
van Nest
Bealaman
Hunger Strike Ends As Ice Cream Breaks Julia Morgan
Philadelphia July 3 Julia Morgan a 17 year old girl from Pottstown pa undertook a hunger strike after police detained her while searching for her sisters. After more than two days she gave in when a plate of ice cream and strawberries was set before her. She wandered the streets Saturday night seeking her sisters and resented her detention threatening to imitate suffragists to win release. A chicken dinner failed to tempt her but ice cream proved decisive.
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Philadelphia
Julia Morgan
Pottstown
Reno's Year-Long Residency Divorce Rule In Effect
Reno Nevada moves to a strict one year residence requirement for divorces, replacing six months. The new law went into effect at midnight, yet local divorce seekers have not surged as expected. Cayuga Lake Claims Sixth Victim in Ithaca New York a visitor drowned at Taughannock Point while swimming with family and fiancé.
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Reno
Nev
Cayuga Lake
Lois Vorhees
Ithaca
Taughannock Point
Ruth
Vorhees
Chinese chorus opens second World Christian Citizenship conference
A 350-voice chorus of Chinese singers performed English anthems at Multnomah Stadium in Portland during the conference session. The program was followed by a speech by Ng Poon Chew of Canton on Christianity in China.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah Stadium
Ng Poon Chew
Canton
China
Ex Judge in Alienation Suit in Missouri
In Joplin Missouri Waltour M Robinson a 60 year old former Missouri supreme court judge faces a $50000 alienation suit in circuit court filed by Charles B Killingsworth a Webb City street car motorman who claims Robinson alienated his wife Mella Kilingsworth. In Peoria Illinois a clam fisherman named Johnson found two gemlike pearls among clams and received 1400 dollars from a jeweler after believing them valuable.
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Joplin
Waltour M. Robinson
Missouri Supreme Court
Charles B. Killingsworth
Webb City
Robinson
Mella Kilingsworth
Peoria
Johnson
Illinois River
Girl Dies After Mercury Tablet Ingestion
Florence Nebergall aged 16 months is reported dying at her Charleston home from bichloride of mercury tablets alleged taken during a personal crisis.
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Charleston
W. Va
Florence Nebergall
Texas law bans public drunkenness and sets early saloon curfew
A new Texas act worthy of note makes it unlawful to get drunk outside one’s own home. It also requires saloons to stay closed from 9 30 p m to 6 00 a m starting today.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
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