Uniform divorce law urged after New York Virginia split
A New York appellate division upholds Porte V Ransom confirming a Virginia divorce lacks effect due to lack of personal service. Mrs Ransom’s remarriage to George L Browning is set aside, highlighting need for uniform cross state divorce jurisdiction and recognition. The case, debated for its novel features, calls for legislative reform.
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New York
United States
Supreme Court
Porte V. Ransom
Justice Dowling
George L. Browning
Madison
Iva BR. Hill Ransom
Virginia
Ransom
Circuit Court of
Washington
James Hay
Mia
Browning
United States Supreme Court
Laughlin
Needlework Notes on Pongee Suits and Embroidered Buttons
For pongee outfits buttons should be pongee covered with lace or embroidery, occasionally black satin buttons to offset the natural pongee shade. Fancy button coverings include silk embroidery with colored stones, and rings of silk embroidery. A stylish sofa cushion uses burlap with art nouveau tulips stitched in kid on green background. Silk or crape costumes use black satin covered with crochet in black knitting silk. Elaborate buttons arise from floss embroidery, beads, or chenille with narrow gold braid for original effects.
Friday Folklore and Famous Firsts Echo in Papers
A mixed excerpt notes Friday associated lore with George Washington birth and key events. The dialogue playful asks about writing on a mirror while a discerning woman comments on luck. The snippet cites the Somerville Journal and Chicago Tribune tone about unlucky Fridays in history.
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Chicago Tribune
Hicks
George Washington
Bunker Hill
Wicks
Somerville Journal
Wong Chung Sue A Hero
Wong Chung Sue a Chinese ranchman died in Los Angeles after seven years of pain following his brave act seven years earlier. He closed an open switch on a Southern Pacific line, saving scores of passengers when tramps had left a rail open. A passenger train struck him, breaking his spine.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wong Chung Sue
Southern Pacific
Wong
Thurman Hanged for 1906 Michigan murder in Norfolk
Leo C Thurman of West Point Kentucky was hanged in Norfolk for the February 1 1906 murder of his roommate Walter P Dolsen of Michigan whose body he packed in a trunk. He was captured eighteen months later at Vancouver British Columbia. A letter from Thurmans mother in Kentucky arrived shortly before the execution and he answered it.
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Norfolk
Leo C. Thurman
West Point
Walter P. Dolsen
Michigan
Vancouver
B. C
Thurman
Kentucky
Woman Gets Four Years for Perjury in Druce Case
London April 11 Miss Mary Robinson, a Druce case witness, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to four years penal servitude for perjury. The sentence for Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, another Druce witness found guilty of perjury and conspiracy, was postponed pending an appeal on points of law.
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London
Mary Robinson
Druce
Old Bailey
Margaret Hamilton
Lord Heyleigh Elected Lord Chancellor of Cambridge
Lord Heyleigh John William Strutt was elected lord chancellor of Cambridge University in succession to the late Duke of Dever shire.
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Lord Heyleigh
Cambridge
John William Strutt
Cambridge University
Duke of Devershire
Opinion on cattle tuberculosis testing from New York editor
Editor C D Smead of the New York Tribune Farmer argues against universal tuberculin testing. He notes limited value provisioning, cites a Logan New York letter dated January 6 1908, urges testing only when demanded by customers, and warns of potential overreach and high costs.
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B. H
New York
C. D. Smead
New York Tribune Farmer
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