Flips Coin Wins Bride to Wed in Tokyo Romance
New York December report describes Elaine Rose and A de Havilland’s rapid path to marriage after a coin toss. Tail won, she agreed to wed and travel to Tokyo where he is a patent attorney. They met in Tokyo over a year ago, engaged after a London dinner, then pursued licensing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. de Havilland
Tokyo
Japan
Epecal
Washington Post
New York
London
Elaine Rose
A. de Flavilland
Mrs. de Haviland
Mr .de Havilland
Miss Rosa
England
de Havilland
Robert
Asiktor
Miss Rose
Reading
Ike
Mr. de Havilland
Huse
Rose
King George
de Maxsyland
Tilbury
Tatr
de Elavida
Imperial
Lack
Meade Hasviland
Peg
Murder in a Seaside Town Reveals Turbulent Affair
Court records recount a fatal shooting after a turbulent relationship. Della Birts, threatened by Charles Platzer, was killed as the suspect claimed she invited danger. The accused later confessed, describing jealousy, betrayals, and a plan to confront the lover. Police launched an investigation after a witness reported the crash of a revolver and a pool of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sys .Alocu Fae
Distrav Ound
Boateerth Davis
Dasuathe Statner
Othe
Headiarces
Belgium Food Fund Allocates Relief Supplies
The Belgian relief committee based at Crippsbury district headquarters on 426 Eleventh Street has hatched more than $1,900 for immediate Belgium aid. Two thirds will go to William C. Edgar of Minnesota to buy flour, while the remaining funds cover beams and other nonperishable food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuelyy
Belgian Relief Committee
Cripps Buridus
Eleventh Street Marth Mes
Belgium
Willam C. Edgar
Minnesota
How Girls Live on $6 a Week in New York State
New York reporters detail daily wage hardships of women and girls via factory commission records. Esther Packard of the Consumers League cites examples of skipping meat, meals, and vacations to afford shoes, hats, and clothing. A typical year’s clothing spending is itemized, including dresses, skirts, underwear, corsets, shoes, rubbers, stockings, and other essentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission
New York State
Hiss Packard
Bride Shot On Train Ends Her Betrothal
A bullet through a moving Long Island train near Amityville wounded Mrs Jennie Dayton Willis of Patchogue a deep forehead cut. Doctors say fatal if direction differed. Police blame a careless rabbit hunter. The Willis saga has long stirred Patchogue gossip and tied to prior abductions and alibis involving Dr W Charles Willis. Separately, Miss Martha Winslow arrived from Europe to address workers in Denmark. another engagement between Miss Helen Blagden Rich and Frederick Patterson was abruptly called off after months of planning.
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Washington Post
New York
Jennie Dayton Willis
Patchoaye
Long Island
Amityville
Patchogue
Wilwound
Charles T. O'Leary
Willis
Central Islip
Suffolk County
Lake George
Bayport
J. Mary Willis
Jerseily
George Drayton
Naorton Street
W Willis
Ocean Beach
Middletown
N. Y
Jersey City
Helen Blagden Rich
Frederick B. Patterson
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Miss Rich
Frank
St. George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Edna Josephine Lott
Dorothy Patterson
Dayton
Dorothy R. Stratton
Dorothea Parrington
Ruth McKenna
Ruth B. Wilson
Waring L. Dawbarn
Baby Milk Fund Donations Listed in Acknowledgments
A fragmentary list shows donations to a Baby Milk Fund including amounts from Mrs. Alexa Der C, a friend of the Babins, and others. Notable entries include HW. Porth with 2230, Mrs Hennen Jennings 820, and Mrs Benjamin H. Warder 330. Other donors include Gladys Mayer and Theresa H. Bivins.
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C. C
Alexader C
Babins
Thankful Heart
New York Beauty Sued for 50000 by Rival Wife
Ruth Olive Gimbernat, wife of Julee Raymond Gimbernat, sues Mrs. Lucile Virginia Martin alleging alienation of affection. Gimbernat's fortune, marital history, and New York society ties frame the suit as parties deny any basis for alienation. Damages sought total 50000, with court action linked to Gimbernat’s forthcoming estate payment.
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Lucile Virginia Martin
New York
Washington Post
York
Raymond Gimbernat
Ruth Olive Gimbernat
Supreme Court
Gimbernat
Newfoundland
Ft Sa
Martin
Southern Belle
Branded Me She Says Divorce Granted in Chicago
Mrs. May Florence Boyd testified in Superior Court that in 1907 her husband George Walter Boyd branded her with a red hot poker during a dinner incident. She described him threatening to brand her like a Texas pony if she did not hurry, then prying the poker from the fire and pressing it against her leg.
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Louis Snerry
Gimbernat
Charles H. van Winkle
Ruth Oliver van Winkle
Plaza Hotel
Washington Post
Chicago
May Florence Boyd
George Walter Boyd
Superior Court
Clinton F. Irwin
Murder Cheap in New York City Looms Large
A three month spike shows nineteen bomb outrages in the Greater City with seventeen unpunished and only four arrests. From September to December, murders and gun violence surged as eight killings occurred in seven days in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Police Commissioner Woods notes undercounted homicide figures and urges sustained, nonpartisan policing beyond the high profile cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Woods
Baby may lose riches in Slingsby estate case
London reports the Slingsby legitim acy suit opens over the English fortunes of Rev Charles Slingsby. It centers on whether an infant born in San Francisco is the rightful heir after a possible substitution of another child. The case involves $600000 in estates and features claims by Lieut Charles R Slingsby and Mrs Lillian Anderson as the child’s true parentage is debated.
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San Francisco
London
Slingsby
Charles Ro Slingsby
Charles Slingsby
York
Charles R. Slingsby
Doorathy
Stingsby
Slingsby Neir
Lillian Anderson
California
State Board of Health of
Anderson
Henry Headward Duke
M. P
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CHOSS
Dora Stratton
C. Platzer
Saya
Stag Hotel
Sth
Virginia ‘Theater
Het Rooss
Riversaiiaty
Esther Packard
The
Consumers League
C. W
J. D. Willis
Europe
Martha Winslow
United States
Copenhagen
Winslow
Denmark
Women's Industrial League of
Washington
Frederick Patterson
Baby Milk Fund
J. M. Gimbernat
Lydia Pickens Nice
Pickens
J. R. Gimbernat
Columbia
the Waldorf
Broadway
Arizona
China
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Thurn and Taxis
Josephine Moffitt
Lida Eleanor Fitagerakl
Victor of
Prince
Victor
Jacksonville
Flanhe
Miss Moffitt
Ultt
Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald
Uniontown
Northwest Cor
7Th & H
Julius A
Seventh Street
Keith
SUN
Phares
Houdini
Mohemmedan
Bessie Wynn
French & Els
Lady Daloty
Laddie Cliff
Ellis Gordon
Fox & Daly
M. Heye
I A. Lisner
Finnan Haddie
G. G. Cornwell & Sons, Inc
H Street
Belasco
Robert B. Mantell
King John
Mohammedan Lands
Ostrander
Spraight
Min
Edward Knoblauch
N.Y
Tuchutag
Hare
Sta
Droop's
13Th & A
Mme
Louise
Coutralte
Grand
Rose Stahl
Pollock
Hennold Wolt
David Bispham
Ter
LDA Theater
Burton Holmes
Ireland
Malcolm E. Patterson
Tennesse
Tba Small
Patterson
Ciareb
Dimbarton Avenue
Sisl
Tatubartua Avenue
Litorgetum
Feather Place
Menor Charen
SAM
Tagram Cangrega- Daoal
Laehet
Mass
Shursday
Ufth Baptist Church
Land Ot
Vernon Elace M
Garden
Daniel Frohwan
Mary Pickford
Sexy
Marta
the Lowlands
FBI
Burning Daylight
Hee
Tate
David He
Hilly Ahlington
Wriday
al Reeves
Ilis Bie
Howard Theater
LEE Rti Kili
S. H. Dudley
Esennigos
Zoe Aard
Washington Schools
Reserve Board
Harry Patterson Hopkins Musual
Washington College
wTheater Steward’s “Business College
Bucdebs
Elocs Fiom
Emily Fred Barnes
Eleventh Street
Ihene
Prud'homme
Lesacas
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