Bigamist in Society Marries Heiress in Bay Ridge Mansion
Edward Vance, known as Howard Floyd Field, married Elsie Schlegel, daughter of millionaire George Schlegel, after five years of courtship. He kept a second wife and two children nearby, leading to his arrest on a bigamy charge. The wedding site, social circles, and Vance’s duplicity sparked a sensational scandal with both families affected.
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Oward A. Vance
Edward Floyd Field
Bndegroom
Washington Post
New York
Edward Vance
Brooklyn
Elsix W Schlegel
George Schlegel
Bay Ridge
Vance
Howard Floyd Field
Schlegel
Mrsanee Alter
Voss Schlegel
Ths
Furlong
Ede Vine
Schlegels
Tt &Everty
Third Street
Second Ave
Bay
Tskitard
Manhettan
Whis Sthlegel
Ave
Playia Gelp
Naamee Wis
Edward Floyd Tacda
Rewulk Ciller
Schlegel Henw
Naice
Mies “Vhleset
Phes
Amt
Drasin
Mid West
Vine
Tewis
Miss Schlegel
Vance Arrested Over Abandonment and Bigamy Claims
A pencil letter from Vance explains his absence as he faces abandonment charges. Police arrest him after Miss Schiegel, present with Schmidt, confronts his identity and family. Mrs Schiegel prostrated, magistrate sets bail at 2000 for bigamy and 500 for abandonment. Miss Schiegel responsible for bigamy charge. Mr Schiegel away in New Jersey. Elsie’s aunt laments the scandal.
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Vance
Schmidt
McAuliffe
Furlong
Kathan
Schiegel
Tabbies Will Hold Court At Washington Cat Show
Blue-blooded prize winners and back yard howlers to compete in a Washington cat show in Gude's Hall on F Street NW Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The Washington Cat Club will judge with Dr Cecil French and Joshua Cowpland presiding. Notable entries include Columbia Panick, Gold Dust Twins, Y Brennin Gwin, Fighting Bill, Miss Jewel Hay, Mrs Belva Lockwood, Mike, and Dewey. The event aims to fund a city cat shelter and highlight the common domestic cat alongside pedigreed entrants.
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Gude's Hall
F Street Northwest
Washington Cat Club
Henry Litchfield West
Gartrell
E W Burritt
Cecil French
Joshua Cowpland
Ward
Columbia Panick
Columbia Catters
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Columbia Cattery
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
Toronto
Detroit
Buffalo
Bill
Soldiers Sailors and Marines
Jewel Hay
Belva Lockwood
Mike
Fort Myer
Dewey
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
West
Tom
Tab
Policemen Nab Pot Poker Game on D Street
Officers from the Sixth precinct busted a poker game at 3407 D Street Northwest last night about 11 40 PM. In the middle room seven players hid their money as stakes while Sam Jones and other participants faced a charge of permitting gaming on premises. Jones posted $50 collateral for his appearance and witnesses were summoned.
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Sam
John W Jones
D Street
Curry
Murphy
Wilson
O'Dea
Sanders
Philadelphia Clubwoman Lectures on Yellowstone Park at Library
Mrs Harriet Hayden Finck, president of the Woman's Press Club and secretary of the Women’s Motor Club of Philadelphia, gave a lecture titled Yellowstone Park the Land of the Geysers and the Nation's Playground at the Public Library. The talk, under the League of American Pen Women, featured many views from within the park and was part of a library lecture series.
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Philadelphia
Public Library
Harriet Hayden Finck
Woman's Press Club
Womans Motor Club
Yellowstone Park
Land of the Geysers
League of American Pen Women
Finck
Edward Beecher Finck
The
Audubon Society
District Library Association of the
Carnegi Institution of Washington
Comforts Mrs May Long as Jail Confirms First Day Behind Bars
Mrs Jennie L May the woman convicted of assault to kill and causing the death of Lucien Cowen began her first full day in jail next to Mrs Annie M Bradley. The pair, both wives and mothers, shared talk and solace as May faced bail prospects and Bradley offered quiet support amid Sunday services.
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Senator Brown
Lucien Cowen
Celie
Annie M Bradley
Jennie L. May
Bradley
Mrs. May
Iittte
Mrs May
Light tobacco receipts across several markets hurt by bad weather
Reports from Petersburg South Boston Durham Lynchburg and other Virginia markets show light weekly tobacco receipts due to severe weather. Prices generally hold steady with many grades selling near or above quotations while crop quality remains variable, and growers anticipate improved sales as weather improves.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Boston
Durham
Lynchburg
Missionary Rally Describes Korea to Local Boys
A Knights of Sir Godfrey rally at the MCA Boys' building featured Dr James S Gale describing Korea. He said missions began slowly due to distrust of foreigners but now progress rapidly with thousands of Korean boys learning Bible lessons. Next week Yale athlete Morgan H Bowman will speak.
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Knights of Sir Godfrey
MCA
James S. Gale
Korea
Empire
America
Morgan H.*bowman
Yale
Association
Mrs Franklin Lane Improving After Attack Complications
Mrs Franklin K Lane wife of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane has been critically ill from grip complications but is improving. Lane, summoned from Los Angeles to his wife’s bedside, is expected to reach the city Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Also reported, Dallas Bowman injured in an altercation with Arthur Russell, bookkeeper of the University Club, has left Emergency Hospital and is at home. His condition is not serious and recovery is expected. A house on Tenth Street where Lincoln died is open to the public daily from 9 to 5.
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Wernesday
Rte
Brooklyn
St Johns
Bedford Avenue
Vane
Vuss Johnsom
George Schlegel
Vanes
Schlegel
Vance
Giard Union
Franklin K. Lane
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Los Angeles
Dallas
R. Bowman
C_ street
Northwest
Arthur
Russell
University Club
Bowman
Pension column answers on military benefits from 1907
Reader questions on pension law cover rate of disability pensions for second lieutenants, widow's pensions, dependent mothers, restoration of pension for a first husband, and support duties of a veteran's children. Officials explain rates, eligibility, and filing dates, with emphasis on March 3 1901 and June 27 1890 acts.
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Kansas City
United States Marine Corps
George McD
Baltimore
Henry H L
Pension Bureau
New York Life 1907 Annual Report Highlights Growth
The New York Life Insurance Company traces sixty two years of mutual plan operations from its 1906 to 1907 results. It reports over two thousand million in insurance in force and four hundred seventy four million in accumulated funds. New business for 1906 reached 167 million, the largest in its history, with income over 100 million and policy holder payments above 44 million. The company has paid policy holders over 540 million since inception and shows reduced expenses in the 1906 report.
Market Stringency Eases as Money Prospects Improve
Special to The Washington Fort reports firmer tone in New York stocks with reduced liquidation and a mood that price of financial accommodation will stay low into fall. Bankers see little risk of renewed stringency. currency law debate focuses on expanding note issuance and ease of retirement.
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Washington Fort
New York
Wall Street
Atlantic
Congress
American Bankers’ Association
House of Representatives
Senate
Washington
Cannon
Aldrich
Stock Market Doubts on Rise in Prices Persist
Daniel F. Kellogg notes that despite cheap stocks investors show little purchasing, with banks expecting lower near term rates and bond market weakness. He points to factors beyond speculation, including lingering doubt about the permanence of railroad dividends and a misalignment between dividends and open market rates.
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Wall Street
Daniel F. Kellogg
Iron and Steel Exports Reach New 1906 Peak
The 1906 export value of iron and steel products totaled 172.5 million dollars, up 30 million from 1905, with gains across pig iron bar iron steel rails sheets and plates structural iron and steel wire builders hardware locomotives sewing machines metal working and mining machinery typewriters and printing presses Tin plate also exceeded one million dollars in value. Domestic origins North America Europe and other regions bought the shipments, while imports rose in pig iron and other iron and steel categories in the year.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
North America
Europe
South America
Asia
Africa
Dinner’s Coming I Smell It Dyspepsia Ad
An old time advertisement extols Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as an artificial stomach. It promises quick digestion and relief from indigestion, sour stomach, belching, and heartburn. Encourages sending name and address for a free sample by mail.
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Stuart
Skae
Kage Realdg
Tatil
Pennsylvania to enlarge Jersey City terminal near New York
Special to The Washington Post reports from New York on plans by the Pennsylvania Railroad directors to spend about 300000 to expand Jersey City facilities. A new building 1 1 by 620 feet will be erected north of the current slip used by ferries to Twenty third street. Officials say traffic growth justifies enlarging Jersey City even with a future Manhattan terminal and McAdoo tunnels. The plans aim to funnel immigrant business to Jersey City as part of the expansion.
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Washington Post
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Twenty-third Street
Manhattan
McAdoo
Pennsylvania
Mackay plan vast consolidation of telegraph and telephone systems
A Boston report says Clarence H Mackay, head of Postal Telegraph and Commercial systems, is quietly pursuing a plan, begun with his father, to merge cable telegraph and telephone networks into a single large combine. The Mackay group is stockpiling American Telephone and Telegraph Company shares with intent to consolidate operations and extend reach, potentially saving millions annually. Lady Cook travels to New York after visiting Boston, accompanied by Mrs Jive Lagen and Mary Ellen Leave.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
John W. Mackay
Postal Telegraph and Commercial Systems
Clarence H. Mackay
Mackay
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lady Cook
New York
London
Tennessee Ciafflin
New York City
Mrs @Jive Lagen
Mary Ellen
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Comforts
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Lincoln
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Thesr
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Kensington
Commissioner of Pensions
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E. F. Ware
Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Wilhelmina
Daston
Ohio
Dhase
Harvey
Des Moines
Iowa
HMI
Hiram
Suocese
NEW York Life Insurance Compr
Ncamd
Perce
Gaia
Will Union Trust Co
F Street
N. W
Edward J Stellwagen
George E Fleming
Edson Bolds
N. C. Uphan
MGR
Gold Divide Mining, Milling, and Tunnel Company
Hst
E.R. Chapman & CO
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Broadway
N.W
G. B. Chipman
Washington Stock Exchange
XPERT
Washington Exchange
Eenth Bank
Underwriters Association
Washington Lan & Trust Co
F Sts
John Joy Edson
John A Swope
Ellis Spear
Andrew Parker
Harry G Meem Boyd Taylor
Thomas Bradley
Fpred
K Eichelberger
Trust Oice
the Traders National Bank
10Th St
Pa. Ave
D. of C
F. H. Smith Co
Smith
I. D Latimer
C. F. Nesbit
New York Ave
Quincy Smith
Alvin M. Lothrop
John Boleman
Jery G 0 Watson
Treasure Jackson
Campbell-Hudson Co
H ST. N. W
Harrison Realty Company
Btreat
H.W
International Banking Corporation
Connecticut Avenue
National Riggs Bank
U.S. Trexir-7
Napoleon
Atova
Fa Mons
MD Tecord
Arthur Cowsill
Buider
Colorado Building
Nevada
Patrick, Elliott & Camp
Stuart Lilis
Maryland
H Street
Jenkins & CO
Ington
Nts O* Cella Commission Co
Massouri Corporation
Faily Pali
Mechanics’ American National Bank
S Louis National Bank of Commene
S ‘Louss Third National Bank
St Louis
Chesley & Spenceomers Col
Marshall Shall & Foote
Sutton Lewis 2 &Co
Francis R. Dooley & Co
le Droit
Frank Kane & CO
RM Miner & Co
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District of Columbia
Mehiskell & McLeran
F ST
Capital Loan CO. Gan and
Peld of
Metropolitan Loan & Trust Co
Citizens’ Loan & Trust CO
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