Thaw cross examines Mrs Nesbit Thaw case in New York
District Attorney Jerome conducts a long cross examination of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as defense introduces letters from Thaw to support her story. Witness details drugged wine claims and Thaw's alleged irrational behavior while defense aims to finish case this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Cross
New York
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Branford White
Woich
Shaw
Heeling
Thaw
Wihker
Frederick W. Teangtciew
Pa Bee Stu
Hangtellry
Miss Lacs
Jetrees
Dave
Tesnest
Justles Dowling
Paris
Died Died Alismer In Virginia 1908
Multiple obituaries and death notices listed for January 1908 in Virginia and surrounding areas. Names include Vivey Virginia, Frank, Michael, Jacobswetler, Margheecim, and Westerfeld. Notices reference funerals, wakes, and burial details with locations in Port Balanger, Upton, Mexenta, and West Ell.
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Alismer
Sundas
Balinger
Upton Fuh
Vivey Virginia
George W Tiling
Oas Vni
Wandas
Janus
Pai Rem Amns Friemls
Rene Ae Ris Ou Mendes
Eis Aoom
Wear
Frank PoCis Fos
Guna
Michael UE Cemann
Petra
Jacobswetler
Iren
Margheecim
Bohundent
Alesis
W.va
Turalay
Room van Ness
Janes Westerfeld
Deputy Sheriff Serves Papers in Thaw Family Suit
In New York a deputy sheriff sought to serve papers on Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw during a court-house recess. The action concerns a suit by Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton against Mrs. William Thaw for services after Thaw's arrest. Hamilton claims a fee of 300, with only 1,000 paid. Service was set for tomorrow morning in the elder Mrs. Thaw's presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
William Thaw
Allan McLane Hamilton
Thaw
Ti Ia
Hamilton
Cetinsel
Unemployed Demand Sparks State Response in Massachusetts
Gov Curtis Guild issues statement on unemployed demand for free employment agencies. Agencies in Boston Springfold and Fall River already functioning amid higher hardship. Governor notes agitator lacks residence and is ineligible for labor union election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Curtis Guild
Statehouse
Springfold
Fall River
Commonwealth
Poshuz
Great Educational Contest Promises 500 in Cash Prizes
The Washington Fest starts next Sunday in January with 26 cash prizes for identifying familiar scenes to be published. Educators endorse the contest as instructive and entertaining. Order The Post early to receive all issues and avoid missing copies. Call 4205 Main or send a postal card for home delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Post
Curzon Faces Possible Irish Peer Election Challenge
Dublin reports the Dublin Gazette notes Lord Curzon Kedleston may lack qualification to vote as Ireland’s representative peer, while Lord Ashtown places second. Voting described as very close. Curzon’s name appears not on Ireland’s peer roll, raising possible contest over his eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ireland
Lord Ashtown
Dublin
Dublin Gazette
Lord Curzon
Kecieston
Lor Curzon
Baron Curzon
Kedleston
House of Lords
Peers of
Lhereby
Baron Ashtown
Lord Ashawn
Clonmel
Echeion
Kaiser At Masked Ball Surprises Kiel Guests
Emperor William paid a surprise visit to Kiel for a masked ball hosted by Prince Adalbert. He traveled secretly from Berlin aboard the royal train, attended the ball in a domino then Branden burg grand elector uniform, and departed after visiting the Kiel navy yard with Crown Prince Frederic William and Prince Joachim also present. Prince Henry arranged eleven cars to meet him at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
William
Kiel
Prince Adalbert
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Iasquite
Brandenburg
Frederic William
Prince Joachim
Kiet
French Government Compromise on Panama Sale Tax
Paris reports a settlement over a 2,800,000 claim involving the new Panama Company and Colombia. The company will pay 1,600,000, with Colombia contributing 200,000. Tax collectors seek 50,000 slaves in the liquidation transfer of canal property to the United States. Colombia had resisted full responsibility citing the Independence of Panama and the sale’s nullified shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
Panama Company
France
Paris
Colombie
Panama Canal Company
United States
Columbia
Panama
Premier Diamond Mining cuts output to ease surplus
London reports the Premier Diamond Mining Company will reduce monthly diamond production by 20 000 carats to absorb current stocks. The world diamond syndicate, controlling 40 to 70 million dollars in annual output, plans no price cuts as American demand slack eases and shows tentative revival signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris jeweler foils Henry Lemoine diamond scam
A Paris jeweler who gave Henry Lemoine twenty thousand dollars last year for his secret was saved from loss when a scientist tested the stones and declared them artificial. The jeweler threatened to prosecute Lemoine, who then returned the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nimeell
Henry Lemoine
Lemoine
Fromh
Scholars to fete Tolstoi eightieth birthday celebration
In St Petersburg the University Congress began a plan to mark Count Leo Tolstoi's eightieth birthday with an international celebration on September 10. A commission led by Prof Maxim Kovalevsky will invite universities and literary bodies worldwide to participate. Clarence Darrow underwent surgery in Los Angeles after weeks of illness. details say deep tension and bone cutting behind the ear. Outcome remains undetermined for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Maxim Kovalevsky
Clarence Darrow
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Darrow
St Patrick’s Church to form Dr Stafford memorial fund committee
The Dr Stafford memorial fund will be raised by a committee from St Patrick’s Church. Members include Rev William J Carroll Rev Joseph A Smyth Baron von Hengelhuller Surg Gan Heilly BP C J Treanor John J Galloway W Gwyn Gariner Minister Felipe Pardo John Clipper John 8 Larcombe Matthew Ruddy Judge Maurice O Connell Clarence Nolte A C Joy J Fendall Cain George Harvey James Shea Armand Gumprecht E K Fisher Baroness von Hengelmuller Mrs EB Forney Miss Anna Mitchell Mrs Dr Anderson Miss Anna Phelps Mrs Nelle Fealey Mrs John B Galloway Mrs Mary McDermott Mrs J J Coop Miss Mamie Johnson Mrs Louis Murdock Miss Daisy Brick Mrs Charles Clark Mrs William Schwing Miss Frances Joyce Mrs Anna Grant Fugitt Mrs John Mellis Mrs Harry Coupe Miss Mary Draine J Hannan is president James D Mankin secretary Father T B McGuigan treasurer The memorial’s nature has not yet been chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Dr. Stafford
William J. Carroll
Joseph A. Smyth
Baron von Hengehnuller
Surg. Gan
Heilly
C. J. Treanor
John J. Galloway
W. Gwyn Gariiner
Felipe Pardo
John Clipper
John 8. Larcombe
Matthew Ruddy
Maurice O'Connell
Clarence Nolte
A. C. Joy
J. Fendall Cain
George Harvey
James Shea
Armand Gumprecht
E. K. Fisher
Baroness von Hengelmuller
Mra
R. C. Holtzman
EB. Forney
Misa
Anna Mitchell
Dr. Anderson
Anna Phelps
Nelle Fealey
John B. Galloway
Mary McDermott
J. J. Coop
Mamie Johnson
Louis Murdock
Daisy Brick
Charles Clark
William Schwing
Frances Joyce
Anna Grant Fugitt
John Mellis
Harry Coupe
Mary Draine
Hannan Ie
James D. Mankin
T. B. McGuigan
Dolphins Peril of the Sea Incident near Hamburg
The British steamer Conway from New Orleans reached Hamburg reporting a collision with a school of dolphins about a week ago. The impact damaged her propeller and left several plates deeply indented, prompting repairs after arriving from Norfolk via December 17 patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Conway
New Orleans
Vnta
Norfolk
Count Escapes Court Case Involving Gebhard and Deering
New York January 21 Witness Frederick Gebhard testified in a $10,000 damages suit over false arrest and imprisonment filed by Ashby Deering, a newspaper man. Gebhard admitted he may have ordered the arrest with his cane and possibly used mild profanity while recalling the June 19 1904 incident at 106 Fifteenth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News, Paper Man
Frederick Gebhard
Ashbey Deering
Deering
Mr. Gebhara
F10th Avenue
Reginald Vanderbilt
Canfield
Gebhard
Licensed to Marry From Scrambled Registry List
A jumbled historical marriage license column lists numerous pairs with ages and officiants, including Mauris E Spancer 21 marrying Nettle M Switzer aR Stae, and Rev Reubin Gronman Aubrey Blade, with several others and unclear places, dates, and names. The fragment suggests a dated social register of unions with multiple clerical signings and ages ranging from teens to early forties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauris E. Spancer
Nettle M. Switzer
Ar. Stae
Swart
Joseph MC. Manney
Mary E. Grenman
Leh of
Elgin
Uh Roy
G. Mayden
Addie Katvman
Fannie Levin
Reubin Gronman
Aubrey Blade
Ruby B. Grove
Swem
Burr Wolfyde
Ethel T. Holland
Wright William D. McAntife
Sarah M. Yates
Joseph F. MeGes
Joseph Federiza
Albin Kalmar
Bundy
J. P
Lawl Woodey
Magee Jones
John Michart
Charles Ford, Jr
Alberta Smith
Ree
Health Office Record of January 20 Visits
A health office record lists named individuals with ages and locations including Jack Morgan Garfield Memorial Hospital 35 Elizabeth A Palmer 1383 Corvoran St NW TE ra, Lemuel Boralink B&O R R tracks Langdon B G 40, Dane EB Brade 1923 Q St NW 72, Lattle Ruprecht 1608 16th St NW 4, Irving A Glotzbech 928 12th St NE 4, William Leahy 1919 F St NW 45, Elisabeth Riordan 1210 H St NW 65, Charles Shanks 1821 Benning Rd 6 months, Sarah G Peters 326 N Pt NW 62, Ambrosa Wally St Ann's Asylum 2 months, infant of Benjamin and Fannie Shapiro 1922 Th Johnson St 7 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Morgan
Garfield Memorial
Elizabeth A. Palmer
Corvoran St. Nw
Lemuel Boralink
Tear Langdon
B. G
Dane EB. Bradé
Q At. Nw
Lattle Ruprecht
16Th St
Irving A. Glotzbech
William & Leahy
F St. No
Ellaabeth
Riordan
St. No
Charles, Shanks
Benning Road
Sargh
Fannie Shapiro
Dave
Interesting and Profitable Illustrations Prompt Readers to Name Scenes
The Post plans a Sunday January 26 feature of unlabelled illustrations for readers to name. Prizes total twenty six cash awards ranging from 200.10 to 5.00. Also notes a Paris suffrage petition signed by 60,000 French women and promotes its broad reach for advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
Paris
France
Bomb Threats and Explosions Plague New York Tenements
Special to The Washington Fest reports three Black Hand bomb blasts in Manhattan and the Bronx, damaging crowded tenements and shops. Victims include Salvatore Scillazzi, George Siga n, and Italian workers, with threats dating to January 1. Police, led by Lieut. Petrosini, investigate patterns in 508 East 13th Street and surrounding Italian neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Lieut
Petrosini
Halian
Eas Thirteenth Street
Little
Italya
Salvatore Scllazzi
Bast Thirteenth Street
Serlazzi
Thirteenth Street
Third Avenue
Scilazzi
Scilaszi
Schtazzi
George Siagain
Beilagzl
Therr
L16th Street
Harlem
Latte [Taly
Tinsbor
Home Garden Settlement
Women Banned From Smoking In New York Public Places
New York January 21 1920 women will not be allowed to smoke in restaurants and public venues after the board of aldermen adopted Little Tim Sullivan s ordinance prohibiting female smoking in public. Some Broadway restaurants had tacitly allowed it since New Year s Eve amid hostilities to the rule. The aldermen s authority to enact the measure is questioned. Nathan Deworth Higbee from Pine Bush Grange County killed himself after a quarrel with his bride May Calder vaudeville actress whom he wed in November 1919. The couple shared a furnished West Twenty eighth Street room. Neighbors report the quarrel preceding the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Little Tim” Sullivan
Broadway
Gospit
Nathan Edeworth Higbee
Pine Bush
Grange County
Higbee
May Calder
West Twenty-eighth Street
Current and Surplus Funds Directors List
A compiled roster lists directors including Milton B. Alles John B. Herrelt Charles J. Bell Sechige Hurt Hughley John A. Kasson John Bord John I. McLean Samuel Burdett Clarence F. Norment Albert Carry Crosby Noyes Coates Myron M. Parrenn Joseph Pan George T. Dunlop Albert M. Read Lamer E. Fitch Ward Thorpe William J. Plater Frank Vanderlip Henry H. Flather John F. Wilkins Daniel FraSe Henry A. Willard James M. Green Joseph Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton B. Alles
John B. Herrelt
Charles J. Bell
Pittsburg Stock Exchange to reopen next Monday
Pittsburg announces the stock exchange will resume trading on the floor next Monday morning after a closure during the recent financial flurry. In New York, the clearing house reports remaining certificates fall to 19 million dollars and by day’s end about 17 million remained outstanding, with a forecast of full retirement in about two weeks and a return to publishing the full weekly bank statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Stock Exchange
New York
Sherer
New York Clearing House
Wall Street
Clearing House
Poles in Ludlow stop priest from leaving parish
In Ludlow Massachusetts more than 2000 Poles gathered at the parochial residence to block Father F F Kolodziez from leaving for another pastorate ordered by Bishop Beaven. They dragged him to the church steps and warned him not to depart on pain of death as officers were sent from Springfield for help. successor Father Francia Chalupka had not yet arrived and fear of bloodshed grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Mass
F. F. Kolodzicz
Beaven
Father Kolodziez
Fath
Francia Chalupka
Kolodziez
Kolodziex
Father Chalupka
Springfield
Burglars Foiled In Duel At Summer Home Ambush
In Westbury New York on January 21 burglars attempting to rob James A Burden Jr summer home were repulsed after a pistol duel with two caretakers. A gardener was shot in the chest and may die though the burglars escaped with no loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westoury
Ni Y
James A. Burden, Jr
Wahldren
NOT KOPEK FOR NAVY
The St. Petersburg Douma reconvened after holidays with a sparse quorum. Debate focused on the new naval program as opposition across parties united to attack it. Purishkevich, a monarchist, refused to fund the navy while admiralty reforms stay unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Viedimur Purishkevich
Admiralty
State editorial group backs McHenry bill to free wood pulp
Harrisburg editors meeting today adopted resolutions endorsing the McHenry bill to remove the tariff on wood pulp and urged Pennsylvania Congress to vote for its passage. The group thanks United States Senator Penrose for delaying an order affecting newspaper subscribers in arrears, issued without publisher consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg, &A
Van
Sne
Pennsylvania State Editorial Association
McHenry
Pennsylvania Congress
Post Office Department
United States
Penrose
Zeman Charged With Woman’s Beating in Brooklyn Home
New York police report Joseph Zeman, a Brooklyn manufacturer living at 679 St Marks Avenue, charged with abusing his wife over four years. She alleges a Jan 1 quarrel led to choking and beating with a silver candelabrum and a two foot tea crane. Arraignment postponed to Jan 23. suit for separation likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph
Zeman
St. Marks Avenue
Brooklyn
Rcting and Driving Club
Crescent Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
Yeman
Oreilly
Willam W. Wingate
Court Street
Newark
Prize contest at The Post offers twenty six cash prizes
On Sunday January 12 the Washington Post will publish a prize contest with twenty six cash prizes for correctly naming familiar items. Readers are urged to order early to avoid missing a copy and can receive The Post daily by postal card or phone. Netherlands Minister at Washington R de Marées van Swinderen sailed today on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie to Bremen from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
New York
R. de Marées van Swinderen
Washington
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Bremen
Tiger Turns Out to Be a Dog in Wayne Pa
Odd Tales of Many Cities reports in Wayne Pennsylvania Jan 21 a terror scare as 100 or more people chased a so called monster only to find a runaway St Bernard named Thor asleep in the woods. Locals believe the dog was responsible for the earlier commotion and the hunt ended without injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Thor
Conshohocken
Henry Portier
Dewey
James Sharter
Gitmer
Sharter
Frank
Disgraced judge dead. identity linked to Fitzgerald case
The body found at the Kensington Hotel in Newark is identified as former Justice Thomas W. Fitzgerald, a Brook lyn judge removed from the bench and disbarred. He died of heart disease at 44, with prior indictments for misappropriation and protracted disciplinary actions following accusations from a client.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nan
Kensington
Newark
N. J
J. J. Cary
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Court of Special Sessions
Brooklyn
Fitzgerald
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Punegal
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Watreet North East
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GEO. PB. ZU
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Motern
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Pennsylvania
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Seventh ST. NW
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R. F. Harvey
Fenmodloes Thane
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F Street
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To-Kalon Wine Co
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Szechenyi
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Yearing
Giegerich
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Health Office Record
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Umth Street
Bronx
William Hamilton
New York City
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
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Pitisburg
Stock Exchange
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McHenry Bill
Julius Garfinkle & CO
F St
Philadelphia
Germantown
John Symonds
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Natick
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Hogle
Jennnison
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Gallagher
Dike
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Robert W. Haywood
Joseph Reilly
George Godfrey
Marysville
Harwood
Postoffice
Dennis Coyna
Reilly
Godfrey
Helena
Mont
Esme Brown
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Seattle
Sims
Miss Knfeldt
German Lutheran Church
Jady of Fitzgerald
Botel
E. F. Droop G Sons CO
Bass
Cecilian
E. F. Droop & Sons Co
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