Woman testifies in crowded court of a stunning confession
Mae Beers describes a powerful influence by Will Hopkins over her and details a moral crisis in Hyworne. The packed courtroom heard her account of temptation, marriage strain, and secrecy as her husband Dr A S Beers listened with a bowed head while their daughter watched.
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Boulter
Cola
Maresh
Mae Berrs
A. Ss. Beers
Ater
Will Hopkins
Maon Reenss
Flupkins
Ghent
Hopkins
Will
Tee
Will Tropkins
Mr. Beers
Sitheim
Oman
Miss Helen Jenkins to Wed Francis Hunt Geer
Special to The Washington East New York March 12 One of the most important engagements of the winter was announced today when Mr and Mrs George Walker Jenkins announced their daughter Miss Weeden Hartley Jenkins to marry Francis Hunt Geer son of the late William Montague Geer of St Pauls Trinity parish Miss Jenkins is from an old wealthy New York family Columbia College graduate of 1932 She has three sisters Mrs Kilroy Goodwin Jo and the Misses Cornelia and Geer Jr brothers Thrapp and W Montague Geer Jr
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New York
Washington East
Wouter
George Walker Jenkins
Weoden Hartley Jenkins
Francia Hunt Geer
William Montagus Geer
St. Pauls Trinity Parish
Conta
Tr Teer
Clolimbia
Kiliot Goodwin
Washington
Cornelia
Gerrude Geer
Water torture alleged as punishment in state reformatories
Albany dispatch reports John W. Delaney's efficiency department urges removing two state wardens and reforming prison and reform school systems. Allegations describe water cures, isolation cells, and handcuffing girls, with harsh abuses at Hudson and other facilities. Boys’ program at Industry School for Boys criticized for undernourishment and poor amenities.
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Albany
Department of Efficiency and Economy
Efficiency
John W. Delaney
Delaney
David Bruce
State Agricultural and Industrial School of Industry
Uortense V. Bruce
Million Dollar Bride to Perform on Stage in Fight for Child
Special to The Washington Post. Evelyn Hunter Keith Donaldson, the so called million dollar bride and mother of Dorothy Donaldson, will likely appear in a vaudeville dancing act to raise money for permanent custody. A court probation officer moved Dorothy from paternal grandmother Mrs William F Donaldson in Philadelphia to her mother at 1826 South Logan Square under a temporary order. The Municipal Court Judge Brown ordered the child to be with Dorothy's mother on alternate Fridays from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The elder grandmother remains involved in the custody dispute as the fight for possession continues.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Evelyn Hunter Keith Donaldson
Dorothy Donaldson
William F. Donaldson
Chestnut Street
Loxan Square
Donaldson
Brown
Dorothy
William Donaldson
Grayson Murphy
Witty-fifth Street
New York
Ethel Mackenzie
Fuvenie Court
Keith Donaldson
Jane Peeter Rippin
Municipal Court
Man Leaves Wife as Security While He Goes to Get Lunch Money
Special to The Washington Port Pittsburgh March 12 The street plan of Pittsburgh caused three hours of anxiety for F E Stern of Wellsville Ohio and his wife as he left his wife as security while he went to fetch lunch money. Secret Service Operative D W Price joined the search after the couple arrived in Pittsburgh and spent hours locating the Diamond Street restaurant where Mr Stern had left his money.
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Man
Washington
Vittsburgh
Fittsburgh
F E. Stern
Wellsville
Ohio
Secret Service
D. W. Price
Fourth Avenue
Diamond Street
Mr. Stern
Stern
Price
Diamond Street Place
Local market price listing for seafood produce and groceries
A dense catalog of fresh seafood meats poultry dairy produce and fruits with per unit prices. Halibut codman bluefish butterfish shad roe shad red snapper turkeys roasting hens fryers ducks guinea hens beef and veal cuts lamb and pork items as well as dairy eggs and assorted produce with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to a few dollars per unit.
Warns Against Big Meals at Covenant Church Talk
Dr Thomas A Claytor warned against overeating as a major cause of arteriosclerosis and heart disease. He said blood pressure rises with overeating and urged moderation over intense exercise for youths, noting men face greater daily strain than women and advocating tranquility to protect arteries and heart.
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Keep Wells
Church of the Covenant
Thomas A. Claytor
Claytor
Conger Divorce Described After Hotel Raid
New York March 13 description of Roy A. Conger and a “little blonde candy girl” led to a decree of divorce for Mrs Grace Fitch Conger. She is niece of Clyde Fitch and daughter of Col Henry Fitch. A A Conger is son of E H Conger minister to China. A raid at the St Paul Hotel December 14 1911 was recounted with no defense entered. Mrs Conger now ill with tuberculosis blamed on a tango fall.
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Clyde Fitch
China
Washington Post
New York
Roy A. Conger
Grace Fitch Conger
Delaney
Supreme Court
William Fitch
Panama Railroad Company
John Freeman
St. Paul
Freeman
Conger
Tango Fall
Husband Tries to Spare Wife by Turning in Boss
Otto Jansen of Fairview New Jersey sought to withdraw charges against Gus Grossman and his wife Mrs Jansen after arranging a bargain where she would live with Grossman. The court refused and both were held in 3500 bail for further examination.
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Otto Jansen
Fairview
N. J
Big Guntav Grosamian
Mrs. Jansen
Jansen
Hoboken
McGovern
Grossman
Bloomfeld Street
Bloomfield Street
Mrs. Janzen
Grosaman
Crook Seriously Ill at White House Links
Col W H Crook disbursing officer at the White House and longtime bodyguard to presidents since Lincoln is seriously ill with pneumonia. President Wilson is taking a personal interest in his welfare and flowers were sent from the White House to his home yesterday.
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White House
Col
W. H. Crook
Lincoln
Wilson
Crook
Peter Pan and the stage legends of London and New York
The article recalls Peter Pan's stage history with actors like Nina Boucicault Pauline Chase Madge Titheradge and Maude Adams. It notes Frohman offering Barrie’s new play to Adams and her vivid transformation into the elfin lead infusing enduring charm and memories of Never Never Land.
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Peter
Pana
Nina Boucicault
Pauline Chase
Madge Titheradge
Peter Pan
London
Maude Adams
Mr. Frohman
Barrie
Miss Adams
Wendy
Turks Defy Fleets In Dardanelles Barrage
Telegraph dispatches report a renewed Allied bombardment of the Dardanelles with French troops possibly landing in Asia Minor. Gen d Amade is to command expeditionary forces as British and Australian troops sail for the straits. A 1000 to 2000 strong English landing was repulsed with casualties, while storms and fog hinder operations and several torpedo boats and hydroplanes conducted reconnaissance and bombing runs along Kilid Bahr and Killidar.
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Ron
Dardanelles
Smyrna Agan
French War Office
Turkey
d'Amade
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Vila Berlin
Killd Bahr
Straits
Kilid Rahr
Willd Bahr
Verdict for Clark estate against Washington Railway for 310000
A jury awarded 310000 to Mrs Minna L Clark administratrix of George W Clark's estate against Washington Railway and Electric Company for a December 25 1913 crossing accident near Nineteenth Street Northeast. Clark died four days later from pneumonia. defendant argued death resulted from his own negligence. Attorney Wilton J Lambert and George L Whitford represented the plaintiff. George J Hoover for the defendant.
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Minna L. Clark
George W. Clark
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Nineteenth Street
Washington
District of Columbia
Plaintff
Wilton J. Lambert
George L. Whitford
George J. Hoover
Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Burg Dies in Exile
Ferdinand Burg former Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria dies at 51 in exile. Nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph and brother of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, he abdicated royal privileges after marrying a Swiss woman. The emperor granted him an annuity of 40,000 crowns.
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Ferdinand Burg
Francis Joseph
Archduke Francia Ferdinand
Bosnia
Burg
Switzerland
Hofral Czuber
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