Verdict for Loan Co. Cases Dismissed in City Court
Judge Peasley discharged James Graves manager of American Loan Co and clerk James Quirk after hearing charges of charging more than five percent monthly on a five dollar loan. Testimony showed Kiernan paid six dollars and twenty-five cents for a five dollar loan with disputed service fees. The state argued the mortgage was not bona fide and charges evaded the law, but the court found the evidence unsatisfactory.
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James 8
Graves
American Loan Company
James Quirk
Peasley
James Kiernan
Ward Street
Quirk
Kiernan
Kelman
William Hart
Keirnan
Woman Fends Off Purse Snatcher in Jersey City
Mrs Catherine Callahan of 161 Wayne Street Jersey City grabbed her pocketbook containing $30 when a medium sized youth snatched it on Jersey avenue near Newark avenue. She struck him in the jaw with her free hand and the thief reeled but escaped.
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Jersey City
Catherine Callahan
Wayne Street
Jersey Avenue
Newark Avenue
Callahan
City News and Court Actions This Week
Lake Com pounce hosts First Baptist Sunday School annual picnic as lawyers begin summer half holiday. In district court, William Davis wins against Margaret Sherlock in a title dispute. Next week short calendar matters set before adjournment on July 2. An appeal filed from Grace Schoonmaker versus Sarah Peck Judson case. Foreigner readers encounter noon closings. city offices except controller now half day Saturday. Funeral held for Andrew Thierbach. buried beside wife at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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First Baptist Church
Lake Compounce
District Court
William Davis
Margaret Sherlock
Supreme Court
Cowell
Iecusion
Grace Schoonmaker
Sarah Peck Judson
Watertown
Plainff
McGrath
Comptroller's
Andrew Thierbach
Mulville
Pine Grove
Per Thierbach
Bogus nuns sentenced. odd moral notes in New York
In Tombs court Magistrate Wable sentences sisters Mary Agnesa and Mary Adela to six months in the workhouse for vagrancy. The piece also notes a string of miscellaneous anecdotes and quotes about religion, poverty, ignorance among children, and a discussion of hydrophobia. A short obituary and an eclipses note from Washington conclude the column.
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Mary Agnesa
Mary Adela
New York
Wable
Tombs
Stanley Hall
Boston
Police Court Sessions Report Juvenile and Theft Cases
In today’s police court, Judge Peasley handled cases as Judges Cowell and Burpee were away. Mary Durham and Lucy McDermott, both about 60, were fined five dollars and costs for intoxication and street walking, council noting Brookside as their confinement. Several theft and assault cases followed with fines and jail or probation terms.
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Peasley
Cowell
Burpee
Mary Durham
Lucy McDermott
Durham
Healey and Fitzgerald
West End
Brookside
John Murray
North Elm Street
Anna Kelly
P. R. Kelly
Miss Kelly
Murray
di Luigi Longo
Antonio Spongolo
East Main Street
Mia Spongolo
Longo
Philip Fox
Tony Becesky
Wiliam Hickey
J. E. Bronkle
Pearl Lake Road
Fox
Hickey
Becesky
Nauwatuck
Pasquale Calabrese
Angelino Mandano
Frank
Earle House
Calabrese
William J. Mansfield
Near the Gallows in New Haven Execution Set for July 1
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled John Washelesky to be executed at Wethersfield on July 1 for the 1903 murder of Peter Luck at Farnham's farm. Governor Woodruff had granted a three month reprieve, but the court upheld the July 1 date, with the board of pardons to meet next Monday in Hartford to consider Washelesky's case.
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New Haven
Board of Pardons
John Wausheleaky
WestyHle Pole
Peter Luck
Farnham
Wethersfield
Supreme Court
Woodruff
Washelesky
Williams
Baldwin
Baldwin C. J
Cvert
Mern
Hartford
Washelesny
Tail Gone Dog Tries to Die at Bell Island
A story from Bell Island recalls Mr Osters summering there after his dog lost its tail. Three weeks earlier the animal’s tail was caught in a shaft while out in Bislamach, breaking it. De H. E. Bates helped, but the dog failed to recover without praise and affection.
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Bill
London
Tommy
Tom
Bass
Katie
Mr Osters
Bell, Island
H. E. Bates
Mason
Dinner Sets At Prices From Four Fifty To Thirty Five
A crockery dealer advertises a wide range of dinner sets priced from 4.50 to 35.00. They specialize in the crockery business and maintain a large varied line to suit many tastes. They offer to duplicate parts of any set sold and promise no mismatching. Viewing the line is free and the sales staff will be pleased to show the goods.
Strong girl keeps a 10 foot python as pet in Maine
Miss Myrtle Lambert of Strong keeps a ten foot growing python named Billy from Asia, plus a coral snake. Billy eats fat chickens, receives daily milk baths, and rests in a polished wood box with a shelf. The coral snake coils in Miss Lambert’s hair. She praises snakes, trusts Billy’s affection, and plans to keep him as long as possible.
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Myrtle Lambert
Strong
Asia
Billy
Miss Lambert
Boston Post
Politics Versus Sound Business Commentary
The text argues that politicians, detached from expert financial analysis, push measures appealing to private interests, causing erratic legislation. It discusses how candidates seek vote-buying schemes, referencing past ideas like greenbacks and free silver, and notes a new deposit guaranty proposal arising after a financial crisis. It highlights the influence of public opinion on policy and the danger of ignorant masses shaping economic reform.
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Ast
Beatav Ld Defeats Democrat in Wet Tare Selby PNang
In a tight contest at tare wet, Beatv Ld secured a decisive victory over the Democrat party. Local observers noted unusual weather impacting turnout and campaign efforts.
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Pnang
the Democrat
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