Plumber's Illicit Affair Ends With Acid Attack in Ice Cream Parlor

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South of Border: The Forverts covered Jewish life in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1932. There was a large population of Eastern European emigres, a Yiddish day school and a Yiddish newspaper in the border town.

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1913 100 years ago

An Affair in the Bronx

David and Bessie Aberman and their four children lived in the Bronx. He, a building superintendent, made the acquaintance of one Sam Citron, a plumber, whom he hired one day to fix a pipe in his home. But Citron fixed more than pipes. Apparently, while David Aberman was out on the job, Citron was coming over regularly to rendezvous with his wife. Aberman found out about the affair only after his 12-year-old son informed him of it. He asked his wife if it was true, and she didnt deny it. In order to protect the children, Aberman moved the family to Harlem, but Bessie Aberman and her plumber couldnt be kept apart. Citron apparently rented a room in Harlem so that they could meet. When Mrs. Citron found out about the continuing affair, she confronted the couple in front of an ice cream parlor they frequented and splashed carbolic acid in their faces. Citron was blinded, and Bessie Aberman received burns on half her face. Mrs. Citron was arrested.

1938 75 years ago

Massive Bombing in Haifa Market

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