Innocent Man Saves From Chair at Sing Sing
New York court issues stay of execution for Charles Frederick Stielow after a junk dealer Irving King confesses to a 1915 double murder for robbery. King admits killing Charles Phelps and Miss Margaret Wolcott, exonerating Stielow and aiding retrial efforts.
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Sing Sing
Charles Frederick Stielow
Stielow
Guy
New York Supreme Court
Irving King
King
Charles Phelps
Margaret Wolcott
Nelson Green
Elmira
Phelps
Phelps. He Arrived In the Afternoon, Made Himself Agreeable To Mr. Phelps
Miss Wolecott
Mr. Phelps
Miss Wo
West Shelby
Orleans County
N. Y
Stlelow
Green
Electing a President 11 in the Civil War era
The 1860 election pitted Lincoln against Seward with Lincoln winning the Republican nomination and later facing Douglas Democrats Breckinridge Bell and others. Lincoln defeats McClellan in 1864, while readers are teased about Grant in 1863 in a subsequent issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
William H. Seward
New York
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
J. C. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Grant
What Was It Molly Pitchers Husband's Name
The Boston Transcript asks readers to identify the spouse of Molly Pitcher linking the famous Revolutionary War figure to a reported husband in the era’s lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
Boston Transcript
Eleftherio Venizelos Three Questions Brings Curtain
A famed moment features Eleftherio Venizelos and a group of prominent men. A braggart bets he can stump him with three questions by asking if he has ever been jailed and if he was electrocuted and whether he would pay for cigars if he loses. Curtain.
Expert Auto Advice and Engineering Q&A
A historic auto Q&A covers engine unevenness and carburetor lean mix remedies, lighting system install, aluminum piston pros and cons, brass cleaning baths, head resistance and speed, intake valve timing, wheel rim paint, clutch slippage, self lubricating bearings, and practical automotive physics and materials details. It presents practical guidance from ignition timing to maintenance and materials choice, with embedded technical explanations.
Rome's army size and imperial reach
A Youth's Companion excerpt notes Rome's organized regular army never exceeded about 275,000 men yet governed a vast range from Scotland to the Persian Gulf. It attributes imperial acceptance to stable governance and an unrivaled legal system. A quip from Exchange compares Perkins' wife to others in humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Greece
Bulgaria
Firth of Forth
Persian Gulf
Local Mill and Street Listings at City Hall
A compiled list of street corners, avenues, and mill names including Bay City Lumber Co Curtis & Front Sts Aberdeen Lumber Co Mead St West Boulevard Wilsons Mill Chehalis Wishkah Slade Boone Marion Exchange Market F Sts Hume Sts G Wishkah Heron Broadway River St Sisters Bowell Eighth H St Fifth M St Sixth Thornton Ninth E St Third Broadway Sixth Broadway M Market St Federal Mill Heron Michigan Western Cooperage Hume Washington Western Mill Market Washington Second E St Second Ave B St Terrace Ave Prospect St Burleigh Ave D St McKinley Ave F St Stanton Second St Railroad Ave Conger St Morgan Jeffries Cherry Duffy Co General Package Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City Lumber Co
Curtis & Front
Curtis & Evans
Ste
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Co
Mead St
West Boulevard
Fairfield & Summit
Wilson's Mill
Chehalis & Wishkah
Slade's
Boone & Marion
Exchange & Marion
F & Market
H & Hume
G & Wishkah
F & Heron
Anderson & Middleton
Heron & Broadway
F & River
Sisters
Bowell
Conger
Morgan & Jeffries
Cherry & Duffy
General Package Co
Train Schedule Fragments for Aberdeen to Pacific Coast Cities
A fragmented timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains from Aberdeen through Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Multiple trains with varying via routes Dupont Point Defiance and McCleary Elma Bay City Cosmopolis and Moclips show irregular times and many garbled entries.
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Dupont
Aberdeen
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Point Defiance
Ceaves
Trives
Paves
Moclips
McCleary
Elma
Hoquiam
Cosmopolis
Aberdeen Junction
Bay City
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Goodby
Yeaars
Warren Keys
Saline County
Exch
Weys
Louisville Courier- Journal
Austria
Prince Albert
P. A
Prince Albert Tobacco
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Elefterio Venizelos
American Press Association
Cal
Tebacco Co
Ette Pounce
Union Pacific
Yellowstone
Columbia River
Denver
Omaha
Columbia
Nion Pacific
Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Estes
Rocky Mountain
Union Pacific Service
Chicago
Union Pacific System
H. P. Potter
D. F
P. A., Cor. I and
Heron St. Aberdeen, Wash
Charles H. Randall
The
Herald
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner Gateway
America
Grand Canyon
Hayden Lake
Spokane
H. H. Griffin
So. H St
Aberdeen, Wash
A. D. Charlton
Obe
Montana
Perkins
Eople
Standard Hotel
First Ave
Pine St
Seattle, Wash
Secret Service
W. T. Williams
Finch
Aberdeen Window & House Cleaning Co
Serel
Jones & Jones, Inc
Corner Market
H Streets
Whiteside Undertaking
Montesano
Oakville
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Aberdeen Sone Tere
R.r.guide
Northern
Pacific
Regon-Washington Railroad & Navigation CO
Owl
Centralia
D. ml
D. m
S.W. Johnston Transfer CO
So. I St
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