Woman Of Peaceful Valley Sentenced To Death
Mrs. Fannie Soper, aged about 45, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of her husband. The Elizabeth town court ordered the execution for the week of January 3. Soper maintained innocence and prepared for an appeal, seeking baptism and solace in a jail-side Methodist ceremony before departure.
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Sing Sing Penitentiary
Fannie Soper
Elizabeth Town
Elizabethtown
Soper
Sing Sing
Supreme Court
Edwin C. Whitmyer
Earth
Rev
Charles Rickert
Charles Orr
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New York Jurors Back Death for Mrs Soper
In Essex County near Elizabethtown twelve jurors decree Mrs Fannie Soper should die for the killing of Henry Soper a deputy sheriff and farmer. The Adirondacks heart of the Adirondacks region lies in Peaceful Valley where many locals defend the sentence stating the act was just and driven by a stricken family struggle.
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Elmer Wakefield
James H. Jenks
Charles Orr
Essex County
New York
Fannie Soper
Back Rew
Clarence Hillard
J. E. Bowe
A. D. Crawford
David Hickey
Thomas Maddern
Charles F. Martin
Peaceful Valley
Adirondacks
Henry Soper
Byron Brewster
Soper
McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets Promised Weight Gain
An advertisement touts McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasty easy way to gain weight. It claims one thin woman gained ten pounds in twenty days and notes the sugar coated tablets won’t upset the stomach. Sixty tablets cost sixty cents and directions appear on the box. Nathan Murray and Howell's Pharmacy are named as sellers.
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Nathan Murray
Howell’s
McCoy
McCoy’s
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