Woman Whips Suitor in Jamestown Public Scuffle
Mrs Minnie Cowden publicly horsewhipped Henry Franklin on Third street after she says he persisted in offensive advances. Franklin fought back, losing the whip but still holding it. Cowden warned she would whip him again and has twice blackened his eyes before. Police records list multiple officers assigned to divisions and bureaus.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Minnie Cowden
Henry Franklin
Third Street
Franklin
New York Records 1908 Daily Birth Rate
New York reports a baby born every four minutes in the first three months of 1908. From January 1 to April 1 the Health Department logged 32,655 births across the five boroughs, exceeding the prior year by 38,361.
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New York
Darlington
Five Boroughs
Health Department
sixteen police officers shifted by commissioner O'Meara
A group of sixteen officers were transferred by Commissioner O'Meara to reassign one sergeant and move officers to different districts. Patrolman Harry C. Berry of Charlestown was promoted to sergeant and sent to Brighton.
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William Maguire
Harbor Police
John F. Linton
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
G. F. Small
J. B. Gildea
G. A. Burrill
John McLean
Fred Colby
T.S. Graham
T. F. Connolly
Police Department
O'Meara
Harry C. Berry
Charlestown
Brighton
Campbell Bannerman Stable After Quiet Night
London bulletin from April 3 says Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had a quiet night and his condition remains unchanged with no reduction in strength over the past days.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Negro dies a white man in Canton Canton news item
Eugene Crawford, a Canton resident who had turned white due to disease, died today. The attending physician did not know he was Black until a sister of the patient revealed the information.
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Canton
Ohio
Eugene Craweford
Crawford
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