Infernal bomb aimed at High Point social girl
United States District Attorney A. E. Holton and Police Chief Ridge investigate disclosures that the express company blast in High Point was intended for a local society girl. A suspect with ties to Thomasville is being sought after billing mixups linked the device to an earlier gift from the woman.
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Greensboro
N.C
High Point
Southern Express Company
United States
A. E. Holton
Ridge
Thomasville
N. C
Charles Hoover
Holton
Expressmen
Infernal machine sent from Thomasville aimed at High Point girl
Authorities say the device that wounded W. B. Brisbe and cashier Alton Morton in the express office was mailed from Thomasville and intended for a High Point girl, not Postmaster Charles Hoover. The package was entered in transit but its destination remains linked to the High Point target.
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W. B. Brisbe
Express Company
Alton Morton
Thomasville
High Point
Charles Hoover
Bride charged with murder in Philadelphia poisoning case
Mrs. Freda Prost 40, married four days, is accused of poisoning her husband William Prost 44. He died last Thursday after a will leaving $6000 to her. An autopsy found poison in the stomach. coroner disputed death from trolley injuries.
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Philadelphia
Freda Prost
William S. Wadsworth
Fearful River Tragedy Claims East Boston Cook
Charles Jepson aged 53 of 45 Maverick Street East Boston a cook on barge 23 of Consolidated Coal Company is missing and feared dead after vanishing in the river last night while on duty with the crew.
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Portsmouth
Charles Jepson
Maverick Street
Boston
Consolidated Coal Company
Ninth Regiment Maneuvers Include Outposts and New Mess Kits
The Ninth Regiment shifts from heat to steady camp routines with a week of maneuvers. Massachusetts units set outpost duties for the first division while the Tenth U S Cavalry quarters and battle observers draw attention. Seventy first New York showcases four battalion mess kits enabling quick breakfast for four companies.
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New York
National Guard
Massachusetts Ninth Arrives at Orange Camp After Heat Strain
The Ninth U S Army division reaches camp at Orange near Derby after an all night rail journey facing 94 degree heat. Many men fainted but all heat patients recovered. Brigadier General Pew and U S officers greet the units as they unload and prepare for outpost drills.
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Ninth
Massachusetts
Butler
Derby
Boston
William A. Pew
van Horn
Thomas W. Hammond
Fifth United States Infantry
James F. Hull
United States Medical Corps
Carl C. Oakes
Fourth
United States Infantry
Logan
Orange
Orange Depot
New Haven
Michael J. O'Connor
St. Joseph's
Roxbury
Red Army Complete at Orange Camp Ahead of Week Ahead
National Guardsmen from Massachusetts New York New Jersey Connecticut Maine and Vermont arrive and form the full Red Army quota near Orange Conn Local camps detrain at rail stations as heat pushes into the 90s and preparations begin for the week ahead with Blue Army forces expected to clash west of town
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Second Massachusetts
Tenth United States Cavalry
Fourteenth New York Infantry
Long Hill
Housatonic River
Red Army
Housatonic
Seymour
Tenth Cavalry
Orange Crossroads
Massachusetts
Tenth
U. S. Cavalry
New Jersey
Connecticut
Signal Corps
New Jersey Cavalry
Frederick A. Smith
U. Sg. A
Orange Camp
Orange, Conn
New York
Maine
Vermont
Blue Army
Here
War Aeroplanes Held Up by Weather
Unfavorable conditions forced postponement of a planned Marblehead to Bridgeport flight by U S Army Lieutenants Kirtland and Arnold in a new war aeroplane. If skies are clear tomorrow the flight is slated to start about 5 a m.
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Marblehead
Kirtland and
Arnold
United States Army
Bridgeport
Conn
Corporal Held in Death Case in Portsmouth
Cor peral George Newton of the marine guard at the naval prison was arrested by local police in the death of Private Daniel Carlson of the marine barracks at the Navy Yard. Carlson was found dead in an alley off Water Street after a dispute over a woman.
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Portsmouth
N. H
George Newton
Marine Guard
Naval Prison
Daniel Carlson
Marine Barracks
Navy Yard
Carlson
Water Street
Newton
W. D. Walker
Charles G. Asay
Naval
Highwayman Uses Sandbag in Dyckman Street Subway Robbery
A masked robber hid in the Dyckman Street subway and struck ticket agent Frederick Kissan with a sandbag, stealing $65 while firing revolver shots to scare others away. Kissan, carrying four canvas bags of receipts, was knocked down but later revived.
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New York
Dyckman Street
Frederick Kissan
Kissan
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Fear Cook
Chase & Sanborn
Seal Brand
Vacationists Inn
the Circulation Dept
San Juan Hill
O'Connor
D Company
Thomas F. Sullivan
Hospital and Ambulance Corps
Field Corps
Oxford
Fatima
David J. Ingraham
Sc Letent
Charles E. Parker
Portsmouth Marine
Highwayman
Gilchrist Co
Washington St. Winter
Horlige
Horlick
Tremont Street
Park St
Madras
Percale
Crawford, McGregor & Canby
John T. Connor Co. Als
Brookside
Connor
Northern Bess
Parson
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