Barron Fate Claimed Murder or Self Destruction Debate
A Globe report examines Detective claims that John Wilson Barron, a Dexter banker, died by suicide to cover defalcation, countered by Wiggin and locals. The piece analyzes bank records, the vault layout, possible accomplices, and physical evidence, arguing the case remains unresolved with many inconsistencies.
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Dearborn and Chapman
John Wilson Barron
Wiggin
GLOBE
Dexter
Mr. Barron
Mr. Wiggin
Worcester
Tom
Dearboro
Chapman
Bank officers refuse comments amid Barron death inquiry
The bank officers including A F Bradbury and George Hamilton decline to discuss the Barron case. Details emerge from interviews with local officials, witnesses, and a Globe correspondent about the vault scene, possible deposits, and the bank’s handling of Barron’s estate and private accounts.
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Barron
Dearborn
L. A. Emery
Chapman
Wiggin
Mr. Bradbury
Mr. Barron
Wyman
National Bank
Savings Bank
Copeland
Mr. Hamilton
George Hamilton
Board of Selectmen
GLOBE
Rosacea
Adel
Strangers in Town and the Dexter Bank Mystery
A lengthy Dexter narrative details suspicions of outsiders connected to the Barron bank tragedy. Witnesses describe two strangers seen near the bank on February 21 22, with differing accounts of a man and a woman. Town residents including Mrs Farrar Miss Putnam Mrs Whitney and others recount observations, while executors and bankers dispute the evidence and motives, debating suicide versus foul play and the bank's unsettled finances.
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Barron
Mr. Barron
Dexter
Honer
Barrop
Barron Best
Merchants’ Exchange
Morrill
Dearborn
Charles W. Curtis
The
National Bank
Samuel Farrar
Abby Putnam
Bank
Messrs
Curtis
Newport Road
Matilda P. Whitney
Savings Bank
Frank Dunham
Newport
Kates
Dunham
Estes
Bates
Clough
Dr. Mudgett
Mr. Eldridge
Express
Tildens Testimony Denies Cipher Knowledge and Bribery
Ex Governor Tilden testified before the Potter committee denying any knowledge of cipher despatches and any arrangements to buy votes. He insisted he would not yield his rights or allow an auction of the presidency, and he recounted meetings with Pelton Marble and Cooper while rejecting all improprieties.
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Savings Bank
Barron
New York
Potter
Tilden
Welton
United States
Louisiana
Florida
Returning Board
Hits Brother
Henry A. ‘Tilden
Lebanon
John Bigelow
Henry I. Dimmock
Hanwn
Governor Tilden
South Carolina
New York Tribune
Colonel Pelton
Philadelphia
Cooper
Obain
Pelwon
Baltimore
Marble
Returning Board of
Oregon
Gramercy Park
Pelton
Grant
Ottendorfer
Pever
Lour
George W. Smith
Mr. Tilden
Tallahassee
O'Connor
Spain
M. Q
Tribune
Smith
Edward Cooper
Smith Weed
Weed
Manton Marble
Chase
Anouher
Reed
Third National Bank
North
Hiscock
A. Ll
A. Phen
Democratic Nations Committee
National Committee
Hewitt
McLinn
Peltons
Lilden
South Caroliva
Maniment
Vuards
Tallauassee
Woolley
Debs
Mr. Hiscock
Columbia
Denmark
Washington
Population and resources of British India and western homestead ad
The article lists religious groups in British India, military and police forces, revenue and governance details, village counts, and urban populations. It ends by directing readers to Kansas farm advertisements and offers a free copy of the Home stead paper for cheap western homes.
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British India
India
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
Lucknow
Benares
Patna
Delhi
West
Kansas Farms
Homestead
Slavery in Boston A case sparks MSPCC concern
A Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children report reveals a patronage system in Boston. It details Rocko Merlano an Italian resident seeking Antonio Goglia with a letter from Goglia's mother. Mazzei controlled the boy and tried to sell him before he moved via Providence and Philadelphia.
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Boston
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Rocko Merlano
South Eighth Street
Hiladelphia
Antonio Goglia
Icaly
Mazzei
Meriano
Goglia
Dizwell
Mazzel
Tinérapt
Proce, R.I
Philadelphia
Church Attendance Low in Baden Provinces Says Protestant Paper
The Protestant paper of Baden reports only 19.7 percent of the population attends church, with towns worse. In Darms 6.3 percent, Offenbach 1.6, Giessen 4.5, Maloz 6.4, Worme 7.4. Berlin shows many children born to Protestant parents unbaptized and few marriages solemnized by religious service. The organ provides Protestant statistics only.
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Gross Duchy of Baden
Darms
Offenbach
Giessen
Maloz
Worme
Berlin
Baby Cured by Hop Bitters Claim
Parents from University avenue Rochester New Jersey report their infant permanently cured of a protracted bowel irregularity after using Hop Bitters. The mother’s health and strength were restored as well.
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Rochester
N. J
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Levi Murch
Bangor
A. F. Bradbury
Mr. Dearborn
Bangor Commercial
Lewiston Journal
Dexter Gazette
Job Abbott
A. Abbott & Co
Mr. Abbott
Bao
Kate A. Russell
Frank E. Dustin
A. Dustin & Co
Dustin
Lem
Frances P. Hooper
Darron
Henry C. Parsons
Parsons
Charles G. Crowell
Mr. Parsons
Mr. Curtis
Captain Wood
H. L
Wood
Exeter Mail
the National Bank
G. A. Haynes
Haynes
Samuel Copeland
Crosby
Abbott
Sparrow's
Tildew
Boston Globe
Mayor Cooper
Peter Cooper
John Kelly
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