Slater Freed After 18 Years In Peterhead Prison
Oscar Slater, convicted in 1909 of murdering Mrs. Marion Gilchrist in Glasgow, is released from Peterhead prison after 18 years. The case drew support from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and others amid renewed doubt over his guilt sparked by witness affadavits and Sacco-Vanzetti agitation.
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Peterhead
England
Associated Press
Oscar Slater
Slater
Glasgow
Marion Gilchrist
Mary Bannerman
Errand Kul
Rabbi Philips
Cratn
Gilasgow
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
New York
Lusitania
Macdonald Offers Aid to Flooded New England Areas
Hartford November 14 The state highway department offers facilities to Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont to restore travel after devastating floods. Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald telegrams to Vermont New Hampshire Maine and Massachusetts officials say We are pretty well cleared up by now Offer facilities from my department if needed Advise The floods have damaged roads washouts fences and debris closing routes while repair crews work through the area Connecticut roads are nearly back to normal with only minor work remaining.
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Hartford
Associated Press
State Highway Department
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
John A. Macdonald
Gfier
Sid
Connecticut
Macdonald
Stoddard B. Bates
Frederick E. Everett
Paul D. Sargent
William ¥. Williams
Public Works
Youth Held in $5,000 Bonds for Auto Death
Richard Stline twenty one of 681/2 Laurel Street Hartford waived examination and was bound over to Superior Court under $5,000 bond on a charge of criminal negligence and evading responsibility. Police court heard he drove the automobile that caused the death of Marek H. Fox a business man and former deputy sheriff on West Hartford road the night of October 28.
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New Britain
Associated Press
Richard Stline
Laurel Stret
Hartford
Marek H. Fox
West Hartford
End Sigeness This New Way Pad For Health Claim
An advertorial claims a bent small comfortable FaciovActe Pad worn on the back and stomach on a free trial. It asserts healing of Neurtis Rheumatism High Blood Pressure Constipation Nervous Pros tration Beart Lungs Liver Kidney and Bladder trouble among many ailments. Readers are urged to write for a trial offer and device details.
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Degnen
Los
Two Storms Blamed for New England Floods in Nov
Northampton Massachusetts reports credit two converging storms from different directions with varying temperatures for the flood that devastated New England. Professor Howard A. Myerhoff of Smith College warns such floods can recur with little warning as rainfall totals reach four to five inches in 30 hours.
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Northampton
Mass
EAY Associated Press
New England
Howard A. Myerhoff
Department of Geology
Smith College
Myerhoff
Mohawk Valley
Virginia
North Adams
North
Adams
Vermont
Explosion sets inquest for New Haven train death in Middletown
In Middletown on November 14 the coroner postponed ruling after an inquest into the death of Philip McCormick of New York City. He died after leaping from a New Haven railroad engine cab following an explosion that injured engineer Bailey Sprague and a fireman Frank Whightington. Officials cited low water as a possible cause, with boiler inspectors to continue review. Crown plates warped, brick fallen from the roof, but gauges reportedly intact.
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Middletown
Associated Press
Lowndes A Smith
Philip McCormick
New York City
New Haven
McCormick
Bailey Sprague
New Bedford
Firrman
Frank Whightington
Sprague
John G Carroll
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Man Drops Dead on Railroad Tracks in Meriden
Walliam H. Larkins sixty of 615 Broad street Meriden was found dead on New Haven Hartford railroad tracks at 8 30 am several hundred feet from Cooper street crossing where he had worked as gate tender for 1 1 2 years Medical examiners ruled heart trouble the cause of death. he had finished night work and was on his way home.
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Meriden
Associated Press
Abdul Rashid Hanged for Slaying Brahman Sect Leader
A dispatch from Delhi reports Abdul Rashid, convicted of murdering Brahman sect leader Bhradanand last December, was hanged this morning. A large Moslem crowd gathered outside the jail demanding his body for a funeral procession. A partial Moslem strike was observed with police posts at various points.
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London
Associated Press
Daily News
Delhi
British India
Abdul Rachid
Auto Knocks Boy From Bike Fracturing Skull
Frank Valenti fourteen of Blazer Street Port Chester N Y was knocked from his bicycle today on the Boston Post road by an automobile driven by Martin Adler of New Haven. Valenti suffers a fractured skull and is in United Hospital Port Chester in serious condition. Adler is held in five hundred dollar bail pending outcome of the injuries.
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Greenwich
Associated Press
Frank Valenti
Blazer Street
Port Chester
Martin Adler
Sylvan Avenue
New Haven
Boston Post
United Hospital
Sisters Missing From New Britain Home
Teresa Montauni thirteen and her sister Jetime eleven disappeared from 165 Stanley Street while supposedly going to church. Parents alerted police after dinner passed with no sign. A boy reported the girls planned to ride to New York, prompting an ongoing search.
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New Britain
Teresa Montauni
Jetime
Stanley Street
Angelo Monteuni
New York
Inventor of conveying systems dies at 57 in Allentown
Alonzo G Kinyon, inventor of four conveying systems in general use in cement plants, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after a career highlighted by a Franklin Institute award and the David Longstreth Medal. He served as consulting engineer for the filer loweh company and was associated with the Franklin Institute and Baltimore hospital scene.
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Allentown
Associated Press
Alonzo G Kinyon
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Mr Kingo
Te Filer Loweh
Dinner Sets From Global Replicas Highlighted in Sale
Global dinner sets showcase 64 inch hemstitched table cloths with six 18 inch napkins at $6 64. Hemstitched cloths in 84 inch and 66 x 86 inch sizes priced $9 66 and $12 50 respectively, with 18 inch napkins included. Limited stock from our representatives.
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