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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1926

Page

10

English Woman Slayer Hanged in Manchester

English woman Louise Calvert, 33, mother of three, hanged in Manchester for strangling her landlady Lily Waterhouse and robbing her. Despite petitions for mercy, the sentence was carried out. Calvert denied innocence as a crowd gathered outside the prison walls.

Manchester England Wray Walla Afra Louise Calvert Lily Waterhouse Fir Willam Joyneent Hicke Ale Willian Stra Calvert Mra Earth Thompson Richard F. Dynatore Thea Mary Drittland

Boxerism Blamed in Sibley Death

A chaotic report claims Boxerism behind the June 7 murder of Mrs W Sibley, wife of a Canadian Methodist missionary in Jungh weln, with sensational details of a face stab and supposed mutinous mob action. A second incident shows a woman named Maniy escaping an attempted strangling, challenging the madman theory. The item ties rumors of vast Chinese wealth and a Cascade tunnel project to the broader context.

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Editorial Defends Federal Road Project Chief Brewster

The Fayette Tribune reprints a defense of federal aid road plans for a connection to the Midland Trail. It asserts William Drewster, Charleston road engineer, acted with integrity amid attacks by factions tied to Lower Loup Creek and Beckwith routes. It details route options, costs, and federal requirements, and asserts Drewster was not influenced by land interests.

Fayette William Draweter Cotton Hill Beckwith Midlands Drewater Federal Hig Crank Nan [Iver Miidland Han Bono State Road Commission Thin Mne Agnizabie Tacatlon Metlon Ie Midland Trav Laurel Creek Cotton Hii Midland ‘Trail Te Creek Birliga United States Northwestern Turnpike Wheeling Charleston Fannaylvania Morgantown Fairmont Clarksburg Weston, Sutton Summersville Gauley Bridge Beckwith-Cotton Thia Aptote Midland Troi Brewster D. T. Brown Urowater Bureau of Public Roads Department of Agriculture Brewater Aimte Plana West Virginia Mast Hrawster Fact Ainland Bir Creek

Camel Makes Way for Auto on Desert

Washington June 4 The chorus yields to the automobile in urban centers as camels fade from the desert scene. Modern buses and trucks operate across the globe from Jerusalem to Peking Rangoon Mandalay Cairo Alexandria and Calcutta. About 17 000 vehicles in Asia Africa and Oceania carry passengers with local bodies and imported motors.

Washington Gob Sahara Donerta Jerusalem Jericho Peking Ranggoon Mandalay Cairo Alexandria Cangblanca Philippines Asia Africa Oceanus

American Gas Gets Ohio Lease

Cambridge Onto June 24 J W Canddollar agent for American Natural Gas of Fitzabursh today bought gas and oil leases on the Morrish and Gibson farms near here for 365,000. One well already drilled on the acreage was said to be producing many 3,006,000 egbe feet of gas daily. A second well has been 1

Cambridge, Onto J. W. Canddollar American Natural Gas Company Fitzabursh Morrish Gibson Farms Gan Dally

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