Electrocution of the Gunmen in Sing Sing Killing
A reflective piece on the Easter Monday executions of four gunmen at Sing Sing. It questions the justice and futility of state executions, contrasts the condemned with Rosenthal’s death, and laments the lack of broader benefit from capital punishment. It notes Lefty Louie’s last words about life’s rotten game and suggests time may soften views on the condemned.
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New York
Lefty Louie
Lefty
Louie
Rosenthal
Sing Sin
Commonwealth
Sing Sing
Ster
Justice for Harry K Thaw Seeks Liberty After Sanity Ruling
Federal Judge Aldrich suggests Thaw is sane and not a public menace in a New Hampshire case. The unsigned editorial argues Thaw’s crime was momentary insanity, urges Supreme Court fairness, and hopes he returns to support his aging mother upon release.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Aldrich
United States District Court of New Hampshire
Thaw
Sanity Commission
White
Supreme Court of the United States
Army Officers Changing Posts in World War Era
Major General J Franklin Bell will turn over command of the Philippine division to Major General Barry today and depart for a one month leave before taking command of the central department. Major General William1 Jr commands the second division in Texas and goes to the Hawaiian department to relieve Brig Gen Fred Funston who returns to brigade command.
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Barry
United States
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Central Department
Gena. William Jr
Texas
Hawaiian Department
Fred. Funston
Descendent of Cresap Is Dead At 83 Near Hedgesville
Matilda Hedges 83 died yesterday near Hedgesville West Virginia. She was daughter of the late Dr. John Rawlings Hedges of Virginia and granddaughter of Capt John Hedges who led Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War. Her maternal grandfather was Colonel Rawlings of the Maryland Line. A Cresap descendant famed in Maryland provincial history as an Indian fighter she is survived by brother Decatur Hedges of Berkeley County.
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Matilda Hedges
Hedgesville
W. Va
John Rawlings Hedges
Virginia
John Hedges
Colonel Rawlings
Maryland
Cresap
Decatur Hedges
Berklaey County
Timely Topics in Cumberland Press Commentary
The Cumberland Press weighs in on daily balances and interest, banking practices, and public affairs. Observations on Coxeys, political figures, and economic policy frame a critique of press coverage and governance with references to Wilson Taft and remarks on the Federal Reserve concept and graft.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Morison Ex-Congressman Martin A Morison Profile
Ex Congress member Martin Andrew Morison a Democrat from Frankfort Indiana was born April 15 1862 in Frankfort. He studied at local schools Butler College and the University of Virginia earned multiple degrees and practiced law since 1896. He served as county attorney twice and on the Frankfort school board before election to the Sixty first and Sixty second Congress.
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Martin Andrew Morison
Frankfort
Ind
Butler College
University of Virginia
Baltimore Victory as ICC Suspends Freight Charge Increase
Baltimore shippers won a temporary halt from the Interstate Commerce Commission on a proposed switch charge rise from 50 cents to 3.50 per car on Pennsylvania Lines freight between points in and around Baltimore. The filing had drawn protests from local merchants and was suspended until August 16 after the commission acted yesterday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
Commission
Love Story of a Millionaire Mrs Susan H Darst
The article reports Helen Slegg Winters suing Mrs Susan H Darst for 25000 in alienation of affections connected to gifts of Winters stock. It notes Winters northern divorce fight and a reconciliation claim, with Darst recounting her view of events and emotional testimony.
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Susan H. Darst
Winters
Dayton
Helen Slegg Winters
Valentine Winters
Traction
Fremont Wood
Valentine
Fragmented humor and old era quips in a miscellany
A jumble of comic lines and satirical observations spans social quirks, fashion slights, and mild jests about welfare, marriage, and manners. Interleaved are dated notes listing historical events from 1614 to 1912 and a closing note on an advertisement.
Moral Education Demonstrated In Philadelphia Tonight
Frederick J. Gould of the British Moral Education League will lead a public demonstration in Philadelphia with five groups of elementary students and a post-session discussion. The piece also notes debates on paid motherhood and subsidies, with quotes from George Bernard Shaw and Henrietta Rodman, and reports a dipping marriage market in Greater New York.
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Charles Henry Adams
Philadelphia
Frederick J. Gould
British Moral Education League
George Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw
Henrietta Rodman
New York Board of Education
Marquette Social Dances to Resume After Lent
The Marquette Social Club resumes dances with the first after Lent set for Wednesday evening April 22. Advertisement.
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Marquette Social
Marquette Social Club
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