The Groton Case of Mrs Crue and a Long Crime Tale
In Groton Massachusetts a husband reports his wife murdered in their isolated home. Police find two bullets in her head and one in the breast with no signs of struggle or robbery. Crue’s alibi dissolves as a broader account of crime and hardship unfolds across New England.
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Groton
Massachusetts
Crue
Ayer Junction
Crues
Jennie Carr
Alsuv
Mrs. Crue
Augustus Woods
Woods
Charlestown
Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Stearns Kendall Abbott
Concord
Henry Hewins
Reed
Ayer
East Weare
Seattle
Notorious Crue murder case haunts two states
Long investigated crimes trace the murder of Maria L. Crue in Groton to a string of past offenses by Stearns Kendall Abbott and a Seattle Holy Roller sect saga led by Creffield. Esther Mitchell, lured by Creffield, kills her brother George Mitchell after a wave of sensational trials and public outrage.
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Claremont
Stearns Kendall Abbott
Stearns Kendall
Abbott
Concord
Hartford
Conn
United States
Wendell Phillips
Gov. Long
Kendall
Jennie Carr
Maria L. Crue
Groton
Middlesex County
Seattle
Esther Mitchell
Washington
Oregon
Joshua” Creffield
Holy Rollers
Creffield
God
Earth
New York World
Satan
George Mitchell
Maud Hart Creffield
Holy Roller
Mitchell
Apostle Joshua
Christ
Mitch
Joshua
Perry
Mr. Creffield
George
McKinley
North Pacific
Ruskin
Education Does Not Change Woman's Heart
The piece argues higher education and professional life do not dull emotion but refine it. It contends educated women repress flashy displays yet feel deeply, gaining true sympathy and restraint. Education broadens values and improves expression versus the premodern view of educated women as cold or unfeeling.
Petrifying Waters Cover Ancient City Hierapolis
A traveler guarded by Turkish soldiers describes Hierapolis in Asia Minor, buried by hot spring waters that petrify as they cool. The basin remains 50 to 60 feet long and 12 to 15 feet deep, with white marble floors and fallen columns. Water cascades into basins along the cliff, forming stalactites and beehive-like formations as they flow and turn to stone.
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Hierapolis
Asia Minor
Swampville
A visitor on his first trip to Swampville-on-the-Sound notes no mosquito netting, while Mr. Summering replies we use mouse-traps in a humorous Life magazine style exchange.
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Swampville-on-the-Sound
Humorous Cartoon Snippet From Newspapers
A curved exchange about a summer resort owner redecorating rooms with red wallpaper to hide stains from guest mishaps. The dialogue mocks secrecy and culinary schemes amid comic quips from the Cleveland Leader and Houston Post style lines.
Leapt Before Looking in Correspondence Match
Mrs Fiercepate says she and her husband corresponded before meeting and he proposed before ever seeing her. Miss Sharn of the Detroit Free Press notes the unusual sequence.
Taught Skating Lessons Turns Into Married Pair
A playful note describes a couple who learned to skate and swim together and are now married. She teaches him many things as he taught her. Puck.
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Puck
Poetry Question Sparks Reader Debate in Cleveland Leader
A brief exchange on whether youth poet Tennyburn can craft meaningful verse prompts readers to reflect on talent and potential as published in the Cleveland Leader. The dialogue highlights uncertainty about creative success.
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Cruel
Lowell
Franz Edmund Creffield
Salvation Army
Kiger Island
Columbia River
Corvalis
Burgess Starr
Maud Hart
Young Mitchell
Corvallis
Ell
Esther
Fred Mitchell
Perry Mitchell
Ilinois
the Holy Rollers
Brooks
Portland
Rook
Cleveland
Houston Post
Young Tennyburn
Columbus
Hocking Mall
Hocking Valley
W. H. Fisher
Columbus, Co
Maeaaa
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
J. A. Williamson
Toledo
Ohio
D. G. Edwards
H. & D. Railway
Deshier
Etree
Etesee
Leipsic
Cerere
Ottawa
Columbus “Grove
Ly Lima
Sidney
Piqua
Law Dayton
Hamilton
Eve Ceve Veees
Hampton
Dayton
Wapakoneta
Columbus Grove
Ottawa Wee Ween
Leipsic Jc
Deshler
Bill Heads
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