Birthday Party Murder Hammers in New York
A birthday party ended in double murder as Marion Franklin of Wilkes-Barre and engineer John Christopher were beaten with a hammer in an apartment at 145 East Fourteenth Street New York. Janitor Joseph Kreigler was detained on suspicion after a threatening letter from Franklin was found. Christopher left five children. The crime scene included a blood stained hammer and hatchet. police suspect an arson plot against Christopher.
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New York
Marion Franklin
Wilkes-Barre
John Christopher
East One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Joseph Kreigler
Miss. Franklin
Kreigler
Christopher
Miss Franklin
New York City
Kretglers
Deed Fiasco Over No Cellar Sparks Farmer Deception
In Eaton Indiana Cooper Props, a former real estate agent, nearly completed a sale to a farmer couple who wanted retirement. They learned the house had no cellar. Props then drafted the deed to allow them to excavate the cellar anytime without interference, and the couple agreed. They now meet Props with puzzled looks.
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Cooper Props
Eaton
Ind
Prups
Props
Indianapolis
Old Time Harvard Laws Written For Early Students
Old World Harvard rules show strict pre 1750 discipline. Students needed president consent to smoke or buy drink and avoid taverns without tutor leave. Drunkenness punished, distilling forbidden, and a sunset curfew mandated.
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Harvard
Cambridge
New York World
Mary and Edward as Told by a High School Girl
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet shows a high school girl muttering about Mary following Edward while grandma scolds her, warning the girl to stay away from Mary and noting the girl is getting too bold. The dialogue reveals a tension between youth boldness and parental caution.
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Mary
Edward
England
Grandma
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad Sells 49 Million First Mortgage Bonds
New York Jan 28 The Pennsylvania Railroad sold 49 million dollars of its consolidated first mortgage bonds due August 1 1960 at 414 percent. The issue closes a mortgage originated in 1873 and limited to 100 million dollars.
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Pennay
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Markets Philadelphia Prices Report
Market notes from Philadelphia show flour at $5.50 6, city mills at $7,257.20, grain quotes with wheat No.2 red 1.45 to 1.48, corn No.2 yellow 81 to 84 cents, oats No.2 white 60 to 60 percent, potatoes 63 to 65 cents, live poultry steady with hens 13 to 15 cents and dressed fowls 18 cents, turkeys 21 to 22 cents, butter 34 cents, eggs steady selected 40 to 42 cents and nearby 36 cents.
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Philadelphia
City
Western
Chicago hogs mixed at Chicago market report
Mixed hog market activity with quotes around 6.55 to 7.06 and weak to heavy demand noted. Bulk prices seen near 6 to 9.40 with mentions of limited buyers and variable demand across cattle and stock items.
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Chicago
Ore
Private Wilson U S A
A historical note credits Private Wilson in United States Army with unspecified service details authored by Edgar Allen Forbes in a Munsey publication.
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Edgar Allen Forbes
Sentries and Slug Wilson at Fort McKinley
Private Slug Wilson evades court martial after a drunken night at Fort McKinley. He then redeems himself by guiding a Luzon ascent against Moro guerrillas, using bold improvisation and a daring rescue to earn a transfer back to constabulary duties.
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Pasig River
Manila
Sam Slimpson
Keokuk County
Sentinel Slimpson
Slug Wilson
Simpson
Slug
Frisco
Sumer
Sing
Wilson
Medal for Valor Amid Desperate Philippine Skirmish
Sergeant Wilson saved a comrade during a Moro attack as a bolo struck his right hand. Despite loss, he stood in the captain’s quarters smoking cigars and declined medals, choosing retirement for disability and vowing to tell his mother they are proud. He plans to leave town for the transport Thomas to seek sobriety.
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Wilson
Leutenant
Constabulary
Mather
Ufe
Thomas
Unseen Companions in Harper’s Magazine by Corn Harris
In this Harper’s piece Corn Harris argues that real adults carry inner companions formed in childhood. He suggests children talk and travel with invisible friends who become future partners and guides, shaping personalities as they age into men and women.
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Ding
Colummbus
de Soto
Aolone
Rewmulus Yong
Atles
Lon
Eyden
Corn Harris
Harper's Magazine
Aaskuson tale at Teach ers college in homage
A shy student of law meets a pretty woman in Teach ers college. He asks about her degree and she quietly replies she aspires to an M. I. S. The conversation lingers as they wander toward romance, then a sudden turn unfolds under green shaded light.
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Monningside
New York Post
Pojuar Mechanics
A Composite Church: A Vision of World’s Most Loveliest Church
A discussion of a hypothetical grand church blending superb features from Beauvais Amiens Rhelws and Chartres. It praises the glass windows at Rhelins and notes the nave transept and overall design aim to reflect the era's beauty.
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Amiens
Rhelws
Chartres
Mire
Rhelins
Scared but No Coward in Ranks Charge
A coarse fellow taunts a young intelligent officer as the regiment is ordered to charge. The officer responds that if he were as scared as the tester, he would be five miles in the rear. The Boston Transcript notes the exchange amid wartime bravado.
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Boston Transcript
Foolish Theft Intervenes In Laxtead Incident
A Pittsburgh Post brief reports a man charged with looting a traveler’s pockets. The judge questions the act as a foolish robbery and asks why the thief did not pursue money by ordinary means. The exchange is captured in terse courtroom dialogue.
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Pittsburgh Post
Marriage Mistaken For Real Love Ends In A Secret
Genevieve, living with her widowed mother, accepts Howard Tisdale’s marriage proposal despite poverty. After years of waiting, she learns he believed a secret aunt’s letters proved their union, then discovers Howard is her late aunt’s lover who vanished. The pair reunite after a hospital meeting, unsure how to erase a past misreading.
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America
Genevieve Thorpe
Howard Tisdale
Howard
Genevieve
Mather
Treaven
Goward
Noward
Wznger
Wnger
Troward
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Orphans’ Court
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Register of Wills
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C. A. Pentz
Denton, Md
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Faust’ School of Tuning
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