Mystery of Edith Woodill Death Deepens in Maryland
The Woodill tragedy near St. Michaels deepens as Eastman, linked to the case, faces new theories of robbery as motive. A Baltimore jewelry haul of diamond rings and a bracelet is sought for identification, while coroner and law officers weigh Eastman’s letters and statements against the evolving narrative of jealousy and murder.
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St. Michaels
Bob” Eastman
Edith May Woodill
Vinnie Bradcome
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Eastman
Woodill
Radcliffe
Vinnie
McDaniel
Talbot County
Maryland
Shanahan & Wright
Easton
Annapolis
Edith
BOR
Penna Road
Turner
Detective Captain shifts theory in Woodill tragedy case
Baltimore June 26 Detective Captain Humphrey says his theory now favors a motive by a woman in the Woodill murder case. He links Eastman to Mrs Woodill as old friends and suggests Eastman traveled from California to Maryland near her foster father’s home. He notes a Detroit meeting request and a longer eastern shore visit.
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St. Michaels
McDaniel
Baltimore
Mortimer
Carrie Thompson
Gilbert
George
George B. Taylor
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Edith
Colonel Thompson
Humphrey
Baltimore Police
Woodill
Maryland
Rosenthal Links Eastman to Larceny Case Transit
A. S. Rosenthal of a New York law firm says he represented Eastman when charged with grand larceny as he passed through Baltimore en route to St Michaels. Rosenthal expects to attach Eastman’s property for creditors, noting a long pending New York reward. He questions how Eastman afforded the eastern shore bungalow purchase.
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A. S. Rosenthal
New York
Eastman
Baltimore
St. Michaels
Rosenthal
Fort Wayne Turners Place Sixth at Turnfest Cincinnati
Fort Wayne Turners finished sixth among North American Gymnastic Union teams in Cincinnati with a 70 percent score. Joseph Lindner of Frankfort won the top individual prize, followed by F J Bissinger of New York and Hugo Peitsch of Cincinnati. Other high finishers included Otto Kahlo Indianapolis Elmer Ehman Pittsburgh Andy Kempf Kansas City E Krauss Philadelphia Edward Hennig Cleveland Max Marschner Philadelphia and Herman Klug Baltimore. Separately, Wabash Plain Dealer reports growing responses to a biographical sketch claiming to name the sole surviving Civil War mother in Wabash County and corrections continue to arrive.
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Hugo Peitsch
Cincinnati
Otto Kahlo
Indianapolis
Elmer Ehman
Pittsburg
Andy Kempf
Kansas City
E. E. Krauss
Philadelphia
Edward Hennig
Cleveland
Max Marschner
Herman Klug
Baltimore
War nurse Helena Wolff honored by Woman's Relief Corps
Mrs Helena Wolff was pinned with a gold badge by the Woman's Relief Corps at Mrs Kintz home on Archer avenue in recognition of her Civil War nursing service 1861 65. Born abroad to Austrian father and French mother she eloped to escape an arranged marriage and came to America in 1861 joining wartime nursing efforts.
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Helena Wolff
Woman's Relief Corps
Kintz
Archer Avenue
Wolff
Dragoons
Américe
Income tax amendment debated in Senate
Washington June 28 senators debated a constitutional amendment authorizing an income tax without apportionment. Senator Borah objected to immediate consideration while Alabama and other southern senators pressed to protect long staple Egyptian cotton by keeping it on the free list. A viva voce vote rejected the amendment to remove long staple cotton from the free list and a duty on zinc in pigs was increased to one and one half cents per pound.
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Senate
Aldrich
Borah
Cummins
Boral
Bristow
Brown
Crawford
Curtis
Dolliver
Gamble
LaFollette
Nelson
Bacon
United States
Treasury
Mr. Aldrich
Taliaferro and
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Opens Tariff Debate With Free Cotton Bagging Move
Washington June 28 senate approves free list for cotton bagging by Aldrich backed amendment and keeps cotton ties on duty. House rate three tenths of a cent a pound retained. Conference looms as Southern senators seek free bagging and tie provisions amid heat and pace of schedules.
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Senate
House
Sherman
Scott
Money
Cummins
Hughes
Bacon
Nixon
Clapp
Culberson
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Senator Aldrich
Aldrich
McLaurin
Finance Committee
Culbertson
Overman
Dynamite Outrage Wrecks Chicago Telephone Exchange
An explosion in Chicago last night damaged the Washington Street exchange property valued at about 100000. Fifteen cables serving 25000 phones were torn as police probe if gambling ties influenced the blast amid a strike by Telephone Employes. The severely injured include John Ladue, a dishwasher, whose eye was torn out.
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Chicago
Telephone Company
Central Exchange
Washington Street
Chicago Title and Trust Building
Telephone Exchange
Schuettler
John Ladue
Thatcher’s Prairie Tour Delayed By Mishap
Charles Wesley Thatcher, famed good roads advocate, arrived in Fort Wayne shortly before noon Monday after a mishap with his prairie schooner and two burros. He planned a talk but rested at the transfer corner and proceeded toward Indianapolis via Decatur and Muncie.
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Charles Wesley Thatcher
Good Roads
Storms Hit Allen County Again With Widespread Destruction
Captain W H Kelsey of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company estimates nearly twenty storms visited Allen county in the past two months, all somewhat destructive though causing no major direct damage. The aggregate loss is stated as greater than last year’s game period.
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Allen County
W.H. Kelsey
Farmers’ Mutual: Fire Insurance, ‘Company
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