Brother Richeson’s body claimed after murder execution
Douglas Richeson brother of Clarence V T Richeson claimed the body of the man executed for the Lin nel murder. Autopsy by Dr. Magrath to be performed and Richeson’s burial planned in Amherst Virginia. Reverend Herbert S Johnson will read the last words and carry messages to relatives.
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Boston
Douglas Richeson
Chicago
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnel
Magrath
Suffolk County
Richeson
Virginia
Amherst
Court House
Herbert S. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
William A
Dreams of Richeson Haunting Doomed Man
Oscar Cook, condemned to die in November for murder, awoke in his jail cell at midnight asking guards if preacher Richeson had been electrocuted yet. He begged for news to know if Richeson died as a man or a coward and worried about a possible chair before November. He could not sleep and spoke of nightmare visions.
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Denver
Col
Oscar Cook
Richeson
Wnl
Cook
Woman Wakes to Find Dream True
In Indianapolis on May 21 Mrs Ida Huffman claims a premonition woke her at dawn and she found her granddaughter Dorothy dead in Mary Stuart's bed. She testified to the coroner that she cried out after waking and discovered the infant had expired.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ida Huffmontv
Mary Stuart
Detroit Players Fined $100 in Philadelphia Meeting
The American League held a special meeting in Philadelphia on May 21 and fined every Detroit baseball team member $100 for refusing to play in the city last Saturday and Monday.
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Philadelphia
American League
Detroit
Infant Smothering Suspected in Five-Week-Old Death
Mrs. Huffman cannot recall the dream that woke her but fears a child died in sleep. Indications point to smothering in the five-week-old infant.
Presence of mind saves boy from train wheels at Hammond
William Schroeder fifteen fell under a Lake Shore suburban train as it left the station. The locomotive dragged his body two hundred feet before stopping. He crawled out from under the tender unhurt after gripping a brake beam and holding on until the train halted.
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Hammond
Ind
William Schroeder
Lake Shore
Schroeder
Hungarian girl dies after streetcar accident in Elkhart
Mary Karoly, 20, who came from Hungary five weeks ago, died of brain concussion in Elkhart Indiana after stepping from a streetcar just as it stopped. Misunderstanding the conductor’s warning to wait a minute due to language barriers led to the fatal fall.
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Elkhart
Ind
Mary Karoly
Hungary
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah Linville Attended by Family
Mrs. Frank Beck, Mrs. Will A. Black and George Linville returned from Columbia City after attending the funeral of their mother Mrs. Sarah Linville who died last week.
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Frank Beck
Will A. Black
George Linville
Columbia City
Sarah Linville
Senator Stone rips Senate in diplomatic theater talk
Missouri Senator Stone addressed the Senate in a political sermon likening current Republican feuding to Damon and Pythias and David and Jonathan. He mocked self styled leaders, warned of Chicago’s upcoming verdict, and praised Democratic conduct amid the quarrel.
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Washington
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senate
Damon and Pythias
David
Jonathan
Damon
Theodore Roosevelt
Pythias
William Howard Taft
Stone
la Follette
Europe
Taft
Chicago
Burglars Loot St.Clairaville Post Office Safe
In St Clairsville Ohio on May 21 burglars blew open the local post office safe and escaped with about 32000 dollars in mail matter before fleeing in a buggy.
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St.Clairaville
Ohio
Prendergast Chosen to Speak for Roosevelt Nomination
William Prendergast comptroller of New York has been picked by Colonel Roosevelt to deliver the nomination speech at the Chicago convention. The choice signals Roosevelt’s reliance on Prendergast for the presidential bid announcement.
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Prendergast
Chicago
Washington
William Prendergast
City of
New’ York
Roosevelt
Decatur Young Worker Dies in Instant Electric Shock
Finley Drake, 22, an employee at the Fort Wayne and Springfield Interurban power house, died at 6:15 AM in Decatur Indiana after forming a circuit while oiling a trolley car. Mose Henry and Walter Noack found him. doctors were unable to revive him. Drake, son of Jacob Drake, had worked for over five years and was a Red Man member, survived by parents, four brothers, and two sisters.
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The
Sentinel
Decatur
Ind
Finley Drake
Fort Wayne
Springfield
Mose Henry
Drake
Walter Noack
Jacob Drake
Union Township
Red Men
Sudden Death Notices Mrs Mee Yee
A brief obituary note records the sudden death of Mrs. Mee Yee of Ind May 1921. The sparse entry lists no further details.
Roosevelt Harmon Win Sweeping Ohio Primary Victory
In Columbus Ohio May 22 ex President Theodore Roosevelt won a sweeping Republican presidential preference and Judson Harmon led the Democrats in Ohio's statewide primary. Taft carried only three districts as Roosevelt leads in delegates while Harmon appears to top Wilson and gain six at large delegates for the Baltimore convention.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Judson Harmon
Taft
Roosevelt
Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Bryan
Clark
William J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Democratic Party
Baltimore
Col
Wilson
Cincinnati
Chicago
Veterans March On South Bend Opens 33rd G A R Encampment
In South Bend Indiana the thirty third annual Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic encampment and state meetings of affiliated orders opened with an expected attendance of about 3000 delegates and thousands of visitors. Distinguished guests include Commander in Chief Harvey M Trimble and Newton J McQuire along with Mrs Cora Davis. The day featured a memorial flag presentation to a local high school led by Beulah Frazi er Flora Millapaugh and Captain Wallace Foster. A reception for officers follows, with a grand military parade planned for tomorrow and elections Thursday.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Sons of Veterans and Sons of Veterans Ladies’ Auxiliary
Harvey M. Trimble
Princeton
Gilham Improves After Stroke At Lagrange Home
Lagrange Ind May 21 After a restful night Hon Clarence C Gilman ex congressman from the Twelfth district shows improvement after a third stroke Monday afternoon at his home here Doctors Stone and Russell report he slept well last night and was less delirious this morning though not yet out of danger
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The
Sentinel
Lagrange
Ind
Clarence C. Gilman
Twelfth
Stone
Russell
Gilmany
New Candidate Tops Ninth Ballot In Methodist Bishop Election
Minneapolis May 21 Dr T S Henderson of New York East led on the ninth ballot for bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church with 451 votes as 516 were needed. W W Shepard of Chicago was second with 448 and R J Cooke New York third with 333. Sevent h ballot results showed Dr Henderson rising to second with 420 and Cooke to 367. The conference divided territory for episcopal supervision and noted net losses in church papers while Freedman’s Aid Society reported 22 schools and $148 677 spent on buildings. Andrew Carnegie had given $10 000 and the society’s indebtedness dropped to $36 466.
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Minneapolis
Minn
T. S. Henderson
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Henderson
WW. ©. Shepard
Chicago
R. J. Cooke
W. C. Sheppard
Dr. T. 8. Henderson
Detroit
Mich
W. H. Crawford
Meadville
F. J. McConnell
Greencastle
United States
Freedman’s Aid Society
South
Andrew Carnegie
Ind
N. Luccock
Kansas City
Jvemaar
Mapa
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Moree
Indiana
Massachusetts
Clarence V. Cf
B. F. Richeson
Bridges
Avis Charlestown
Mass
Linnell
Will
Grand Army of Republic and Auxiliary Societies As
Gilhams
Dr. Henderson
Ino
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