Kentucky feud tales in murder case end in not guilty verdict
In Kentucky, the Hargis Callahan trial ended with a not guilty verdict for the two men accused of murdering J. B. Marcum. Curtis Jett testified he killed Marcum, later repudiating his confession. The case tied to bitter political clashes between Hargis and Callahan, with witnesses detailing plots and threats surrounding the 1903 Jackson murder.
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Kentucky
J. B. Marcum
Ed Callahan
James DB. Marcum
Hargis
Callahan
Jackson
Marcum
Curtly Jett
Tom White
Lfe
Jett
Curtis Jett
Tom” White
Commonwealth
Ewing
Young
Dorsey
White
John T. Noble
Hezekiah Combs
E. L
Curtin Jett
Cockrill
Frankfort
Calathan
Dead Man Lifts Pension, Keeps Quiet Life in 19th Century Record
Henry Pancoast of Atlantic County, once listed as dead in Civil War records, lived quietly as a liveryman for 31 years. He proved alive after 20 years to secure a pension and rarely left home, attending one regiment reunion and avoiding most social events. The article also notes a proposed 1912 international exposition in the city aiming to surpass Paris and American fairs.
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Henry Pancoasst
Pancoast
Atlantic County
Eckington Hospital
Washington, D. C
Twenty-fifth
New Jersey Volunteers
Atlantic City
Herlin
Parla
Chicago
St. Louis
Prison garden truck at Missouri penitentiary yields fresh meals
Warden Matt W Hall oversees a state farm east of the Missouri prison growing beans onions cabbage tomatoes and potatoes for inmate meals. John Bruner runs convicts harvesting 18 000 cabbage plants and 19 000 14 000 tomato plants with plans to sow cowpeas. The program aims to cut food costs and improve inmate health, with hogsheads of chow prepared for July 4.
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Jefferson City
Matt W. Hall
Missouri Penitentiary
State Farm
John Bruner
Prinon
John
Mr. Hall
Bruner
Warden Hall
Mr. Bruner
Hall
Gold mining claim looms over Butte cemeteries unrest
In Butte, Montana a supposed placer claim named Palm Leaf spans the Jewish and Mount Moriah cemeteries and the area between Catholic and Protestant plots. Herman Mueller, a wealthy saloon keeper, asserts gold in the grounds and has relocated a decades old claim drawing protests from local Jews and others. Ground ownership and government common land are cited as complicating factors amid public outcry.
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Mount Moriah
W. A. Clark
Lndignant
Norther Pacific Hailway Company
Mueller
Gua Nickle
Ainee
Lafitte Arrives in New Orleans Before Jackson in 1814
In December 1814 General Jackson and Governor Claiborne discuss the Barataria crisis. Captain Lafitte enters seeking an accord, defending his privateering acts and past accusations. He reads the papers showing his offer of service, while tension and respect mingle as Lafitte faces Jackson and Claiborne.
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Gen. Jackson
New Orleans
Lafitte
Shell Island
Jackson
Mobile
Claiborne
Laffre
Gev. Claiborne
Clathorne
Tle
Mir
Jharataria
Jean Lafitte
Capt. Lafitte
United States
Britain
Trine
Republic of Carthaogena
Spain
Republic of Carthagena
Caratarins
Tantte
al Orne
Laenite
Thore Pin
Barataria
Ips
Lewisiana
Lafitte Addea
Theta
Geo. Jackson
Rion
George
Ure Jatior
Laitte
Napoleon
Lafiitte
Oss Aad Dibee
Jean
Elba
Troublesome Children at Beeton Whig Celebration
An 1850 tale recounts an elderly veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill at a Beeton Whig celebration. At 95 he recalls meeting the survivor and says he has no sons, only two grandsons aged 70 and 72, whom he did not wish to bring to the event.
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Mr. Muscey
White Jot Jewelry of 1905 Europe Described
The piece outlines White jot as a jewelry novelty in 1905 Europe likened to ivory and bat enarea with careful craftsmanship. It notes old Jot in white and dinelik unearthed and reset and mentions Queen Victoria’s magnificent collection and Princess Victoria of Sethios wie Halatein.
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Europe
Victoria
Victoria of
Sethioswie-Halatein
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James
Tiaxgras
AWU Mangas
Man
Kaiser
Cemetery
Montana
Mary Devereux
Don C. Wile
Aron Ane’ Ci
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