Three Killed by Servant in Home in Wickatunk
Frank Zastera, 21, on trial for the May 16 murders of William Sheppard, his wife and their servant Jennie Bendy at the Marlboro squad farm near Wickatunk New Jersey. He confessed after interrogation and had been employed less than 48 hours. The victims included a Spanish-American War veteran and a ten month old infant orphaned by the crime.
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New York
Frank Zastera
William Sheppard
Jennie Bendy
Marlboro Squad Farm
Wickatunk
N.J
Zastera
Austria-Hungary
Sheppard
Josephine Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Eighteenth Street
Brooklyn
Sheppards
Sheppard Poultry and Pigeon
James Kendall
Mr. Sheppard
Kendall
Frank McDowell
William Wall
Ataofit
Woman leaps from trolley into Hackensack River in dark rain
Louise Kreger of Palisade Park New Jersey tries to end her life by jumping from a speeding trolley over the Hackensack River bridge. Conductor James Davis dives after her and, with help, pulls her from the water. She is taken to Edgewater for treatment and later home under guard. The incident follows a years long scandal involving a Leonia man named Van Brunt and Kreger’s child.
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New York
Louise Kreger
Palisade Park
N. J
Hackensack River
James Davis
Davis
Edgewater Ferry
Miss Kreger
Leonia
Bis
Kregers
Misa Kreger
Englewood Hospital
van Brunt
van Brunts
Groundhog Fights Snakes At Irwin Farm Scene
On the Edward McGrew farm in Irwin Pennsylvania a groundhog defended its nest against five large black snakes. McGrew and a farm hand killed one snake that emerged and then using a shovel and pick killed two more as the groundhog fought. The other snakes were slain and the groundhog captured alive.
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Irwin
Edward McGrew
McGrew
Tvo
Seattle grip man kills wife and injures others then dies
Jesse Fifer a Seattle grip man shot and killed his eight year old daughter Hazel and Mrs Dennis Nichoul at a hospital where his wife L Fifer lay and seriously wounded Mrs Ethel Warren his sister in law Then Fifer killed himself The attack occurred after he entered the basement and fired as lights went out He drove his sister and Mrs Nichoul into the street and shot them before his death
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Seattle
Wash
Jesse Fifer
Hazel
Dennis Nichoul
L. Fifer
Ethel Warren
Fifer
Miss McLean
Nibow
Kah-pee-kog Club opens season with big bass records
At Kah-pee-kog lodge on Crown Island the club gathers for the annual fishing trip. Smith pushes for weight based records with scales on canoes, while Ullmark, a new recruit, receives a half-pound handicap. Fraser reports a six and a quarter pound catch, challenging the old record.
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Smith
Fraser
Dr. Moyer, Sr
Ullmark
Sweet
Mimark
Frager
Bert
King
Ulimark
Zuckmeier
Yorker
Jllmark
Ulmark
Kah-pee-kog
Unanswered Problem Prompts With Nonplussed Banter
A line from Cleveland Plain Dealer features a playful exchange where a woman says I don't ace and questions love while the man dares a witty reply about avoiding leading questions. The fragment captures romantic banter in a dated newspaper voice.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Twin sister recalls death as brother drowns at Long Lake
Merle Huber, 17, fainted at Granite City home upon hearing her twin Fred Huber drown at Long Lake during a vacation swim. Fred, a Granite City High School student, was pulled from the sand after becoming stuck while his companions refused to swim. Five men struggled to extract the body, which was recovered an hour later.
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Fred
Mitchell
Fred Huber
Huber
Granite City
Henry Stovall
Jesse Colins
Long Lake
Merle
Ilinois
Bulldog Dined in State Hotel Astor Scene
In New York at the Hotel Astor dining room, attorney Dickson and his French bulldog occupy a table. The dog enjoys fried spring chicken and tea, handles a finger bowl, and dodges a napkin mishap before a waiter adds a breakage charge.
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New York
Dickson
Hotel Astor
Wild Man Attacks Exhibited Negro in Tent Incident
In McDonald Pennsylvania fear amid a lightning struck tent, Leppo the wild man leaped on John Dudley and bit his throat. Dudley, a Black exhibitee, was dragged and attacked as onlookers watched. attendants eventually forced the creature to release the victim.
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McDonald
Leppo
John Dudley
Dudley
Seppo
Millington Drake Shines At Eton In Oars and Acting
Millington Drake, an American youth, earned two championships at Eton, captains the boats, and starred as Maitre Patelin in a French play. He led the river procession at the June water carnival and set a record with a stroke of the eight. Born in Paris, Drake speaks fluent French and faces a future at Oxford or Cambridge and beyond.
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Millington Drake
Eton
Thames
Henley
Maitre Patelin
Europe
Occasio
Drake
Paris
Esprit de Corps
Millington
Ford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
The Making of a Bottle by Glass Blowers
The article explains glass blowing for bottle production. Workers in white hot furnaces form blobs blow air into molten glass then place it in moulds. Each bottle is marked by the blower and undergoes annealing in a brick flued furnace to relieve brittleness.
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Ogee
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Groundhog
Chronicles of the
Nola Bar
Gilttte Lake
Canadian Wilds
Sal
LD Sol
Crown Island
Dr. Moyer, Jr
Dr. Meyer, Jr
Boy
Bulldog
Caraman
Casion
Howe
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