Murderous Lyerly Family Slain in Rowan County Home
Rowan County residents woke to a brutal morning as Isaac Lyerly his wife Janie and two children were killed in their Cleveland area home. Four bodies discovered, house fire started, five suspects jailed in Salisbury, with a $350 reward offered by Governor Glenn's office. Alice Lyerly age six critically injured. authorities seek suspects Mitchell Graham Jack Dellingham and others as bloodhounds are requested.
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Isaac Lyerly
Cleveland
Rowan County
Salisbury
Janie Lyerly
John Lyerly
North Carolina
Lyerly
Mr. Lyerly
Myerly
John
Mary Lyerly
Addie
Mitchell Graham
Jack Dellingham
John Jor- E
Todt
Graham
Alice Lyerly
Glenn
Atlantic City
Raleigh
N. C
Henn
R. R. Mulliken
Barver Junction
Ike Lyerly
Halifax County
A. H. Ar Fimgton
Allatig City
Winston Salem
Barber’s Junction
Sherif Hutchins
Barber's Junction
Winston-galem
Isaac_Lyarly
Barbers Junction
Yelock
Pares
Lyerwy
Theriff Hutchen
Western Railroad
Lyerly Family Murder Sparks North Carolina Probe
A series of murders near Barber's Junction and Salisbury left Isaac Lyerly, his wife, and three children dead. Robbery followed with arson to hide the crime. two suspected Black men were arrested as deputies and bloodhounds traced leads. Governor Glenn offered a reward and ordered a special Rowan court term for trial.
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Overnor Glenn
Lyerly
Salisbury
Glenn
Rowan Superior Court
Long
Presid
Raleigh
Col. Arrington
Lyerly Home Tragedy Drives Family Hereditary Flame
A brutal homicide at the Lyerly home ends in the deaths of the father, mother, and brother, with a sister and Ada fleeing. Mrs Cook and Tanya assist, moving the bodies to Mr. Cook’s bed as investigators seek clues. Bloodhounds are requested but unavailable, and authorities coordinate searches across nearby counties.
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Enle
Seong
Ada
Philip Cook
Pia
Tanya
Tome
Ie Alice
Mr. Coos
Mr. Cook
Eascena Foc
Lerly
Cook
Mr. J. Hyery
Ana
Cleveland
Erarmaro
Selsury
Winston, Salem
Aesington
Missing Woman and Child Spark Controversy in Union
Union county reports a sensational case alleging Harriett Hoburn, about 35, claimed beaten and shot by white men near Toleraine last week. Accounts describe a possible drowning at Tyger River and a broader context of racial violence, with conflicting details from multiple sources and references to a son and other relatives.
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Union
Mra
Jarrett Hoburn
Tygers River
Toleraine
Union County
President vows he will never be a candidate again
Secretary Loeb states the president meant exactly what he said at election night that he would never be a candidate again. He calls the statement irrevocable and stands by the remark after an interview with John Sharp Williams was shown to Mr. Loeb.
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Loeb
Oyster Bay
John Sharp Williams
Matilda D. Borda Goes Ashore Near Gull Shoal Coast
The schooner Matilda D. Borda laden with coal from New York bound for Savannah ran ashore at Gull Shoal on the North Carolina coast. The eight crew members were rescued by a life saving crew and landed ashore.
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Washington
Matilda D. Borda
New York
Savannah
Gul Shoal
North Carolina
The American Mediterranean described by a New Orleans paper
The Gulf of Mexico is a vast sea between Florida and Tampico, spanning about a thousand miles and eight hundred miles wide to the Mississippi and Coatancoaicos mouths. The piece extols surrounding nations for fertility and mineral wealth, notes republican governments, and locates the United States and Mexico along its northern and southern coasts with the West Indies to the east led by Cuba. It likens this western sea to a future, greater Mediterranean.
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Picayune
Gulf of Mexico
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Tampico
Mississippi River
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North America
Mexico
West Indies
Cuba
Mediterranean
Feypt
Greece
Rome
Rogue veteran Ward tied to old crimes in New York tale
In New York on July 14 a veteran felon named Ward, known by aliases, drew police attention at Mantel court. Ward, aged seventy, once jailed for forging checks in 1866, faced a hotel room incident linked to illicit letters. A detective observed Ward during a Pettair era case, with former President Cleveland connected to Ward’s distant legal history.
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SietMland
New York
Charles ‘Ward
Rogues
Mantel Court
Ward
Fith Avenue
Mier Ward
Elem Meta
Moat
Butts
Cleve Ead
Audutd Evans
Murderer Found Suspected in Grace Brown Case
Utica New York July 14 a man thought to be Chester Gillette of Cortland N Y suspected of killing Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake Thursday was arrested in the Adirondacks and will be brought out for identification Miss Brown last seen with Gillette who had known her for months Gillette identified as the boat operator no motive known Also an unrelated medical ad notes Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds praised by a Mrs Huntley of Oaklandon Ind and offered by local druggists with trial bottle free
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Harriett Hoburn
Thors
Toni Tye
Wien
Ick Thorn Ps
Kis
Tyger Sven
Raleigh
William Bolan
Atlantic
Morehead
T. H. Brevard
A. Ana ‘Ms College
Pullen Park
Southern
Keysville
Gael “Irely
Seacard Southern
Seaboard
Young
Brevard
Fais
Buncombe County
Denng A.' P. King
Hendersonville
Billette
Grace Brown
Utica
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Cortland
Big Moose Lake
Miss Brown
Neem
Gillette
Nown
Sbjoa
F.G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
C.M. Shuford
E. B. Menzie
Burglar Leaves Grass Trail at Sholes House In Greenwich
Greenwich Conn July 17 While E Sholes of New York visiting Commodore E C Benedict on a Oneida cruise last week a burglar entered the Sholes cottage taking 500 worth of silverware and 500 worth of men's clothing entry gained through the cellar grass traces found on every stair and hall indicating stealthy entry and activity after the theft was discovered this morning Mrs Sholes disturbed none of her bureau remains untouched by the intruder.
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Greenwich
Conn
E. Sholes
New York
Sommodore E. C. Benedict
Sholes
Shole
Jamestown Exposition Groundbreaking Opens Rhode Island Building
Norfolk July 14 ground breaking ceremonies marked the start of Rhode Island State Commission’s building on the Jamestown Exposition grounds. The page also markets Dr King’s New Life Pills and Hollister's Rocky Tea while reporting a separate incident in Sosnitsa Russia where revolutionists robbed the municipal building.
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Norfolk
Rhode Island State Commission
Sosmitsa
Russia
Notable Health Ads and a Local Hanging Report
An old newspaper fragment highlights a health remedy advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents and a public notice of a hanging in Ta ependence for the murder of Wiley. The piece also urges bowel health with Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, touting liver invigoration and bowel regulation, sold by Shuford Drug Co.
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Hollister
E. B. Menzles
Bowles
Chamberlain
Shuford Drug Co
Hufham and Williams Form Law Partnership
The undersigned attorneys establish a partnership for litigated cases only. Hufham’s office remains in Hickory and Williams’ in Newton. Clients may consult either partner as convenient. May 16, 1905.
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Pracse
Hufham
Hickory
Williams
Newton
Summer Tours to Colorado and the West Advised
Advertises travel by Missouri Pacific from St Louis to Denver and Salt Lake City for the summer season. Promotes a pamphlet detailing boarding houses and costs. Describes trips to Denver, July 1 to 14, and to San Francisco, June 24 onward, via E Rehlander, Trav Pass Agt, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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John Gillespie
Jack Dillingham
Henry Gillespie
E. C. Johnston
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Lyerly Home
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Terest
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Charles A.’ Woodruff
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Tsia
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Land OF
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National Museum
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Bishops Palace
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Land of the Manana
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Little Rock
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Monterey
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Hot Springs
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Ger
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Thacher Medicine Co
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Carolina & Northwestern
Ry. CO
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Yorkville
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aester—Southern Hy
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Newton Liteainton
South Fork Institute
Mountain View Inn
Oakdale
J. Payseur
N.C
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