Plunketts tragic Irish wedding before dawn execution
Dublin May 11 details reveal Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford wed in Richmond barracks midnight hours before his execution and before the dawn of a spring morning. Grace Gifford’s sister Muriel was widowed within 24 hours as another rebel leader, Thomas Mac Donnell, was shot. Countess Markievicz looms in the grim saga of Sinn Fein.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Times
Joseph Plunket
Grace Gifford
Sinn Fein
Countess Markievicz
Trish
Joseph Plunkett
Frederik Gilford
Palmerston Park
Richmond Barracks
Thomas MacDonnehl
Muriel
Mgr. Stoker
Grafton Street
Mr. Stoker
Grace Gifford Plunkett’s secret marriage amid rebellion
The article recounts Grace Gifford’s midweek marriage to Joseph Mary Plunkett during the rising, the announcement to her family, and the officer delivery of a note ordering her to the prison for marriage. It notes Plunkett’s status and Grace’s artistic background and future plans to go to America.
David Hinkle Dies in Lexington at 68
Lexington, May 11. David Hinkle prominent citizen died at his home after several months of illness from hardening of the arteries. He was about 68 years old and a noted business figure in the town and county. He left five sons Thomas Raymond Fred Paul and Cliff Hinkle.
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Lexington
David H. Hinkle
Mr. Hinkle
Davidson
Thomas
Raymond
Fred
Paul
Cliff Hinkle
Jury verdict in Mace murder case marks second degree ruling
In Morganton on May 11 a jury found Mace guilty of second degree murder after about three hours deliberation. The initial 10 to 2 vote for first degree switched to a unanimous second degree verdict. Sentencing likely at 30 years. Mace showed no emotion. his daughter Bertha Mace sat unmoved.
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Morganton
Mace
Bertha Mace
Bankhead Defeats Hobson in Alabama Race
Unofficial but complete returns from Birmingham Alabama dated May 11 show William B. Bankhead defeating Hobson in the race.
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Birmingham
Ala
William B
Mission Campaign Approved by Methodist Conference
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church endorsed a plan to raise five million dollars for foreign missions. It set aside 1918 and 1919 as centennial thanksgiving years for the church’s missionary work.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Symbol of health in Cham berlain tablets ad
The ancient Pythagoreans valued a five pointed star as a health symbol and Cham berlain s Tablets bear a red star on each package. The ad promises quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation and notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
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Greece
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Blair-Hoskins CO
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Mia
MacDonagh
Irish Review
England
Blair-Hoskins
Patri
Cian
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R P. Hobson
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Bankhead Defeata Hobson
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