Erie Heiress Recieves Menacing Letter Plotting Kidnap Memo
A threatening letter to Mrs. Charles Jainor Strong of Erie Pa describes a biowarfare plot against her mansion and kidnapping her granddaughter Ann Strong Revatts. Police and detectives guard the mansion after marks of money were placed in a stump described by the letter.
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Erie
Black Hattera
Altal
Granddaugher
Charles Jainor Strong
Laeilliam J. Scott
Ley
Strong
S. Erie
Essinac
Weiter
For Rent Listings from Munnimkass Basket Place
Multiple rental notices show available properties and contact points. Items include a six room house with cement cellar for 10.50 monthly via Lowry and Young, two unfurnished rooms at 1179 Philadelphia Street, a six room house with water and a stable at 717 Chestnut Street, two modern houses on north Seventh Street via J C Conner, a five room flat with bath at Ninth and Philadelphia through C Mack & Son, and a girl sought for general housework at 982 Philadelphia Street.
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Seventh Street
Lowry & Young
Philadelphia Street
Aoly
Chestnut Street
Orth Seventh Street
J. C. Conner
Man Aids 600-Yard Crawl After Assault in Washington County
Willam W. Gamble, fifty, crawled 600 yards to a neighbor’s home bleeding from deep abdominal and facial wounds. He was revived at a hospital and told of being attacked by a farmer who had carried a window frame taken from an Allen farm. Relatives filed warrants for felony mayhem as Gamble’s condition remained doubtful. The report then shifts to state legislative business in Harrisburg, noting bills on judges’ salaries, election law codification, and county officer pay.
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Gamble
Washington
Willam W. Gamble
Jenne Coleman
Thomas
J. 'J. Allen
Thomas Station
Allen
Gambie
Dave’ng
Gans
Powretenry Gants
Robert Haight
Harrisburg
House
Bell
Public Utilities Commission
McNichai Tax Commission
Daniel Z. Shem
Philadelphia
Pever
St Vale
Minster
Public Utilities’ Commission
Jevivature
Commonwealth
Harnest L. Tustin
Ils
Alot
Bystom
Menor
Philadeiphia
Plittshyer
H Am Sas
Bentley
Washington County
Givin Robinson
Uns
Alite
House Committee On
$20 000 Yearly Allowance Sought for Heiress
Marie Tlawise Mikina seeks $20 000 annually for proper maintenance of her eighteen year old daughter, heiress to William JL Elkins wealth, as trustees argue the sum is needed to sustain her standard of living. Judge Sally of Norris town considers the petition by Mrs Kate T Wilkins Jr. for the large allowance.
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Mra
Dead Between Them Pact Drives Farm Couple Suicide
In Reading Pennsylvania a farmer Marek Samuel Adam and his wife Mary aged thirty and twenty-nine were found hanged in their garret. They had fastened two nooses to a rafter and jumped from a chair, leaving a note indicating a pact to die together rather than face public exposure. The wife had recently had her husband arrested to keep the peace, and authorities believe the couple chose to end their family troubles in death.
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Reading
Marek
Samuel Adam
Mary
Samburg
No Drinks on the House Ban Bites County Saloon Bar
Crawford County temperance petition led judge to limit treating in bars. He refused a full ban but ordered barowners not to treat customers or have bartenders do so, signaling new restraint on free drinks. Local saloon owners face revised rules as temperance effort grows.
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Crawford County
Marek
Cody
Big Haul at Cock Fight in Kittanning Raid
Forty eight sportsmen from Nesr Kittanning and nearby areas were rounded up in a Manor township raid on a cockfighting ring. About twenty five birds were seized and spectators fled, with offenders posting forfeits ranging from ten to twenty five dollars. A hearing is uncertain as no defendants are expected to return.
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Nesr
Kittanning
Pittaburg Sien
Vawyer
Ship Place
Manor Township
Hospitale
Banquet names unclear in brief item
Fragmentary OCR notes list names Banquet Watson Krmank Wa Vey Max G areh HA Dak, with no readable context or event details.
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Will Banquet Watson
Krmank Wa Vey, Max G
Areh Ha, Dak Been
Engagement Denied in Widow Corbin Marriage Rumor
In Cincinnati on March 6 Mrs. Corbin widow of General Henry A. Corbin and Cincinnati capitalist Joan G. Schmidlapp denied reports of an engagement. Schmidlapp is currently in New York. In Varletun Pennsylvania a headless unidentified man was found in woods near town surrounded by dogs. Police suspect he may be a Black Hand victim, with stomach and lungs missing.
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Varletun
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Eouphion Ales
D Printing Plant
Carpenter Ave
I, Pa
Begilipighad
Indiana
Indiana Cigar Store
Trent
Get. C.iMack & Son
Drug& Address
P. O
General Hougeena
Philadelphia St
Education Committee
Washington, Pa
Miasura
Commission
Stetson
Jordan & Co
The
Wallace Dry Goods Co
His
Ain
Brussels
Axminster
Mattings
China
J.C. Wallace & Sgn
Indiana, PA
P. S
Ton Wong
Geo. D. Leydic
Undertaker
Embamer
L. Pattison Bidg
R. W. Wehrlu ® Co
Oy Jewelers and Opticans
HR ‘Parker
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