Woman Hanged Bravely at State Prison in Lennington
Mrs Mary Mabel Rogers walked to the gallows without tremor and declined to speak after being convicted of murdering her husband Marcus Rogers in Lennington on August 1 1902. She refused breakfast, sent eyeglasses to her sister, and died at 1 14 p m. the execution followed a death march from her cell. The crime was driven by a plan to gain life insurance and marry another man. Governor Bell refused clemency after attorneys plea failed.
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Windsor
Mary Mabel Rogers
Marcus Rogers
Lennington
Mrs. Rogers
Durkee
Mr. Rogers
Mary Rogers
Dun's Review of Trade and January Industrial Outlook
Dun's Weekly Review notes broadening trade as holiday demand rises and Christmas goods move toward record levels. Jewelry, candy, toys and novelties run short of supply while wholesale activity and mercantile collections improve. cotton goods face higher raw material costs and some brands lag. Also reports Meafield cigarette death linked to heavy smoking and Greensburg call for state constabulary to report for temporary duty at fairgrounds.
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New York
Dun
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News of Three States Dispatches From Across Regions
Ohio and Pennsylvania briefs report a new trial hearing set for Grace Tageart. supreme court justices robed for first time. boiler explosion at Waly banks quarry injures workers. Minnie Rowe arrested for murder. Dr Brooks found guilty of embezzlement. Colonel Bosworth dies in New York. Civil War veteran John Reedy and daughter Ellen perish in a Never aink Mountain fire. real estate dealer E L Mendenhall found dead with missing pocketbook. massive coal losses on the Ohio river. Frank Lewis dies after leaping from hospital window. Altoona enforces blue laws. Root and Taft select Civil War battlefield site for Lincoln tablet. Keziah Lindley found dead in Cuyahoga river. engineer Joan Mullen and railroad workers killed near Roxabel. anti-pass order anticipated by Reading and Central railroads. hermit banker James L Blodgett burned to death. Springfield gas pumping station explosion injures Milton Leith and two others. Attorney General advises life insurers to abolish rebasing practice.
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Leverstown
Uniontown
Dee
Brooks
Mariella
Daniel Perkins Bosworth
Aft Country
New York
Reading
John Reedy
Ellen
Neveraink Mountain
Mount Vernon
E. L Mendenhall
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Columbus
Frank Lewis
Grant Hospital
Altoona
Simon H. Walker
Gettysburg
Root
Taft
Lincoln
Akron
Keziah Lindley
Pennsylvania Company
Warsaw
James L. Blodgett
Hermitage
Wyoming County
Yale College
Lancaster
Springfield
Milton Leith
Charles Morris
Daniel Bumgardner
Harrisburg
Carson
Martin
Contention between powers and Turkey nears end
Paris reports the dispute among the powers and Turkey nearly settled while other items note a fire at Cadiz docks destroying two torpedo boats under repair, yellow fever cases rising in Havana, senate passing church state separation in Paris, and royal marriage rumors in London.
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Cadiz
Spain
Carraca
Havana
Senate
London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Lords
Salonica
Yenidje
Lake Yenidje
Daily Mail
Windsor
Alfonso
Itna
Battenberg
Rome
Italy
Apennines
Cloise
W. L. Breage
New York
Lord Willoughby da Bresby
Earl of
Aucaster
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Fair Grounds
Neff’s Shoe Store
Neff
Shaffer & Keller
New American House
Indiana
J. L. Orr
West Water Street
Indiana, Pa
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Church and
Ninth Streets
Linus M. Lewis
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Appleby & Peterson
Kutter
Keen Kutter
Maker
S. Twelfth St
Gessler Bros
Mary Porkard
Kenwood
Green Township
Dudlaan County
BR. Lookard
Bevrentimn
R. M. Putman & Co
Detroit
Mich
Indiana County
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