Death-Row Story of Patrick and Rice Murder Case
The long ordeal of Oliver Patrick, sentenced for the Rice murder, continues in Sing Sing with twenty six months in solitary. His appeal delays execution while the court weighs a convoluted case featuring forged will claims, valet Jones, and a 1902 start to the imprisonment, among other death row inmates awaiting electrocution.
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New York
Marsh Rice
Ty Patrick
Bing-Ging
Sing-Hing
Court of
Fattick
Patrick
Patrick Ta
Rico
Chas
Johce de Hay
Maron Rice
Jones
Rice
Ial
Allan Jamin Short
Serious Injuries After Street Car Accident In If Inutae
Merle Marion 17 was knocked from a street car Sunday night while returning from a Fairview outing. He was found unconscious, fractured skull and other injuries, and rushed to City Hospital by Dr. Hoover. Medical staff feared for his life as his condition fluctuated but later showed slight improvement.
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Prattst
Fairview Pack
Merle Marion
Dr. Hoover
Hin Wkull
Merle
Five Men Arrested In Hull Murder Case
Five arrests reported in Whiting on suspicion of murdering Fred Hull whose body lay off a fair site. Chief Collins and Sheriff Doherty Blacell led the seizures involving five members of a Wild West circus that had disbanded locally that week.
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Whiting
Snn
Bern
Fred Hull
Offair
Collins
Doherty Blacell
Wild West Circus
Where the World s Incense Comes From
The incense tree grows in British Somaliland from Berbera to Cape Guardafui and near Maskat on the Arabian coast. Best quality comes from British Somaliland, with India yielding inferior stock. Crops range about 2.2 to 3.9 million pounds, gathered in autumn and sold winter. Prices run two to six annas per pound. Last year shipments totaled 1,495,444 pounds to Cambay and 1,425,880 pounds to Europe, chiefly Seville and Trieste.
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Berbera
Cape Guardatut
Maskat
Arabian Coast
India
Orient
Cambay
Europe
Blatseilles
Trieste
Play Presented In The Original Gaelic In New York
Newspaper Enterprise Association reports an amateur troupe staged Ar Son Cult 4 Chead Ghradh in New York to the acclaim of being the first Gaelic language play performed in the United States. The translation title refers to For the sake of Kate, his first love.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
New York
Kate
Mothers Dread Summer with Dr. Fowler’s Extract
Mothers fear the terrible second summer as they keep Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry at home. The remedy is pitched for bowel complaints and other stomach issues, promising quick relief amid seasonal worries.
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Dr. Fowler
An Old Nurse for Children and Teething Remedies
An advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, priced at twenty five cents a pottle and larger round trips to Michigan City Rochester and Denver via multiple rail lines. Notes include special trains on Sunday June 5 with low rates from Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs, plus summer service with tourist sleeping cars. Multiple travel routes and fares are listed.
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Mra Winslow
Colorado
Chicago
Union Pacific & North
Western Line
Denver
Il Pueblo
North Western Line Ruse in Japan s laa
The ad promotes wartime atlas issued by Chicago & North Westernity with 14x20 colored maps detailing Rugnia and Japan naval and military strength and financial resources. It lists address N M Breese 435 Vineal Cincinnati Ohio for ordering.
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Bend
Rosen
Chicago & North-Westernity
Rugnia
Japan
N. M. Breese
Vineal, Cincinnat
Half Million Acres Open on Rosebud Reservation Lands
Government lands totaling about half a million acres on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in southeastern South Dakota are opened for settlement. The Chicago and North Western Railway runs from Chicago to Bonesteel near the reservation border. A pamphlet titled New Homes In the West offers maps and full allotment information, available from M Kreese at 25 Vine Street, Cincinnati.
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Nature
Semple and Dookletires
Sterling Remedy CO
Chicago
New York
Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Chicago & North-Western
Bonéstee
Bent
M. Kreese
Vine Street
Clocinoati
Rosebud
Chengo & North-Western Ry
North-Western
N. At
Breese
Clay Eimnatt Ohio
Indianapolis ministers on the new divorce regulation
Indianapolis clergy discuss a Methodist conference and Presbyterian assembly resolution urging limitations on remarriage after divorce. Ministers argue it is a principle, not a law, with discretion for pastors, citing cases of abandonment or cruelty. Some say rules could create hardship. others note diverse interpretations among congregations.
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Indianapolis
Methodist General Conference
Los Angeles
Presbyterian Weceral Assembly
Buffalo
Joshua Stansfield
Merit
Lunot
Methodist Church
General Conference
Sgain
O. D. Oeil
Reconl Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Eohaire
Marvelous Gunning of the Torpedo
A historical overview explains torpedo design, propulsion, and explosive warhead mechanics. It details Whitehead origins, naval adoption, compressed air engines, dual counter-rotating screws, and the intricate chambered systems that ensure steady, directed underwater flight.
Submarine Warfare Innovations Stoked By Modern Mines
The passage surveys advanced underwater weapons and countermeasures. It notes torpedoes with hydrostatic pistons and gyroscopes, mine types from buoyant electro mechanical to contact and delayed fuzes, and the use of minelaying devices. It mentions blockades, countermining, and the risks faced by operators in Port Arthur.
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Tme
Asr
Admiral Togs
Port Arthur
Adimari
Terese
Me Weary Willie a Wonder Tramp Tale Recalls Worldly Roads
A reader recounts an encounter with a tramp at the State site building. The visitor, shabby yet fluent in many languages, claimed world travels and declined work, prompting the household to share stories and reflect on stereotypes about tramps.
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Lloyd
State Site
Severe windstorm causes damage in Evansville area
Severe windstorm tore through southern Indiana including Evansville on May 30. Reports indicate significant structural damage and downed trees as residents assess the aftermath and local authorities coordinate cleanup efforts.
Severe Wind Turmoil Hits Evansville and Indiana
A severe windstorm swept Evansville and northern Indiana on Saturday, tearing roofs from structures, uprooting the old waterworks plant, felling trees and fences, and disabling streetcar routes. A heavy rain followed, with reports of damage extending up to 39 miles from the center of the storm.
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Evansville
Nouthern
Indiana
Satrelag
Sunset Park
Louisville
Memorial Day in Washington honors Civil War dead
Flowers strewn on the Potomac waters mark Memorial Day ceremonies for dead sailors. The event was led by Furrdgut peat and tom en a relief corps with Lincoln and Coabing camps, Veterans societies, and schoolchildren. Includes notices on Rosebud Reservation lands opening in July and a pamphlet offering homestead information via the North-Western Ry.
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Washington
Potomac
Furrdgut Peat and
Tomen'a Relief Corps
Lincoln and Coabing Camps
Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Ald Society
Daughters of Veterans
California
Pennsyl Vaci Wave Bridge
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Albert T. Patrick
Ling of
Manhattan
Danbury Hat CO
Washington St
Pittsburg
Mt. Lebanon
Mina Mary Doyle
Dean
Bay Drug Store
Yalu
Michigan City
Rochester
Ind
Lake Erie & Western RR
Getta
Stansfield
Odell
N. L. Jones
Aranciation Annapolis
John A. Howell
J. B. Lloyd
Evansville, Ind
L. S. Ayres
Bisbageese Ory
Dr. Tallar
L. E. Morrison & Co Rubber Store
W. Washington St
Hood
SUN
Ohis St
Jackson
Patel
Standard Tea Ang Grocery CO
Ducket
Bie
Rannaereres
Burdford
Biel
L A. Sackbon
Alc
Farey
Ola 'Phos
Mala
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