Man Who Broke Up the Molly Maguire Gang
Thirty four years after his famed achievement in Pennsylvania James McParlan the Pinkerton detective who posed as a Molly infiltrated the Mollies in coal regions. He gathered crucial evidence from Idaho Colorado and Pennsylvania leading to trials in 1875 resulting in 11 executions and widespread imprisonment ending the Molly outbreak. McParlan later testified in court exposing the extent of the gang and earning praise from the district attorney and the public.
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Pennsylvania
Boise
Idaho
Philadelphia
Colorado
James MacParlan
Molly Maguires
James McParlan
Harry Orchard
Idaho Penitentiary
Mollties
The
Mollies
Mollles
Gowan
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pinkertons
McParlan
MecParlan
Chicago
Ireland
Mobles
Pottsville
McKenna
McParian
Molites
Iam
James Me
Pinkerton
Kenna
Jim McKenna
McPaslan
Gowfn
State
McParlunesi
Mrs Taft A Prominent Musical Linguist In Public Life
Mrs Taft, wife of Secretary Taft, emerges as a potential 1908 first lady figure. A skilled musician and accomplished linguist, she led the Cincinnati Symphony, admires Theodore Roosevelt, and hints the judge may be the best Republican candidate. Her children attend Yale, Bryn Mawr, and prep for West Point, reflecting a scholarly, domestic family profile.
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Helen
West Point
Taft Janot
Washington
Tafts
Justice Harlan Wins Ball Game by Home Run
Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, age 74, hit a decisive home run to win a baseball game at the Washington Bar Association annual sockd bake held at Marshall Hall, Maryland. The tense moment came with a tie score, two strikes, and three balls, as Harlan connected for a deep center drive and sprinted around the bases with surprising speed. The piece notes the event as one of the Washington society highlights, alongside an upcoming marriage of Helen Dent Wrnshall to Chaffee Grant, grandson of Gen. Ulysses S Grant, with reference to aristocratic lineage.
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Ustice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Washington Bar Association
Marshall Hall
Justice Harlan
Hill
Washington
Helen Dent Wronshall
Chaffee Grant
San Diego
Cal
Ulysses 3. Grant
America
Misa Wrenshall
Alfred the Great
Wagner
No Cabinet Meeting Delayed Roosevelt Photos at Rock Creek
The president postponed a cabinet session and rode at Rock Creek Park with photographers present. Roosevelt wore riding clothes and posed as he rode hurdles, claiming strong negatives and satisfaction with the session. A baseball anecdote mentions Justice Harlan homering, amid talk of a possible vacancy on the supreme bench due to offers to Harlan from several teams.
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Zecauae
Roosevelt
White House
Fo Anid
Fitchugh Lee
Rock Creek Park
Grandson of General Grant to wed society girl
The narrative follows Grant Jr the grandson of General Grant who after school traveled to California for health then settled there with his parents Mr and Mrs A Grant Jr He later returned to Washington entered a bank and worked with Howard Wrershall father of his fiancé and Mr Smith before moving again to California The text preserves the event of engagement and hints at a public social notice of a marriage arrangement in a late period newspaper style.
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Washington
Grant
California
bin Health
A. Grant, Jr
Howard Wrershall
Smith
Grant, Jr
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Molités
MacParlan
Fiaape Flop Lilies Solver
INE Mpolly
Msie ST
National
Mrs. Taft
Teddy
Thagile Kentuckian
Supreme Bench
Harlan
Gen. Grant
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