Ex-Convict Brock Named Prison Inspectors Board Member
Henry C. Brock once a wealthy banker and prisoner, was appointed to the Board of Inspectors of County Prisons in Philadelphia. He served part of a sentence for a fatal automobile crash, later aiding inmates with crafts and leading reform efforts at Easter State Penitentiary. He helped convert facilities into an active industrial program and fostered inmate rehabilitation alongside officials Fleisher and others.
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Philadelphia
Henry G. Brock
Board of Judges
Brock
Rittenhouse Square
Easter State Penitentiary
Breck
Rittenhorse Square
Henry C. Brock
Cherry Hill
Easter
Alfred W. Fleisher
Gifford Finchar
Fleisher
Lew” Edwards
Edwards
Missouri river bridge opens to traffic after pour
Overnight News of Missouri reports the final concrete on a $610,000 bridge span over the Missouri River was poured. Traffic will pass on June 27 with formal ceremonies around July 10 as per the highway department.
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ST. Joseph
Missouri
Body Identified of Wife Who Jumped From Train
Otto Richter of St Louis identified the woman found dead after jumping or falling from a Wabash train near Lafayette Maryland as his wife Jeanette Richter 32 The couple was in Detroit for burial and photos and a 15 year old marriage license aided identification The husband offered a possible cause saying she rose from seat lost balance and fell to tracks He noted she carried about 1100 in stockings but only 47 was found near the body
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Lafayette
Otto Richter
St. Louis
Ronrietor
Jeanette Richter
Richter
Typographical Meet At Joplin Next Year
Delegates to the Missouri Valley Typographical Conference completed a session electing W. G. Waters of Des Moines as president and naming Joplin Missouri as the 1930 meeting place. Otto Rahn Topeka E. E. Mahaffey Muskogee and others were elected vice presidents with Charles Rhode Chickasha Oklahoma as secretary treasurer.
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Kansas City
Joplin
Hugh L. McSkimming
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas Curry
W. G. Waters
Des Moines
Otto Rahn
Topeka
E. E. Mahaffey
Muskoges
Oklahoma
Hughes McSkimming
Frank M. Coffey
Lincoln
Nebraska
Charles Rhode
Chickasha
Okla
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Camidge
U.s
Edward
Jake Bidelspacher
Jersey
Springfield
Arthur Bell
Eddie Mitchell
Reeves
Rolla
Andrew Laird
Chicago
George Dusenberg
Tulsa
Andrew Thomas
The
Associated Press
Stanberry
G. L. Smith
St. Louis Aviation Corporation
Harold 41. Bixby
State National Bank
Ely
Walker Dry Goods Company
Fayette
Ben Rose
Herman’s Here
Women’s & Children’s
Lude
Boys’ Athletic Union
Ladies’ & Child’s
Mz. Se
Herman's
Children & Infants
Oxford
Jefferson City
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