Two Men Fight for Freedom After San Quentin Murder Case
A California case reviews Gilkey and Richards sentenced to life for a Sonora murder based on circumstantial evidence and a coerced confession. Jamison’s later admission reveals his own guilt, triggering appeals to reform parole laws to free the innocent men who faced a wrongful conviction.
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California
San Quentin Pl
William Gilkey
Ernest Richards
Sonora
Cal
Sanen On
Gilkey
Richards
Humanitarian Society of
San Francisco
Humanitarian Society
Jamison
Richards Place
William Berge
Bill
Amison
Old Bill
San Quentin
Humanitarian
Freedom’s Glamour Gone Ends A Prisoner’s Silent Bond
A letter reveals a murdered man’s wife kept silent about her husband’s guilt to protect her lover, while Gilkey and Richards accept prison life as their only world. The text contrasts a vanished freedom with their bleak routine, showing how years behind bars erode their resolve for liberty.
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Jamison
Richards
Gilkey
Berger's Roadhouse
Bill
Sanrentin
Ares
Greenland Summers as a Pleasant Arctic Resort
The article argues Greenland offers a mild, healthy summer appeal, with three months of accessible cruise routes along the coast. It highlights sunlit grass, berries, and invigorating air, challenging the bleak stereotype and noting a 1,500 mile sea wall cruise possible from mid June to mid September.
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Greenland
Norway
Arctic Circle
Like a Tree From the Yale Record
A brief quipish note from the Yale Record plays on college life and wit. The exchange hints at age, trends, and social circles with a punchy line about a widow and rings as a playful metric.
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Yale
Society Notes From A Dancing Party And A Mayfair Wedding
The Society of Dragons hosted a Thursday evening dancing party with a long guest list including Miss Ora Kerr Miss Py Ramsay Miss Lilly Barthels Miss Ida Hess Miss Carry Rogers and many others. The marriage of Flora Whipple to Andrew Campbell Oates was solemnized last Wednesday at Independence Avenue Baptist Church with a reception at the bride’s parents’ home and details of attendants gowns and flowers described.
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Ora Kerr
Py Ramsay
Lilly Barthels
Ida Hess
Carry Rogers
Martha Blockberger
Society of Dragons
J. T. Mahan
Gertrude Alcock
Helen Jahr
Edith Thompson
Florence Butler
Georgia Jones
V. O. Williams
W. J. Wilson
C. M. Buckley
Fred Garver
Robert Moore
James Bailey
Eugene Young
Orville Rennick
J. B. Heckert
K. Smith, Jr
Frank Ellsworth
W. J. Sanborn
J. C. Vance
Women’s club notes schedule for week in Kansas City
Weekly listings show numerous club meetings across Kansas City with dates from Monday to Wednesday. Hosts include Mrs. Robinson 3323 Holmes, Mrs. Bovnton 715 Tauramee, and Mrs. Peak 3120 Troost, plus venues at All Souls church 3425 Baltimore and Humboldt school. Activities span study classes, reading clubs, and lady auxiliaries led by numerous organizers.
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McPherson Club
Emma Grable
Winona Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
George Longan
Belleview Avenue
Woman's Progressive Reading Club
H. E. Barker
Woodland Avenue
Sunshine Society
McGee Street
Altraman C. L. S. A
F. L. Foulk
Bales Avenue
Saulus C. L. S. C
Eugene Bovnton
Tauramee Street
Greyman
Montgall Avenue
H. C. Lindsly
Forest Avenue
Bancroft Club
D. L. Mervine
Walrond Avenue
Round Table Club
J. L. Peak
Troost Avenue
Ida Phillips
East Thirtysecond
Clionian Club
W. F. Anderson
Chestnut Street
Mothers and Kindergartners’ Association
Humboldt School
Scott Childs
Woman's Reading Club
F. C. Shryock
Genesee Street
History Club
Methodist Book Concern
McGee
Historical Books Coming From the New York Herald
Hyde Park inspires readers as Alec Tweedie’s new work on the space’s social role gains notice. Biographies promise from Lauzun to Marie de Medicis with French historians and translations, plus Gaskell’s vertebrate origin theory and Swinburne’s Gandia drama in progress.
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New York Herald
London
Hyde Park
Ocovania
Alec Tweedie
Verleigh Nash
Duc de Lauzun
Louis XIV
Methuen
England
Lauzun
James II
France
la Bruyere
M. F. Sandars
de Lauzun
M. Louis Batiffer
Louis XIII
French Academy
Chatto
M. Frederick Lolice
M. Lolice
Walter H. Gaskell
Longmans
Allan Raine Welsh
Messrs. Hutchinson
Allan Raine
Swinburne
Gandia
Rome
Alexander VI
M. Taine
Messrs. Constable
Leasant
Matthew Arnold
Humphry Ward
Rites of Canonization at Vatican Amid Heavy Costs
Rome reports outline planned beatifications and canonizations at the Vatican for the pope’s jubilee year. Jeanne d Arc’s sanctification is seen as a gesture to France while Bishop Neumann’s case proceeds in Philadelphia. Costs include fees from the Vatican and gifts for each new saint and the Congregation of Rites prepares its decisions.
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Vatican
Boston Transcript
Rome
St.eter's Church
Pius X
France
Jeanne d'Arc
Purcelle de Orleans
Leo XIII
Congregation of Rites
Mother Barat
Order of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Endes
Neumann
Philadelphia
Ryan
Tie Case
Turtle watchdog on voyage sparks travel tale
A passenger from Savannah Colombia traveled with a turtle that seemed to understand commands and slept outside his stateroom. Immigration officials at Filis Island sent the man back to Colombia. Turtle experts note a strong bite strength comparable to a bulldog.
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Fishing Gazette
Savanvilla
Colombia
Immigration Bureau
Filis Island
The Alveolar Method Teeth Revolutionized Dentistry
A bold exhortation promotes the Alveolar Method as a universal cure for missing or loose teeth. It touts a simple, practical solution replacing partial plates and bridges, claims thousands of satisfied patients, and invites free diagnostic visits and a free book "ALVEOLAR DENTISTRY" while warning against imitators.
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U. S
G Gordon Martin Dentists Adverts World’s Largest
An advertisement for G Gordon Martin Dentists lists offices in Kansas City New York Chicago Boston and Boston locations including 1120 Grand Ave Kansas City MO 320 Fifth Ave New York NY 156 Wabash Ave Chicago IL 420 Boylston St Boston MA and 156 Wabash Ave noted as a location in Chicago. The ad bills the firm as the largest dental concern in the world and highlights multiple city addresses.
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New York
N. Y
Chicago
Ill
Fifth Ave
Wabash Ave
Boston
Mass
Boylston St
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Washington Herald
United States Bureau of Labor
Bureau
Ing, Tenth and
Walnut Streets
Kansas City Athenaeum
Central Presbyterian Church
Ruskin Club
Emma McKinney
Tracy Avenue
Allegro Club
Alberta Smith
Park Avenue
Phil Sheridan
Arlington Build
Rites OF Canonization
Annie Oakley
Alfie
Newbro’s
Herpicide
Annie Oakey
Miss Oakley
Newbro
Herpicide Co
Dept. N
Detroit
Mich
THE
Herpicide.co
Oakle
the Gospel
G. Gordon Martin Dentists
Grand Ave
Ackley
Junction Bldg
Ik. C
Public Utilities Commission
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