Porter Chariton Extradition Ends in Italian Trial
Porter Chariton, American bank clerk turned fugitive, has been handed to Italy to face trial for murdering his wife in a Lake Como villa in June 1910. The case sparked international tension over extradition and drew worldwide attention due to the couple’s rapid marriage and Chariton’sArtifacts in disguise.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Hudson County
Jersey City
Chariton
Paul Chariton
United States
Porto Rico
Porter Chariton
Neville H. Castle
Henry G. Scott
San Francisco
Wilmington
Del
Europe
Captain Scott
Coast Artillery
Fort Myer
Cernobbio
Constantine Ispolatoff
Hotel Suisse
Cernobbie
Scott
Woman believed dead arrives alive after funeral stunt
Mrs. George W. Carr of Yellow Springs emerges alive at West Liberty after a telegram misinformed her mother Mrs. Eliza Beth Shumate that Carr had died. A hearse and clergy awaited the body, and villagers gathered after a depot reunion, following an obituary notice in a local paper.
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Bellefontaine
Porcupine to be Displayed at Perry Centenary
Cleveland reports the Porcupine, a Perry era ship that helped defeat the British at Lake Erie, has been rediscovered and is being repaired for the centennial celebration. Raised eight years ago by Charles G. Bolthouse and B. J. Renners, the vessel later served in the revenue service and lumber trade before being sunk in Grand River harbor.
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Perry
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Charles G. Bolthouse
Bolthouse
B. J. Renners
Charmed by Music the Snake Frees Victim in Pennsylvan ia
James H Stenger manager for a carnival company narrowly escapes death as a twenty five foot python tightens around him during unloading in Punxsutawney Pennsylvan ia. The snake relaxes and is forced back into a glass cage when Mlle La Boneto plays a flageolet. Stenger recovers with no injuries.
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Punxsutawney
James Harve Stenger
Mr. Stenger
Mr Stenger
Mile. la Boneto
Mlle
la Boneto
Man Drowns While Swimming With Forty Pounds of Fish
Harry C. Pitman eighteen years old attempts to swim the Paulinskill river in Newton New Jersey carrying forty pounds of fish attached to his neck. He sinks in a whirlpool by Stillwater bridge as friends mistake his cries for fun and only answer after it is too late. Pitman was spearing fish with Edward Huff of Hardwick township and Lester Huff when they turned back at 2:30 and Pitman offered to swim first.
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Newton
N. J
Harry C. Pitman
Paulinskill
Stillwater Bridge
Pitman
Edward Huff
Hardwick Township
Lester Huff
Edward
Toe Nail shedding pattern draws local curiosity
Bedford resident J. W. Mundy sheds the nails from his toes every two years a habit dating back to childhood. He displayed his left foot showing old nails barely attached and new nails growing beneath them for observers.
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Bedford
J. W. Mundy
Old Flirtation by French Duke
A 1893 Richmond episode involving the Count of Paris, the Duke of Orleans and Prince Henry of Orleans ashore on the James River ends with the elder Bourbon head rebuking the youths for courting Richmond sisters Ophelia and Louise Bullington. Headlines abroad recalled the incident amid ducal divorce suits.
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Richmond
Brussels
Duke of Orleans
Norfolk
Count of
Paris
Prince Henry of Orleans
James River
McClellan
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Duke and Duchess OF
Ophelia
Louise Bullington
Evan Chesterman
House of Bourbon
Chesterman
Lexington Hotel
Duke
Prince
Kbourbon
Rooster injures boy in Norwalk henhouse incident
In South Norwalk Connecticut Mabel Lent four and Victor Lent one year older were attacked by a large Plymouth Rock rooster while collecting eggs. Mabel escaped with minor injuries while Victor lost an eye and sustained serious damage to the other as medical staff work to save his remaining eye.
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South
Norwalk
Conn
Mabel
Griever Lent
Victor
Man May Have Beauty Board Awards Damages
A Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad arbitration board ruled machinist Charles Chick can possess beauty and awarded him 200 damages for appearance and 500 more for eye injury and lost time after a steel fragment blinded his pupil. The five-attorney panel, led by Arthur Hall, upheld his claim under the compensation law.
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Board of Arbitration
St. Danville
Charles Chick
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chick
Arthur Hall
University of Illinois
Plan to Abolish Convict Leasing in Alabama
A statewide movement in Alabama aims to end convict leasing, arguing it fuels greed and cruelty in mines, mills, and camps. Leaders plan a sixty seven county campaign with Captain Frank S. White as chair and strong local committees to back reforms including night schools and better living conditions for inmates.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Julia Tutwiler
Frank S. White
Democratic State Executive Committee
Mine Workers of
Unmarried Men More Often Convicted Than Married Men
New York reports show 2,008 convictions of unmarried men versus 789 for married men in general sessions and the supreme court through 1912. Women convictions totaled 100 for unmarried and 66 for married.
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New York
Henry D. Sayer
District Attorney's Office
Supreme Court
Cummins bill targets impersonation of congress members
The text describes sweeping penalties under the Cummins bill for impersonating members of Congress or other public officials including impersonation over the phone. It sets felony charges with three to five years in prison and fines up to $10,000, expanding to interstate communications.
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V. Cummins
Congress
Lamar
Palmer Ad Pudan
Robert S. Lovett
Shang
Edward Lauterbge
Cummins
Imion
Reading brain of deceased man sparks strange will request
Harvard Medical School researchers study the late Dr Maurice Howe Richardson to read thoughts on the brain surface as he instructed. Under Dr B B Southard direction, examinations occur secretly in the neuropath department. Richardson believed thoughts leave visible lines on the cerebrum guiding possible surgical fixes. In Hutchinson Kansas apple trees bear heavy fruit prompt gangs to knock off green apples to prevent broken branches.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Maurice Howe Richardson
B. B. Southard
Richardson
Cerebrum
Hutchinson
Kan
Reno
Dog in Court Delays Case in Walla Walla Court
In Walla Walla Washington Lestie G Kork and his fas terrier Chinner disrupted a superior court session while chasing a mouse. Court officials aided the man and the case resumed after the interruption.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Lestie G. Korkman
Chinner
Bonds to Make This a Happy Marriage
Canton tale of a formal bond pact where Elizabeth Bold and Casian Bartt Jr pledge parental guarantees. Fathers post 700 dollar farm and 700 cash bonds to ensure faithful conduct and domestic harmony, while the couple trust their love to endure beyond legal safeguards.
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Canton
Elizabeth Bold
Casian Bartt, Jr
Youngstowp
Peple
Bartt
Beers Trigger Rabies Fear In Ann Arbor Man
George McGowan of Dansville New York once treated for rabies in March drank beer in Albany and then barked and yelped in his room neighborhood. He was restrained by a physician and three policemen and taken to a hospital. Doctors ruled hysteria not hydrophobia and said the attack stemmed from his fear and imagination.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
George McGowan
Dansville
N. Y
Albany
McGowan
Never Blow In a Mule's Ear
Stoneham Cole Barney Benson tried blowing in a mule's ear to cure balking and ended up in a Stertine hospital with both jaws broken and several teeth missing after the mule kicked. The incident happened during a failed attempt to quiet the animal with the so called Zephyrs.
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Stoneham
Cole Barney Benson
Stertine
Benson
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