Boston Trunk Murder Confession Ties Actor to Slayer
Boston police report Chester Jordan a Somerville actor confessed to killing his wife Mrs. Hendra Jordaty after a quarrel and dismembering her body. The torso, skull, bones, and scalp were found in a Hancock Street trunk and Somerville home. Jordan admitted planning to dump body parts overboard from the Harvard steamer, with a hackman helping move the trunk. The case follows earlier gruesome killings in the city as investigators piece together motive and method.
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Hendrah Jordaty
Somerville
Hancock Street
Beacon Hill
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Hale
Chester Jordan
Thiesday
Harvard
New York
Hackman
Geo. Wy Collins
Collins
Homerville
Trank
Michael Crowley
Inventi Bate Jordan
Crowley
Hint
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Bla
Te Waa
Nrafen
Dordan
Fonorah Eddy
O'Reilly
Souerville
Hla
Butte
Moni
Taterey
Chicago
Mra Jovilon
Guarrel
Atenek
Castoria Promotes Health for Children and Families
A call to use Castoria to improve children's health this spring discusses familiar parents seeking relief from winter ailments. Dr. McCrann of Omaha and Chas. H. Fletcher endorse Castoria as a vegetable remedy that aids digestion and sleep without narcotics, with physicians in support asserting its家庭 use and parental adoption.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
William J. Me
Crann
Omaha
Neb
Castoria
Chas. H. Moetcher
McCrain
Hall
Journal of Health
Preventives Candy Cold Cure Tablet Promotion
A popular candy called Preventies is dispensed by druggists as a cold cure. Claimed to stop a cold within hours, it is promoted as safe and tooth friendly for children. No quinine or harsh medicines, a box of 48 costs 25 cents, sold by Dr. J. W. Boll.
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J. W. Boll
Not that Joshan in Georgia court tale from Washington Post
Judge Speer in Georgia presides over a Savannah court in which a prisoner named Joshua Jenkins, identified as Joshw Tenkina by the jurist, speaks in a dialect and is discharged after a humorous exchange about who made the sun moonshine. A tangential ad references bilious attacks and Donnav Regulars.
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Washington Post
Judge Spier
Georgia
Washington
Cromwell Pibbons
Florida
Imah
Joshwa Jenkins
Joshw Tenkina
Erin
Jedge
Speer
Georgia Cotton Crop Damaged By 25 Million Loss
Reports from 140 Georgia counties show cotton damage totaling at least 25 million dollars over three to four weeks. Production will likely fall to around 1.25 to 1.5 million bales, far below last year’s 2.1 million. Agriculture Commissioner Madden predicts the crop may be even smaller.
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Atlana
Georgia
Ajculture
Modaon
Laos
Civil War Rages in Busta and Peloraburg
A Teheran dispatch reports Tabriz Satr Khan defeating Meshal In government troops totaling 100 men, with casualties of killed and wounded. Civil war escalates in Me Pity hilz province as factions clash.
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Peloraburg
Teheran Saya
Tabriz
Satr Khan
Meshal
Hilz
Mother Killa Babes Elgin Sept 4
In Elgin on September 4 a deranged mother killed her two Bible children with poison carbon monoxide then drank two ounces of the poison herself while her husband was away. The children died and she died next morning. Sumner Massachusetts also reports a fatal business district fire in Sumner where A M Phipps died, suspected arson origin, with $100000 in losses.
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Elgin
Sumner
Masa
A.M. Phipps
Phippa
Farmers Union Estimates Sees Cotton Output Debate
Fort Worth Texas September 2 The National Farmers Union meeting focused on committee reports. A union estimate places cotton at 11 600 000 bales, while the government reports 18 500 000 bales, sparking debate among delegates. President Nivll of Texas was elected to chair the price committee aiming for not less than 12 cents per pound for the season.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Fire destroys Atlanta trunk factory district
A spectacular Tuesday blaze damaged the Atlanta trunk factory and the Empire Printing and Box Company, destroying lumber and several small wooden buildings. Estimated loss around 200000 dollars. Fire spread quickly. crews kept flames from crossing a street near Madison Avenue between Peters and Castleberry, near Central of Georgia Railroad tracks. Origin of the fire unknown.
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Atlanta
Lbs Atlanta Trunk
Empire Printing and Box Company
Aarrow Street
Madison Avenue
Peters
Castleberry
Central of Georgia
Lookout Mountain blaze burns two women to death
Kaledon Ali Sept 3. Mrs Elizabeth McNeal, 70, and her invalid daughter in law Mrs Jon McNeal, 60, were burned to death in a house fire on Lookout Mountain eight miles north of the city. The fire is believed to have originated from a defective fuse. The two women were alone in the home at the time.
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Kaledon
Ali
Wilcabeth McNeal
Mere
Jon McNeal
Lookout Monteith
Thew
McAlister thanks voters in Ovone County primary note
A letter to Ovone County voters from W T McAlister expresses gratitude for support in the August 26 primary. He praises the county’s citizens, notes some friends opposed his ministry, and says after consideration there is no friend more satisfied than himself.
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Ovone
W. T. McAlister
Registration Notices For Walhalla South Carolina 1908
The Board of Registration will be in Salem Long Creek Westminster Mattson Oak Way Providence and other towns on specific dates in September 1908 to register voters. Bring certificates if you have them. W T Grubbs chairman announces dates and locations.
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Mattson
Oak Way
Providence
W. T. Grubbs
South Carolina
Oconer
Seneca
Alfred Williams
C. Harbin
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