Man Charged After Gruesome Home Invasion Rape
May 14 New York police report a violent home invasion in which a 76 year old man was choked unconscious and his wife, a Mrs Hupfer, aged about 70, was raped and died. James McPartland, a night watchman, is in custody as a suspect. The husband is described as frail and distraught after the attack. The witness says another man, also claiming to be a watchman, later visited the flat and fled after the incident. The case remains under investigation as officials pursue the truth of the assault and the events surrounding the crime.
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New York
August Hupfer
Hiupfer
McPartland
Iupfer
Hupfer
Hopfer
Wimp
Bijou Theatre Preview Promises Surprises At Week Ahead
The Bijou opens with a lively week featuring Verd en and Dunlap News Girl skit and Baby Fischer act. Fischers contortionists and Laurel and Southern provide humor while new Bijouescope films travel and the Empire Saloon may be leased to enlarge seating as ventilation praised.
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Verden
Dunlap
Fischers
Baby Fischer
Laurel
Southern
Jewell
Jack O'Toole
Dixie Land
Bijou
Lexington Judge and Editor In Violent Confrontation
In Jessamine County Kentucky May 14 a feud over an editorial in The Kentucky Democrat at Nicholasville led to a fight between Judge James Peet and Editor Louis Pilcher. Pilcher was badly beaten, drew a pistol and shot Peet twice possibly fatally. Pilcher was arrested on bond. Peet formerly served as police chief and threats of further trouble shadow the case.
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Lexington
Kentucky Democrat
Nicholasville
Jessamine County
Louis Pilcher
James Peet
Pilcher
Lucher
Peet
Veet
Congress Action on Transportation atiasco in House
The Humane Society plans to discuss stock transportation as it faces action in Washington. Rev J J Clemens criticizes House bill 47 as unchanged and insufficient, arguing for stricter limits on continuous transport to 24–28 hours, a mandatory 20 mph average speed, and livestock priority over dead freight. He urges stronger federal authority to regulate humane care in stockyards and cars.
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J. J. Clemens
Tkumane Society
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Secretary of Agriculture
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
German Baptist Brethren Excursion to Annual Meeting
Excur sion tickets to the German Baptist Brethren annual meeting in Springfield Illinois available June 1 to 4 with favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry via the North Western Line.
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German Baptist Brethren
Springfield, Ill
North-Western
Chicago & North
Western Ry
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Nellie Ohler
Miss Nellie Ohler celebrated her sixth birthday Friday at 1324 Avon street with refreshments and instrumental music. A host of guests presented gifts to the hostess, including Rose Will, Martha Will, Caroline Limpert, Anna Limpert, Frieda Haefner, Louisa Haefner, Theresa Yanzer, Dora Schwartz, Ida Peters, Lena Peters, Helen Heinke, and several gentlemen such as Wm Stielo, Paul Witzke, Geo Johnson, Neal Jamesson, Ernest Hauser, Wm Peters, Wm Rauch, Edward Hermann and Henry Oechler.
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Nellie ‘Ohler
Avon Street
Rose
Martha Will
Caroline
Anna Limpert
Frieda
Louisa Haefner
Theresa Yanzer
Dora Schwartz
Ida
Lena Peters
Helen Heinke
Messrs
Wm. Stielo
Paul Witzkeim
Limpert
Leopard name origins and a humorous spotting question
The excerpt explains ancient naming of the leopard and its link to pard and panther, noting leopardus as a later term for the cheetah. It includes a joke about changing spots and ends by advertising the Shorthand and Typewriting Bureau in Linker block room 207, with work inspected by Judge Daniels.
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Linker Block
Reverend Clemens to Attend Lutheran Synod Convention
Rev J J Clemens of the Evang elical Lutheran church leaves tomorrow to attend the sixth convention of the central conference of the English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest in St James English Evangelical Lutheran church St Paul He will lead the devotional service Thursday morning and attend the Sunday school convention on Sunday.
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J. J. Clemens
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Central Conference
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the
Northwest
St. James English Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul
Clemens
Rich farmer and wife stand trial for cruelty
May 14 in Rockford Alabama sensational testimony is expected in the hearing on cruelty charges against John Denton a wealthy Winnebago township farmer and his second wife. The two daughters Bessie 12 and Mary 16 are said to be forced to perform hard farm tasks and even the cake walk in scanty dress while the step mother and Denton allegedly threaten to horse whip them. Neighbors testified the girls cleaned stables butchered calves and husked corn. Denton has been unsettled since his second marriage.
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Rockford
John Denton
Winnebago Township
Denton
Bessie
Mary
J. J. Smith
Cowardly Murders in Warsaw Feud Ends in Tragedy
In Warsaw Indiana on May 14 William Bates six years old of Bourbon is shot dead and his son Frank Bates fatally wounded by neighbor Charles Reddinger who is jailed under guard to avert lynching. The feud began last summer over a bill for threshing and Reddinger shot Bates on the street then killed young William Bates by a lung wound.
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Warsaw
Ind
William Bates
Bourbon
Frank Bates
Charles Reddinger
Reddinger
Bates
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Berlin
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